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PubMed2006

Dealing with dental insurance.

Dental insurance companies can have many different policies, with varying requirements depending on the company. This requires a tremendous amount of time on the part of dentists and their office teams to communicate with insurance companies, file all the proper data, acquire predetermination information when required and address a myriad of other factors. By managing this process carefully, practices can save time and labor expenses, especially if patients are well-educated regarding what their dental insurance covers and what it does not.

Dentist-Patient Relations↗
PubMed2005

Dental insurance and clinical dental outcomes in NHANES III.

OBJECTIVES: The National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES III) 1988-1994 is one of the few nationally representative data sets with information on both private dental insurance and a clinical dental exam. The objective of this analysis was to examine the possible associations between private dental insurance and clinical exam outcomes, demographic variables, and dental visits. METHODS: Using NHANES III data, analysis was limited to persons aged 20 years or older who had a dental exam and reported on their private dental insurance status. Initial analyses were based on comparisons between those with and without private dental insurance. Propensity scoring method was used to examine the effects of dental insurance on clinical exam variables. RESULTS: The percentage of individuals with private dental insurance was significantly greater among non-Hispanic blacks, those with higher educational attainment, those living at/above the federal poverty level, and those with a dental visit in the past year compared to their respective counterparts. Those with untreated caries, those with a loss of attachment of greater than 4 mm, and those with 12-27 missing teeth were significantly less likely to have dental insurance (p < 0.05) than their respective counterparts. CONCLUSIONS: These results suggest that having private dental insurance is associated with better clinical oral health status.

Adult↗
PubMedDate not supplied

The impact of concentration in dental insurance markets on dental reimbursement in Minnesota.

The following article has been prepared by the American Dental Association (ADA) at the request of the Minnesota Dental Association (MDA). The article is the culmination of a rigorous national study by the ADA to measure the concentration of dental insurance in major dental marketplaces around the country. Five Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSA's)from Minnesota were compared to other MSA's around the country. The results of this study are very significant for dentists and dental patients in Minnesota. Minnesota' practicing dental community may find the results of the study to be somewhat disturbing. Nevertheless, the MDA believes that it is important to share the results of this study with MDA members and others in the Minnesota dental community. It is important to consider both the study's short-term ramifications, as well as its long-term implications, as we attempt to better understand Minnesota's dental marketplace. It is also important for MDA members to know that the ADA brought the results of this study as they relate to the Minnesota Dental Marketplace to the appropriate federal agencies. The ADA believed that these agencies might choose to develop it into an anti-trust case. After reviewing the matter and working with the ADA over a long period of time, these agencies decided that they would not proceed with a Minnesota-based anti-trust case; additional information beyond what the ADA was legally able to provide was needed by the federal agencies in order for them to proceed. The MDA will continue to analyze and respond to these dental marketplace developments.

Cities↗
PubMed1999

Dental insurance and use of dental services.

OBJECTIVES: This article examines socioeconomic differences in insurance for dental services among Canadians aged 15 or older and factors associated with the use of dental services. DATA SOURCE: The data on dental insurance coverage and use of dental services are from the cross-sectional file of Statistics Canada's 1996/97 National Population Health Survey. The sample size of respondents aged 15 or older was 70,884. ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES: Logistic regression analysis was used to model variables related to dental insurance coverage and to dental visits in the past year. A weighted bootstrap resampling procedure was used to derive variance estimates. MAIN RESULTS: In 1996/97, 53% of the population aged 15 or older reported having dental insurance, and 59% said they had visited a dentist in the past year. But even when they had insurance, individuals with low incomes and low educational attainment had much lower odds of visiting a dentist than those with higher incomes and more education.

Adolescent↗
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The effect of dental insurance on the ranking of dental treatment needs in older residents of Durham Region's homes for the aged.

The effect of dental insurance on the ranking of dental needs in older adults has not been reported previously. We examined this effect using data obtained from a cross-sectional survey of older adults living in homes for the aged in Durham Region, Ontario. History of dental insurance was obtained during interviews. Dental needs, assessed during clinical examinations, were ranked from no need to urgent need according to the guideline of the American Dental Association. The associations between the rank of dental needs, dental insurance and other factors were analyzed with the Kruskal Wallis test, chi-square test, analysis of variance and multiple logistic regression. Of the 252 participants, 80 (31.7%) had been insured continuously since 1974, 69 (27.4%) had no need for dental treatment and 59 (23.4%) needed urgent dental care. More of the continuously insured than the uninsured residents were dentate (46/80 [57.5%] vs. 75/172 [43.6%], p = 0.04). Ranking of the need for care was not significantly influenced by dental insurance; need of any kind was explained by being dentate (odds ratio 12.3, 95% confidence interval 5.6 27.3).

Aged↗
PubMed1987

Management of dental insurance in the dental office.

This article should assist the practitioner with the efficient flow of patients and paperwork in today's dental world. By providing a system to control and monitor the flow of insurance papers and by accepting the patient's third-party coverage partially or in full--rather than resisting it--the dentist will enjoy an increase in his or her patient population.

Fees, Dental↗