Language and cultural assistance
Communicate effectively with all of your patients with the help of Delta Dental's Language Assistance Program (LAP).
Communicating clearly and accurately is essential to quality health care. Demonstrate your commitment to patients by incorporating cultural understanding into your practice.
Here are ways to boost your cultural competency skills:
If you discover a language barrier, call Delta Dental. We will arrange for a qualified interpreter to help you communicate with your patient in any language at no cost.
If possible, dentists and/or office staff may speak with limited-English proficient patients in the patients’ preferred languages. However, you are encouraged to call Delta Dental first. Clear and accurate health information is essential to the delivery of quality health care. Interpretation through a trained and certified interpreter is preferable to interpretation through friends or family, to ensure clarity and accuracy.
Delta Dental’s Language Assistance Program (LAP) provides language assistance to enrollees with limited proficiency in English.
LAP services include:
If you are a Delta Dental contracting dentist in California, you have specific obligations under California law. To learn more about your obligations, visit our legal notices page.
Delta Dental telephone numbers for interpreter services:
Delta Dental can also arrange on-site interpretation at the dental office location. To arrange face-to-face interpreter services, call Delta Dental’s customer service department at least 72 hours in advance of the appointment time.
Print a copy of our printer-friendly English-Spanish phrase guide for easy access.