Comparing the various dental plans in my area was really easy when I could look at them side to side and really see the differences in pricing for different procedures.

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.

My kids are looking forward to having straight teeth.

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 was also able to switch plans once to a plan with lower fees on the root canal I needed.

If seems that if you do not have a traditional insurance plan through your employer or work, you just simple do not have any type of coverage and you are stuck paying full price.

But what I found was that looking online was be far the superior method of hunting down a good dentist in my 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.

Unless you have a discount dental program which will allow you to save a percentage off what you would normally pay for your dental care services.

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.