Choose a FEDVIP dental plan that helps protect your overall health

There is a direct connection between oral health and overall health. Unhealthy teeth and gums are often found in combination with heart disease and other life-threatening conditions. At the same time, many chronic conditions and the medications used to treat them can affect your oral health. So, when you’re researching FEDVIP dental plans choose the coverage that understands the relationship between the two.

Starting January 1, 2026, Delta Dental is adding SmileWay® Wellness Benefits¹ to the comprehensive coverage already provided in our FEDVIP dental plans. With this new benefit, you will be covered for expanded dental services if you are diagnosed with any of these chronic medical conditions that can all have oral manifestations:
 

• Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)
• Cancer
• Chronic kidney disease
• Diabetes
• Heart disease
• HIV/AIDS
• Huntington's disease
• Joint replacement
• Lupus
• Opioid misuse and addiction
• Parkinson's disease
• Rheumatoid arthritis
• Sjögren's syndrome
• Stroke

This new benefit is in addition to the coverage our two FEDVIP plans provide:
 

• Exceptional care at over 442,000 access points in the nation's largest proprietary dental network²
• 100% coverage on preventive care like cleanings, exams and X-rays from in-network dentists
• Savings of up to 40% on additional treatments when you go to in-network dentists³
• Care from day 1 — with no waiting period for any covered services, including orthodontics and implants

When you’re researching FEDVIP dental plans, choose the coverage that understands the connection between oral and overall health and provides numerous benefits to support both. If you are a federal employee or retiree, a U.S. Postal Service (USPS) employee or retiree, an annuitant, or a military retiree, you and your family are eligible for a Delta Dental FEDVIP plan.

Learn more about Delta Dental FEDVIP plans.

¹ 1n TX, SmileWay Wellness Benefits are known as SmileWay Enhanced Benefits.

² Internal data, July 2025

³ We negotiate rates with in-network providers that save members up to 40% on covered procedures. Savings estimate is evaluated
according to National Provider File average procedure fees in August 2023 and may vary in your location and these rates may not
apply to you. Some procedures may have waiting periods that apply before plan coverage takes effect.