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Oral Health Meets Overall Health with Delta Dental of Illinois' Enhanced Benefits Program
Offering enhanced benefits for those with high-risk medical conditions

Delta Dental of Illinois' Enhanced Benefits Program integrates medical and dental care - where oral health meets overall health. This program enhances coverage for individuals who have specific health conditions that can be positively affected by additional oral health care. These enhancements are based on scientific evidence that shows treating and preventing oral disease in these situations can improve overall health.

Those eligible for Delta Dental of Illinois' Enhanced Benefits Program include:
• People with periodontal (gum) disease.
• People with diabetes.
• Pregnant women.
• People with high-risk cardiac conditions.**
• People with kidney failure or who are undergoing dialysis.**
• People undergoing cancer-related chemotherapy and/or radiation.**
• People with suppressed immune systems due to HIV positive status, organ transplant, and/or stem cell (bone marrow) transplant.**
• People at risk for oral cancer.**

Our Enhanced Benefits Program includes additional cleanings and/or applications of topical fluoride. The program addresses the unique health challenges faced by people with conditions that put them at risk for oral health disease, and can also play an important role in the management of an individual's medical condition.

The costs of the additional cleanings and fluoride treatments will be applied to enrollees' annual maximum. The timing of treatment is very important when serious medical conditions exist. If you have one of these conditions, talk with your dentist and physician about if and when treatment is right for you.

**Effective July 1, 2009.

Coverage will be at the group-contracted benefit level, with the additional frequency allowance being the only change. There is no end date on this additional coverage, no age requirement and the patient may be the subscriber, spouse or other covered dependent. Check your plan description to see if you have this coverage.

The Enhanced Benefits Program offers special benefits for specific risks.  Click here for more information. Find answers to some frequently asked questions.

Not all patients may be eligible for the Enhanced Benefits Program. To find out if your patient is eligible, go to the Dentist Connection.