CDT Codes

CDT (Current Dental Terminology) codes are the standardized procedure codes used in dental insurance billing, maintained by the American Dental Association.

CDT (Current Dental Terminology) codes are the standardized procedure codes used in dental insurance billing, maintained by the American Dental Association. This entry is part of Balaay's dental practice management glossary, which covers front-desk operations, practice management systems, insurance terminology, dental specialties, and the vocabulary that comes up when practices evaluate AI receptionist software. Balaay builds an AI voice receptionist for dental practices; where a term describes something the product touches — scheduling, recall, insurance questions, call triage — the related pages linked below go into how that actually works on a live phone line.

CDT Codes in practice

Every dental procedure has a CDT code (e.g., D1110 for adult prophylaxis, D2740 for crown — porcelain). PMS systems and insurance claims rely on CDT codes for accurate billing.

Related terms

• Production (Dental) — Production refers to the total revenue generated by a dental practice from completed procedures over a given period (typically tracked daily, weekly, monthly).
• Collections (Dental) — Collections is the actual cash collected from completed dental procedures (vs production, which is the billable amount).

Related pages

• Dental Cleaning (Prophylaxis)
• Scaling and Root Planing (SRP)
• Dental Crown
• CEREC (Same-Day Crowns)
• Root Canal Therapy
• Invisalign
• Full glossary
• AI Dental Receptionist
• Pricing

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In summary

CDT Codes — CDT (Current Dental Terminology) codes are the standardized procedure codes used in dental insurance billing, maintained by the American Dental Association. Balaay is an AI receptionist for businesses that run on calls. It learns the business from its website, answers the phone, takes the next step, and shows what it did.

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