Dental insurance is one way to help offset those costs but not all dental policies cover complex tooth extractions. Dental policies may also have waiting periods for extractions. The average cost ...

None of it is covered by medical insurance. I should have gotten dental insurance, right? That’s what I kept telling myself, until I actually looked into the dental plans for which I qualify ...

Before joining Vox, she worked for TheStreet. The thing about dental insurance is that it isn’t really insurance — it’s more like a half-helpful discount plan with a maximum. And once you re ...

We learned something was wrong from a routine X-ray image. There were my son’s baby teeth and gums. And then, below, there should have been a row of “tooth buds,” the dentist explained.