How to Cite Our Dental Cost Data
All of our datasets are free to cite under CC BY 4.0 — no permission needed, attribution only. Each dataset has a permanent Zenodo DOI for academic citation. Copy-paste APA and BibTeX citations for every dataset are below.
Quick inline citation
Need a fast attribution line for an article or report? Copy this ready-to-use sentence:
According to the US Dental Cost Index 2026 by Real Dental Costs (DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.20531729), ...
A link back to realdentalcosts.com/en/us-dental-cost-index/ alongside the citation is always appreciated.
Cite the datasets (APA & BibTeX)
US Dental Cost Index by State 2026
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.20531729 · CSV: us-dental-cost-index-2026.csv
Real Dental Costs Data & Research Team. (2026). US Dental Cost Index by State 2026 [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20531729
@dataset{realdentalcosts2026state,
author = {{Real Dental Costs Data and Research Team}},
title = {US Dental Cost Index by State 2026},
year = {2026},
publisher = {Zenodo},
doi = {10.5281/zenodo.20531729},
url = {https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20531729}
}US Dental Insurance Acceptance by State 2026
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.20666358 · CSV: us-dental-insurance-acceptance-by-state-2026.csv
Real Dental Costs Data & Research Team. (2026). US Dental Insurance Acceptance by State 2026 [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20666358
@dataset{realdentalcosts2026insurance,
author = {{Real Dental Costs Data and Research Team}},
title = {US Dental Insurance Acceptance by State 2026},
year = {2026},
publisher = {Zenodo},
doi = {10.5281/zenodo.20666358},
url = {https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20666358}
}US Dental Cost by City / Metro 2026
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.20819439 · CSV: us-dental-cost-by-city-2026.csv
Real Dental Costs Data & Research Team. (2026). US Dental Cost by City / Metro 2026 [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20819439
@dataset{realdentalcosts2026city,
author = {{Real Dental Costs Data and Research Team}},
title = {US Dental Cost by City / Metro 2026},
year = {2026},
publisher = {Zenodo},
doi = {10.5281/zenodo.20819439},
url = {https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20819439}
}Canada Dental Cost Index by Province 2026
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.20744781 · CSV: canada-dental-cost-index-by-province-2026.csv
Real Dental Costs Data & Research Team. (2026). Canada Dental Cost Index by Province 2026 [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20744781
@dataset{realdentalcosts2026canada,
author = {{Real Dental Costs Data and Research Team}},
title = {Canada Dental Cost Index by Province 2026},
year = {2026},
publisher = {Zenodo},
doi = {10.5281/zenodo.20744781},
url = {https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20744781}
}Methodology report
Our full methodology report, US Dental Cost Index 2026: Methodology, is deposited on HAL (id hal-05682406):
Real Dental Costs Data & Research Team. (2026). US Dental Cost Index 2026: Methodology. HAL. https://hal.science/hal-05682406
See the full write-up on our methodology page.
Download the data
| Dataset | CSV | DOI | License |
|---|---|---|---|
| US Dental Cost Index by State 2026 | CSV | 10.5281/zenodo.20531729 | CC BY 4.0 |
| US Dental Insurance Acceptance by State 2026 | CSV | 10.5281/zenodo.20666358 | CC BY 4.0 |
| US Dental Cost by City / Metro 2026 | CSV | 10.5281/zenodo.20819439 | CC BY 4.0 |
| Canada Dental Cost Index by Province 2026 | CSV | 10.5281/zenodo.20744781 | CC BY 4.0 |
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