User:JimmyMercer/Dental Warranty

Dental Warranty has most commonly been used in Dentistry as a Dentist's guarantee to repair a failed restorative or cosmetic treatment in a patient's mouth. In 2009, the term was developed into and actual product by a small group of business men. Two had extensive experience in developing warranty products for fortune 500 companies within the automotive sector and two others within the Dental field. The concept was born from a Dentist and his patient who happened to own an automotive warranty administration company. He desired to have a complete "Smile Makeover" which cost many thousands of dollars. When his Dentist completed the case, the warranty executive asked his Dentist, "How long will this new smile last and how much more will I have to spend over my life to keep it looking this good?" His Dentist replied, "Just come back to my office for scheduled visits and I will take care of you if anything happens." In the warranty executive's mind this meant at least ten years but had nothing in writing! About a year after that he fell on his face and immediately feared his smile makeover had been damaged. When he went back to his Dentist for an examination, the Dentist immediately began preparing him for the potential repair bill stating that the incident was "trauma" and not his responsibility. The warranty executive's smile, as it turned out, was not damaged but he wanted to protect himself against the cost of any potential future damage. He asked his Dentist if he knew of a resource where he could purchase an extended warranty to protect him in the event something happened that actually caused damage to his veneers or other teeth he had treated but the answer was none that he knew of. That is when the warranty executive suggested they explore the possibility of forming a company to do that very thing. Now, a patient can purchase an extended warranty from a Dentist participating in the program to protect against a potential cost to repair or replace failure of restorative or cosmetic dental work such as sealants, fillings, crowns, bridges, dentures, veneers, implants, and root canals. If the patient relocates too far away from the issuing Dentist, has a dental emergency while traveling, or the issuing dentist no longer can provide care, the Dental Warranty goes with the patient to the next Dentist!

Most patients are unaware that the warranty most Dentists provide is nothing more than a personal guarantee. These implied or sometimes written warranties almost never cover trauma to the mouth or new decay and certainly will not pay another outside Dentist to repair or replace a failed restorative or cosmetically treated tooth. These warranties also rarely cover a patient who returns back to their Dentist's office to find out he or she retired and sold the practice to another Dentist.