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Drs. Desai and colleagues describe the potential for value-based care methodologies that reward dentists for oral health outcomes to orient care toward both preventive services and equitable access. That potential may well be realized as such payment approaches are instituted and tested. As an initial step, our work suggests that simply expanding dental coverage for low-income parents may benefit both parents and their children by increasing dental utilization at a time when adult utilization is in decline.
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