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Why Your Dental Bill Is Now an Inflation Story
Episode 28 of Inflation Explained with Fexingo digs into a surprising new driver of consumer prices: dental care. While headline CPI has cooled to 3.2%, dental services inflation is running at 6.8% year-over-year — the fastest in decades. Lucas and Luna trace this to a triple whammy: consolidation among dental practice groups, a shortage of dental hygienists, and rising lab fees for crowns and implants. They cite a case study of a single-chain operator in Phoenix that raised prices 12% in 2025 and still saw patient volume grow. The episode also connects this to broader sticky-services…
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