WV RANKS WORST DENTAL IN CARE

(02/12/2021)

WalletHub has released its 2021’s States with the Best & Worst Dental Health report and West Virginia does not fair well. The Mountain State ranks second worst in the nation, ahead of only Mississippi when it comes to overall dental health. The study looked at 26 individual metrics. The individual rankings below show what led to the overall ranking. Dental Health in West Virginia (1=Best; 25=Avg.): 18th – % of Adolescents Who Visited a Dentist in the Past Year 29th – Dental Treatment Costs 37th – % of Adults with Poor or Fair Oral Condition 44th – Dentists per Capita 41st – Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Consumption 49th – % of Adults Who Experienced Oral Pain in the Past Year 49th – % of Adults with Low Life Satisfaction Due to Their Oral Condition 50th – % Of Adults Who Visited a Dentist in the Past Year 51st – % Of Adult Smokers 51st – % Of Elderly Population with No Natural Teeth Joining Mississippi and West Virginia in the bottom five are: Arkansas, Montana and Louisiana. The top five states in the report are: Wisconsin, Illinois, Washington, D.C., Minnesota and Connecticut.

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