Insurance, Financing, & Forms

Dental Insurance & 0% Financing

Dental insurance can be confusing, but at Fisher & Zitterich Dentistry, we make the process easy by filing your claim for you. We also partner with a third-party company to help make financing your dentistry, if needed, more affordable.

Dental Insurance

• Dental insurance can be confusing, but we’ll make it easy for you. Send us a copy of your card or claim to our office prior to your appointment, and we will be happy to tell you what your insurance may cover and file your claims for you.
• Dental insurance is diverse and some policies cover only a small percentage of fees, while others cover 50% or perhaps greater. The more you or your employer pays for premiums, the better the coverage, in most cases.
• Dental insurance can help cover preventive care, including annual x-rays, two cleanings and check-ups per year, and fluoride treatments. Restorative procedures, such as fillings, crowns, replacement teeth, and orthodontics also.
• Cosmetic treatment is not covered, and therefore, to assist with this, we work with third party financing companies to make dentistry affordable and fit into a variety of budgets.
• Most dental insurances also carry a “missing tooth clause” and the clause almost always states that your insurance will not pay for replacement of a tooth or teeth that were missing before your policy began. Our third party financing companies can help you afford dental implants, partials, dentures, or bridgework.
• Your benefits are probably based on “usual, customary, and reasonable fees”. These fees are arbitrarily assigned by insurance companies and may not accurately reflect the cost of our services. We are not a discount clinic, and we offer many technologies and expertise to make your dental experience exceptional. We invest significant time with each of our patients, because to us, you are a person, not a number or a chart. Dr. Fisher, Dr. Zitterich, and the Fisher & Zitterich Dentistry team invest in far more continuing education than is required so that we can bring you the best dental care possible. Therefore, the fees considered “reasonable and customary” by your insurance provider probably do not reflect the type of care and service we consider standard.
• Your “yearly maximum” is the amount your insurance company will pay in a calendar year, and most likely, the amount is $1,000 to $1,500. If you do not use all of your yearly maximum before December 31st, you lose it, as in each new calendar year, your maximum will fund again.
• If you have dental insurance, we will tell you your estimated portion before your treatment based on what your insurance company tells us. However, please be prepared to pay your portion at your visit unless prior payment arrangements have been agreed to.
• If your insurance provider does not pay their estimated portion, we will make every effort to collect from them over the next 60 to 90 days. After that, we will need to bill you for the balance.
• We make every effort to maximize your insurance benefits on your behalf, so your portion will be as small as possible.