2021

This report serves as a primer for understanding the dental benefits market by highlighting key trends in enrollment, premiums, claims processing metrics, customer service metrics and employer and consumer opinion.

Dental premiums continue a long trend of increases well below the rate of inflation, with the average premium rising less than 1% in 2021 compared to 2020 premiums.

 NADP’s Consumer Tracking Survey Report is based on 3,000 online surveys among United States Consumers. The survey covers consumer attitudes and behaviors on dental care and dental benefits.

Crosstabulations of every question in the survey by the following demographic variables

The NADP Dental Benefits Report: Provider Networks is part of a series of reports on the size and scope of provider networks, management practices, and the regulatory and legislative activities affecting provider networks.

To provide current information about the prevalence of dental benefits in the population of the United States, the National Association of Dental Plans conducts an annual survey of its membership and other dental benefit providers.

NADP’s Consumer Tracking Survey Report is based on 3,000 online surveys among United States Consumers.

The 2021 NADP Benefit Utilization Report includes data on non-DHMO dental insurance paid dental procedures per 1,000 enrollees by month, by state and by benefit sponsor (group, individual, and Medicare Advantage)

The Plan Design Report includes data reported by product type (DHMO, DPPO In-Network, DPPO Out of Network, and Dental Indemnity).

The raw data file in Excel format from the 2021 NADP Consumer Tracking Survey includes all 3,000 responses to every question asked in the survey. SPSS format coming soon.