Dental Insurance

Get an overview of the various financial products and services that are available to help consumers make the costs of dental care more affordable.

Dental Benefits 101

Find out about general dental care choices, including the variety of benefits that are available to consumers and how to work with a licensed broker.

Dental Fee Schedule

A fee-schedule dental plan reimburses you for specific amounts based on a fee schedule. Understand the costs for services covered by different dental insurance plans.

Dental Insurance 101

Learn the essentials about dental insurance basics such as deductibles, co-insurance, and premiums.

DHMO

Read about dental health maintenance organizations (DHMOs), a type of dental insurance plan that involves managed care.

Discount Dental Plans

Discount dental plans lower the cost of your dental costs. Take a look at ways to either replace or supplement traditional dental insurance plans.

Essential Health Benefits

The Affordable Care Act requires subsidized health insurance plans to address at least 10 health care service categories. Learn about the 10 “essential health benefits.”

Fee Schedule Plans

Learn about fee schedule plans, fee-for-service, or scheduled plans, which are all names for the same basic type of dental insurance.

Indemnity Plans

Learn about “indemnity” dental plans, commonly known as traditional plans, that provide complete freedom of choice to visit any dentist.

Insurance Exchanges

Get an overview of health insurance exchanges, a provision of the federal health care law that will help people find affordable health care plans.

PPO Dental Insurance

PPOs (Preferred Provider Organizations) are dental insurance plans that offer both in-network and out-of-network benefits.

UCR - Usual, Customary and Reasonable

Learn about UCR fees, which determine the amount some types of insurance plans will pay for dental services and procedures.