Now finding a dental plans for you and your family is quite easy and there are multiple options availalbe in your area. 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. If you have pre-existing conditions you are still accepts, all of your dental work will be discounted from the dentist's normal charges. Cosmetic dentists usually give a 20% discount on porcelain veneers and other types of Hollywood type of dentistry. 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. This really added up to significant savings for me and over the course of a year saved my family $680.00 which more than covered the annual enrollment fee. 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. But what I found was that looking online was be far the superior method of hunting down a good dentist in my area. With the discount plan I bought, I was approved with 48 hours and I was seeing my dentist like 2 days after getting my membership. |