Blue dental care plan:

Blue dental care plan is among the most popular dental plans, which is providing a wide range of discounts in the costs involved in the dental treatments to its members through out the world. This way, it is helping people in getting treated at an affordable cost. Any person can become a part of this plan by investing a small amount annually as the membership fee.

Advantages of blue dental care plan:

Blue dental care plan is accepted by majority of the people because of its wide range of services. The advantages of being a part of this plan are:

- It is easily affordable, even by a person with low income. He can enjoy the deduction in the dental costs up to 60% only by investing few bucks as an annual fee.

- He can choose any of the dentists who are tied up with this plan.

- Number of visits in the year is not limited and he can undergo the treatments at his own will under the consult of the dentist.

- Any person is eligible for this plan as long as he can afford the annual fee.

- Time involved in getting enrolled is very less and enrollment can be done through internet also. ID cards are provided to the enrolled persons so that they can claim their membership with this plan. Carrying the ID card is a must and should be provided when requested.

- No restricted timings are involved for consulting the dentist. Appointment at a favorable time can be taken by simply calling up the Primary care dental center. Any cancellation of the appointment should be reported the before day. In case a person fails to cancel his appointment he will be charged for it.

- He can choose either individual or family or employer group coverage plan. Employer group coverage plans are mostly taken up by the companies to offer their employers with this facility.

- Any dissatisfaction can be reported without any hesitation. Steps will be immediately taken to satisfy the member. A member has every right to change his current dentist if he is not satisfied with him.

- Three different plan options are provided by this organization. A person can select any one of them according to his necessity.

The Dentalcare Primary Care Plan: The services offered in this 
plans are:-

• Diagnostic Services
• Preventive Services
• Basic Services
• Major Services

These services are offered at the primary dentacare center selected by the member
at the time of enrollment. These centers can be changed twice annually if the
member wishes to. The payment of all the services should be paid directly to the
primary dental care center.

The Specialty Care Plan: The services offered in this plan are:-

• Complex Endodontic Services
• Complex Periodontic Services

In this plan, the member has a choice of selecting any dentist from the dental
directory list of this plan. But this plan does not provide any discounts in the
diagnostic services like X-rays etc.

The Basic Orthodontic Plan: The services offered by this plan are:-

• Diagnostic Services
• Orthodontic Services

These services are provided by an orthodontist. In this case the primary dentacare
center does not accept any payments. Payments are to be paid directly to the
concerned orthodontist.

Procedure of enrollment: People will have to opt for one among these two plans, offered by two different organizations according to their eligibility. The two plans are:

The UWS- sponsored plan: Non representative people like academic staff and short-term academic staff appointees, graduate assistants are all eligible to be a part of this plan.

The OSER- sponsored plan: Registered employees are eligible for this plan. They may either opt for an individual dental plan or a family dental plan.