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Expanding Access to Dental Care

The Virtual Dental Home Project offers the potential for an innovative, low cost method to improve access to dental care for vulnerable populations in California by providing prevention-focused oral health services in community sites such as Head Start Centers, schools, residential living facilities for people with disabilities, and long-term care institutions for dependent or elderly adults. Although this project has been shown to be effective in expanding access to care and in improving oral health, the cost-effectiveness of the program’s interventions had not previously been measured. We developed an analysis centered around a simulation model that estimates the potential cost impact of the Virtual Dental Home project on the state’s Medi-Cal program.

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