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0232/2025 - Commercial relations between plans and dental services providers in a capital city in northeastern Brazil
Relações comerciais entre planos e prestadores de serviços odontológicos em uma capital do nordeste do Brasil

Author:

• Jonas de Oliveira Neto - Oliveira Neto, J - <drjonasneto.odonto@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3597-8407

Co-author(s):

• Sônia Cristina Lima Chaves - Chaves, SCL - <schaves@ufba.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1476-8649
• Catharina Leite Matos Soares - Soares, CLM - <catharinamatos@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8131-4831
• Lana Bleicher - Bleicher, L - <lanableicher@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1123-836X
• Débora Maria Oliveira Cruz Vilela - Vilela, DMOC - <deboramocruz@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5363-3333
• Lília Paula de Souza Santos - Santos, LPS - <lilia_paula@yahoo.com.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2647-0014
• Ana Maria Freire de Souza Lima - Lima, AMFS - <ana.freire@ufba.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9285-194X


Abstract:

The commercial relationship between dental service providers and the Odontoprev, dental insurance, in a northeastern Brazilian capital was analyzed. This is a sociological study of the private pole of dentistry field in Brazil, based on Bourdieu's concepts of field, capital and competition, with document analysis and semi-structured interviews. In 2023, Odontoprev was the main Dental Insurance in the sector, covering 23.6% of the beneficiaries of exclusively dental insurance and 69.8% of the Group Dentistry modality. Commercial conflicts were observed between dental insurance and providers, the main ones being related to disallowances for procedures and the low amounts paid for procedures. Most dental clinics seek accreditation in order to increase their flow and attract patients for private procedures. The procedure most performed by providers was supragingival scraping, which has the lowest cost. Since competition is a fundamental element, the concentration of dental insurance, such as Odontoprev, produces advantages for dental insurance. In the economic field, agents are obliged to submit their choices to the logic of maximizing profits, otherwise they will be eliminated from the market, and the objective structures of the field are revealed in order to understand the choices made.

Keywords:

Health care market, private sector, dental care.

Content:

Commercial relations between plans and dental services providers in a capital city in northeastern Brazil


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Oliveira Neto, J, Chaves, SCL, Soares, CLM, Bleicher, L, Vilela, DMOC, Santos, LPS, Lima, AMFS. Commercial relations between plans and dental services providers in a capital city in northeastern Brazil. Cien Saude Colet [periódico na internet] (2025/Jul). [Citado em 05/12/2025]. Está disponível em: http://cienciaesaudecoletiva.com.br/en/articles/commercial-relations-between-plans-and-dental-services-providers-in-a-capital-city-in-northeastern-brazil/19708?id=19708



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