Lets Get One Thing Straight...

Other than veneers, the most expensive dental procedure most people will ever experience firsthand are orthodontic braces. Depending upon whether you need them for one year or two years or more, braces could run you anywhere from $3000 all the way up to $8,000 in cities like San Francisco, Boston, Honolulu and Beverly Hills.

Although most orthodontists will usually try to work out a payment plan to help you pay for braces, not only will you end up with the unpleasant prospect of making one big payment upfront, but we'll also usually end up paying more this way as orthodontists will frequently charge you interest.

Problem is that no dental clinic or dental school will put braces on you cheaper than your local orthodontist because braces are considered "unnecessary procedures". Therefore, either you' re stuck paying through the nose for braces or you can lower your cost for orthodontic braces by between 20% to 50% when you use a discount dental plan (like the ones I just happen to sell via my web site DiscountDental4U.net) to lower your out-of-pocket costs.

If you plan on getting braces rather yourself with your child in the near future, I strongly recommend you shop around not only for a good orthodontist but also for good orthodontic insurance coverage so you won't end up having to pay an arm and leg for straight teeth!

"Hey, That Hurts!"

Every once in awhile I will come across a visitor to my web site who asks me if I can refer a dentist to them who practices something known as Sedation Dentistry, a.k.a., general anesthesia, which basically is sedating the patient without using local anesthesia. Apparently there are some people who are overly sensitive to the least bit of dental pain (poor bastards) and are even known pass out at the site of a dentist's chair.

Types of Sedation Dentistry
Some of the more popular choices in sedation dentistry available are as follows:

Nitrous Oxide Gas – Often referred to as laughing gas, they use nitrous oxide gas in sedation dentistry to make a patient feel extremely relaxed and less tense. The dentist still administers a local anesthetic during sedation dentistry, as nitrous oxide does not stop pain.

Intravenous – Instead of a pill, during sedation dentistry, the patient receives an injection to make them feel mellow and at ease along with an injection of local anesthetic to stop any pain.

Oral Sedation – For oral sedation dentistry, about an hour before their appointment, a patient takes a tablet that relaxes them and makes them less nervous. Again, because they will still feel pain, the dentist uses a local anesthetic.

Thankfully, all of the dental plans I sell on my web site cover (i.e. give substantial discounts on) sedation dentistry. However, I wish the different plans would tell us which of the dental providers in their network practice this method of general anesthesia.

Happy Birthday To Me

43. It has a nice ring to it does it not? I better get used to it.

On more dental matters, I finally got an appointment at the University Hospital in Newark, New Jersey for a dental exam and x-rays. Although I made the appointment on October 23rd, I have to wait until December 13 for my appointment!

So, if any of you think that I get preferential treatment just because I sell dental coverage, you're wrong. However, because I have a dental plan, I will save around 40% when I go to pay my bill.