Not waiting for the dentist, waiting for the coverage. With a new dental plan, if you didn’t have dental before, you can get cleanings but not other work covere

Not waiting for the dentist, waiting for the coverage. With a new dental plan, if you didn’t have dental before, you can get cleanings but not other work covered for the first 6 months. Otherwise since most dental work is not an emergency, you would pay for one month of dental insurance in a year you had any work needed, and pay out of pocket for cleanings. If you had prior coverage and are just switching plans because of employment changes, then I believe the waiting period is waived. We used to have the same thing with “pre-existing conditions” in health care. You needed “prior credible coverage” to be able to get treatment for an existing condition in the first 6 months of a plan. Again, it’s to prevent people from only buying insurance after they get sick.