Dental Facility Directory. The Dental Facility Directory includes addresses, maps, and telephone numbers for Participating Dental Offices and provides general information about getting dental care at Xxxxxx Permanente. Dental Provider Directory. The Dental Provider Directory lists Participating Providers, includes addresses for Participating Dental Offices, and provides general information about each Participating Provider such as gender, specialty, and language spoken. Dental Specialist. A Participating Provider who is an endodontist, oral pathologist, oral radiologist, oral surgeon, orthodontist, pediatric dentist, periodontist or prosthodontist. A referral by a Participating Dentist is required in order to receive covered Services from a Dental Specialist. Dentally Necessary. A Service that, in the judgment of a Participating Dentist, is required to prevent, diagnose, or treat a dental condition. A Service is Dentally Necessary and appropriate only if a Participating Dentist determines that its omission would adversely affect your dental health and its provision constitutes a dentally appropriate course of treatment for you in accord with generally accepted professional standards of practice that are consistent with a standard of care in the dental community and in accordance with applicable law. Unless otherwise required by law, we decide if a Service is Dentally Necessary. You may appeal our decision as set forth in the “Grievances, Claims, and Appeals” section. The fact that a Participating Dentist has prescribed, recommended, or approved a Service does not, in itself, make such Service Dentally Necessary and, therefore, a covered Service.
