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On Dubai's minimum plan, the dental benefit has a limit of AED 500. It lists dental consultation, extraction, fillings, root canal treatment, scaling, x-rays, antibiotics and prophylaxis, and you pay coinsurance of 30% per visit. Crowns and implants are not on that list, and the exclusions cover dental prostheses, orthodontics and cosmetic work.
Dubai's health insurance law requires cover for UAE nationals, residents and visitors. The Dubai Health Authority sets the Essential Benefits Plan as the minimum level of health insurance cover, and under the law's implementing bylaw, registered packages must offer at least the basic coverage benefits. An employer's plan may pay more toward dental care. It should not pay less.
Where the dental figures come from
The authority's benefit circulars are addressed to insurers for regulatory use and are not meant for publication, so this page does not quote them. The dental figures below come from the Tables of Benefits that two Dubai insurers publish for their minimum-plan products. The table attached to your own policy is the one that counts, so ask your insurer for it.
How far does the dental limit go?
One insurer's table describes the benefit as an annual limit of AED 500 per person, which makes it a yearly allowance rather than an amount per visit. Next to typical Dubai prices it pays for routine care, and very little of anything bigger.
Source: Sukoon Insurance, DHA plans Table of Benefits (insurer’s published plan table); Zavis, UAE medical pricing (modelled ranges) (industry price publisher). Checked 16 September 2026.
Show the numbers
| Item | Amount |
|---|---|
| Dental limit on the minimum plan, per year | AED 500 |
| Scale and polish, typical price | AED 400 |
| Tooth extraction, typical price | AED 800 |
| Root canal treatment, typical price | AED 2,500 |
| Crown, typical price | AED 2,000 |
| Single implant, typical price | AED 8,000 |
Coinsurance is charged per visit, with one exception in the same table: no coinsurance on a follow-up visit made within seven days. If your dentist books you back within the week, ask the clinic to bill it as a follow-up.
Which treatments are in and which are out?
Most dental bills are decided by the exclusions. The table states that dental prostheses and orthodontic treatments are excluded, which puts aligners and braces outside the plan, and is why crowns and implants are marked as not listed. It also states that cosmetic healthcare services are excluded. That is the line that applies when veneers are placed for appearance.
What to do before you book
- Ask your insurer for the dental section of your own policy in writing, not over the phone.
- Check whether your plan has a dental limit above the minimum, and how much of it you have used this year.
- For anything beyond a check-up or cleaning, ask whether pre-authorisation is required.
- Ask the clinic whether it bills your insurer directly, and whether it is in your plan's network.
Abu Dhabi, Qatar and Kuwait
This guide covers Dubai only. Abu Dhabi has its own compulsory insurance rules, and Qatar and Kuwait have their own arrangements. We have not found published dental terms for any of them that we can link to, so we leave them out rather than guess.
Prices before insurance are in the estimator. For treatments the plan does list, see root canal and extraction prices and what a scale and polish costs.
Where these figures come from
- Modelled price range for a single-tooth dental implant in Dubai, with a typical price of AED 8,000 (data as of March 2026): AED 5,000 to 15,000
- Modelled price range for a dental crown in Dubai, with a typical price of AED 2,000 (data as of March 2026): AED 1,000 to 4,000
- Modelled price range for a dental cleaning (scale and polish) in Dubai, with a typical price of AED 400 (data as of March 2026): AED 200 to 800
- Modelled price range for root canal treatment in Dubai, with a typical price of AED 2,500 (data as of March 2026): AED 1,200 to 4,500
- Modelled price range for a tooth extraction in Dubai, with a typical price of AED 800 (data as of March 2026): AED 300 to 2,500
- The Dubai Health Authority mandates the Essential Benefits Plan (EBP) as the minimum level of health insurance coverage: the minimum level of health insurance cover
- Article 7 of Dubai Law No. 11 of 2013 requires the responsible entities to enrol UAE nationals, residents and visitors in health insurance: UAE nationals, residents and visitors
- Article 24(b) of the implementing bylaw of Dubai's health insurance law says registered health insurance packages must offer the minimum health benefits specified for basic coverage: must offer at least the basic coverage benefits
- Dental benefit limit in a Dubai insurer's published Table of Benefits for its Essential Benefits Plan product: AED 500
- A second Dubai insurer's published Table of Benefits for its basic DHA plans states the dental benefit as an annual limit per person: an annual limit of AED 500 per person
- Dental services listed under the dental benefit in the same Essential Benefits Plan Table of Benefits: dental consultation, extraction, fillings, root canal treatment, scaling, x-rays, antibiotics and prophylaxis
- Coinsurance payable by the insured under the dental benefit in the same Essential Benefits Plan Table of Benefits: 30% per visit
- Under the dental benefit in the same Table of Benefits, no coinsurance is due if a follow-up visit is made within seven days: no coinsurance on a follow-up visit made within seven days
- The exclusions in the same Essential Benefits Plan Table of Benefits include all expenses relating to dental prostheses and orthodontic treatments: dental prostheses and orthodontic treatments are excluded
- The exclusions in the same Essential Benefits Plan Table of Benefits include all cosmetic healthcare services: cosmetic healthcare services are excluded