TRICARE, Your Military Health Plan

In This Section:

• Enrollment
• Monthly Premiums
• When Coverage Begins
• Costs
• Plan Maximums
• Dental Providers
• Survivor Benefit Program

Dental Providers

You can receive dental care from any licensed, authorized dentist, and MetLife offers an extensive network of more than 164,000 dentist locations available to you as part of your coverage.

By selecting a dental provider from MetLife's dental network, you can save time and money. Dentists who participate in the Preferred Dentist Program (In-Network Dentists) have signed a contractual agreement with MetLife to follow TRICARE Dental Program rules for providing care and accepting payments. When visiting an in-network dentist, you should never pay more than your applicable cost share for covered services.

• Search MetLife's Preferred Dental Program Dental Network to find a participating dentist near you.

Please Note: When you sign the assignment of benefits statement on a claim submission document, you are allowing MetLife to send payment directly to the dentist. If the assignment of benefits provision is not signed, MetLife's payment will be sent to you, and you are responsible for paying the dentist.

Non-Network Dental Providers
Dentists who have not signed a contract with MetLife are considered non-network dentists. Non-network dentists may bill you their full fee. You will be responsible for paying the difference between MetLife's allowance and the amount charged by the non-network dentist, in addition to the applicable cost share. Also, non-network dentists are not required to submit claim forms on your behalf.

OCONUS* Dental Providers
As a convenience to you, a directory of TRICARE OCONUS Preferred Dentists, including orthodontists, is available on the MetLife Web site at https://mybenefits.metlife.com/tricare. These dental providers have agreed to charge only your applicable cost share and will file claims to MetLife on your behalf.

You are under no obligation to seek care from TRICARE OCONUS Preferred Dentists, but where they are available, you may find it more convenient to do so.

*For the TRICARE Dental Program, "OCONUS" refers to areas outside of the United States, District of Columbia, Guam, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

Last Modified:April 19, 2012