Florida residents may not smile when they see the results of a recent state-by-state study on dental health. The Sunshine State finished among the bottom ten states for dental health in WalletHub‘s report: 2024’s States with the Best & Worst Dental Health, released earlier today.
In order to determine where people have the healthiest teeth and gums in the U.S., WalletHub compared the 50 states and the District of Columbia across 25 key metrics. The data set ranges from the share of adolescents who visited a dentist in the past year to dental treatment costs to dentists per capita.
Best vs. Worst
- Rhode Island has the lowest share of the population who couldn’t afford more dental visits due to costs, which is two times lower than in Georgia, the state with the highest.
- The District of Columbia has the most dentists per 100,000 residents, which is 4.1 times more than in Tennessee, the state with the fewest.
- The District of Columbia has the highest share of the population receiving fluoridated water, which is 11.8 times higher than in Hawaii, the state with the lowest.
- Minnesota, Hawaii and Illinois have the lowest share of adults with poor or fair oral condition, which is 1.8 times lower than in Montana, the state with the highest.
To view the full report and your state or the District’s rank, please visit:
https://wallethub.com/edu/
