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    "generated_at": "2026-11-02T09:44:39.604Z",
    "license": "CC-BY-4.0",
    "license_url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
    "license_statement": "Real Dental Costs datasets (API, CSV, Zenodo DOIs): CC BY 4.0, commercial reuse allowed with attribution; third-party figures keep their source terms (listed in third_party_terms); site prose and design © Real Dental Costs, quotation with attribution welcome.",
    "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."
  },
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  "label": "Porcelain veneer (per tooth)",
  "category": "cosmetic",
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  "basis_note": "The state AVERAGE is a measured price (crown/veneer/braces/dentures = ASQ360/CareCredit Average Procedural Cost Study 2023-2024). The [low, high] band around the state average is MODELLED from published national ratios, not an observed percentile.",
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    "source_url": "https://realdentalcosts.com/en/methodology/#sources",
    "observation_type": "published cash-price survey, state average",
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    "period_end": "2024-12",
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    "updated": "2026-08-23",
    "modeled": false,
    "confidence": 65,
    "confidence_note": "Measured state average; the [low, high] band around it is modelled from published national ratios, not an observed percentile."
  },
  "provenance_note": "by_state[] entries inherit this provenance block; only `confidence` is recomputed per state band.",
  "national": {
    "low_usd": 498,
    "avg_usd": 1759,
    "high_usd": 2884,
    "source": "https://realdentalcosts.com/data/us-dental-procedure-cost-2026.csv"
  },
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    "note": "National average as published by the per-state source (ASQ360/CareCredit for crown/veneer/braces/denture; Real Dental Costs editorial estimate 2026.1, not collected prices, for implant), with the spread across the 51 state markets. May differ slightly from national.avg_usd, which comes from the procedure-cost CSV.",
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    "state_min_usd": 1242,
    "state_max_usd": 2359
  },
  "cheapest_state": "Maine",
  "cheapest_state_avg_usd": 1242,
  "priciest_state": "Vermont",
  "priciest_state_avg_usd": 2359,
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    "note": "The per-state figures of this series come from the ASQ360/CareCredit Average Procedural Cost Study (2023-2024). They are cited with attribution on realdentalcosts.com pages but are not licensed for redistribution, so they are not published in this CC BY 4.0 API. See the source.",
    "source_url": "https://www.carecredit.com/dentistry/costs/"
  },
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    "source_id": "asq360_carecredit_2023_2024",
    "source": "ASQ360°/CareCredit Average Procedural Cost Study 2023-2024",
    "source_url": "https://www.carecredit.com/dentistry/costs/",
    "license": "Not covered by CC-BY-4.0",
    "terms": "State averages cited with attribution, not licensed for redistribution.",
    "registry_terms": "state averages cited with attribution; no bulk redistribution of the source tables",
    "license_statement": "Real Dental Costs datasets (API, CSV, Zenodo DOIs): CC BY 4.0, commercial reuse allowed with attribution; third-party figures keep their source terms (listed in third_party_terms); site prose and design © Real Dental Costs, quotation with attribution welcome.",
    "fields": [
      "published_source_national",
      "cheapest_state_avg_usd",
      "priciest_state_avg_usd"
    ]
  }
}