Halloween is upon us, which means you have about two months to use up your dental insurance benefits. Don’t let benefits run out! Check with your insurer or your dentist in DuPont to see if you have any remaining benefits. If you do, then schedule an appointment today so you can begin or complete the dental care you need to maintain a healthy and beautiful smile.
Get the Most Out of Your Dental Insurance Benefits
You can thank your employer for offering dental benefits, but those benefits are not free, of course. You have to pay premiums for the privilege of having coverage. Some plans offer between $1000 and $1500 worth of benefits for covered services like biannual checkups and cleanings. But if you don’t complete treatment by the end of the year, your benefits will disappear and be essentially wasted. In other words, you have to use them or you lose them.
What About Flexible Spending Accounts?
A flexible spending account (FSA) is similar to dental insurance in that the funds usually do not roll over to the next year. Whether you or your employer put money into the account, those are dollars that you can use toward dental treatment. Make sure not to leave that money behind.
Schedule Preventive Care
Did you know that preventive care such as dental cleanings, exams and annual digital X-rays are often covered at 100%? There is no out-of-pocket fee for you, and you may just be able to save money in the end.
Also, preventive care can potentially help you avoid more expensive restorative treatment in the future.
Schedule Treatment Now
If you have not used all of your dental insurance benefits, then call your dentist to schedule an appointment for you or another family member. Not all dental treatments can be completed in a single visit. Therefore, it is in the best interest of your smile and your wallet to use your remaining benefits this year. Your dentist will be glad to work with you in order to schedule appointments that straddle 2018 and 2019 so your out-of-pocket expenses are minimized.
The end of the year tends to be a busy time for dentists, so do not wait to call and schedule an appointment.
Say Hello to Dupont Family Dentistry
At Dupont Family Dentistry, we are dedicated to providing all of the services our patients need to have a healthy mouth and a beautiful smile. If you need to schedule a checkup or any other kind of treatment, make an appointment today with your Delta Dental dentist in DuPont.