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Dental4Health

Our dental and health plans have teamed up to help your employees live healthier and reduce total medical costs for everyone through our medical-dental integration program, Dental4Health®. As a health and dental insurer, Asuris is uniquely qualified to offer medical-dental integration and its cost-saving benefits.

Researchers have found that preventive dental care can save businesses and employees thousands of dollars by improving overall health and reducing medical claims. Good oral health can also help potentially reduce absenteeism and increase productivity.

The additional benefits provided through Dental4Health have been shown to improve the health of those with certain medical conditions affected by oral health (listed below) when they follow the program’s preventive dental care protocols.

We identify eligible members through medical claims and then enroll them automatically. Automatic enrollment is key to the program’s effectiveness—it allows us to proactively engage those enrolled so that they understand and use the program’s services. Employees with only an Asuris dental plan can self-enroll by completing and submitting an enrollment form.

Eligible
medical
conditions

Two additional
cleanings or periodontal maintenance visits

Periodontal scaling covered
100%

Enhanced cleaning to remove excess plaque buildup

Oral
health screenings; fluoride treatments

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)

✅

✅

✅

Coronary artery disease (CAD)

✅

✅

✅

Diabetes (DM)

✅

✅

✅

End-stage renal disease (ESRD)

✅

✅

✅

Head and neck cancers (HNC)

✅

✅

✅

Metabolic syndrome (MetS)

✅

✅

✅

Oral cancer (OC)

✅

✅

✅

Pregnancy (PG)

✅

✅

✅

Sjogren’s syndrome (SjS)

✅

✅

✅

Stroke (CVA)

✅

✅

✅

Eligible medical conditions

Coronary artery disease (CAD)

  • Periodontal scaling covered 100%

  • Enhanced cleaning to remove excess plaque buildup

  • Two additional cleanings or periodontal maintenance visits

Diabetes (DM)

  • Periodontal scaling covered 100%

  • Enhanced cleaning to remove excess plaque buildup

  • Two additional cleanings or periodontal maintenance visits

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)

  • Periodontal scaling covered 100%

  • Enhanced cleaning to remove excess plaque buildup

  • Oral health screenings; fluoride treatments

  • Two additional cleanings or periodontal maintenance visits

End-stage renal disease (ESRD)

  • Periodontal scaling covered 100%

  • Enhanced cleaning to remove excess plaque buildup

  • Two additional cleanings or periodontal maintenance visits

Head and neck cancers (HNC)

  • Enhanced cleaning to remove excess plaque buildup

  • Oral health screenings; fluoride treatments

  • Two additional cleanings or periodontal maintenance visits

Metabolic syndrome (MetS)

  • Periodontal scaling covered 100%

  • Enhanced cleaning to remove excess plaque buildup

  • Two additional cleanings or periodontal maintenance visits

Oral cancer (OC)

  • Enhanced cleaning to remove excess plaque buildup

  • Oral health screenings; fluoride treatments

  • Two additional cleanings or periodontal maintenance visits

Pregnancy (PG)

  • Periodontal scaling covered 100%

  • Enhanced cleaning to remove excess plaque buildup

  • Two additional cleanings or periodontal maintenance visits

Sjogren’s syndrome (SjS)

  • Enhanced cleaning to remove excess plaque buildup

  • Oral health screenings; fluoride treatments

  • Two additional cleanings or periodontal maintenance visits

Stroke (CVA)

  • Periodontal scaling covered 100%

  • Enhanced cleaning to remove excess plaque buildup

  • Two additional cleanings or periodontal maintenance visits

Plan benefits go further

Program benefits include preventive and periodontal services, outreach and education, and specialized medical care programs. Plus:

  • There’s no cost to participate and no out-of-pocket expenses

  • There are no waiting periods

  • Services don’t count toward the annual maximum

Eliminating out-of-pocket costs increases the likelihood of eligible employees taking advantage of the program’s benefits.

With the prevalence of diabetes, heart disease and other conditions affected by oral health increasing yearly, now is the time to offer your employees dental coverage that includes proactive, coordinated care.

Better health for employees—lower costs for everyone

Mayo Clinic researchers found that members with coronary artery disease and/or diabetes who were enrolled in a similar medical-dental care integration program achieved better health outcomes and saved as much as 36% on inpatient medical costs, resulting in 8% lower total medical costs.

With the prevalence of diabetes, heart disease and other conditions affected by oral health increasing yearly, now is the time to offer your employees dental coverage that includes proactive, coordinated care.

Dental4Health is included in all fully insured group dental plans. Self-funded groups may opt in.