CycleWatch

Prices › All items › Medical care › Medical care services › Professional services

CPI-U · U.S. city average · BLS item SEMC02

Dental services

Prices for dental services rose 5.0% in the 12 months to August 2026, and fell 0.6% in the month.

12 months+5.0%to August 2026, unadjusted
1 month−0.6%seasonally adjusted
3 months, annualised−0.4%seasonally adjusted
Index656.71982–84 = 100

12-month change

% change from a year earlier

0%2%5%8%2017201820192020202120222023202420252026

Price index

1982–84 = 100, not seasonally adjusted

5006002017201820192020202120222023202420252026

Month by month

The last two years

MonthIndex1 month12 months
August 2026656.7−0.6%+5.0%
July 2026661.0+0.5%+5.1%
June 2026657.4+0.0%+7.0%
May 2026657.4+1.9%+8.5%
April 2026645.2−0.3%+6.7%
March 2026646.9+0.6%+7.2%
February 2026642.8+1.3%+6.5%
January 2026634.5+0.9%+5.3%
December 2025629.0+0.5%+3.8%
November 2025625.7—+2.9%
September 2025622.4−0.5%+3.2%
August 2025625.6−0.5%+4.2%
July 2025628.8+2.4%+4.8%
June 2025614.2+1.4%+2.4%
May 2025605.8+0.2%+1.3%
April 2025604.9+0.2%+2.2%
March 2025603.5−0.0%+2.1%
February 2025603.5+0.1%+1.6%
January 2025602.6−0.6%+2.0%
December 2024606.2−0.3%+3.0%
November 2024607.8+0.6%+3.9%
October 2024604.0+0.2%+3.8%
September 2024602.8+0.4%+3.9%
August 2024600.7+0.1%+3.5%
July 2024600.2+0.1%+5.0%

Alongside it

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, CPI for All Urban Consumers, U.S. city average (series CUUR0000SEMC02 and CUSR0000SEMC02). BLS did not collect October 2025 prices, so changes spanning that month are blank. Shown for context: consumer prices do not feed CycleWatch's recession model.