While far fewer Americans have dental coverage than have health insurance, a Delta Dental survey finds the amount of time people miss from work due to dental problems is on the way down.

While in 2015, 28 percent of respondent adults indicated they'd missed work due to oral health issues, the survey finds, that went down by a full seven percentage points in 2016 to 21 percent.

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