Abstract

ARAUJO, Mary Fonseca de; CORREIA, Caroline Lourenço; GROISMAN, Sônia  and  TOLEDO, Eliane. Dental private insurance: vision of The dentists of the city of Duque de Caxias/RJ. Rev. Bras. Odontol. [online]. 2012, vol.69, n.2, pp. 165-169. ISSN 1984-3747.

The aim of this study was an inductive approach through a close questionnaire applied in private dental offices that offer dental pre-payment assistance, in order to analyse the working relationship between dentists and private dental insurances in the City of Duque de Caxias (RJ). A sample of 74 questionnaires, were equally distributed (20% each), by graduation time. The attendance to more than one pre-payment oral health company insurance was the most common (88% of the sample). From the positive aspects, the patients increase were most mentioned (81%) and the lack of clarity about the different values paid between colleagues (89%) and lack of financial adjustment or payment not compatible with the market (52%) as the main negative points.

Keywords : private dentists; dental insurance..