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Originally Posted by disneysteve
I am a doctor and what amazes me is that insurance companies do not consider the mouth to be a part of the body. You can have the finest medical insurance there is and it won't pay one penny to fix a bad tooth. You must have dental insurance for that. I have dozens, if not hundreds, of patients who have horrendous teeth because although they have great medical coverage, they have no dental coverage and can't afford to pay the dentist.
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I agree! Isn't it a travesty that so many people in this country have no means to get dental care? It is really depressing when you think about how many don't have any healthcare at all.
Dental insurance is really a joke. It pays for next to nothing and is almost useless unless you have perfect teeth that have no problems and only need a cursory "cleaning" twice a year. Out of all the people in this country that probably describes about 5% (if that).
I remember when my wisdom teeth were coming in (bothering the heck out of me), and I was actually praying that they would be impacted so my medical insurance would pay because I knew that the dental insurance sure as heck wouldn't!
I am always mentioning dental schools and dental hygiene schools as a great bargain. So many people could benefit from them and many don't think of them when considering how to save money on dental work. My school only charges $5 for xrays and $5 for a "cleaning" and deep scaling and rootplaning is included in that $5!!! An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure in this instance.
