My son, Matthew, is going through the Ugly Duckling stage right now. He has buck teeth with very large space on the upper jaw, while his lower jaw doesnt have much space for all the teeth that are growing. He was born with teeth (pre-natal) already and since they were jagged and was interfering with his feeding, his pedia advised to have it removed. Wrong move. With the teeth removed, the two lower incisors had no space when all the milk teeth were growing so when it was time for the permies (permanent teeth) to grow — they had no space.

God-willing, we might be in the US by the time Matthew grows all his permanent teeth. And that’s where the big work (and big bucks $$$) comes in. I know dental work in the US is mighty expensive so as early as now I am saving for his dental care needs as well as am scouting around for the best dental plan for him and our family.

I found out through the website of DentalPlans.com that a discount dental plan might be more beneficial for us than the traditional discount plan. A discounted dental plan is a plan where you are given (members) a large network of dentists that can give you services for a discount. These have no annual limits, no health restrictions and no tedious paperwork hassles. Once you join, you can start saving right away and some plans even offer savings on cosmetic dentistry, orthodontia and other dental specialties. Dental insurance have varying annual rates, have deductibles and orthodontics are rarely covered - Matthew needs help on that area. A discount dental plan can cover that for us!