hi everyone.... i'm a dentist and would be more than willing to accommodate any

queries you may have regarding this topic...











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THANKS Rj for the offer. I have a couple of Q's to start this off. 1) ...Through

typical dental insurance .. what percentage of the bill is paid ...and is

considered payment-in-full ?(I ask this since today I was informed that Medicare

only pays typically 28% of the bill)



2) ... When you are dealing with a dentist on A LOT of work .... like lots of

extractions or many mini or regular implants ... how do you get them to disount

all this work?



I will think of some others .. THX for the offer .. Eric









--- In Denture_Dentures@yahoogroups.com, Rj V <mrjustaddwater@...> wrote:

>

> hi everyone.... i'm a dentist and would be more than willing to accommodate

any queries you may have regarding this topic...

>

>

>

>

>

> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

>

From Deb and to Deb .....just so everyone can see who is interested ...



Hi Deb ...so you are an RN in the general medical field? .. I didn't think that

medicare would pay for dental(can you imagine the hyper-infated-costs then

??..!!) ... but in the regular medical - is that 28% figure correct? ...

"Assignment" ? ... this term is used also in the dental field when dealing with

Delta or other plans? I have never approached a dentist about this ... but I

really should. The dental charges(not the dentures themselves-they have been

reasonable) that I have seen and been quoted are uNreal....and I honestly feel

are way out-of-line. ... Eric







--- On Fri, 6/12/09, Debra f <i_ownaberner@...> wrote:



> From: Debra f <i_ownaberner@...>

> Subject: Re: [Denture_Dentures] Dentist Q's .....

> To: niteowl440@...

> Date: Friday, June 12, 2009, 9:58 PM

> were  u referring to medicare

> paying for dental care...cause they  dont..the question

> u wnt to ask ur docs is do they take assignment?  tht

> means tke what medicare pays and not charge the usual and

> customary...

> deb rn

>

> ----------

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--- In Denture_Dentures@yahoogroups.com, "Eric " <niteowl440@...> wrote:

>

> THANKS Rj for the offer. I have a couple of Q's to start this off. 1)

...Through typical dental insurance .. what percentage of the bill is paid

...and is considered payment-in-full ?(I ask this since today I was informed

that Medicare only pays typically 28% of the bill)

>

> 2) ... When you are dealing with a dentist on A LOT of work .... like lots of

extractions or many mini or regular implants ... how do you get them to disount

all this work?

>

> I will think of some others .. THX for the offer .. Eric

>

>

>

>

> --- In Denture_Dentures@yahoogroups.com, Rj V <mrjustaddwater@> wrote:

> >

> > hi everyone.... i'm a dentist and would be more than willing to accommodate

any queries you may have regarding this topic...>

hi

actually over the past 20 years spent 10 in  upper level management 5 in adult

icu and 2 in pediatrics and 3 in neonatal intensive care.....donea littl bit of

everthing..

28 percent sounds low....i had surgery  that was 89000 medicare paid 48..so its

not really a percentage but a fixe rate...yu can ask any doc if he will take

insurance assignment........you rright about over priced...imy implants were

52000..

deb rn



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------Original Message------

From: Eric  <niteowl440@...>

To: <Denture_Dentures@yahoogroups.com>

Date: Sat, Jun 13, 7:19 AM +0000

Subject: [Denture_Dentures] Re: Dentist Q's .....



From Deb and to Deb .....just so everyone can see who is interested ...



Hi Deb ...so you are an RN in the general medical field? .. I didn't think that

medicare would pay for dental(can you imagine the hyper-infated-costs then

??..!!) ... but in the regular medical - is that 28% figure correct? ..

"Assignment" ? ... this term is used also in the dental field when dealing with

Delta or other plans? I have never approached a dentist about this .. but I

really should. The dental charges(not the dentures themselves-they have been

reasonable) that I have seen and been quoted are uNreal....and I honestly feel

are way out-of-line. ... Eric







--- On Fri, 6/12/09, Debra f <i_ownaberner@...> wrote:



> From: Debra f <i_ownaberner@...>

> Subject: Re: [Denture_Dentures] Dentist Q's .....

> To: niteowl440@...

> Date: Friday, June 12, 2009, 9:58 PM

> were  u referring to medicare

> paying for dental care...cause they  dont..the question

> u wnt to ask ur docs is do they take assignment?  tht

> means tke what medicare pays and not charge the usual and

> customary...

> deb rn

>

> ----------

> Sent from my Verizon Wireless mobile phone















--- In Denture_Dentures@yahoogroups.com, "Eric " <niteowl440@...> wrote:

>

> THANKS Rj for the offer. I have a couple of Q's to start this off. 1)

...Through typical dental insurance .. what percentage of the bill is paid

...and is considered payment-in-full ?(I ask this since today I was informed

that Medicare only pays typically 28% of the bill)

>

> 2) ... When you are dealing with a dentist on A LOT of work .... like lots of

extractions or many mini or regular implants ... how do you get them to disount

all this work?

>

> I will think of some others .. THX for the offer .. Eric

>

>

>

>

> --- In Denture_Dentures@yahoogroups.com, Rj V <mrjustaddwater@> wrote:

> >

> > hi everyone.... i'm a dentist and would be more than willing to accommodate

any queries you may have regarding this topic...>

Hi Deb ..... $ 52,000.00 for your implants ? ... ?? .... that is not just

OVERpriced .. that is UNsane !! ... I went to a local dentist who was going to

do the whole-package for me .... and it was 30k$. And I almost fell out of the

chair.



HOW do they figure all this? ... 2500$(full retail cost) for top-of-the-line

dentures PLUS the implant posts(mini or regulars) that cost them maybe 10-50$

each ....and then THE REST is LABOR(and gravy for them).



HOW do these people sleep at night "robbing" Joe-Citizen like this?











--- In Denture_Dentures@yahoogroups.com, "Debra f" <i_ownaberner@...> wrote:

>

> hi

> actually over the past 20 years spent 10 in  upper level management 5 in adult

icu and 2 in pediatrics and 3 in neonatal intensive care.....donea littl bit of

everthing..

> 28 percent sounds low....i had surgery  that was 89000 medicare paid 48..so

its not really a percentage but a fixe rate...yu can ask any doc if he will take

insurance assignment........you rright about over priced...imy implants were

52000..

> deb rn

I was quoted almost 60,000 for full upper and lower implants.  But  this

was not the regular implants that your dentures snap onto and you can take

them back out.  These were called "Teeth in a Day" and they are permanent

dentures that do not come out of your mouth unless your dentist removes  them.

They way it was explained to me is the dentist first has a CT scan  done of

your jaws.  Then the images are sent to a company in Germany that  makes

the dentures specific to your mouth, using a gold base ( dont' know why

gold).  The day of surgery anywhere from 4 to 8 posts and implanted in the  jaw

bones and then the dentures fixed.  He has said it is the closest thing  to

real teeth that money can buy.

Needless to say, I've not had it done as I can't afford the cost.

Tracey



In a message dated 6/14/2009 11:40:18 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,

niteowl440@... writes:



Hi Deb  ..... $ 52,000.00 for your implants ? ... ?? .... that is not just

OVERpriced  .. that is UNsane !! ... I went to a local dentist who was going

to do the  whole-package for me .... and it was 30k$. And I almost fell out

of the chair.



HOW do they figure all this? ... 2500$(full retail cost) for

top-of-the-line dentures PLUS the implant posts(mini or regulars) that cost 

them maybe

10-50$ each ....and then THE REST is LABOR(and gravy



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this is what i had done...they are fabulous..dont use gold though its too soft

they use titanium...i howevcer have 2 sets in case anything would ever 

happen...the first ones are temps  then they r remade after changes to gums....

deb rn



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------Original Message------

From: <Tsmith1095@...>

To: <Denture_Dentures@yahoogroups.com>

Date: Mon, Jun 15, 11:29 AM +0000

Subject: Re: [Denture_Dentures] Re: Dentist Q's .....



I was quoted almost 60,000 for full upper and lower implants.  But  this

was not the regular implants that your dentures snap onto and you can take

them back out.  These were called "Teeth in a Day" and they are permanent

dentures that do not come out of your mouth unless your dentist removes  them.

They way it was explained to me is the dentist first has a CT scan  done of

your jaws.  Then the images are sent to a company in Germany that  makes

the dentures specific to your mouth, using a gold base ( dont' know why

gold).  The day of surgery anywhere from 4 to 8 posts and implanted in the  jaw

bones and then the dentures fixed.  He has said it is the closest thing  to

real teeth that money can buy.

Needless to say, I've not had it done as I can't afford the cost.

Tracey



In a message dated 6/14/2009 11:40:18 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,

niteowl440@... writes:



Hi Deb  ..... $ 52,000.00 for your implants ? ... ?? .... that is not just

OVERpriced  .. that is UNsane !! ... I went to a local dentist who was going

to do the  whole-package for me .... and it was 30k$. And I almost fell out

of the chair.



HOW do they figure all this? ... 2500$(full retail cost) for

top-of-the-line dentures PLUS the implant posts(mini or regulars) that cost 

them maybe

10-50$ each ....and then THE REST is LABOR(and gravy



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