Archives for June 2012

Insurance for implants

June 8, 2012 by writeradmin

I am a candidate for dental implants (yay!) and wondered if there is a dental insurance that covers them?

Brooke C. – Alpine, Utah

Brooke,

Generally, a dental plan will cover the least expensive treatment option. In this case they might pay for a removable partial dentures instead of an implant. However, you can apply that payment toward dental implants and just make up the difference. It would be worth it because they are generally the best solution to missing teeth.

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Whitening with dental bonding

June 8, 2012 by writeradmin

I recently had some bonding done on my front tooth. I want a whiter smile, so I want to do professional teeth whitening. I just wondered if that could harm the bonding at all.

Thanks for helping,

Sandy D. – Mississippi

Sandy,

The problem isn’t that teeth whitening would hurt your bonding, but that it won’t whiten your bonding. All your natural tooth structure will whiten and the bonding will stay the same color. That would look worse than if you just left teeth as they were without whitening.

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