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The New
Dentistry &
Your Dental Insurance - A
Partnership for Your Health and Well Being While Maximizing Your
Dental Plan
By Brian DesRoches, PhD
A world of opportunities for dental health
awaits us in the
new dentistry. Using the old dentistry,
dentists
did their best to provide a high quality of service given the state of knowledge, technology,
and dental insurance and dental plan at that time.
Through advancements in treatment, research, and
the desire of the dental plan to do more and do it better, the
new
dentistry has emerged. It is based on a foundation with specific characteristics
that are of great benefit to us as consumers.
- Efficiency: Your time and your resources are valuable to you, and
your dentist recognizes this. New treatment techniques,
methods and dental plan options have considerably reduced the amount of time that the dental care
now takes. The return on your investment in dental health and your dental
insurance is excellent.
- Comfort: Not only are the dental chairs and the office environments
more comfortable and pleasant, improvements in the use of local anesthetics
and new equipment provide more comfort than ever before.
- Collaboration: The dental relationship is now based on the value that
you can derive from your dental team, what you want for your dental
future and maximizing your dental insurance plan benefits rather than just on the techniques and procedures your dentist can
do. Through
dental continuing education, your dentist has the skills and knowledge
to help you make decisions for your dental health in a positive and informed
way.
Predictability: New
materials and advances in treatment provide you with opportunities to
maintain your dental health throughout your life. With the innovative
cosmetic and specialized approaches to reclaiming teeth that formally would
be lost, your dental insurance plan can help create and maintain teeth and
gums.
Predictable treatment, effective prevention
methods, and the longevity of treatment are now part of any treatment plan.
Thoroughness: Advances in assessment and diagnosis now enable
dentists to make thorough evaluations of your overall dental and oral
health. The outcome is a plan for your health that will give you peace
of mind, knowing you can have a well-informed plan in place.
Prevention: This
characteristic of the
new dentistry has received much publicity in recent
years. It has been proven over and over again that there are several
measures that you can take as a consumer of dental insurance plans to create and
maintain your dental health in collaboration with your dental team.
It bears repeating again - flossing and brushing combined with regular
dental hygiene checks are your greatest allies in maintaining your teeth and
a bright smile.
Precision: The
new dentistry utilizes instruments and technologies
that are far advanced from what was available even 15 years ago. Both
general dentists and specialists have access to technologies that provide
precision in diagnosis and treatment. The value for you is higher quality
care.
The dental profession and dental insurance industry has established a strong foundation for a pleasant
smile and a healthy dental future for all of us. Improvements are continuously
being made to this foundation. You can choose to avail yourself of these
improvements by asking your dentist, "What can help me to maintain my
dental health?" They have the knowledge and the desire to help you.
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