Dental Insurance Plus – Removal of Braces
Question: I am hoping to find a dental plan that will help cover the cost of having braces removed. I had braces put on last year and a half ago. I went into see the Orthodontic two to three times during that time to have the braces tighten. While during the coarse of having my braces I lost my job that was helping me pay for them. Now I have a new job but I do not receive any dental benefits.
I have since stop paying for the braces because I couldn’t afford the monthly payments anymore. So I want them off now. The place I was going to will not remove them because they say I own them $1700.00 which I am not paying since I am not getting the job finished.
I went to an orthodontist a few days ago to find out the price of having my braces removed and the cost is around $350. I can not even afford that because I only working part time right now. Is there anything I can do to get some help with this issue.
Reply: I do not know of any dental insurance plan that would cover what you described. All dental insurance plans that I know of excludes work in process. You may have luck with a dental discount plan. Since a dental discount plan is not insurance it does not have all the limitation a insurance plan as. You may be able to at lease save some money if you can find a provider in the plan that willing to do the job.
