Get more out of your dental carriers

Carriers can help educate patients that it's not just cavities they could be preventing with regular dental care. When people take care of their oral health, they're protecting their whole body and mind. The more frequently and the more sources patients hear this message from, the more likely they are to seek regular preventive care.

Patient communication is essential and another way Unum Dental supports dental practices. Through Unum's provider portal, dental offices are able to easily check benefits and coverage — to quickly communicate out-of-pocket costs to your patients. Dental staff can quickly obtain information for more effective patient communication.

Provider portals can further create efficiencies for dental practices by simplifying the process of filing claims and receiving payments. Your practice should be able to use a provider portal to electronically submit claims and documents and choose how your practice gets paid. Additionally, your office staff can track a claim's status from electronic submission until payment is issued. A secure portal and its tools can make your practice more efficient — freeing you and your staff to care for more patients.

While leveraging technology is important, it shouldn't replace the human touch because sometimes you still need to talk to a real person. Unum Dental Network provides a team of experts to help answer questions and advocate for providers. The ideal carrier network will offer both modern technology and old-fashioned human help.

For almost 175 years, we've been working to help people thrive through life's moments — and constantly looking for innovation throughout our entire portfolio of benefit products and solutions. Unum combines our unique blend of benefits support and technology for our customers and our dental network providers. Unum Dental Network covers around a million dental members, and we're growing fast.

When you join the Unum Dental Network, you'll:

We combine technology and a human touch to make sure you can focus on what matters most — your patient's oral health.

Connect with one of our dedicated provider relations team members for more information about joining our network, email NetworkRecruiting@Unum.com.

Unum Dental Network includes providers under direct contract and access arrangements with other networks. Search to see if you're part of Unum's dental PPO network.

If you're already a participating provider, please re-register for the new Unum Dental Provider Portal by calling the Provider Relations team at 888-400-9304.

1 National Institutes of Health, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8457130/, 2021, accessed 4/26/2023.