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Quantish supports exploring a national, federally supported school-based dental sealant program that pairs evidence-based preventive services with age-appropriate oral health education and practical referral pathways.
Researching implementation pathways for expanding preventive dental services across U.S. public schools, while respecting state clinical rules, consent and local delivery capacity.
Read the policy overview →Project Allsmiles operates a school-based dental sealant program in San Diego County. Its mobile, prevention-first clinical workflow offers a compelling real-world model to study for broader adoption.
Explore Project Allsmiles’ SBDSP →Research pipeline
Costs, potential avoided dental treatment, Medicaid/CHIP financing, equity, and a staged national rollout projection. Findings and assumptions will be published after review.
Preview the research framework →Evaluating what a tax-funded U.S. healthcare model could entail, including hospital ownership choices, transition costs, and trade-offs.
Explore the research agenda →Collaboration
We welcome input from researchers, school health professionals, state oral-health programs, healthcare organizations, funders, and implementation experts. Contributions do not imply agreement with every policy position or confer control over research findings.
Contact QuantishQuantish is examining Beveridge-style universal healthcare, including tax-financed benefits, hospital ownership options and an implementation model for the United States.
Replace existing spending sources with a transparent tax and public-budget model, including transition costs.
Explore analysis →Study broad public acquisition, selective purchase, conversion and a publicly financed mixed-provider system.
Explore analysis →Evaluate governance, worker protection, capacity, legislation and phased rollout.
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