Dental Insurance Market

The global dental insurance market size was valued at $152.26 billion in 2019 and is projected to reach $237.11 billion by 2027, growing at a CAGR of 10.7% from 2020 to 2027. Dental insurance policy is designed to pay a portion of costs associated with treatment of dental conditions and preventive dental care. It helps in paying for unexpected dental emergencies that may be expensive to fix. In addition, Preferred Provider Organizations (PPO), Indemnity Plans, Dental Health Maintenance Organizations (DHMO), Direct Reimbursement, and Exclusive Provider Organizations (EPO) are several types of dental insurance coverages currently offered to individuals, families, and groups. 

Post COVID-19, the sale of dental insurance premiums are expected to decline, owing to decrease in disposable income and reduced consumer dental spending globally.

Increase in support from several governments globally, protection of dental insurers against fluctuations in revenues; prices and yields; and rise in awareness toward oral hygiene boost the dental insurance market growth. However, increase in advancements & developments of medicines for dental treatments and rise in convergence of dental insurance coverages in health insurance plans hamper the market growth. 

Conversely, implementation of technologies to offer value added services to customers offer dental insurance providers with numerous opportunities. In addition, developing economies offer significant opportunities for insurers to expand their business by strengthening policies to support development of the dental insurance market. Furthermore, implementation of technologies can help insurers to enhance smooth claim process and avoid manual claim settlement processes, prevent insurance fraud, and derive over diagnosis & diagnostic errors. Therefore, these are some of factors expected to provide lucrative opportunities for the dental insurance providers during the forecast period.

Segment review

The dental insurance market is segmented on the basis of coverage, procedure type, demographics, end user, and region. In terms of coverage, it is segmented into Dental Preferred Provider Organizations (DPPO), Dental Health Maintenance Organizations (DHMO), Dental Indemnity Plans, and others. Based on procedure type, it is segmented into major, basic, and preventive. On the basis of demographics, it is segmented into senior citizens, adults, and minors. By end user, it is bifurcated into individuals and corporates. Region wise, the market is analyzed across North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, and LAMEA. 

The preventive segment dominated the dental insurance industry in 2019 and is projected to maintain its dominance during the forecast period. As it provides 100% dental insurance coverages, which are largely provided by general dentist & pediatric dentist and helps in reducing out-of-pocket costs for the dental treatment.  

The report focuses on the growth prospects, restraints, and trends of the dental insurance market analysis. The study provides Porter’s five forces analysis to understand the impact of various factors such as bargaining power of suppliers, competitive intensity of competitors, threat of new entrants, threat of substitutes, and bargaining power of buyers on the dental insurance market.

The report analysis profiles of key players operating in the market analysis include Aetna Inc., AFLAC INCORPORATED, Allianz, Ameritas, AXA, Cigna, Delta Dental, HDFC ERGO Health Insurance Ltd. (Apollo Munich), MetLife Services and Solutions, LLC, and United HealthCare Services, Inc. These players have adopted various strategies to increase their market penetration and strengthen their position in the industry.

COVID-19 impact analysis

COVID-19 pandemic has a moderate impact on the dental insurance market; owing to sharp decline in demand for dental treatments and economic effects of the pandemic. However, as lockdown has severely impacted movement of consumers and disruption of businesses worldwide, utilization of dental services such as oral exam, cleanings, periodic X-rays, and other services considered urgent and unable to be easily postponed have been largely affected by the coronavirus outbreak. 

Top impacting factors

Increase in awareness of oral hygiene

Rise in awareness toward oral hygiene, which has become one of the important aspects of human health, has resulted in a massive demand for dental hygiene. Therefore, owing to increase in use of oral hygiene services, demand for dental insurance coverages have increased, which propels the market growth. In addition, dental insurance covers numerous benefits including treatment of infected nerves, tooth removal, minor surgical procedures, and drainage of minor oral infections. Thus, owing to increase in dental treatments, awareness toward oral hygiene has tremendously increased, which, in turn, propels growth of the dental insurance market.

Rise in government support & initiatives 

With rise in support from several governments globally, protection of dental insurers against fluctuations in revenues, prices, and yields fuel growth of the dental insurance market. In addition, rise in initiatives and supports across several countries help insured to avail dental insurance coverages with more alternatives & customized options in the market. For instance, in India, the government has a scheme “Ayushman Bharat”, an initiative that covers dental insurance and aims at formalizing dental services with large population base in the country. Therefore, owing to increase in support & initiative by governments drive growth of the dental insurance market.

Implementation of technologies in existing products offerings 

Dental insurance market has an immense opportunity to expand existing products line of dental coverages in the market. In addition, insurers provide value added services to their customers and expand product & service offerings by implementing technologies for insurance coverages. In addition, implementation of technologies can help enhance smooth claim process & avoid manual claim settlement processes, prevent insurance fraud, and derive over diagnosis & diagnostic errors. Therefore, expansion of existing products & services and implementation of technologies are expected to provide lucrative opportunities for dental insurance providers in the upcoming years.

Key benefits for stakeholders 

• The study provides an in-depth analysis of the global dental insurance market share along with the current & future trends to elucidate the imminent investment pockets.
• Information about key drivers, restrains, and opportunities and their impact analysis on the market size is provided in the report.
• Porter’s five forces analysis illustrates the potency of the buyers and suppliers operating in the industry.
• An extensive analysis of the key segments of the industry helps to understand the global dental insurance market trends.
• The quantitative analysis of the global dental insurance market from 2020 to 2027 is provided to determine the market potential.

Key market segments

By Coverage

• Dental Preferred Provider Organizations (DPPO)
• Dental Health Maintenance Organizations (DHMO)
• Dental Indemnity Plans
• Others 

By Type

• Major
• Basic
• Preventive 

By Demographics

• Senior Citizens
• Adults
• Minors 
• End User
• Individuals
• Corporates

By Region

• North America
  • U.S.
  • Canada
• Europe
  • UK
  • France
  • Spain
  • Netherlands
  • Rest of Europe
• Asia-Pacific 
  • China
  • Japan
  • India
  • Australia
  • Singapore
  • South Korea
  • Rest of Asia-Pacific
• LAMEA
  • Latin America 
  • Middle East
  • Africa

Key Market Players

• Aetna Inc.
• AFLAC INCORPORATED
• Allianz
• Ameritas
• AXA
• Cigna
• Delta Dental
• HDFC ERGO Health Insurance Ltd. (Apollo Munich) 
• MetLife Services and Solutions, LLC 
• United HealthCare Services, Inc. 

 Dental Insurance Market Report Highlights