What is the best dental insurance plan for financing health care for me? Choosing a dental expense plan can be a confusing experience. Although there is no one “best” dental payment plan for financing health care, there are some plans that will be better than others for you and your family’s dental payment plan needs. […]
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Dental Patient Financing
Categories: Dental Financing
Your dentist’s biggest concern is your dental health. Teeth are a priceless possession. Maintaining them should never have to take a back seat to details like dental costs or insurance coverage. Your dentist’s patient financing policy is probably pretty basic: somehow, they’ll find a way that lets them perform the work you need now, rather […]
Dental Insurance, What Should You Know
Categories: Dental Financing
Dental insurance is not meant to be a pay-all. It’s only meant to be an aid. You are very fortunate if you have dental insurance coverage and don’t have to pay the entire dental fee plan out of your own pocket. Many patients don’t have any dental insurance at all. Some patients have excellent dental […]
Dental Information, The Costs Associated With Root Canal Treatment
Categories: Dental Financing
What are the Costs Associated with Root Canal Treatment? There are many factors that affect the costs and payment associated with root canal treatment. Each patient and tooth presents a different set of circumstances. Generally the cost of root canal treatment is directly related to the chair time necessary to perform the treatment as well […]
Dental Fees
Categories: Dental Financing, Dental Insurance
Imagine this: a homeowner, to save a few dollars, decides the roof shouldn’t be repaired, the broken windows replaced, the leaky pipes fixed. Think that’s the best way to protect such a valuable asset? Of course not. Yet many people put off caring for the most important asset they have – their health – because […]
Dental Costs
Categories: Dental Financing
Most everyone is feeling the economic pinch in some way or another. We can’t pretend the picture is particularly rosy. On the other hand, we’ve all heard the term “false economy.” In difficult financial times, some people put off the dental care they need and wait for things to “get better.” When it comes to […]
Choosing Dental Health, Three Reasons Why It Is A Wise Choice
Categories: Dental Financing
Most of us think that taking care of our teeth is about having a great smile and avoiding the discomfort of a toothache. Although these are valid and important reasons for maintaining a good oral health program, there are three other equally strong reasons to consider. First of all, dental health is part of your […]
Avoiding Big Dental Costs
Categories: Dental Financing
Whoever warned against being “penny wise and pound foolish” must have been thinking of times like these. When the economy is just limping along (and dollars are tight at home) it’s natural to look for ways to cut down on unnecessary expenses. Too often, cutting back on today’s unnecessary expense leads to far greater costs […]
Wisdom Teeth Removal – How Wise Is It?
Categories: Wisdom Teeth Dentistry
Any tooth has the potential to become impacted – that is, emerge in some oddball direction that crowds other teeth. But the most famous culprits are third molars, the last-to-emerge wisdom teeth. Not many mouths can accommodate an impacted wisdom tooth, let alone, teeth. They often wind up pressing against their neighbors, ultimately pressuring the […]
Why Do We Have Wisdom Teeth?
Categories: Wisdom Teeth Dentistry
People often ask, “Why do we have wisdom teeth if there is no room in the jaws for them?” The answer has a lot to do with diet. In an article titled “Management of Asymptomatic Impacted Wisdom Teeth” in the British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial surgery, the author noted that the average, highly abrasive […]
