When considering entering into a dental plan arrangement where you pay monthly for the provision of your care, you might want to look at how that stacks up against paying for dentistry as you go along.
Maximising your Dental Care
Depending upon the cost of treatment at your practice depends on how much value for money a plan seems, but it's generally true that only a small amount of dentistry required on a pay-as-you-go system would likely pay for your whole year's subscription - and your year subscription includes emergency dental care, unlimited whitening, unlimited hygiene and many other benefits and perks that you don't get as a turn-up and pay patient who attends for irregular care.
The real cost of dentistry outside of plans can stack up really quickly, particularly if you're not a regular attender.
Understanding that the cost of a single crown on one of your back teeth could cost more overall than a year on a payment plan, which gives you the protection and the prevention and confidence to look after your oral health.
A dental implant itself could be as much as 5 to 7 years of planned payments, and if you were able to keep that tooth instead, it would mean you would never have to have the implant in the first place. If you understand that having all your teeth replaced by dental implants can cost more than £50,000, then the investment in looking after your own teeth for the longest time can pay dividends way beyond the cost of the planned payments themselves.
The Long-Term Benefits of a Comprehensive Dental Plan
Adding this to this the fact that you are maintaining your oral health, which is inextricably linked to your general health, and where studies have suggested that good oral health can be linked to cardiac health and other aspects of health, then it's clear to understand that entering into a good plan that you're comfortable with, which provides you value for money and excellent care is a wonderful long term, stable investment.
