Question: Do you need to clean baby gums before their teeth come in?

Answer: Cleaning your baby’s mouth from an early age is crucial to their future dental health care. You do not need to wait for their teeth to show before starting an oral hygiene routine. If you have questions about how to do this ask either your baby doctor or your dentist would be also happy to help address your questions.

Although it is important for everyone regardless of age to have proper dental habits and to visit the dentist regularly, senior have a higher risk of dental health issues due to age. If you are a senior make sure you are practicing good dental care habits and seeing your dentist at least twice a year or as advised by your dentist. If dental care cost is an issue. Think about buying a low cost dental insurance plan such as a HMO. HMO’s are lower cost plans and provides preventive dental care little to no cost.

Question: I looking for a personal dental insurance plan for just myself. I use to have a group dental plan though work but lost that about four months ago.

Answer: Well you have come to the right website. On Our website, we over 46 different individual dental insurance plan options. Just enter your zip code in the quote box provided and you will be able to review all our dental insurance options. Also please call our member service line at 310-534-3444 if you need any further help or have questions about our dental insurance plans options.

Question: If I get a dental PPO plan but the dentist I want to go to is still not a provider can I still use the dental insurance to go to that dentist.

Answer: Most PPO plans do aloud you to go out side their plan provider list. Course you need to review each plan carefully. Some PPO plans will lower/reduce their benefits if you do choose to go to a non participating provider of the plan. Also you may want to keep in mind that when you do go to a non participating provider you are at a higher risk of acquiring UCR Fees.

Question: I like the cost of and HMO but if my dentist is not a provider of the plan can I still go to him and just pay a little more?

Answer: No, with a HMO dental insurance plan you must choose a dentist with in the plans network of providers. There is no out of network benefits.

It is recommended to begin cleaning the baby’s mouth as a newborn even though most babies do not start developing teeth until they are six months old. You will be able to brush their teeth after they start to appear. You also want to have their first dental appointment either when they cut their first tooth or by the age of one.

Question: I looking for a dental quote where I do not have to give my whole life history just to get information and rates.

Answer: Then you are at the right place. We only ask for your zip code in order to pull up the available dental insurance plan options. Price is one of the first things we provide then each plan option has their own link to review the plan detail information. You only have to provide further information about yourself if you choose to buy one of our dental insurance plan options.

For younger children parents should supervise their child teeth brushing, as brushing teeth can be hard for young children to do thoroughly. Your child needs to develop good motor control so that they are able to properly brush their teeth without adult supervision.

One way to test if your child is read to brush their teeth on their own is by using “Red Tablets” they highlight all that your child has missed when bushing and will let them learn how to brush better. You can get them online or at your local drug store.

Another quick way to test your child brushing is to have your child eat an Oreo cookie and then have them brush their teeth. If you can still see the Oreos, then you need to be checking and helping them brush.

What can you do to maintain your child oral health

When it comes to good oral health care for your child/children make sure to choose healthy snacks and get adequate fluoride. Kids need a lot of water for hydration as well as to make their teeth stronger.

According to the American Academy of Pediatrics they recommends that kids should not drink more than 4 oz. of juice per day, and the average juice box is 6 oz. Choosing water and snacks that do not contain simple carbohydrates will help. Good options include fresh fruits and vegetables, deli meat and cheeses. Also, you want to foster a good relationship between your kids and their dentist.

I would like to get my daughter braces for her crooked teeth.  She has taken such good care of her teeth and has never had any cavities.  I would like her to have perfect teeth now that she is a teen things like this is more important to her.   I looked into my current plan but was told they do not offer coverage’s for braces. I was checking into the cost of having braces to my surprise cost of invisalign are not much more then standard metal braces.  Yet other dental insurance plans I called will not cover for invisaligns. Are there any dental insurance plans that can help me here with the cost of my daughter getting invisalign?

Answer: If you are having a problem finding dental insurance that will offer benefits towards the cost of invisaligns you may want to review getting a dental discount plan. With most dental discount plans you can get a discounted saving off the cost of invisalings around 15 to 20 percent. This web site offers dental insurance as well as dental discount plans. Please call our member services at 310-534-3444 M-F 8-4 if you need or would like any help with regard to the dental insurance plan options we offer.