Dental care for seniors, and getting a good dental insurance plan.  I am hoping you can help me out.  My dad is 68 and  need to get a set of new dentures.  He lives in Maryland and is on a shoe string budget.   I am trying to help him out since his current dentures are really old and ill fitting.   I called around to a few dental office but they do not offer any discounted saving for seniors nor even a cash credit.    I here hoping you may have a dental plan that he can get that will help me with the cost of new dentures.

Dental Insurance for New or Replacement Dentures. There are plenty of dental insurance plans that will cover dentures, but you need to plan ahead. Many but not all dental insurance plans have waiting periods from 6-18 months. As an example: Replacing teeth with dentures is classified as major dental services. The average benefit is 50% co-insurance for your dentures. Make note when you are replacing dentures the dental company may required proof that you had the prior dentures for X amount of years before providing coverages for new dentures make sure you read the plan terms and conditions on this.

Another dental plan type you may want to review when getting new dentures or replacing old dentures would be a dental discount plans. Dental discount plan plans are a low cost dental plan that do not have waiting periods or restrictions on how long you may have had prior dentures. You will get the saving available to you under the plan. They normally start within the next business day of your online enrollment. .Remember discount dental plans are not insurance dental plan.

Massachusetts Dental Discount plans, New dentures needed:  My mom lives in Massachusetts and she had dentures top and bottom for the last two years.  She is 75 on  a fixed income. 

The problem she has is that she some how broke her top dentures.   She needs new ones and she does not have dental insurance any longer.  Places I called tell me that she would have needed to have denture for five years before they would cover for new ones.   If I get her a dental discount plan in order to help her with the cost are there any limits like that I need to know about? Wanting to help my mom out the best I can so please advise.

My dad needs to have a new set of dentures.  His is about seven or more years old and they are ill fitting.  He does not like wearing them and will only do so to eat.  He drop his dental insurance plan when he got top and bottom dentures not thinking he may need to have new ones.  What can he get now to help him out with the cost of new dentures?

I need to have dental dentures top and bottom.  Which means I will need to have a few really bad teeth pulled.  Right now I do not have dental insurance and a few dental insurance companies that I called told me they would not cover for my dentures for a year or more some even told me they would not cover them at all since I currently have missing teeth.

I do not want to continue to wait until I can get dentures.  My current teeth hurt me all the time and I just want to have nice looking teeth so I can smile again.

Right now I have more then half  of my teeth but truefully the teeth I do have are in really bad shape.   I talked to a dentist that was willing to give me a free consult and I was advise to pull out all but four teeth and to get dentures.

I was told by the dentist that if I do get dental insurance many of the plan could make me wait up to a year or more for this type of dental work.  And do to the cost of everything I would more then likely max out my limit anyway so it would not be worth me getting dental insurance at this point.

The dentist office then stated that they take two discount plans that I see in your site.  The dentist stated to me since I have good credit they would give me the discount that is on the plan they take and then offer me a payment plan that I could afford to make.

This all sounds good but I am not sure.  I do not know much about discount plans and I am not sure if the dentist is telling what they are about dental insurance because they do not want to deal with insurance and wants to get paid directly.   I would love to  hear some good opinons about this.

I currently missing four back teeth on the botom right side of my mouth.  I had them pulled about a year ago since pulling teeth is all I had coverage for and the teeth were pretty bad.  I could not affod to get partials at the time so I have been without.

I am doing a little better now and would like to get a low cost dental plan for my check ups but also so I can hope to get partials as well and have a full set of teeth again.  I have about $20.00 a month I can afford to spend on  a dental plan can  you advise what will help me the best.

DENTAL INSURANCE FOR DENTURES- HELP AND INFORMATION

Dental Insurance – Dentures

There are plenty of dental insurance plans that will cover dentures, but you need to plan ahead. Many but not all dental insurance plans have waiting periods from 6-18 months.

As an example: Replacing teeth with dentures is classified as major dental services. The average benefit is 50% co-insurance for your dentures. Dentures are covered by some dental discounts dental plans. Remember discount dental plans are not insurance dental plan.

What happens when you get dentures?

Full or partial dentures replace your teeth when you have lost your natural teeth, from periodontal disease, tooth decay or injury. They will help your appearance and your health including support for facial muscles sag which makes a person look older. Dentures normally take one month and 4-5 appointments which include the initial exam, wax bite impressions, and final denture adjustments.

How to take care of dentures?

Remove and brush your dentures with a tooth brush and denture cleanser designed for dentures. When the dentures are not used, soak the dentures in a denture cleaner solution or in water.

Should dentures be worn at bedtime?

Dentures should not be worn while sleeping to allow the gum tissue to rest and normal stimulation and cleaning by the tongue and saliva.

Are there alternatives to dentures?

Strategically placed supports or implants can be used to support permanently cemented bridges, eliminating the need for some dentures

There are plenty of dental insurance plans that will cover dentures, but you need to plan ahead. Many but not all dental insurance plans have waiting periods from 6-18 months.

As an example: Replacing teeth with dentures is classified as major dental services. The average benefit is 50% co-insurance for your dentures. Dentures are covered by some dental discounts dental plans. Remember discount dental plans are not insurance dental plan.

What happens when you get dentures?

Full or partial dentures replace your teeth when you have lost your natural teeth, from periodontal disease, tooth decay or injury. They will help your appearance and your health including support for facial muscles sag which makes a person look older. Dentures normally take one month and 4-5 appointments which include the initial exam, wax bite impressions, and final denture adjustments.

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My husband needs to have all the remaining teeth he has pulled out so that he can get a complete set of dentures uppers and lowers.  This teeth have always been in bad shape since he was a child do to his diabetes.   He has dental insurance though work but it is not the greatest.  Our out of pocket cost is still around $3700.00.

The problem is we just do not have that kind of money to spend right now.   I however, do not want him to continue to suffer with his bad teeth.  I am really upset over this since the dentist will not even workout any type of payment plan.  We could afford about $100.00 a month until it is paid off.   Does anyone have any idea on what we can do.  I want my husband to smile again.  He is just a giving man and he does so much for our family always putting himself last.

Dental Insurance – Dentures

There are plenty of dental insurance plans that will cover dentures, but you need to plan ahead. Many but not all dental insurance plans have waiting periods from 6-18 months.

As an example: Replacing teeth with dentures is classified as major dental services. The average benefit is 50% co-insurance for your dentures. Dentures are covered by some dental discounts dental plans. Remember discount dental plans are not insurance dental plan.

If you are looking for dental insurance for dentures or any other dental need visit  http://www.insurancecomopany.com

I got dentures about three years ago.   Since then I have changed jobs and did not get dental insurance since I have top and bottom dentures.   I never really gave much thought about having to have the repaired.   Now my top dentures should be relined and my bottom dentures do not seem to fit like they use too.  Getting them repaired without dental insurance is costly to me.   If I get dental insurance now will they pay for them to be relined and repaired.  Or can I just get new dentures?

Need of dental work

Getting top and bottom dentures

The dentist says they will look just like regular teeth and that people will not be able to teeth unless I say something.  I and very happy about that because my teeth well have been bad for many years.  I was just wondering how do you keep them clean do you brush them like normal teeth?  Or do you on use denture cleaner in a cup and keep them in that over night?

New teeth how to eat

I will be having my teeth removed in order to get top and bottom dentures.  I wondering about how long will I have pain.  what do can I eat.  Should I get a food processor, blender or juicer?  When can I start eating real food with my dentures?  Any thoughts or information would be good.  This is all new to me.

Can’t feel my mouth

Okay, so I just had a tooth removed at the dentist to day and they numbed up my whole mouth.  The thing is I did not eat before I went to the dentist because I did not want to get sick.  Now I am back home and I am so hungry.  

My mouth and part of my tongue is still numbed out.   I am afraid to eat and bite my tongue or side my mouth.   About how much longer do you think I need to wait?

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Dental hygiene question

In one of my classes at school,  my teacher is having everyone write about person hygiene and why it is important.  It makes me wonder if she thinks she has students that stink or something.  Anyway,  I got stuck with dental health.

I know why we should brush and floss our teeth.  My mom says we need to brush our gum line and our tongues  too.  Just my luck my mom is a dentist, so I know she is right.  You think she help me more, but she says that is all the help she is giving me and that I need to find out why for myself.   She is letting me use the Internet to find out the reason why.  Any help would be nice.

I just got top dentures about three weeks ago,  and now they do not seem to me as if they fit right.  Is this normal ?  Will I have to have them ship out to be adjusted or can they fix it at the dentist office?  I am hoping they can just fix them at the dental office because I would hate to have to go without teeth for who know how long.  Anyone have this problem. This is all new to me.

Dentures are made of acrylic and cannot be reheated in any way to try to reshape them.  If you try to do that you will ruin them.  A dentist will be able to correct your dentures so please do not boil  or cook them.

However,  I can suggest that you may want to look into getting a dental HMO insurance plan or even a dental discount plan. They both will help you with the cost of re lineament of your dentures. I noted a link below if you want to check it out

http://www.drdental.com

Will my dentist and I be able to choose the specialist?

Some plans limit referrals to specialists. Your dentist may be required to refer you to a limited selection of specialists who have contracted with the plan’s third party. You also may be required to get permission from the plan administrator before being referred to a specialist. If you choose a plan with these limitations, make sure qualified specialists are available in your area. Look for a plan with a broad selection of different types of specialists.