Dentalcare Benefits

Basic coverage includes:

• Ongoing care and maintenance of teeth, roots and gums
• Diagnostic services – exams, radiographs, X-rays and tests
• Preventative treatment – polishing, scaling, oral hygiene instruction, pit and fissure sealants, and space maintainers
• Minor restorations – fillings, prefab crowns for primary teeth, and other services completed in conjunction with minor restorations
• Endodontics – root canal therapy
• Periodontics – treatment of gums
• Denture maintenance – relines and rebases
• Oral surgery – removal of teeth
• Adjunctive services – anesthesia, medications and pain relief

Major coverage includes:

• Crowns and onlays
• Dentures and bridges
• Related items such as posts, pins and denture-related surgery
• Replacements when the existing appliance is five or more years old
• Appliance maintenance – denture relines and rebases, denture or bridgework repair

Note: For groups with fewer than 35 plan members, at least five members must have both Basic and Major coverage for Major coverage to be available.

 

Orthodontic coverage includes:

• Ortho-exams, X-rays, diagnostic radiographs and casts
• Braces and retainers (limited to children between the ages of 6 and 18 when treatment begins)