Can dental implants be considered a medical necessity?

Dental Implants are considered a medical necessity when you have lost your dentition or teeth due to cancer and they are also considered a medical necessity when a lack of teeth has impacted your mastication and digestion. Medical insurance considers four or more implants a full mouth reconstruction. Your challenge will be finding oral health care providers whom are positioned to help you file your medical claims in their office as this is fairly new to the dental industry. It is a plus that your medical providers are willing to help you. 

Some benefit plans have very specific language in terms of dental implants or rehabilitation.  We need to look into the plan and send for pre-authorization and see if they would cover it.  At times a peer review is necessary as well.  Did you have any radiation to your jaws?  If so this changes things and you may not even be a candidate for dental implants.  We'll need full report of your radiation location, dose and lenght of treatment before even proceeding with implants.

In situations where teeth were lost due to accident of medical issues, sometimes medical insurance will cover a portion of dental implants. You'd have to look at your specific plan and see if it's a covered benefit.