title: Overview of the anatomy of the dental benefit marketplace and emerging concepts.
abstract: Changing dental trends, increase in the number of stakeholders involved with dental benefits, health care reforms and the oral-systemic connection will all have a significant impact on dental practice. Additionally, the demand from many stakeholders for increased oversight of dental benefit utilization requires the need for development of acceptable metrics to track and report outcomes. The dental profession and benefit carriers will be faced with many challenges to balance these needs and expectations.
authors: Paul
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authors: Manos
mesh_terms: D001699:Biometry; D017046:Cost Savings; D003729:Dental Care; D003752:Dental Health Services / Q000191:economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D048909:Diabetes Complications / Q000191:economics; D055094:Evidence-Based Dentistry; D006264:Health Benefit Plans, Employee; D018166:Health Care Reform; D019981:Health Care Sector / Q000191:economics; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D007342:Insurance Benefits; D007343:Insurance Carriers; D007347:Insurance, Dental; D009909:Oral Health; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D010347:Patient Care Planning; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D010510:Periodontal Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000191:economics; D014481:United States