MetLife to provide U.S. military dental insurance

MetLife has been chosen by Tricare Management Activity to be the provider of comprehensive dental coverage to family members of uniformed services active duty personnel in the U.S., as well as members of the selected reserve and individual ready reserve and their eligible family members around the world.

"MetLife is looking forward to the opportunity to provide quality dental coverage and oral health educational programs to the more than 2 million Tricare Dental Program (TDP) beneficiaries," said William Mullaney, president of MetLife U.S. Business. "We believe that our program provides TDP beneficiaries with great value and flexibility, including lower premiums and access to a dental provider network that is significantly larger than the current network."

MetLife's Preferred Dentist Program is one of the largest participating provider dental networks in the U.S., with more than 150,000 provider locations. Under the TDP, beneficiaries can utilize any dentist of their choice and receive benefits for covered services. Significant discounts apply when using in-network dental providers, and when the MetLife program becomes effective, TDP beneficiaries will begin enjoying new and enhanced benefits, including an increase in the annual maximum, according to the company.