Okay.. I have to ask why..

Pumpkin111 · December 2009

Why would you wait to get LO dental insurance? I have had waaaaay to many friends who's kids fell down and chipped a tooth or tripped and landed on the fireplace causing severe damage to their teeth.

Maybe my friends' kids are more accident prone than most.. but why even risk it? Your babies are learning to walk and they have brand new teefers. Don't they deserve to be taken care of too?

TimingisEverything · December 2009

If she chips a tooth, won't it just fall out later anyways when she gets her big girl teeth?

Fish4Fun · December 2009

Baby teeth fall out anyway.

(Just kidding!)

karskaren · December 2009

I have no idea - Jackson has it all - medical, dental, vision, and life. You never know when you will need it!

Pumpkin111 · December 2009

TimingisEverything:
If she chips a tooth, won't it just fall out later anyways when she gets her big girl teeth?

Have you ever chipped a tooth? I have. I would at the very least make sure that it was capped to ensure that sensitive parts were not exposed.

And are you seriously saying if Zoie chipped a tooth you wouldn't have it looked at???

TimingisEverything · December 2009

Pumpkin111:

TimingisEverything:
If she chips a tooth, won't it just fall out later anyways when she gets her big girl teeth?

Have you ever chipped a tooth? I have. I would at the very least make sure that it was capped to ensure that sensitive parts were not exposed.

And are you seriously saying if Zoie chipped a tooth you wouldn't have it looked at???

No. I was joking. Hence the use of big girl teeth.

Nobody gets me anymore.

Trixie6717 · December 2009

That is why I went ahead and added them at 6 months. But I'm confused about what to do when their dentist doesn't accept patients until 18 months. Are there other dentists that take them early? Or early if there are special circumstances such as a chipped or knocked out tooth? Guess I should call around and not ask the Bump, huh? haha

jess478 · December 2009

The cost of the insurance available to us and what it covers isn't worth it. We'll pay for any dental work with our HSA.

Pumpkin111 · December 2009

TimingisEverything:
Pumpkin111:

TimingisEverything:
If she chips a tooth, won't it just fall out later anyways when she gets her big girl teeth?

Have you ever chipped a tooth? I have. I would at the very least make sure that it was capped to ensure that sensitive parts were not exposed.

And are you seriously saying if Zoie chipped a tooth you wouldn't have it looked at???

No. I was joking. Hence the use of big girl teeth.

Nobody gets me anymore.

Ahhhh! Yea, I didn't catch it. I was actually horrified at the thought of a baby running around with a hurted toof! Waaahhhh!!

Pumpkin111 · December 2009

Trixie6717:
That is why I went ahead and added them at 6 months. But I'm confused about what to do when their dentist doesn't accept patients until 18 months. Are there other dentists that take them early? Or early if there are special circumstances such as a chipped or knocked out tooth? Guess I should call around and not ask the Bump, huh? haha

I am planning on calling a special pediatric dentist in the new year.. just in case we need to go in. But we'll probably go in for th first appointment around 18 months - next summer.

josswhedon · December 2009

we added her to vision and dental from day one! The few dollars it costs a month is well worth it, what it would cost if good forbid something should happen to an eye or her mouth.

I also didn't want to take the chance of in the future her getting denied becase the insurance company views that as a gap in coverage and considers EVERYTHING a pre-exisisting condition. Not a chance I'm willing to take!

stellablue96 · December 2009

jess478:
The cost of the insurance available to us and what it covers isn't worth it. We'll pay for any dental work with our HSA.

This (except I don't have an HSA). I have private healthcare and every dental option that is presented to me is not worth it. It hardly covers anything. I pay out of pocket for my dental.

Lerxie · December 2009

Accident dental is covered on our medical plan so I didn't add her for 2009 (she will have a regular dental plan for 2010). I happened to have some coverage built in so I wasn't going to pay out of pocket for a full dental plan.

pixiedustie · December 2009

Because her Daddy and I don't have dental insurance either. We bought it for about six months and it cost an arm and a leg so instead we just put that money into saving so if she hurts a toofy we can pay outta pocket. My BFF's little boys both broke a front tooth around 18 months and both of them needed to have that tooth pulled because they absessed and now they have spacers to hold the spot for a permanant tooth. We know teeth are important, but no we don't have dental insurance.

NY-allie · December 2009

Because my cousin is a pediatric dentist and will see him for free...

mjlx207 · December 2009

TimingisEverything:
Pumpkin111:

TimingisEverything:
If she chips a tooth, won't it just fall out later anyways when she gets her big girl teeth?

Have you ever chipped a tooth? I have. I would at the very least make sure that it was capped to ensure that sensitive parts were not exposed.

And are you seriously saying if Zoie chipped a tooth you wouldn't have it looked at???

No. I was joking. Hence the use of big girl teeth.

Nobody gets me anymore.

It's because you forget the LOL to indicate that you are joking.

Pumpkin111 · December 2009

NY-allie:
Because my cousin is a pediatric dentist and will see him for free...

lucky!!!

julia0402 · December 2009

Because I can do it myself

TimingisEverything · December 2009

mjlx207:
TimingisEverything:
Pumpkin111:

TimingisEverything:
If she chips a tooth, won't it just fall out later anyways when she gets her big girl teeth?

Have you ever chipped a tooth? I have. I would at the very least make sure that it was capped to ensure that sensitive parts were not exposed.

And are you seriously saying if Zoie chipped a tooth you wouldn't have it looked at???

No. I was joking. Hence the use of big girl teeth.

Nobody gets me anymore.

It's because you forget the LOL to indicate that you are joking.

Rookie mistake!

Pumpkin111 · December 2009

julia0402:
Because I can do it myself

Luckiest!!

But - and this is an honest question - are dr's allowed to work on their own children.. in a professional sense? I wouldn't have a problem with it.. but I thought there was some rule against it.

deeanneharris · December 2009

jess478:
The cost of the insurance available to us and what it covers isn't worth it. We'll pay for any dental work with our HSA.

Same here. It is $520 a year to add DD to my dental and I don't expect that she would need more than that before she is 18 months old this time next year. Plus, I can add money to my account tax free.

julia0402 · December 2009

Pumpkin111:
julia0402:
Because I can do it myself

Luckiest!!

But - and this is an honest question - are dr's allowed to work on their own children.. in a professional sense? I wouldn't have a problem with it.. but I thought there was some rule against it.

Hmm, I don't think there are rules about it, but maybe some prefer not to. I could see if you were a surgeon or ER doctor, but a dentist is a little different, kwim? The dentist I worked for while I was in college worked on his family/kids and I plan to as well.

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