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For the Americans: You can get a cheap ~$120/year dental insurance plan that has no yearly or annual out-of-pocket maximum dollar limits, no waiting periods, an
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For the Americans: You can get a cheap ~$120/year dental insurance plan that has no yearly or annual out-of-pocket maximum dollar limits, no waiting periods, and no pre-exsisting condition clauses. Yes, it is a dental HMO plan and it’s through Delta Dental. It covers pretty much everything except implants and TMJ care, and the prices are quite impressive for US dental care. You will get a better deal for such a plan off of Costco [1] (which is only for Costco members, along with only being available in certain states) compared to the Delta Dental website [2] (which I believe is available in all US states).
As for needing to get dental implants (or even advanced TMJ care), you can get Swiss made implants for ~$1,000 per tooth in some of the more “eastern” (although they are quite westernized and the quality of care is very high—along with the materials being on par if not better than American FDA requirements) European Union countries like Poland or Croatia. When travelling to Europe, I typically find the cheapest one-way ticket to the European continent via any major hub city, then I fly via a discount airliner from the hub to the destination city.
There are legitimate health agencies and websites that are set up for dental tourism. I recall seeing one before that posted the implant success rates by clinic, but I no longer remember the name of the site. I personally have jacked up (although nice looking) teeth due to rare disease plus long-standing diabetes. Anyways, I linked the Costco dental insurance plan specifics for Texas [3] and California [4] residents, so you can see how much it actually costs for care.
[1] https://www.costco.com/dental-insurance-services.html https://www.costco.com/dental-insurance-services.html
[2] https://www.deltadental.com/us/en/product/individual-dental-insurance.html https://www.deltadental.com/us/en/product/individual-dental-...
[3] https://www.deltadentalins.com/shopping/downloads/costco/Costco_TX_DHMO_DisclosureForm.pdf https://www.deltadentalins.com/shopping/downloads/costco/Cos...
[4] https://www.deltadentalins.com/shopping/downloads/costco/Costco_CA_DHMO_DisclosureForm.pdf https://www.deltadentalins.com/shopping/downloads/costco/Cos...