Family dental plan???

[WelshLamb]

Hi, I know there's heaps of dental threads and have had a read through a few but couldn't find the answer:

Our family of four including one 5 year old and a 21 month old have no dentist. My five year old has never seen a dentist. I was wondering if anyone knows of a good private dental plan or is everything this denplan? or maybe can direct me to a link to a previous thread

We've never had the need of a dentist in the last few years -famous last words!!(my nhs dentist left and didn't get a replacment)

any help appreciated;)

[Toothsmith]

There isn't, to my knowledge, the sort of thing you're describing here.

People like HSA do a cash plan that covers the family, but I don't think there is a family dental policy you can take out.

All the policies I know of are done via a dental assessment first.

The best way to go is to find the dentist first, and see what sort of schemes he/she operates.

The very cheapest time to get registered with a dentist is when everybody is healthy. As soon as someone has a problem, then it becomes expensive to have that first course of treatment.

By saying you haven't 'needed' a dentist in the last few years, you really mean you haven't had any pain in that time.

There is a lot more to dentistry than fixing toothaches.

I prefer to see kids from before they've even got teeth.

That way they get used to the environment, I can talk to the parents about good dietry habits, what's good & bad, and when it's OK to have bad things!

As the second teeth come through, sealents can be placed that will reduce the risk of decay in the first place (Which will be dead easy to do as the kids have been used to coming for ages by then), and they can be taught how to look after them themselves.

And in all that time they will hopefully never have 'needed' me.

It is possible to get people right through their lives without ever 'needing' me.

Unfortunately, they still 'need' me to do that!