As your dentist, (and as you’ve clearly experienced for yourself), I know the limitations of dental insurance. Let’s face it: insurance plans are not generous in terms of coverage or reimbursement. Even worse, they are typically limited to a maximum coverage of $1500/year, which means that with just one filling and one crown you’re maxed out. Many of my patients who have exhausted their coverage wind up delaying much needed dental procedures which only make matters worse and more expensive the following year.

As your dentist, I know the limitations of dental insurance. Let’s face it, insurance plans are not generous in terms of coverage or reimbursements, as I’m sure you’ve experienced by now. Even worse, they are typically limited to $1500/year, which means that with just one filling and one crown, you’re maxed out. Many of my patients who have exhausted their coverage wind up delaying much needed dental procedures which only make matters worse and more expensive the following year.

In 2011, Business Insider published the following article, “The 19 jobs you are most likely to kill yourself.” In 2015, Mental Health Daily published, “Top 11 professions with the highest suicide rate.” In both articles (and actually all articles on the subject), my fellow dentists grab the not so enviable #3 spot!