I urge you to investigate discount plans because they are the wave of the future when it comes to saving money at the dentist. Studies show that you should go to the dentist for an oral exam, cleaning, and bitewing x-ray every 6-months, although it may no be necessary to get x-rayed more than once per year. I tried to get a traditional individual dental insurance and I was running up against brick walls with the sign-up process and I was told I’d likely have to wait a year to get the plan activated. If you have pre-existing conditions you are still accepts, all of your dental work will be discounted from the dentist's normal charges. I highly recommend these discount dental programs because they really do help you to save money on everything from cosmetic dentistry, laser dentistry, whitening, fillings, wisdon teeth extractions, oral surgery, braces, gum surgery, and just about every other dental procedure. Without these plans, you are stuck paying ridiculous amount of money every time you visit regardless of what you are having done. I wanted a dentist that was affordable and of good quality. You only have one set of teeth and I didn’t want them negatively affected. Make sure you choose a plan that will let go to a dentist near your house or make need to choose a specialist in you need more advanced type of dental correction. I was also able to switch plans once to a plan with lower fees on the root canal I needed. When looking for a new provider, I found myself going through the yellow pages looking for someone near my house that I could start visiting. |