r/DentalInsurance

I have an abcess above my front left tooth. I recently lost my job. I have a little money but not a lot. Where can I get a root canal that’s not 1000’s of dollars??

I’m 25 and still covered under my parents’ dental insurance. Our current dentist is retiring, so I need to find a new one.
There’s another dentist in town that we really like, but the office said they’ve reached their “personal cap” for patients with my insurance (Delta Dental). They are still accepting self-pay/general patients, just not additional patients through Delta Dental.

My plan includes out-of-network benefits. Am I correct that if I become a general/out-of-network patient, I can submit the claim to Delta Dental myself and receive reimbursement? I know it likely won’t cover 100% of the cost. I’m just trying to understand how it works.

I called Delta Dental, and the representative said they had never heard of a dentist capping the number of patients with a particular insurance plan. However, they said they “think” I should still be able to submit claims for out-of-network reimbursement and to make sure the reimbursement is sent to me, not the dentist.

Has anyone experienced something similar? If so, how did it work out? I’d really appreciate hearing your experience, good or bad, because this whole situation has me pretty anxious.

Unfortunately, the other dentists in our area either aren’t highly recommended or aren’t accepting new patients.

I am calling from a provider office. How do I even reach an actual agent instead of the robot???? Is there a secret number out there?? When I call costumer service, and even when I speak to an actual costumer agent they just reroute me to the stupid provider robot that supplies information I can find online!!!

Does anyone know how to reach an agent??? I don’t even have the option to say representative since it will only register what you press on the number pad and not what you say into the speaker.

It has been months since I’ve tried applying for jobs as a Dental Virtual Assistant in a lot of job platforms. The competition in those platforms is just wild. Even if I believe that my capabilities and qualifications are enough to be a good candidate, it is either I don’t have enough points to apply or I wasted my points for a client who won’t even bother to view my proposal.

It’s sad reality that the application process requires preparation, credentials and effort as an applicant, but you end up either ignored, ghosted, low-balled or worst, rejected.

Well, I am here posting to push my luck in search of a Dental Office looking for a rockstar Dental Admin VA. I’m a Licensed Pharmacist in the PH so being in the medical field is not a new groumd for me. I practiced as a Dental Virtual Assistant for 2 years and 6 months.

My Niche/skills include:
Leadership and Training - I created the training manual for my previous client and personally trained the new virtual assistants joining the team.

Patient communication: Scheduling and rescheduling, patient treatment follow ups, confirmation calls
Email management - Sending out referrals, release forms and billing statements.
Dental Insurance verification - complete the benefit breakdowns including the maximums, deductibles, non covered services and percentages of preventative, basic and major procedures.
EHR used: Dentrix Ascend
VOIP used: Mango Voice
Other tools used: All dental insurance portals, G-suites, Microsoft office
✅HIPAA CERTIFIED

I am experiencing a severe toothache and I found out I only have preventative dental insurance. I cannot afford $1000+ on a dental procedure like a root canal. Are there any dental insurances that I can buy that will cover me immediately while also paying a good chunk of the procedure and then an implant in the near future just in case, I’ve been looking at Spirit but there’s like 5 different plans and I am confused. When it said 20% major services is that what they will cover or is that my responsibility? Also I do not believe a dental school will see me as I am pregnant and I’d prefer to not let them practice on me for an extended period of time as being on my back is uncomfortable and the amount of pain I am is pretty unbearable.

Please help me. This has been a very stressful ordeal since march as I’ve been in pain since then! This is A very lengthy story but I will add a tldr at the very end if you don’t want to read the really long version…

2 issues with my insurance / this small dental private practice regarding a refund, please help me!

I am in the us. I changed my insurance to my work insurance earlier this year as it was far better than the one I was on but obviously more expensive so that’s a downside. I use my insurance app to also look at my claims as I also get notified about when they come through.

With my new insurance, I went to a new dental practice where I wasn’t sure what to expect pricing wise but it’s a private small practice in the area- they do take my insurance however so I wasn’t expecting astronomical prices. I want to point out though every single appointment I’ve had that I only paid for the services received that day. Even then, the prices were off the charts expensive but they kept assuring me that’s with my insurance coverage, but it still felt really fishy considering the really expensive costs.

Only reason I went there was needing an emergency dental appointment so I could be seen for the nerve pain I was experiencing in a tooth months ago this year ;after trying to bite hot food) and this tooth I already got a root canal treatment for it 2x previously.

Mind you the first impression I had of this place was bad as the hygienist said she lost track of time and I ended up waiting around 50 minutes when it wasn’t even busy for her to get me. Then the second time, even though I made sure many times to keep me with the emergency dentist I saw, they gave me someone else I didn’t meet until that day.

I did a full teeth evaluation with a bunch of x rays which didn’t cost me anything. But both the dentist and hygienist said I had massive issues in my teeth where I had a plethora of cavities and how id “definitely” need a tooth extraction because of a molar I didn’t have on my upper tooth which was causing the bottom to have my gums grow partially over it.

Now I’m not a stranger to having many cavities, but I did a cleaning and full teeth eval just a couple months prior at my old dentist where they said I was OK. I know what bad cavities look like since I’ve had many and it seemed she was trying to make it look worse than it was? But I decided to trust because I’m not the dentist and my friend said she had great experiences here.

Again, I originally came for nerve pain in my already root canal done tooth. They took off the crown (which they noted was very bulky) and gave me a better fitting one which I can confirm it did feel like it felt better. But they did start work on the other side of my mouth in the mean time as again they said I had many cavities.

My back tooth was worked on on the opposite side where they said it was a minor cavity but apparently upon looking at it more they said the cavity was very deep. At this moment I was in the chair with many things in my mouth so I couldn’t talk… and when the curing light touched my tooth it ached SO terribly I jumped up from my seat. In my many years of cavities I never ever had that sensation before. At this moment I started panicking but she blamed it on my teeth being sensitive which I didn’t buy.

However she said it’ll feel better when she seals the filling and she did mention she likes to overfill because my small fillings at another appointment with her ached a lot which again I never experienced before but only with her and she mentioned it.

Anyways, I was heavily numbed during this time so I could fully tell if the ache went away but I gave them a thumbs up that it seemed the pulsing ache went away. When I got home though the tooth felt worse and worse and I couldn’t eat. Mind you this tooth did not have ANY pain prior to her touching it so I knew something was awry. I was crying and sobbing at work every day because there was this pulsating nerve pain in my jaw and I left work early to see her again as an emergency. I did say remember the tooth she touched where it ached really bad and she said yes.

Yet she started to shave down other teeth she worked on slightly but that wasn’t the tooth I told her that hurt.and at that time I didn’t know the exact tooth that she hurt, I just knew it was one of the back and I pointed to it as well where she claimed she “never touched the tooth” I pointed at. Which is true, she had not but she did say I have a giant cavity in that tooth and I need a crown on the bottom and top of it without even seeing it. She tapped it and it hurt so she said it was that tooth, yet she wouldn’t work on it even though I was in excruciating pain and said to come in 2 weeks. I obviously couldn’t wait that long and sought a second opinion the next day.

I needed the x rays that were taken from the office, and they gave me a really hard time about it and when the new dentist called them so they can hurry up with sending it to me, the financial person was extremely nasty to me over the phone asking me if I was switching care with a nasty tone and saying how I still need to finish treatment on the tooth they put a new temporary crown in. I did say yeah that’s still the plan but that was also before I got fully evaluated by the new dentist that day. Even after that, they took around 2 hours to send my x rays further delaying my treatment to which they did see exactly which teeth she filled by comparing my x rays, and we did indeed find out the back tooth she worked on was the one that hurt so bad.

The new dentist re did the entire filling in hopes to save it because I was in so much pain and to avoid a root canal, and this was also 2 days after the original office working on it- I waited about a week with no improvement and the pain just being a devil. She then referred me to a endodontist where of course none of the scans were covered by insurance. They confirmed that the filing was touching my nerve and that the shape of my tooth is a C shape, so I guess what happened is that my tooth shape wasn’t considered and when she shot the filling in, it hit my nerve instantly which caused my painful reaction in the chair.

All in all, a new endodontist had to go in and do this root canal over the course of 3 visits and the crown the original place put in actually was also wasted money because my gums were very swollen again and the new dentist I attended told me the crown margin was too high and also food kept getting stuck inside so they were both smashing into my gums causing infection, so I had to get it taken off and another new crown in.

All of these extra appointments I wasn’t expecting and at new practices too as you can imagine have cost me tons of unexpected financial costs especially since I’ve maxed out on the insurance already because I’ve been going to so many visits. When I got my claims in from insurance, it showed me for the appointment I got the original crown in that I should’ve only paid around $300 for but I paid nearly 2K for it.

Then at my emergency appointment that I went to where she didn’t treat me, they said there is no charge today and I kept asking if they were positive and they said absolutely no charge to which I thought it made total sense considering I was coming to them for an issue they caused. Yet later the claim went through and they are asking for almost $250 for a 5 min appointment that wasn’t even solved and I was verbally told I didn’t have to pay for.

I have spoken to many representatives on the phone for hours about this ordeal to which all have agreed that this first practice did me very wrong and I’m obviously rightfully owed my refund. The guy I spoke to first said the practice claimed they wouldn’t refund me until I finished my treatment with them which it was clear I wasn’t going to, but they were clearly trying to not pay me my refund. Additionally, when I spoke to the dentist directly who made the tooth ache she shifted the blame onto stating that she did tell me if this doesn’t improve that I could need a root canal as this does happen. However again, this tooth didn’t hurt at all prior to her touch it. I wasn’t looking for an apology from her but I did want to tell her how frustrated I am, but the lack of accountability was astounding because it was very clear from the x rays taken post treatment that the filling was touching my nerve.

Then the others I spoke to we finally submitted claims so I can get refunded. The 3rd person I spoke to got one claim wrong so I got a letter from my insurance that I’m owed half of a refund because the claim was incorrect and the other claim about me not paying them for the emergency appointment, they Denied me the refund which I’m very upset about so I submitted a 2nd appeal for that and had to make a brand new appeal for the one that was done incorrectly.

Following the mail I got regarding the refund I am owed although it wasn’t the correct claim for one, I was still told that the office has 30 days to refund me or I call my insurance. Yet the next week I got classified mail that I needed to sign for by the dental office where I thought it was my refund but it wasn’t.

It was a letter stating I still need to come in for treatment which they know I’m not coming in for based off how they know how I feel about what happened. I fear this is their way of stating they won’t refund me even though my insurance ordered them to… so I sent this letter documentation to the person I spoke to last as they sent me a email to send my personal statement in regarding this fiasco to help my case and I also stated I am not comfortable speaking to the office and how I find this odd to send considering they are still supposed to give me a refund. I have yet to hear back so I’m going to give it one more week since it’s Fourth of July weekend now… but should I not hear back should I just wait until I hear from the new appeals that were made on the decisions on those or just call a new representative from the insurance?

Even if I was going back to finish treatment (which I’m not) it doesn’t change the fact that I’m owed my refund for what I was overcharged for since I only paid for services they’ve done so far. Mind you all of them were terrible since they all ached or went wrong where I had to get them fixed by new dentists and this whole thing has been so so stressful. Also, the new dental practice says it’s really extreme to even consider extraction and that it seems I do have cavities but it’s far less than what I was told at the other place. They also said my teeth look perfectly ok whereas the last place said I have terrible teeth. I’ve been in pain for months for the tooth on the opposite side, but because of the mistake of the dentist it caused a whole new issue that was immediately painful and the financial costs have been so stressful as well. Having to not eat on both sides of the mouth is also a pain..

TL;DR:

I switched to my work dental insurance this year and went to a new in-network private dental office for an emergency visit due to pain in a previously root-canaled tooth. They assured me my expensive out-of-pocket costs were correct with my insurance, so I trusted them.

During treatment they claimed I had many cavities and even recommended an extraction that multiple dentists have since said I don’t need. While filling a tooth that had never hurt before, I experienced severe pain when the curing light touched it. The dentist dismissed it as “sensitive teeth.” After the numbness wore off, I developed excruciating nerve pain and couldn’t eat.

I returned for an emergency visit, but they didn’t treat the correct tooth and told me there would be no charge for the visit. The next day I got a second opinion. The new dentist confirmed it was the tooth the first dentist filled, redid the filling, and an endodontist later confirmed the filling had irritated my nerve due to my tooth’s unusual anatomy. I ultimately needed a root canal that likely could have been avoided.

The crown the original office placed also failed because it was poorly fitted, causing gum inflammation and food impaction, so another dentist had to replace that too.

On top of the physical pain, I’ve spent thousands of dollars unexpectedly. My insurance later showed I was overcharged by nearly $2,000 for taking off a crown I already had on and then putting a new one in (I should have owed around $300 only), and I was later billed almost $250 for the 5-minute emergency visit that I was explicitly told would be free.

I’ve spent hours with my insurance. They agreed I was overcharged, but one appeal was filed incorrectly and another was denied, so both had to be appealed again. My insurance instructed the dental office to issue a refund within 30 days, but instead of sending a refund, the office mailed me a certified letter that I needed to sign in order to get telling me to come back for treatment—even though they know I transferred my care elsewhere.

I’m waiting on the new appeals. If I don’t hear back soon, should I call my insurance again, or wait for the appeal decisions? Has anyone dealt with a provider refusing to refund an overpayment after insurance determined one was owed? Also I am really hoping this 2nd appeal goes well for the other visit they are asking me to pay for that they told me wasn’t needed to be paid but I don’t know what to do from that point. I am very uncomfortable speaking to the office myself now because they have been nasty to me. Additionally per the request of the representative I did even send a screenshot of proof of payment for the massive overcharge as well so I’m not sure how they even got it wrong in the decision letter the first time even if one of the claims added in was incorrect but yeah.

Also when asking the insurance representative he did tell me it’s quite rare for a practice to overcharge as much as they did with me because of my specific plan there’s usually a correct amount in place of payment so he agreed that they way overcharged me and wants to help

In a nutshell, I went to Aspen Dental for an exam and a cleaning. I now feel both swindled by their team and dumb for my own mistakes, because I did sign a financial agreement and a consent to the treatment. However, I was not told that the services were nonessential. I believe they intentionally misled me by telling me I had stage 2 periodontal disease, therefore making me think that the procedures were necessary as without them, I would eventually lose teeth. A few weeks after my appointment with them, I went to another dentist who told me he didn’t see any evidence of stage 2 periodontal disease. Aspen is now expecting me to pay approximately $1,200 for the non-covered services they performed, and they charged it to a CareCredit card that I opened on the same day as my appointment.

Do I have a case at all here since it seems like they gave me a false diagnosis in order to pressure me into nonessential treatments? Or am I completely screwed because I signed the papers? Straightforward, no BS answers appreciated. I know it’s my fault I signed everything, but hearing them tell me I had an irreversible diagnosis that would eventually lead to tooth decay and potential loss had me panicked and not in my right mind.

So I’ve been going back and forth with my dentist because out of nowhere they told me I have a $2200 balance, and i absolutely cannot get them to understand my question. Here’s what happened:

My yearly max under my plan was $1000. I had like $6000 worth of dental work done that year, so I paid out of pocket for most of it. I was paying as we went along, and after that 1000 I paid for everything. I was being charged the price for the dental work that they would have charged my insurance, because i was insured I was just over my maximum, so the work wasn’t full price that an uninsured person would have paid which I assume is standard.

And then, my insurance ended up declining to pay for the procedure that that 1000 went to for whatever reason. So I figure that’s now what I’ll owe, right? Because if I paid all costs except that 1000, and they declined the 1000, that’s what’s now missing, right?

But I owe 2200 now. Which I guess is full price for the crown. And I don’t understand why, or how it happens that my max is 1000, they decline the 1000 and I owe double. I’m assuming this 2200 is the full, uninsured price for the crown.

I did lose my insurance by the time this was all going on so I’m wondering if when they realized they had to charge me for the crown they saw I was uninsured now and charged me full price? Or is this standard that if your insurance declines a procedure that you pay full price?

I hope I explained this clearly, because I’m really struggling to communicate about this to my dentist. Thanks!

Edit: for clarity, at the time of the procedure I was insured. By the time all the back and forth about my insurance not covering happened I was no longer insured

TLDR: Went in for emergency visit after chipping off 1/3 of my molar. Was made to believe I was paying out-of-pocket fees for the crown but after receving my EoB, realized I was pressured into opening a credit line under false pretenses and duress. The crown was covered and all the fees came from unnecessary treatments that I did not know I was being charged for. Please share advice for filing complaints with the dental board, consumer protection agencies, and disputing charges with credit lendirs and getting successfully reimbursed.

I went in for an emergency dental appointment after chipping a large part of my molar. This was my first time visiting this office. As expected, they started off with multiple xrays but also took photos which I had never experienced. Then they took me into the examination room and asked me to spit in a cup so they could test for bacteria, so I did. Then the dentist came in to examine my teeth. After the exam, she informed me that my saliva test results indicated I have moderate periodontitis so I needed a deep cleaning and laser treatment. Also, there was a 70% chance I would need a root canal on my chipped molar, however she could not be sure until she worked on the tooth, and that I needed a medication to regenerate my enamel because a cavity would soon form without it. There was no discussion of what the different options were and what was absolutely needed vs what was recommended. Then the dentist walks out and sends in a billing agent who hands me three pages of line items with different prices and treatements. She said my crown would cost over $900 and if I needed a root canal that would be another $800. I was shocked at how expensive getting a crown was as I have good insurance and shared that I live pay check to pay check and have no savings. She offered a credit line with up to 12 months %0 interest if I have good credit. I obviously needed the crown and I was in pain so I agreed to get the crown and she had me sign a digital document on a screen for the service. The dentist walked in with the person who did my Xrays as her assistant and shaved my tooth down and walked out. Then the assistant placed a “temporary” crown. I asked this person if they were an Xray technician and he said, “I’m just a guy. I do a little bit of everything.” Then the dentist comes back in and says if I felt any throbbing pain I would need a root canal. They scheduled me to come in two weeks later for the permanent crown and ran my credit. I was approved for 1,200 and put all the charges on the card. I go in two weeks later to get the crown and go about my day. A couple days later, I get my EOB from my insurer. As I reviewed all the codes, I realize that the crown was %100 covered by my insurance and all of the patient fees came from the numerous x-rays, various photos and images they took, the saliva bacteria test, the medication to regenerate my tooth, and core buildup (which should come included in the cost of the crown). So I essentially paid over $1000 out-of-pocket for treatments and services that were completely uneccesary. I was under the impression that I was paying such high fees for a crown, not all the other treatments. This dentist is in-network so they knew what my fees were and completely misrepresented what I thought I was agreeing to. I’ve already disputed the charges with the credit lender, and requested my complete health records from the office so I can get a second opinion elsewhere. I plan to also file complaints with the dental board and consumer protection bureau. Has anyone gone through something like this and successfully been reimbursed? Any and all advice is much appreciated!

Hi everyone! Hopefully someone has had something like this happen to them or know the answer to my question. I recently cracked my tooth and had to get an extraction because it affected my root. Reason why I couldn’t get a root canal. My question is if I were to get de dental insurance what are the chances that it will cover some of the cost? I keep reading that there might be clauses since my tooth is already out and will get insurance after. So my question is who has had a similar experience or knows what are the chances. Thanks in advance.

Went to get a routine cleaning as a new patient so they did some imaging ASAP (D0350 twice? Is that normal?) anyways. On my treatment plan they said my insurance covers it 100%. But my insurance is not covering it at all and I owe $300+ now.

I understand it’s my responsibility to know what my insurance does or does not cover but they did these scans prior to letting me know about any of the costs. If I would’ve known then I wouldn’t have let that happen. What can I do here? Any advice?

Has anyone had any luck seeing a dentist using the Dentacare coverage? Can you see a dentist that’s not the one on your insurance card? I stupidly picked the closest dentist in my area listed on their website, just to find out that the office was closed down and I tracked the dentist down at a different location but apparently she doesn’t take the insurance there. Every office from the website I’ve called so far doesn’t actually take the insurance, isn’t accepting patients, doesn’t pick up or accept messages, or the listed number isn’t even a dentist office!!! One number I called was literally just some poor guy who didn’t know why random people kept calling him looking for a dentist. I literally don’t have time to call numbers all day between working full time, applying to jobs, and getting my masters.

If anyone has any tips or knows a dentist in the network, please comment or DM me! I will go literally anywhere even Long Island at this point. Also if the other dental option is any better, please share, and I may have to switch come the fall

I recently went to a new dentist for an exam and cleaning a few weeks ago and I found them through my insurance's website. I asked and made sure that they were in-network before and after the procedure.

I reviewed my explanation of benefits and it turns out they billed my insurance in two separate billings. They only billed the exam portion as in-network and billed everything else (cleaning/x-rays) under another name (practice owner) as out-of-network (about 80% of the total). They claim that the dental hygienist is not in network and needs to be billed with the practice owner's out-of-network Tax ID. As such, it has eaten up about 75% of my out-of-network benefit.

Is this something happens normally? I think that it's a bit dishonest and a bait-and-switch to bill the majority of my treatment out of network and they should have been upfront about it if they were going to do so. The only reason I went to this dentist was to be in-network as I had a new insurance that had a much higher in-network maximum than out-of-network.

Edit: My EOB is billed in the following way:

all with the same date of service in 2 bills

1. Dentist A (In-Network) - D0150 (oral exam) - plan paid $100

2. Dentist B (Out-of-Network) - D0330, D0220, D0230, D0230, D0274 (prophylaxis and x-rays) - plan paid $650

Recently visited a new dentist that accepts my insurance and is in-network. They did a CBCT (D0367) which I did not know they were going to do. This was also my first time doing one for a new patient cleaning at any dental office. I looked at my dental evidence of coverage and it doesn’t seem like it’s covered. If I get charged for the x ray, is there anything I can do to avoid paying for it, when I wasn’t told or I didn’t ask for it to be done?

This is my second year with them. Last year they had a software issue connecting with the Health Insurance Marketplace and claimed they never received my initial payment until I emailed a PDF of the credit card charge.

This year, I set up auto pay through them. Then last week my dentist said that my account shows as cancelled. I just called Dentaquest and they claimed that I cancelled my plan in March, even though I never spoke to them this year. The automatic payments were still coming out of my credit card. The representative said she reinstated my plan but I would have to email the billing department about reinstating the autopay.

My dentist said they've only ever had 2 patients who used Dentaquest, so they don't know anything about them.

Am I the only one or is this a common thing?

As Americans, we are outspoken about everything—except how we roll over like sheep for the dental industry. In a social media-driven world, your teeth are your literal livelihood. Yet, dental insurance covers less and less every year.

I’m 60. What dental insurance covered 40 years ago would look like a luxury today—and we thought it was terrible then. It’s classic boiling-frog syndrome; they strip away benefits a little at a time so we don't rebel.

Ten years ago, my (ex) husband and I were forced to sell our beloved home in Los Angeles that took us a lifetime to afford. Who bought it? A guy who had just graduated from dental school. He walked right into a 4-bedroom with a swimming pool, jacuzzi, workout room, steam shower, jacuzzi bathtub with built-in TV, walking closets, fresh out of school. Talk about insult to injury.

Back in 2012, PBS Frontline did a rare two-part documentary called "Dollars and Dentists." They sent an investigative journalist undercover into an American Dental Association (ADA) convention, catching dentists literally joking about how much they shake down their patients. It’s disgusting. Yet, John Oliver will cover Dollar Stores but won't touch the dental monopoly.

People are dying in this country from dental disorders. Mouth infections trigger strokes and heart attacks, but it’s never listed on the death certificate because the dental lobby has completely severed oral health from general medicine. When I tried to get disability aid for my severe mouth issues, the insurance company told me, "We don't consider that a medical condition." How is the mouth not part of the human body?!

Whenever patients object to prices, dentists cry a river about their student loans. If they actually cared about patients, they’d use their massive lobby to fight the insurance companies for us. But they don't. They just get greedier and blame us for not brushing correctly.

As I write this, I have had a fever for four days from chronic gum disease. My caregiver scheduled appointments with three different dentists using my insurance company's own search tool. In the short span between making the appointments and the day before them, all three stopped taking my insurance.

Most people don’t just fear the dentist's chair; they fear the predatory behavior of the industry. We need to rise up and push back against this racket before it literally kills us.

TL;DR: Dental health is treated like a luxury cosmetic issue instead of vital healthcare. Dentists get rich, insurance covers nothing, and patients are left to suffer and die from preventable infections.

I had a dental crown less than 2 yrs old fall out. I went to a new dentist who said the area looked sound enough for a new crown after a re-treatment. They got approval from insurance for the re-treatment and did it, but when they submitted the X-rays of the work they had done for the crown approval, the crown approval was denied. The dentist could have appealed it by defending his prep work to the insurance company, but apparently couldn't be bothered and didn't return calls after the denial.

Now I have switched to a new insurance carrier in the hopes of getting either a crown approval /or a re-treatment if needed and crown approval (since the new insurance didn't pay for the first re-treatment. The denial said that it was because the root was not filled all the way to the very end; the dentist doing the re-treatment mumbled something about it being too small at the end to go all the way.)

So now with the new insurance I want to be very careful in choice of dentist as this is probably my last shot at getting the crown. How do I figure out if a new dentist is willing to follow up with an appeal to my insurance by explaining/defending their work or arranging a "peer to peer" as my new insurance offers, if the crown authorization is initially denied? How do I predict who will be willing to do that before choosing a dentist? I know I could just ask, but what dentist is going to admit in advance that they are lazy or a quitter? I kind of assume that locating a dentist who will do both procedures is better.

Could someone please put me on the appropriate route so that I can obtain accurate insurance that would cover children's teeth straightening and braces? However, I was told that the bill is not covered by Medicaid or Chip. Could someone please tell me what kind of insurance I should set up for children so that she can get coverage for braces and other associated