Over the past several years, Delta Dental of Arizona has been in the midst of a transformation from a single-line insurance company to a multi-line health and wellness organization providing affordable dental as well as vision benefits to individuals, families and businesses throughout the state while advocating for medical-dental integration and proactively working to increase access to care. By way of example, this past spring Delta Dental of Arizona announced that effective April 1, 2024, most of its plan gave children and adults with special healthcare needs access to increased benefits, including additional dental visits to increase patient and caregiver comfort and set treatment expectations, up to four dental cleanings in a benefit year, extra chair time for treatment delivery modifications necessary, and use of anesthesia when necessary.
Delta Dental of Arizona also recently announced a groundbreaking partnership with The University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix to create Arizona’s first-ever Oral Health In Medicine Initiative. The partnership increases oral health education for all medical students at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix and launched in the 2024-2025 academic year, which commenced in July.
And in just the past few weeks?
To increase awareness of the important role that mouth guards play in sports safety and to ensure access to affordable, high-quality mouth guards, Delta Dental of Arizona launched its first retail mouth guards to protect athletes of all ages and levels. The retail program is made possible through Delta Dental of Arizona Plans Association, and, while a big move into the retail space, for Delta Dental of Arizona, the Delta Dental Athletic Mouth Guard represents the opportunity to educate and protect athletes of all ages as well as continue to increase access to preventive care. The mouthguard is available for purchase in 14 different colors, comes strapped or strapless, and in packs of one or two. They retail for $20–$25.
