of community-dwelling Medicare beneficiaries in 2023 reported good, very good or excellent oral health.
CMS source ↗DATA + SOURCES
Make the connection measurable.
Oral Signal starts with public, traceable source data and builds analysis around questions healthcare leaders can act on.
Oral health in the data
CURRENT BENCHMARKSof Medicare beneficiaries in that same 2023 file reported dry-mouth symptoms.
CMS source ↗of U.S. adults ages 20–64 have no remaining natural teeth in the latest NIDCR/NHANES summary.
NIDCR source ↗Chronic burden shows up in oral health
CMS · 2023Among community-dwelling Medicare beneficiaries, self-reported oral health worsens as chronic-condition burden rises. That does not establish causality, but it is exactly the kind of cross-system signal Oral Signal will track.
0–1 chronic conditionsGood / very good / excellent oral health
83%4+ chronic conditionsGood / very good / excellent oral health
69%Access and function
CMS · NIDCRof Medicare beneficiaries living in the community in 2022 reported trouble eating solid food because of problems with their teeth.
CMS source ↗reported trouble getting dental care because of cost in the same 2022 CMS public-use file.
CMS source ↗average remaining natural teeth among U.S. adults ages 20–64 in the latest NIDCR/NHANES summary.
NIDCR source ↗Source library
PRIMARY SOURCESThese are the core public sources we use to ground evidence, access, coverage and population-health analysis. Each Oral Signal analysis should make it possible to trace a material claim back to an original source.
NIDCR
Oral Health Data & Statistics
Federal prevalence and trend data covering caries, periodontal disease, tooth loss, oral cancer and population groups.
Open source ↗CDC
Oral Health Data
National, state and county indicators from the National Oral Health Surveillance System and related surveillance programs.
Open source ↗CMS
Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey
Public-use tables that include oral health, access to dental care, chronic conditions and beneficiary characteristics.
Open source ↗CMS
Medicare Dental Coverage
Current federal coverage rules for dental services that are integral to covered medical services and the coordination requirements around them.
Open source ↗NIH
ClinicalTrials.gov
The federal registry for clinical studies, including trials testing oral-health interventions, diagnostics and systemic outcomes.
Open source ↗NLM
PubMed
The literature backbone for the Evidence Index and Oral Signal's primary-source research monitoring.
Open source ↗Original intelligence agenda
IN DEVELOPMENTOral-Systemic Health Map
Disease burden + dental access + reimbursement + socioeconomic context, mapped to identify where oral and medical risk collide.
Medical-Dental Integration Tracker
A structured inventory of payer, health-system and employer programs, including target population, benefit design, workflow and evidence.
Oral Health Funding Tracker
Venture, private-equity, strategic and grant capital across diagnostics, AI, care delivery, benefits and infrastructure.
Dental Access Index
Provider availability, participation, coverage and reimbursement treated as healthcare-access infrastructure.
Oral Signal Evidence Index
A living score of relationship evidence that separately reports causality, intervention evidence and economics.