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Dental Blue: How it works

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts has a long history of providing dental coverage. In fact, we have been meeting the dental care needs of our members for more than 50 years. 

Networks

• Dental Blue Indemnity Network is our broad access network which offers access to nearly 15,000 in-network dental locations in Massachusetts and New Hampshire. In addition to our local network, Dental Blue also offers access to a national network of over 500,000 dental locations across the country.
• Dental Blue PPO^® provides access to in-network dental care through more than 50% of dentists in Massachusetts. Members in this plan can choose to see any dentist they want; however, they will receive the most coverage if they get care from a dentist in our Dental Blue PPO network. Out-of-network dentists can charge more than what the plan covers, and the member will be responsible for paying the difference. 

Both of these networks are supported by our nationwide network

All Dental Blue^® members have access to one of the largest national dental networks, with participating providers from approximately 40 Blues Plans including Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts. This network doubles the number of participating providers of our current network.

Products

Our portfolio of dental offerings includes:

• Dental Blue^®
• Dental Blue PPO^®
• Dental Federal Employee Program
• Other Dental Plans
  • Dental Blue Select
  • Dental Blue Preventive
  • Dental Blue 65^®
  • Dental Blue Freedom^®

For more information on Dental Blue plans, and to compare different plans, use the Dental button in our plan comparison tool.