US Dental Deserts Atlas 2026 — county-level shortage designations × income × price benchmarks
Published: 12 August 2026| Version 1 | DOI: 10.17632/wf36v6cbdr.1
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County-level dataset identifying 288 "dental deserts" across the United States. Combines HRSA Dental Health Professional Shortage Area designations (snapshot frozen 2026-07-30), Census ACS median household income, and state dental price benchmarks from the Real Dental Costs 2026 index. Methodology and interactive lookup: https://realdentalcosts.com/en/dental-deserts-atlas/ — Primary archive: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21707529 (this deposit is a mirror).
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Dentistry, Public Health, Health Economics