1.  Diagnose and treat imaginary problems.

2.  Diagnose and charge for problems that are never really treated.

3.  Sell bleaching, amalgam replacement, and veneers.

4.  Recommend treatment that the plan does not cover.

5.  Inflate fees so that the 'discounts' are actually imaginary.

6.  Every patient needs four quadrants of scaling and root planing.

7.  Only the cheapest dental supplies are used and they are used
    very sparingly.

8.  Sterilization protocols may be 'shortened'.

9.  Re-use many disposables.

10.  Half-assed Sargenti technique for endo.

11.  Foreign labs for anything done off site.

12.  Only run the Oxygen tank at 4L/min. (if the patient is paying
     for the nitrous)

13.  Use your friends expired materials  (those dates are just to
     make the companies more money anyway)

I'm sure that I missed a few,

Fawks

Here is what it says...
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http://www.iboplus.com/fp

AmeriPlan Dental® gives you immediate savings. There are no limits on visits
or services you can use.

You never have to complete a claim form or pay full price. As a member of
AmeriPlan®, your dentist will reduce their rates up to 80%! Your benefits
include:

Orthodontics (braces) for both children and adults.

Cosmetic Dentistry such as bleaching or aesthetic bonded finishes in
selected markets.

All Specialists: Pediodontists, Endodontists, Pedodontists, Oral Surgeons,
Orthodontists, & Prosthodontists.

All ongoing dental/medical problems (conditions) are accepted except
orthodontic treatment in progress, even if you've had a dental problem for a
long time.
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Sounds like a discount plan...and as a wise man once said, sometimes you get
what you pay for, and sometimes you get less. I checked in my area and the
dentist's who accept this plan are accepting 50% or less than their regular
fees. Wonder how they make up that 50%?

T

Hmmmmm.

Let's start at the beginning.  Describe the benefits of your plan very
carefully for us.

Any chance the dentist who your family did not like was planning to utilize
this discount plan of yours as the sole means of payment?   Let me know
before I form a pre-conceived opinion.

Is your plan a discount plan or a pre-payment (insurance-type) plan?

As a matter of fact a member saved $200.00 from our plan and called
rejoicing about her savings.  I have worked for one of the largest
Pharmaceutical company in new York and had excellent benefits and
whatever my plan did not cover, I supplemented with the plan, thus I
was covered 100 percent.  Also, my daughter needed braces and the plan
paid 50 percent.  So please do not talk about what you do not know.
while I am on the subject of dentist, talk about being deceptive, my 12
year old daughter  was constantly complaining about the dentist, how
bad they were and I did not believe her until they did my cleaning.
What a bad job, they even try to rip me off on a root canal, second
opinion proved that I did not need one.

Actually we are being leaders and we are looking out for not only
our own patients best interests, but also any who might read this
newsgroup.

We have all seen case after case where patients have used discount
dental plans and other capitation schemes for a few years.  These
people thought they were saving money.

Wrong.

They were either sold a bill of goods that were not paid for with
the 'plan', or they were patted on the back and sent home with
little, no, or defective treatment.

Your plan will not save people money at the dentist's office.  It will
rob them of their dental health while lining your (and the company you
represent) pockets.

You are the uncaring, dangerous, predatory person in this conversation.

Fawks

If you are suppose to be doctors this is petty, be a leader and set
example. A bunch of guys, what is this the boys club, I am not
surprise, uncaring is the nature, in it for the money, that is the
bottom line. So why should I have to convince people who just attack
and are afraid that I am about to rob them of something. I guess I am
lucky not to meet you guys in person, maybe I would have been dead.

Why would I do that, you all behave like animals I would not want to be
on the same forum

If  you believe in the plan so highly, then drop the spam sales pitch
and discuss the plan instead. We will happily open your eyes to truth.
..
Stephen
Troy, Michigan, USA

I am writing on a Tablet-PC,so forgive me if the PC misreads my handwriting.

Bunch of haters

<fayetima6@hotmail.com> wrote in message

Think you missed looking in the "mirrow"
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W_B
Take out the G'RBAGE
wubbabubbazG@RBAGEyahoo.com

   Let me get this straight.  You are a spammer, who is trying to recruit
more spammers right?  And you are calling someone ELSE low-life?  Have I
missed something here?

Vaughn

You know what happen when you assume-low life! look in the mirrow.
Really I do not need to come down to your level, you people behavior
give me a good description of the low class Indivudual's that I am
dealing with.

...more spam?  No! Spammers are low-life slime.

 Based on past experience, we can safely assume that your dental plan sucks
also.

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