Payment of dental benefits is based on the General Practitioners Dental Association suggested fee guide or the Insurance Reimbursement Rate set by the Canadian Life and Health Insurance Association Inc. (CLHIA) when a fee guide is not available. For services provided by a dental specialist, payment is based upon the General Practitioners Dental Association suggested fee guide.
Alternate Benefit - When there are two or more courses of treatment available to adequately correct a dental condition, reimbursement may be based on the cost of the least expensive treatment, which provides adequate care to the Insured.
IMPORTANT! Please submit a pre-determination/pre-authorization to the insurance carrier prior to treatment of specialist services and any treatment plan exceeding $500.
Your plan covers up to a maximum of $1000 per benefit year.
Diagnostic & Preventative
Your plan covers 80% of diagnostic and preventative procedures including:
• 6 month recall
• complete series of x-rays, 1 in any period of 36 months
• bitewings, not more than 4 films per benefit year
• panoramic, 1 in any period of 36 months
• polishing, 2 units per benefit year
• scaling, 2 units per benefit year
• fluoride, under 15 years of age, 1 treatment per benefit year
• pit and fissure sealants, under 16 years of age, 1 replacement per tooth, per lifetime, on permanent molars
Minor Restorative
Your plan covers 80% for services associated with dental health restoration, including:
• space maintainers and maintenance, under 15 years of age
• amalgam and tooth coloured fillings, 1 per tooth in any period of 24 months
• stainless steel and plastic full coverage restorations, under 15 years of age, 1 per tooth in any period of 36 months
• denture adjustments and repairs
• relining, rebasing and tissue conditioning, one treatment in any period of 36 months
• recementation of existing restorations
Oral Surgery
Your plan covers 75% services associated with surgical extractions, including:
• simple extractions, impacted extractions, not more than 4 teeth per patient per benefit year
• anaesthesia, eligible when done in conjunction with Oral Surgery
Endodontic
Your plan covers 60% for endodontic services including:
• root canal therapy
Periodontic
Your plan covers 60% for periodontic services including:
• additional scaling and/or root planing, maximum 5 units per benefit year