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KAYA, Tresor US Dental Cost Index by State (2026) Mendeley Data DATASET CORRECTION — Version 2, 13 July 2026 Version 1 of this dataset included: per-state braces cost estimates; per-state veneers cost estimates; a “Composite Cost Index.” An internal audit found that these series were not based on independently observed data. They had been derived from the dental implant series using fixed multipliers. These series have therefore been retracted and removed. Validated data The dental implant cost series remains valid and is based on independently collected data. It has been externally validated against the ASQ360° / CareCredit Average Procedural Cost Study, with a Spearman correlation of 0.945 across 51 jurisdictions. Index revision The former “Composite Cost Index” has been renamed: Restorative Cost Index It has also been rebased as follows: 100 = observed national average dental implant cost of $4,507 Required action Please discard all copies of Version 1 and use only the corrected Version 2 dataset. Full corrections log: https://realdentalcosts.com/en/data-corrections/ Canonical concept DOIs Restorative Cost Index: 10.5281/zenodo.20531728 Procedural cost dataset: 10.5281/zenodo.20819436 City-level dataset: 10.5281/zenodo.20819438 Independent 2026 dataset of average dental prices across all 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia: single dental implant (low/avg/high), per-tooth veneer, full-course braces, a composite Cost Index (100 = national average), the state cost-of-living index, and an affordability score. Key finding: dental prices track cost of living at Pearson r = 0.835; cheapest Alabama ($3,759), priciest California ($5,733). This is market and pricing research, not clinical advice. Source & methodology: https://realdentalcosts.com/en/us-dental-cost-index/ — also archived under DOI 10.5281/zenodo.20531729. License CC BY 4.0, attribute to Real Dental Costs. Dentistry Health Economics Dataset doi:10.17632/w2zsmzhw7d.2 oai:data.mendeley.com/w2zsmzhw7d.2 Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 https://data.mendeley.com/datasets/w2zsmzhw7d 2026-07-16T12:02:06Z