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This page provides increase in the average price of dental services since 1970. The data is from the US bureau of labor statistics.

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Area : U.S. city average
Item : Dental services
Base Period : 1982-84=100

Data:

Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ann
1970 38.1 38.2 38.3 38.8 38.9 39.1 39.3 39.5 39.7 40.0 40.1 40.1 39.2
1971 40.6 40.8 41.0 41.2 41.4 41.5 41.9 42.0 42.1 42.6 42.6 42.7 41.7
1972 42.9 42.9 43.0 43.2 43.3 43.5 43.6 43.6 43.7 43.8 43.8 43.9 43.4
1973 44.1 44.1 44.2 44.5 44.6 44.7 44.9 44.9 45.0 45.4 45.4 45.5 44.8
1974 46.1 46.2 46.5 46.9 47.2 47.8 48.4 49.1 49.4 49.8 50.2 50.7 48.2
1975 51.2 51.6 52.1 52.4 52.9 53.1 53.5 53.7 53.9 54.2 54.4 54.7 53.2
1976 54.9 55.2 55.6 55.8 56.0 56.4 56.5 57.0 57.3 57.7 58.0 58.4 56.5
1977 58.7 59.1 59.4 59.7 60.2 60.5 61.0 61.5 62.0 62.3 62.5 62.7 60.8
1978 63.0 63.5 63.7 64.1 64.4 64.8 65.0 65.6 65.9 66.6 67.0 67.2 65.1
1979 68.3 68.8 69.1 69.4 69.7 70.4 70.7 70.9 71.3 71.8 72.5 73.7 70.5
1980 74.7 76.0 76.9 77.9 78.4 78.9 79.2 79.5 80.7 81.3 81.4 81.6 78.9
1981 82.6 83.0 83.7 84.4 84.6 85.4 87.5 88.6 88.9 89.2 89.4 89.9 86.5
1982 90.6 90.9 91.5 92.3 92.6 93.2 93.5 94.1 94.5 94.2 95.0 95.3 93.1
1983 95.8 96.5 96.7 97.1 98.1 98.9 99.8 100.7 101.2 102.0 102.8 103.1 99.4
1984 103.8 105.0 105.4 105.9 106.3 107.1 107.7 108.1 109.0 109.9 110.5 110.9 107.5
1985 111.6 111.8 112.7 113.1 113.6 114.0 114.4 115.1 115.6 115.9 116.4 116.8 114.2
1986 117.3 118.0 119.0 119.4 119.9 120.5 120.8 121.3 122.3 122.9 123.0 123.2 120.6
1987 123.9 125.3 126.3 127.4 128.0 128.7 129.5 130.2 130.7 131.3 131.8 132.1 128.8
1988 133.5 134.5 135.5 136.0 136.4 137.4 138.0 138.4 139.3 139.9 140.6 140.9 137.5
1989 141.9 143.0 144.0 144.6 145.1 146.0 146.3 146.8 147.7 148.2 149.1 149.9 146.1
1990 151.4 152.4 153.1 153.5 154.5 155.3 156.6 157.2 157.6 158.3 159.6 159.9 155.8
1991 161.5 162.8 163.8 164.2 165.5 166.8 168.0 169.5 170.6 171.1 172.3 173.0 167.4
1992 174.1 174.7 175.4 176.4 176.9 177.6 179.3 180.4 181.4 182.0 182.8 183.1 178.7
1993 183.8 184.9 185.7 186.8 187.9 188.2 188.7 189.3 189.6 190.4 190.8 191.1 188.1
1994 192.0 192.8 194.1 195.6 195.9 196.7 197.7 198.3 198.9 200.6 201.2 201.4 197.1
1995 203.3 203.9 204.7 204.9 205.8 206.6 207.1 207.9 208.5 209.1 209.9 210.4 206.8
1996 211.3 212.8 213.3 214.1 215.5 215.8 216.7 218.3 219.0 219.7 220.7 221.1 216.5
1997 222.3 223.5 224.5 225.3 225.8 226.2 226.8 227.8 228.2 229.1 229.8 230.0 226.6
1998 231.6 232.6 233.7 234.5 235.1 235.6 236.4 237.4 238.2 239.2

 

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