/cgl/ - Cosplay & EGL

>>9537511
Dental anon here, saging as well, but in CA, the UCR fees for an adult prophylaxis (cleaning) is $100, but a lot of places don't actually do a prophy, just teeth polishing (Think walk in dental clinics). Unfortunately, that's kinda like what >>9537994 was mentioning. They're not bad or anything, but these kind of places tend to either cut corners or don't offer or check for services that might be needed (like checking your gum health) and sometimes they commit fraud by billing your insurance for services that may not have happened, like additional x-rays or an oral examination from a dentist, when you may have only seen a hygienist.


Like what other anons say, most dental insurances cover preventative (cleaning, x-rays, exams) services at 100% and it's usually every 6 months/ 2 times a year. Work that needs to be done (basic like fillings, root canals, extractions) and major (crowns) have deductibles/ copays and become insanely expensive (and easily can go past the average annual max of ~$1500). A porcelain/tooth colored crown can be around $900 USD at a professional office. Also, with wisdom teeth extractions (something very common because impacted teeth cause major damage if untreated) is easily in the thousands at times without insurance. Dental care seems to be really focused on in the US compared to other countries- our televisions show/glamorize whitening, invisiline/straight teeth, etc. and have braces and bad teeth be a butt of the joke (although not as common anymore). Meanwhile in some countries, it's either not seen as important, or important for different reasons (iirc Japan has a thing for the snaggle tooth/fang tooth as a "it looks younger!" thing like what >>9537940 said)

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