About 35% of dentists indicated they may drop insurance networks this year, according to new data from the American Dental Association.
The ADA released its “Economic Outlook and Emerging Issues in Dentistry” report for the fourth quarter of 2025, highlighting key trends and statistics on the workforce, practice operations and financial performance.
The ADA surveyed 705 dentists on how likely they are to take certain actions during 2026, including investing in new software, adding or reducing staff and dropping insurance networks.
Here is how likely dentists said they were to drop insurers in 2026:
Very likely: 14.6%
Somewhat likely: 20.4%
Neither likely nor unlikely: 29.1%
Somewhat unlikely: 10.9%
Very unlikely: 25%
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