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 la bella vista |
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Posts: 6430 (10/06/2009 5:08 PM) |
A friend of mine doesn't have dental insurance, job doesn't offer it. But he's looking into getting one off line.
Does anybody have any recommendation. he wants to get his teeth clean and maybe wisdom teeth taken out. |
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Posts: 6374 (10/06/2009 5:16 PM) |
My advice is to ask around for a good, but cheap dentist. If he lived in my area, I'd give him my dentist's name.
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Posts: 13015 (10/06/2009 5:27 PM) |
Wisdom teeth aren't always covered under deltal issurance... I think mine were covered under my regular health insurance...
deltadental.com, is a good site to look at and Blue Cross has an option for Dental. |
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Posts: 8091 (10/06/2009 5:35 PM) |
If there is a dental school in your area, you can also get your teeth cleaned at a really low rate and the students are supervised by a teacher. I'm not
sure about pulling wisdom teeth though.
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Posts: 4591 (10/06/2009 5:38 PM) |
NancyOttawa wrote:That's where my mom goes since she gets free insurance through our county...if the school is big enough they have a oral surgery "department" I know for my 2 impacted wisdom teeth the cost was roughly around $300-350 |
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Posts: 2331 (10/06/2009 5:51 PM) |
How much does it generally run to get a cleaning, some cavities filled
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mountaineer9 |
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Posts: 1117 (10/06/2009 6:08 PM) |
Try this. They don't have it everywhere. American Dental
Inc . I live in Houston so I got in on it. It cost me 160 dollars for a 16 months. I also got eye coverage too. It isn't insurance its mainly a
discounted. However I have been once and it payed for itself. I had a visit, with full x rays, special stuff put on my teeth and a cleaning of a permanent
retainer. It cost me 40 dollars. I saved 300. They have a list of prices online.
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muah |
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Posts: 2222 (10/06/2009 6:13 PM) |
Like someone said, wisdom tooth removal is sometimes covered under medical insurance.
As for his cleanings, have him go to a dental hygiene clinic (students who are learning to be hygienists). They do a great job, and it's really cheap (around $25), and they can probably take x-rays at no additional cost. |
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la bella vista |
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Posts: 6431 (10/06/2009 6:31 PM) |
mountaineer9 wrote: Thank you girlie! I am from Houston as well. I'll look into that...as well as the dental school. He said he need a two teeth pulled and he paid $175 for the visit and consulation and such. |
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Posts: 4711 (10/06/2009 7:27 PM) |
He can also look into carecredit.com. More and more dentists are offering it now, it'll help him so that he doesn't have to pay the lump sum right
away.
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Posts: 17259 (10/06/2009 7:29 PM) |
merchasa wrote:Cleanings are like $90 around here...cavities $150-$200. |
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