Re: dental insurance
Bummer.
I am curious too, I don't think either of us have ever been offered dental with our jobs, ever. We can't be the only ones - what do people do? My health insurance offers a "dental reimbursement" plan but it doesn't really seem worth it, the money reimbursed is not much.
In the meantime I am blessed with a decent dentist and good teeth, but he will retire soon. Every time I try a new highly recommended dentist, they recommend thousands of unecessary treatment. (Something different every time). I am SO frustrated. My dentist back home (which I still drive 2 hours to see) AND a good dentist friend of ours says BS!!!! We will switch to our friend probably, he is just young and inexperienced for now so I am waiting out, but at least someone we can trust. We will be driving 2 hours for our dentist for the rest of our lives I guess, it seems...
Anyway, I just share this to say I would get some more opinions, just because you were told you need a lot of work, doesn't mean you do. I would be out thousands of dollars if I hadn't of gotten 2nd and 3rd opinions. Mostly because I am blessed to have an honest dentist and a friend who is a dentist.
My friend dentist did also say look for dentists who own their own practices (vs. practice in big centers) and also ones who went to public colleges, they don't tend to be so aggressive overall and are less likely to recommend root canals and such which are iffy if really necessary a lot of the time.
Anyway, curious if anyone else has idea too as I started to say I am not so worried about us and I am saving the cash in case we need dental work, but the kids have unfortunately inherited my teeth and will no doubt need lots of work and orthodontics. I would love to find some decent insurance. For now hoarding cash for dental visits and keeping a trusted dentist is about all I can do.
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