Across Tennessee and the U.S., individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) continue to face significant—and often preventable—oral health disparities.

Harmony Health and its partners at The West Virginia Oral Health Coalition (WV-OHC), the Institute for Technology in Healthcare (ITHC), and Avēsis, LLC, recently released a report summarizing the results of a recent pilot program aimed at improving oral health outcomes in underserved communities throughout West Virginia.

Tennesseans with intellectual and developmental disabilities aren’t getting dental treatment. What needs to change?

Harmony Health released an extensive analysis of dental membership plans in the United States. This evaluation, which analyzed 1,003 membership plans offered in all 50 states and Washington D.C., highlights various aspects of subscription-based dental care models for patients and dental practices.