For the United States, since 1960 of the private dental insurance has been growing and out of pocket payments has diminished. In 1960, private dental insurance was only 2% while out-of-pocket payments were 97% of total payments. Almost nothing else mattered for dentistry. Federal public funds were only $9M or five tenths of one percent, and state and local funds were $8M, about the same percentage. Since then private dental insurance has been growing and out-of-pocket funds have been getting smaller. However, the change has been gradual until 1980-90 when dental insurance became a serious factor. Private dental insurance climbed rapidly to slightly over 50% where it was in 2006. Out of pocket, payments started at almost the all of dental payments, 97% and dropped to 44%, which it was in 2006. It should be noted that public sponsorship of dental insurance is still insignificant. In 2006, the government paid 6% of the cost of dental care, only 3.5% from federal sources and 2.5% from state and local revenues. Where will dental financing go in the future?