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Paper Roses

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11. It took me about 6 months before I could afford a new dentist.

Mon Mar 2, 2015, 10:42 AM

Mar 2015

My prior one retired and I could not afford a new one. MY old dentist gave me a discount and I needed little other than cleanings.

I recently found a dentist in my town who accepts one of the dental plans. This is not insurance, it is discount plan. The discounts are large and joining is very reasonable, $109.00 a year.
The first month I joined, I broke 2 molars, used the plan right away and it saved me a bundle of money. It is issued through Aetna, the plan is called Aetna Dental Access, administrated by Careington. I am very pleased. If you go to their web suite, (www.careington.com), there should be a list of participating dentists near you along with various options and plans.

The dentist I chose had 5 star reviews and has a lot of patients enrolled in this plan.

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what do you guys do for vision and dental? [View all] ellenrr May 2014 OP

Uh oh. SheilaT May 2014 #1

Med Adv locks May 2014 #2

yes, I never understood why when they got medicare - ellenrr May 2014 #3

For those of us in Canada ... murphyj87 Jul 2014 #6

We have been using.... ancient_nomad May 2014 #4

I just posted abouy my dental plan and I am pleased with it. Paper Roses Mar 2015 #12

Pay through the nose. trof Jun 2014 #5

dental insurance not worth it blackcrow Jan 2015 #7

To add on. SheilaT Jan 2015 #8

My BC/BS covers (medical) vision left-of-center2012 Feb 2015 #9

I have separate policies for each of those - VSP vision and Renaissance dental DrDan Feb 2015 #10

It took me about 6 months before I could afford a new dentist. Paper Roses Mar 2015 #11

VSP sells their vision coverage direct csziggy Mar 2015 #13

I have one from Physicians Mutual Lil Missy Mar 2015 #14

Update on my vision plan. SheilaT Mar 2015 #15

For the dentist, we just pay the bill. For vision, AARP membership gets you napi21 Sep 2015 #16

thanks for the info. I had to get AARP membership in order to enroll ellenrr Sep 2015 #17

Check on that! As far as I know, they do not! nt napi21 Sep 2015 #18