title: Insuring preventive dental care: are sealants included?
abstract: Lack of third-party reimbursement for pit and fissure sealants has been cited as a barrier preventing increased adoption rates. The extent to which commercial insurance companies and Blue Cross/Blue Shield Associations provide reimbursement for dental sealants is examined with data from a telephone survey. Results indicate that the majority of such third-party payers did not provide reimbursement for sealants.
mesh_terms: D054598:Blue Cross Blue Shield Insurance Plans; D003625:Data Collection; D006801:Humans; D007347:Insurance, Dental; D010895:Pit and Fissure Sealants; D011313:Preventive Dentistry / Q000191:economics*
chemical_list: D010895:Pit and Fissure Sealants