6 statistics on dental patient insurance coverage

More than half of pediatric dental patients (59.1 percent) are covered by private health insurance, according to the American Dental Association’s 2012 Survey of Dental Practice: Pediatric Dentists in Private Practice Characteristics Report.

Carrie Pallardy

Thursday, October 30th, 2014

Here are 6 statistics on patient insurance coverage in general dentistry and pediatric dentistry practices.

Private insurance
• Pediatric practice patients: 59.1 percent
• General practice patients: 65.2 percent

Public assistance
• Pediatric practice patients: 25.5 percent
• General practice patients: 5.4 percent

Not covered by insurance
• Pediatric practice patients: 15.4 percent
• General practice patients: 29.4 percent

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