About 23% of dentists have dropped out of insurance networks so far this year, according to a new report from the American Dental Association.
The ADA recently released its “State of the U.S. economy” report for the second quarter of 2026. The report includes economic data for dental practices as well as information on consumer dental spending and staffing.
The ADA surveyed dentists on actions they planned to take at their practice in 2026 during the fourth quarter of 2025. In the fourth quarter survey, 35% of dentists said they intended to drop out of insurance networks in 2026. The second quarter report shows 23.5% of dentists have already done so, up from 22.2% of dentists who reported dropping insurers during the first quarter of the year.
The report also shows that 5.6% of dentists have joined insurance networks, compared to 3.2% of dentists who said they planned on joining insurance networks this year during the fourth quarter of 2025.
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