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What’s my ID number and where can I find it? You can find your member ID number on your ID card or by logging into the Delta Dental Mobile App to view your ID card. If you still can’t find your ID number, please contact the Delta Dental Company that administers your dental plan by using the Contact Us Tool.
If you haven’t received a card, simply provide your SSN and group number to your care provider. Any dependents on your plan can also use your SSN to get care. Contact your broker for assistance if you’re still unable to get dental or vision care without a card.
Do I need an ID card? You don’t need to present an ID card to confirm that you’re eligible. You should notify your dentist that you’re enrolled in a MetLife dental plan with the PDP Plus Network and your group number is 215367. Your dentist can easily verify information about your coverage.
All Quartz Health Benefits Plan Corporation members have medical benefits for Temporomandibular Disorders (TMD / TMJ). Certain Quartz Members have dental benefits (i.e., teeth cleanings, restorative and / or orthodontia services).
MetLife offers quality dental care at affordable prices with their Preferred Dental Program (PDP). This program includes a nationwide network of dentists who have agreed to reduce their fees below the average reasonable and customary charge for their services.
Are implants covered under the plan? Yes. Implant Services are a covered expense subject to plan guidelines. Please refer to your 2021 MetLife Federal Dental Plan Brochure for a complete listing of covered implant services.
For most patients, dental implants hurt after the anesthesia wears off, and after the procedure is done. However, such tooth implant pain can be managed by taking a locally available pain killer, such as ibuprofen.
Crown, Denture, and Bridge Repair/Recementations Crown, Denture, and Bridge Repair/Recementations Endodontics • Root canal treatment limited to once per tooth per 24 months. Endodontics • Root canal treatment limited to once per tooth per 24 months. and prophylaxis cannot exceed four treatments in a calendar year.
Currently, members who have services performed by a network provider should not incur any additional costs for infection control, including PPE, per our network contracts with our providers. These costs are not considered a separate billable dental procedure and cannot be billed to a participant or to MetLife.
You might wonder whether you’ll be paying for these new safety precautions. Your Delta Dental dentist can’t charge you for personal protective equipment (PPE) or general infection control.
About MetLife. MetLife is a leading insurance and financial services company based in New York, New York. MetLife gives special importance to teamwork and excellent customer service and has previously offered temporary, part-time, and partial to 100% remote jobs.
The periodic oral evaluation (D0120) includes an oral cancer evaluation. It would be considered the standard of care to perform an oral cancer evaluation.
A Dental Consultation (D9310) is: A patient encounter with a practitioner whose opinion or advice regarding evaluation and/or management of a specific problem has been requested by another practitioner. The consultation includes an oral evaluation.
Extra-oral posterior dental. radiographic image. Y. D0274.
D0190 – Screening of a patient A screening, including state or federally mandated screenings, to determine an individual’s need to be seen by a dentist for a diagnosis.
D6051. Interim abutment – includes placement. and removal. A healing cap is not. an interim abutment.
Radiographic images are ordered by the dentist per the needs of the patient. A complete series (D0210) helps to determine a diagnostic baseline. In some cases, a full series (D0210) is alternated with a panoramic image (D0330) every three or five years.
D4277 — Free soft tissue graft procedure (including recipient and donor surgical sites) first tooth, implant, or edentulous tooth position in graft.
Gum grafts can cost anywhere from a few hundred to a few thousand dollars. If you’re insured, this procedure may be covered in full or at little out-of-pocket cost to you. You may be able to have the procedure done for free if you have dental insurance as part of an Affordable Care Act plan.