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  "generated_at": "2026-07-30T16:57:22.144Z",
  "license": "CC-BY-4.0",
  "license_url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "attribution_required": true,
  "attribution": "Real Dental Costs — https://realdentalcosts.com",
  "doi": "https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20531728",
  "methodology": "https://realdentalcosts.com/en/methodology/",
  "docs": "https://realdentalcosts.com/en/api/",
  "disclaimer": "Independent pricing and market research. NOT medical, dental or insurance advice.",
  "name": "Real Dental Costs Open Data API",
  "description": "Free, open, no-key JSON API for U.S. dental cost data: 51 state markets (50 states + DC), 12 procedures, Medicaid acceptance, and the 2026 US Dental Cost Index (Restorative Cost Index).",
  "editions": [
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      "status": "published",
      "note": "First edition of the US Dental Cost Index (data collected 2025-2026)."
    },
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      "status": "announced",
      "note": "Second data point of the quarterly series, collection planned October 2026."
    }
  ],
  "versioning_policy": "v1 is a stable contract: fields never change meaning or disappear. New fields may be added. Breaking changes will ship under /api/v2/ with v1 kept online.",
  "restorative_cost_index_note": "Restorative Cost Index (implant-based, 100 = national observed implant average). Valid ONLY for the restorative regime (implant / crown / denture, mutually correlated 0.93-0.96). It does NOT predict orthodontic (braces) or cosmetic (veneer) prices — never rank those with it. See /en/data-corrections/.",
  "dois": {
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    "insurance_acceptance_concept": "https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20666358",
    "city_metro_concept": "https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20819438",
    "dental_deserts_atlas_concept": "https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21707528"
  },
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    "states": "https://realdentalcosts.com/api/v1/states.json",
    "state": "https://realdentalcosts.com/api/v1/state/{code}.json",
    "procedures": "https://realdentalcosts.com/api/v1/procedures.json",
    "procedure": "https://realdentalcosts.com/api/v1/procedure/{slug}.json",
    "openapi": "https://realdentalcosts.com/api/v1/openapi.json"
  },
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    "https://realdentalcosts.com/data/us-dental-procedure-cost-2026.csv",
    "https://realdentalcosts.com/data/us-dental-insurance-acceptance-by-state-2026.csv",
    "https://realdentalcosts.com/data/us-dental-deserts-atlas-2026.csv"
  ],
  "contact": "research@realdentalcosts.com"
}