{"id":2598,"date":"2010-06-21T06:26:43","date_gmt":"2010-06-21T11:26:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/?p=2598"},"modified":"2010-06-29T06:37:02","modified_gmt":"2010-06-29T11:37:02","slug":"dental-blue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/2010\/06\/dental-blue\/","title":{"rendered":"DENTAL BLUE"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>With Dental Blue, members do not pay a deductible for check-ups or diagnostic and preventive services.\u00a0 <\/span>Check-ups and cleanings are covered twice per benefit period. Plus, members can visit any licensed dentist they choose. There are no \u201cin-network\u201d restrictions.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>Members pay a $75 annual deductible for both basic services like routine fillings and extractions, and major services including crowns, bridges and dentures.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Applicants can choose Dental Blue coverage for themselves, their children or the entire family. There are three convenient payment options: monthly bank draft, semiannual payment or annual payment.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Plan Benefits:<\/span><\/p>\n

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100% – Preventive Services. \u00a0<\/span>Routine oral exams, <\/span>Adult & child cleaning, <\/span>Bitewing x\u2013rays, <\/span>Pulp testing, <\/span>Annual fluoride cleaning (members through 18\u2013years\u2013old only), <\/span>Palliative emergency treatment & emergency oral examinations, <\/span>Other diagnostic & preventive services, <\/span>Sealants (members 5-15 years old only)<\/span><\/p>\n

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60% – Basic Services.\u00a0 <\/span>Routine fillings, <\/span>Space maintainers (members under 16\u2013years\u2013old), <\/span>Endodontics, <\/span>Simple extractions, <\/span><\/p>\n

Stainless Steel Crowns, <\/span>Oral surgery, <\/span>Other basic services <\/span><\/p>\n

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Major Services<\/span><\/p>\n

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50% Gingival curettage, <\/span>Gingivectomy and gingivoplasty, <\/span>Periodontal maintenance, <\/span>Inlays and onlays (once per 5 years), <\/span><\/p>\n

Porcelain Crowns, <\/span>Dentures, <\/span>Bridges, <\/span>Other major services<\/span><\/p>\n

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Deductible, basic and major services $75 <\/span><\/p>\n

Annual maximum, all services $1,000 <\/span><\/p>\n

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For more information on health insurance coverage in North Carolina<\/a>, please visit our website at www.nchealthplans.com<\/a> or call our toll free number 888-765-5400 and speak with one of our qualified agents. Our agency provides coverage for health insurance in North Carolina through Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina (BCBSNC). <\/a>You may qualify for a 15% healthy lifestyle discount if you are in excellent health. Call us for details.<\/p>\n

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With Dental Blue, members do not pay a deductible for check-ups or diagnostic and preventive services.\u00a0 Check-ups and cleanings are covered twice per benefit period. Plus, members can visit any licensed dentist they choose. There are no \u201cin-network\u201d restrictions.\u00a0\u00a0Members pay a $75 annual deductible for both basic services like routine fillings and extractions, and major […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[50],"tags":[23,136,816,402,401],"class_list":["post-2598","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dental-blue","tag-bcbsnc","tag-blue-cross-blue-shield-of-north-carolina","tag-dental-blue","tag-preventive-services","tag-routine-cleanings"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2598","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2598"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2598\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3119,"href":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2598\/revisions\/3119"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2598"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2598"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nchealthplans.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2598"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}