{"id":191,"date":"2020-09-17T12:01:00","date_gmt":"2020-09-17T12:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kentdentalclinic.com\/blog\/?p=191"},"modified":"2020-10-19T12:01:22","modified_gmt":"2020-10-19T12:01:22","slug":"dental-insurance-dentist-in-kent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kentdentalclinic.com\/blog\/dental-insurance-dentist-in-kent\/","title":{"rendered":"Using Your Dental Insurance Before It Resets"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The holidays are coming up, but before you\u2019re caught up in the whirlwind of shopping and planning, you should take the time to make sure that you\u2019ve tied up all your loose ends for the year. If you have a dental insurance plan that runs on a calendar year, then one task on your to-do list should be to make sure you\u2019ve used your benefits to the fullest extent possible before they reset. Read on to learn more about how taking the time to visit your dentist in Kent now could end up saving you hundreds \u2013 if not thousands \u2013 on your smile.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

How Does Dental Insurance Work?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Every insurance plan has a yearly maximum, which is the amount of money set aside for your dental care every year. As long as you keep up the premiums and have met the deductible for the year, this money will be used to help cover specific dental treatments, with preventive services such as checkups usually getting the most coverage. (Elective procedures such as teeth whitening usually aren\u2019t covered at all.) At the end of the year, any remaining money is returned to the insurance company, and the maximum will reset. Basically, the leftover money will be lost to you at that point.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why Use Your Dental Insurance Benefits?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Instead of letting your insurance benefits expire and reset, you should definitely make the effort to use them while you still have them. Here are a few reasons why you shouldn\u2019t let your benefits expire if you can help it:<\/p>\n\n\n\n