Grad students and dental coverage

[nikki1920]

Originally Posted by honeychile

I have to get some extensive dental work done (bone grafting from a broken jaw), and don't have dental insurance. I was advised to go with Delta Dental, and they are VERY reasonable. Unfortunately, since I have a pre-existing condition, my work wouldn't be covered.

Oohhhh, ok. Try going to the clinic in person. A very good friend of mine had some dental issues. He ended up having to go to the school itself and eventually got the work done at a nominal cost.

[honeychile]

Originally Posted by nikki1920

Oohhhh, ok. Try going to the clinic in person. A very good friend of mine had some dental issues. He ended up having to go to the school itself and eventually got the work done at a nominal cost.

Thanks! What really ticks me off is that I went to one dentist, who said it would cost $7-8,000 for bone grafting & crowning ONE TOOTH! So, I went to my aunt's, just to see if that price was in line, and he said that the total shouldn't be over $3,000. That's a huge difference - I felt like Denstist A planned to allow me to put his son through Dental School!