The Affordable Care Act (ACA) doesn’t consider adult dental care to be an essential benefit. This means that you aren’t likely to be able to get your dental insurance through your health insurance ...

CIRCLE PINES, Minn. --An estimated 76.5 million Americans do not have dental insurance. And of those over 65, half have no coverage. Among those who do, there are yearly and even procedure spending ...

The Center for Racial and Health Equity generously supports MinnPost’s Race & Health Equity coverage; learn why. In Minnesota, the profession of dental therapy has aimed to serve people without access ...

Les Masterson is a deputy editor and insurance analyst at Forbes Advisor. He has been a journalist, reporter, editor and content creator for more than 25 years. He has covered insurance for a decade, ...

In an effort to serve more low-income and uninsured families, Minnesota's dental industry is returning to a high-tech solution known as teledentistry, which allows dental hygienists to provide ...

Ready, Set, Smile employs community health workers that are from the same ethnic groups as the patients and get trained to provide education about oral health to students and families. Credit: ...

The Office of Student Health Benefits is in the midst of a marketing push to get at least 2,000 University of Minnesota students enrolled in the Voluntary Student Dental Plan by Monday. Student demand ...

The United Way of Northeastern Minnesota's Smile United Crisis Dental Fund is now closed to non-veterans due to a lack of ...