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Individual dental insurance is often necessary for those that lack coverage at work. Typically, dental insurance offers dentists payments for specific, scheduled and non-scheduled services. There are different types of dental insurance plans and eligibility for coverage may vary.

Common benefits:

• preventative care
• cover children in college (depends on marital status and age depends on the policy)
• some policies - offer benefits for these services after one year: bridges, crowns, impacted teeth, and root canals
• may contain a lifetime benefit of 1 million - see the policy

Generally, A non-group dental insurance plan may cover members of your entire household. Most dental insurance plans will pay for preventative care including two cleaning a year, as part of a preventative care program. Often, preventative care is referred to as "scheduled services."

Most dental insurance policies require a deductible and coinsurance payment for certain services including x-rays or crowns, but it will depend on your dental insurance plan provider and what is considered a considered "non-scheduled services." Payments to dentists for non-scheduled services are normally based on area "usual and customary charges." Also, there may be exclusions for certain dental services. It is important to carefully read the "Certificate of Insurance" and benefit sections of your dental insurance policy.

It might be 6 months to a year before you become eligible for benefits involving major dental work: including bridges, crowns, impacted teeth, and root canals. Usually, there is a yearly maximum amount of benefits that your dental insurance company will agree to pay. For example, your dental plan carrier might pay $100 for a tooth filing after you pay the deductible and co-insurance.

Most Indemnity or "Freedom of Choice" Dental Insurance plans allow you to go any dentist you choose without the worry of being out of network. Other dental insurance plans may require you to go a network dentist; otherwise, you will pay a higher deductible or co-insurance. The majority DHMO insurance plans have a select number of dentists and may not pay for services outside their approved dentist list.

 Most dentist will be paid "usual and customary fees" for services that are considered non-scheduled services, and there may be a difference across dental insurance companies concerning your children's' eligibility age.

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