Dental Insurance Plan Carrier - First Dental Health (FDH)


Most of FDH's clients have chosen First Dental Health (FDH) because of the size of their networks, the quality of their providers, and the depth of their discounts. As an independent network, they offer great flexibility to any insurer, TPA or self-insured organization. By focusing energies exclusively on dental PPO and EPO networks they have helped clients consistently save up to $20 in claims expenses for every dollar spent accessing the FDH networks.
Quality providers are of paramount importance to FDH. This is evident by our stringent credentialing - before a dentist is added to their network - and their recredentialing standards which are done annually (as compared to the bi-annual industry standard).
FDH also re-prices claims and reviews them for "dental necessity," saving their clients additional money (usually 10% of the network savings). This claims review service, supplements our re-credentialing process and has a "sentinel effect" on their network. This sentinel effect helps FDH maintain quality providers and prevent over-treatment and over-charging.
The First Dental Health Access discount dental plan maintains the leading dental network in California. Based in San Diego since 1994, FDH has always been committed to a strong statewide presence. In addition to having great discounted fees, the FDH network includes more than 7,800 credentialed dentists, making it the largest independent network in the state of California! FDH has recently expanded their network to include both Arizona and Nevada.