Anthem's Dental Blue plans are network-based (PPO) dental insurance products. You won't maximize your benefits under these plans unless you use dentists participating in one of the Anthem networks. Don't buy one of these plans unless you've checked the dental networks to ensure your access to a participating dentist.
All Anthem's Dental Blue plans cover the full cost of in-network diagnostic and preventive care. Benefits for more extensive dental services vary by plan. Dental Blue can be purchased in conjunction with an Anthem medical plan, or you can buy it stand-alone.
The Dental Blue products use three Anthem dental networks. To understand the Dental Blue plans, you need to understand the differences in these networks:
100 Network (smallest)
The 100 Network is Anthem's core network of participating dentists. These dentists provide "network" services under all the Anthem Dental Blue plans.
200 Network (bigger)
The 200 Network is about 40% larger than the 100 Network. So, if you choose an Anthem Dental Blue plan with the 200 Network, you can receive dental services from a larger selection of participating dentists.
300 Network (largest)
The 300 Network is still bigger - about 50% larger than the 200 Network.
You have a choice of three distinct Anthem Dental Blue plans. Following are very brief overviews - listed in order of least to most expensive: