Industry-peer research prepared for dental consultants and carrier stakeholders attending the 2026 American Association of Dental Consultants Spring Workshop. Each audit is built from public data and scoped to what a dental consultant can actually do about it.
Preventive Benefit Maturity Score · 7 dimensions · 3 gaps · 90-day roadmap
DMI benchmarking · preventive-device integration opportunity analysis
OHIP extension · member-facing preventive posture analysis
State of America's Oral Health extension · regional plan variance analysis
SpotLite on Oral Health extension · evidence-based benefit design
Dental consultants are the people who actually move carriers toward stronger preventive posture. A polished vendor deck doesn't change a carrier's claims policy — but a framework a consultant can carry back to their medical director does.
Each audit scores the carrier on seven dimensions using only public data, identifies three specific gaps, and maps each gap to a concrete implementation. No internal claims data required. No sales pitch. A peer-consultant lens on what's visible, what's silent, and where the next move is.