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And that's if you have insurance at all. In the face of economic recession employers and insurance companies are slicing and dicing their insurance benefits, and dental coverage is usually one of the first things to go.
"Because teeth are not often considered a life and death issue, they are often shoved to the wayside. You can function with a cavity, can go to work with plaque, and tartar never stopped anyone from paying rent on time. Sadly, good dental health is important to your quality of life, and is too often overlooked," say AmeriPlan® representatives.
Without insurance, most Americans can't afford the preventative dental care they need. That lack of care spirals into the need for more expensive curative treatments like fillings, bridges and root canals. It's a vicious cycle that a dental savings plan may be just the cure for.
In the world of dental plan, you may see many enticing offers. Follow these tips to ensure you join a plan that truly is going to give you the savings promised.
1. What’s Included? – If you need emergency dental work right away can you get immediate benefits? Are braces and cosmetic dentistry included? These are good questions to ask. A good dental savings plan will include everything except for orthodontic work already in progress.
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3. How Is the Network Maintained? – Do the dentists on the plan come from a leased network? If so, there is a good chance they may not even want to have members of the plan as patients. The best dental plans build their own dental network and all the dentists want to see the members. This insures the members the greatest savings and best service.
For the past 17 years AmeriPlan® has worked to put together a network of highly qualified dentists from around the country willing to work with AmeriPlan® to offer their members one of a kind dental discounts on urgent and preventative care. For less than $20 a month a household can save up to 80% on cosmetic dentistry, orthodontics, oral surgery and general dental treatment.
"Dentists love AmeriPlan® members," says Price. "They save so much money and headache not having to deal with insurance companies that they gladly pass those savings on to you."
Benefits start the day of enrollment, and for a limited time AmeriPlan® is stretching their benefits farther than they've ever gone before to offer prescription, vision and chiropractic savings to dental savings plan members at no additional cost.
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The diamond jubilee celebrations of the Dental Council of India and the 16th national conference of Indian Society of Oral Implantologists got off to a grand start at the Gian Sagar Medical College and Hospital, near here, on Saturday.
The pre-conference being inaugurated by Dr Sukhwinder Singh, Vice-Chairman of Gian Sagar Educational and Charitable Trust.
Inaugurating the pre-conference Dr Sukhwinder Singh underlined the role of dental surgeons in the cosmetic as also treatment surgery. He said that the cosmetic surgery was catching the fancy of the people and the role of the dental surgeons was increasing in this field.
A dental implant is an artificial tooth root replacement and is used in prosthetic dentistry to support restorations that resemble a tooth or group of teeth, he said.
Dr Sukhwinder Singh lighted the ceremonial lamp to mark inauguration of the pre-conference. He said that dental implants had revolutionised dental treatment as it was a major reconstructive surgery for the benefit of accident cases also. A dental implant is an artificial tooth root replacement and is used in prosthetic dentistry to support restorations that resemble a tooth or group of teeth, he said.
Dr Sukhwinder Singh lighted the ceremonial lamp to mark inauguration of the pre-conference.
Dr J. S. Batth, organizing secretary of the conference, said academic presentations were made at the pre-conference besides two live surgeries were also shown. He said that around 50 exhibitors were participating in the trade exhibition by displaying their latest instruments and equipments in implant dentistry.
The diamond jubilee celebrations of the Dental Council of india would be inaugurated at NIPER, Mohali tomorrow by Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal who would be the chief guest at the inaugural function.
Dr S. P. S. Sodhi, Organising Chairman of the conference, here today said that Dr S. S. Gill, Vice-Chancellor, Baba Farid University of Health Sciences, Faridkot and Dr P. Rama Rao, Director NIPER, shall be the guests of honour. Dr Anil Kohli, President of Dental Council of India would attend as patron-in-chief. Around 700 delegates from across the country are scheduled to participate in the deliberations during the conference.
Barinder Bhangoo, Chairperson of the Gian Sagar Educational and Charitable Trust, Dr Sukhwinder Singh, Vice-Chairman of the Trust, and Harnam Singh, President of the Trust, said that the trust was committed to making the Gian Sagar Dental College and Hospital the best hospital in the country. They said that state of the art equipment had been made available in the dental college and hospital.
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