My wife had a tooth that needed pulling years ago. We were young and broke and had no insurance. We went to a dentist, explained that, and he charged us $30 for pulling the tooth. If we had insurance, the amount would have been over $400. This was in Canada around 1990. Also, “referrals” are a big money maker for the medical and dental industry.
For anyone in a similar situation - If you don’t think you’ll be able to get it covered even with this dental plan option, if it is actively a problem and needs pulling, you can get it done at the hospital for free. They won’t do it for preventative reasons though like a wisdom tooth that will cause problems over the next couple years, it needs to be a problem right now causing issues.
My wife had a tooth that needed pulling years ago. We were young and broke and had no insurance. We went to a dentist, explained that, and he charged us $30 for pulling the tooth. If we had insurance, the amount would have been over $400. This was in Canada around 1990. Also, “referrals” are a big money maker for the medical and dental industry.
For anyone in a similar situation - If you don’t think you’ll be able to get it covered even with this dental plan option, if it is actively a problem and needs pulling, you can get it done at the hospital for free. They won’t do it for preventative reasons though like a wisdom tooth that will cause problems over the next couple years, it needs to be a problem right now causing issues.
might just have been that the dentist did you a solid. even in 1990 dollars, $30 isn’t profitable.
Most dental plans are not worth the cost. Dentists are insanely overpaid for their training.