{"id":343,"date":"2022-10-20T22:06:23","date_gmt":"2022-10-20T22:06:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mitchellsmiledesign.com\/blog\/?p=343"},"modified":"2025-04-18T18:53:22","modified_gmt":"2025-04-18T18:53:22","slug":"how-to-maximize-your-dental-insurance-benefits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mitchellsmiledesign.com\/blog\/2022\/10\/20\/how-to-maximize-your-dental-insurance-benefits\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Maximize Your Dental Insurance Benefits Before the End of the Year"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Dental insurance is a valuable benefit that helps make everything from routine preventive care to tooth-saving restorative dentistry more affordable. Despite this, many patients aren\u2019t familiar with their coverage or how to maximize it effectively. Since this can result in hundreds or thousands of dollars of your valuable money being left on the table, it\u2019s important to learn about your dental plan. To help, here are a few tips on how to maximize your dental insurance<\/a> benefits!<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Schedule Your Second Checkup and Cleaning of 2022<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Although dental plans vary from patient to patient, many include two checkups and cleanings per year. Sadly, if you skip one of them, your provider won\u2019t give you a \u201cmakeup\u201d one. So, if you haven\u2019t already, make sure to schedule your second visit of 2022! Not only will this help maximize your coverage, but it will ensure that dental problems (like tooth decay) and non-dental problems (like oral cancer) are caught in the early stages as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Check If You\u2019ve Met Your Annual Maximum<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The annual maximum is the maximum dollar amount your provider will contribute to your care in a year. If you have yet to meet it, talk to your dentist! Those remaining dollars can often be used toward essential restorative care, like fillings, dental crowns, and root canal therapy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Use Your FSA Dollars<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Flexible Spending Accounts are an employer benefit that allow you to use tax-free dollars toward unexpected medical expenses, including dental care. Like dental insurance, FSAs reset, which is why it\u2019s so important to use that reserve while you can. If you aren\u2019t sure of the dollar amount in your account (or don\u2019t know if you have one at all), then don\u2019t hesitate to talk to your HR Manager or whoever handles your benefits at work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Remember, Your Benefits May Reset on January 1st<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In short, many dental insurance plans reset at the beginning of each year. So, there are only a few weeks left to maximize your available coverage! For additional support, you can always give your provider a call. Otherwise, you can talk to your dental team directly. Not only can they maximize your coverage, but they can also answer any questions you have and help you understand your out-of-pocket expenses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

About the Author<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

After being a physical therapist for ten years, Dr. Bradley Mitchell<\/a> decided to pursue a career in dentistry. He chose to complete his studies at the University of Oklahoma College of Dentistry, and he\u2019s been happily helping patients smile ever since! At Mitchell Smile Design of Oklahoma City, he is proud to welcome dental insurance and is even in-network with Delta Dental, Guardian, and many other PPO dental plans. If you want to learn more about how to utilize your benefits or would like to schedule an appointment, don\u2019t hesitate to visit our website<\/a> or call (405) 755-2670<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dental insurance is a valuable benefit that helps make everything from routine preventive care to tooth-saving restorative dentistry more affordable. Despite this, many patients aren\u2019t familiar with their coverage or how to maximize it effectively. Since this can result in hundreds or thousands of dollars of your valuable money being left on the table, it\u2019s […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-343","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mitchellsmiledesign.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/343","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mitchellsmiledesign.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mitchellsmiledesign.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mitchellsmiledesign.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mitchellsmiledesign.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=343"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.mitchellsmiledesign.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/343\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":431,"href":"https:\/\/www.mitchellsmiledesign.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/343\/revisions\/431"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mitchellsmiledesign.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=343"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mitchellsmiledesign.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=343"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mitchellsmiledesign.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=343"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}