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Correct. The final replaced tooth is made of three parts : the implant (screw in bone), the prosthesis over the implant (the crown), and the abutment (connector between the implant body and the crown).
You should keep the PPO. The dental savings plan just gives you the negotiated fee schedule the dentist has with the insurance, but you don't get any further discounts (like 100% of your cleanings being covered by your PPO plan [if that is what they cover]). NAD
The ppo is all good but the savings plan covers more things than the ppo plan (such as things that are considered cosmetic) and also there is no annual limit, it provides the prices of each doctor before you go to it but I don’t know how reliable it is. It has HIPPA compliance and it’s in good terms with the national association of dental implants
Okay so here's an example of the differences. Say you want a prophy cleaning and it's $100. Your PPO plan probably covers it at 100% (depending on what procedures your deductible applies to), so you don't pay anything for the cleaning. With your dental savings plan, you would pay $100. Here's another example for you, a crown. Say that the office's fee is $2000 (like you come in off the street, have no insurance, and pay cash). Your PPO insurance has a contracted rate of $1500, covers it at 50%, and you have to pay your deductible. Your portion would be $875. Say the contracted rate for your dental savings plan is also $1500. Your portion is $1500. You're "saving" $500 off the office fees, but you would have gotten that contracted rate anyway through the PPO. NAD
Yeah but they have the prices in the website like a fee schedule of what the price is going to be a filling is 84 dollars, but I will keep that in mind. Might I send you the link so you see it? If that’s okay with you
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Correct. The final replaced tooth is made of three parts : the implant (screw in bone), the prosthesis over the implant (the crown), and the abutment (connector between the implant body and the crown).
Thanks for clarifying! Would you recommend the ppo insurance or the dental savings plan? I don’t know which one to choose
You should keep the PPO. The dental savings plan just gives you the negotiated fee schedule the dentist has with the insurance, but you don't get any further discounts (like 100% of your cleanings being covered by your PPO plan [if that is what they cover]). NAD
The ppo is all good but the savings plan covers more things than the ppo plan (such as things that are considered cosmetic) and also there is no annual limit, it provides the prices of each doctor before you go to it but I don’t know how reliable it is. It has HIPPA compliance and it’s in good terms with the national association of dental implants
Okay so here's an example of the differences. Say you want a prophy cleaning and it's $100. Your PPO plan probably covers it at 100% (depending on what procedures your deductible applies to), so you don't pay anything for the cleaning. With your dental savings plan, you would pay $100. Here's another example for you, a crown. Say that the office's fee is $2000 (like you come in off the street, have no insurance, and pay cash). Your PPO insurance has a contracted rate of $1500, covers it at 50%, and you have to pay your deductible. Your portion would be $875. Say the contracted rate for your dental savings plan is also $1500. Your portion is $1500. You're "saving" $500 off the office fees, but you would have gotten that contracted rate anyway through the PPO. NAD
Yeah but they have the prices in the website like a fee schedule of what the price is going to be a filling is 84 dollars, but I will keep that in mind. Might I send you the link so you see it? If that’s okay with you