Les Masterson is a deputy editor and insurance analyst at Forbes Advisor. He has been a journalist, reporter, editor and content creator for more than 25 years. He has covered insurance for a decade, ...

Why Do Newborns Need Dental Insurance? Newborns don't need dental insurance at birth because they won't have teeth until they are 6 to 9 months old. Parents should, however, consider dental insurance ...

You can save on dental insurance by bundling it with your health plan. Many insurance companies offer a discount when you buy a health and dental policy together, called a bundling discount. Bundling ...

If policymakers want to protect access to dental care while managing Medicaid costs, adult dental benefits should not be ...

Dental insurance often disappoints consumers—it charges monthly premiums, but offers limited coverage compared to health insurance. It functions more like a discount plan, covering only a percentage ...

Penny Gusner is a senior insurance writer and analyst at Forbes Advisor. For more than 20 years, she has been helping consumers learn how insurance laws, data, trends, and coverages affect them. Penny ...

After we published an article last week detailing updated guidance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on dental amalgam, we started to get questions from our readers about what had ...

Dental insurance is an important part of keeping your teeth healthy and preventing costly dental bills. However, many Americans are surprised to learn that their health insurance policy doesn’t ...