Patient Experience

Dental Insurance

Dental insurance can be helpful to patients in defraying the costs when paying for dental treatment. Insurance, however, can sometimes be a double-edged sword and it is important for consumers to investigate what plans will keep them and their families smiling in the future. The dentist, not the insurance company, is trained in diagnosing and treating dental disease. Dr. Crumb and Dr. Craybas will work with you to maximize your insurance coverage but we will not compromise your dental health by only doing what your insurance company feels is the least costly alternative treatment.

The down side of dental insurance is that the coverage most likely will only pay a percentage of the costs of your dental treatment. There are frequently conditions in dental insurance contracts that limit the insurance company's liability, such as, deductibles, annual maximums, co-insurance clauses, non-covered services, coordination of benefits and alternative treatment payments, etc. Dental insurance is designed to help you pay for the dental services that you need, not to determine the care that you need.

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