Question: Do you provide a dental and vision plan in one? Looking for both but don’t want two different plans.

Answer: Yes, you may wish to review our AlwaysCare PPO plans and or our StandLife Dental plans both have dental and vision. Please call our member service line at 310-534-3444 if you should have any questions.

As stated in a prior post getting a second opinion is advise whenever you feel unsure about a dental treatment plan provided to you by a dentist.  However it is also important to know what you need to do in order to make sure you have benefits under your dental insurance plan for a second opinion.

If you have a dental PPO plan it may be a little easier to get a second dental opinion since you are not assigned to any one provider.  However most PPO insurance plan will only cover for one set of X-rays a year.  Therefore you may have to have your X-rays transferred to the new dental office where you are getting the second opinion. Transferring X-rays should not be too hard to do but the original dental office may charge you for it.

If you have an HMO dental plan you will need to call the insurance company in order to change dental providers.  Under and HMO plan you are assigned to the dentist you pick and although you can change dentist within the plan network you have to call in the change.  You do not just want to see any dentist even if they are in the network without letting the insurance company know before hand

Published in the Journal of Dental Research is a report on a preclinical investigation titled “Flagellin Enhances Saliva IgA Response and Protection of Anti-caries DNA Vaccine,”  Wei Shi the leading Author at the Wuhan Institute of Virology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and his team of researchers demonstrate that anti-caries DNA vaccines, including pGJA-P/VAX, are promising for preventing dental caries. However, challenges remain because of the low immunogenicity of DNA vaccines.

Your family dental care is important. After all their oral health has direct links to their overall health care, according to several studies done. Having a good family dental insurance is important part of your family oral health due to the fact that people that have dental insurance are much more likely to make and keep regular dental visits. Coarse dental insurance also helps to make your family dental care cost more affordable.

Many dental insurance companies do not provide benefits for teeth whitening treatments because it is a type of dental service that is review as cosmetic dental care. Yet you still have another dental plan option in order to reduce the cost of teeth whitening and other cosmetic dental care services.

That would be a dental discount plan. Generally dental discount plans will save you around twenty percent off the cost of these types of dental services. In addition discount plans for individuals only cost around $7.00 – $10.00 a month.

Question:  I am wanting to get a Delta Dental plan I saw on your web page but I not sure how to find a dentist.

Answer: Depending on which Delta dental plan you are reviewing it may not have providers since we also offer Delta Dental Indemnity plans. This just means you can go to any dentist of your choose.  However if you are reviewing one of our PPO Delta dental plans then just click the link to review more detail and you will then see the link to find a dentist.  Call our member services at 310-534-3444 if you need help finding the links as they will be happy to assist you

In a prior post we talked about dental x-rays and just how low they are in radiation. Knowing the low dose may help put into perspective as the importance of having dental x-rays and how they help the dentist provide you with the best dental health care.

With X-rays the dentist is about to detect hidden tooth decay, the presence of a cyst or tumor, determining the presence of permanent teeth, detect oral cancer problems, root involvement with the sinuses and to help determine whether or not to remove primary teeth

Whitening toothpastes does contain chemicals or polishing agents that can help to remove surface stains from teeth. Therefore if your teeth are darker then they used to be due to surface stains, whitening toothpaste can help to brighten your teeth. On the other hand if your teeth are darker due to deeper stains, either because of injury, age or certain medications, whitening toothpastes will not give effective results. Unlike bleaching whitening toothpastes do not change the color of the teeth to a whiter shade. If you fall into this case scenario then talk to your dentist to find out your other teeth whitening options.

Question: Looking for a individual PPO dental insurance plan in California. One that is no more the $45.00 a month. How can I tell the cost of the plans you have to offer?

Answer: We have many PPO plans in California and cost will range based on home zip code and sometime age. In order to review all our dental PPO plan options just enter you zip code in the quote box provided at the top of the screen.  Also please call our member services at 310-534-3444 if you have any questions about our dental insurance plans.

The American Dental Association advise a child should see a dentist by the time they are one or before their first birthday. Even though this is best advise many children do not see a dentist until they are much older.  By having your child see a pediatric dentists early on you can help to avoid dental fear later on in life.

CaliforniaDentalInsurance.com offers some of the best insurance companies around that provides benefits that will save you money on your dental care needs. Review the dental insurance plans we have to offer by just entering your zip code in the quote box provided. Our member services is available at 310-534-3444 M-F and are happy to help you in finding the right plan for your dental needs.

Although many dental insurance plans do not offer dental benefits for cosmetic dental services, you can still keep your cost lower with a dental discount plan. Most dental discount plans will provide around a 20 percent saving off the cost of cosmetic dental care, which can save you hundreds of dollars. A dental discount plan is worth checking out if you or your child needs dental services that are not covered under your current dental insurance plan.

Question: I need to have a PPO dental insurance plan in order to state with my current provider. I hoping to find one that has shorter waiting periods then 6 and 12 months.

Answer: Six and Twelve months are pretty basic waiting periods for PPO dental insurance plan. However we do have one Madison National dental insurance plan with no waiting periods you may want to review.

An annual maximum occupational exposure for radiation workers in the United States is 5,000 millirems (measure for radiation). When you spread low doses out over a period of time, it is not as destructive to the body because it has time to recover.

To help put this in perspective to dental x-rays, you would need to have 2,000 dental x-rays to equal the radiation in 1 mammogram. To reach that maximum safety dose, you  would need to have to take approximately 10,000 dental x-rays.  On average people receive 3 dental bitewings worth of radiation a day just from being outside in the sun or around concrete buildings and roads.

Just like adults children smile more when they have nice teeth. A healthy smile helps children feel more confident.  A Pediatric or Cosmetic dentist can inform parents on new dental treatments to enhance or restore a child’s smile. New dental treatments can help create beautiful smiles and they do not have to break a parent’s bank account.

Question: I am poor an can not afford dental care but I know I have cavities. Where can I go for free dental care.

Answer: Sadly not to many places offer free dental care.  However you do have a few options. Go to the America Dental Association website and see if they have any programs for free dental care.  This happens often in the month of February, since February is oral health care month.

See if there are any dental schools and or clinics. These places will often provide lower cost dental care and adjust payments to what you can afford.

You may also want to think about getting a low cost dental HMO insurance plan. You can find these types of insurance plans can be as low as $7.95 a month, yet they still provider dental care at a much lower cost then not having any dental insurance in place.

Retired Dentist Invents Color Changing toothpaste called Vortex. St. Louis dentist, inventor and retired Chaminade chemistry teacher Dr. Howard Wright has invented Vortex, which bills itself as the world’s first color-changing toothpaste. Dr Howard Wright hopes the color-changing process, from red and blue to purple, will make kids want to brush their teeth longer and more vigorously. Kids from the Hazelwood Community Center Tiny Tots program were the first to try the FDA-approved Vortex at the Delta Dental Health Theater.

When you are looking for a lower cost more budget friendly dental insurance plan, you may first want to review dental HMO insurance options. Not only is the cost normally lower then most PPO dental insurance plans but dental services are often provide on a detail schedule that brakes down you cost for each dental service provided under the plan. Knowing all you cost a head of time also makes these types of plan budget friendly.

According to the Academy of General Dentistry, competitive swimmers may be at risk for developing yellowish-brown or dark-brown stains on their teeth.   Athlete swimmers who are swimming more then six hours a week are exposing their teeth to large amounts of chemically treated water.

Water which contains chemical additives like antimicrobials, which give the water a higher pH than saliva, causing salivary proteins to break down quickly and form organic deposits on swimmer’s teeth.  The result is swimmer’s calculus, hard, brown tartar deposits that appear predominantly on the front teeth. Swimmers who notice the stains should talk to their dentist and perhaps increase their dental visits to three or four times a year.

I would like to get an inexpensive dental insurance plan for my six year old son.  I do not have much money, and I am only looking to get dental insurance for my son dental health care.   He has been to the dentist once and without insurance it was very costly, I worry that he may get new cavities or something.  Can you advise if you have any dental plan that can help me afford proper dental care for my son.

Answer: Dental HMO insurance plan are normally the more affordable dental insurance option however they will also normally require at least one adult on the plan with a minor. Making you pay for a couple plan instead of an individual plan for just your minor son. Cost for a couple plan can range around $15 to $30 a month depending on the plan.   Another cost saving option would be a dental discount plan. Many dental discount plan will let you buy the plan for only a minor. They can range around $7 – $15 a month depending on the plan. A dental discount plan is a good low cost way of reducing your dental care cost.