Can You Get Dental Insurance Without Health Insurance? 
Yes dental insurance is not `` health '' insurance in the colloquial sense of the word health insurance -LRB- i.e. major medical insurance -RRB- . There is no requirement to have health insurance before having dental insurance . One can have health insurance and no dental insurance , just as they can have dental insurance and no health insurance . And , of course , one can also have both health insurance and dental insurance . 