Dental Care Plans
Whether you are a new or an existing patient, we would like to thank you for choosing our practice. At Portmore Dental Office, we provide high-quality treatment in a friendly environment. We are committed to continuing dental education and keeping abreast of the changes in modern dentistry.
We encourage preventive techniques – helping you to understand how to maintain the health of your mouth, keep it free of tooth decay and gum disease. We are therefore delighted to offer our Dental Health Plans – our own private membership scheme, which enables us to provide you with the treatment and support necessary to control dental disease and restore your mouth to full fitness.
Our modern health-promoting approach with continuing care means:
- Fewer fillings
- Less dental decay
- Less likelihood of toothache
- More attractive teeth
- More choice
- Reduced costs
- Helping to keep your own teeth for life.
Dental Health Plan- £17.50 per month
Six-monthly dental appointments as a loyalty benefit to provide:
- Clinical examination
- Checking for signs of oral cancer
- Routine x-rays where clinically necessary
Six-monthly hygiene appointments as a loyalty benefit to provide:
- Scale and polish
- Periodontal advice
- Preventive techniques to reduce decay and gum disease.
All treatment planning for your future dental needs.
All subsequent remedial work within 12 months of recommended restorative work.
15% discount on any laboratory-based treatments required, i.e. crowns, bridges and dentures.
15% discount on any fillings.
15% discount on most other dental work (extractions, etc.).
Worldwide Dental Trauma Insurance to protect against the cost of large unforeseen accidental damage.
Emergency Callout Insurance, should you need a dentist in an emergency, anywhere in the world.
Redundancy protection for your monthly plan payments for up to 12 months.
Dental Health and Hygiene Plan - £28.65 per month
Same as in the Dental Health Plan, members are also entitled to a hygiene appointment every three months.
Please note, discounts only apply to treatments carried out at the practice.
Worldwide Dental Trauma and Emergency Callout Insurance
Emergency Callout – cover can be provided by any dentist worldwide who agrees to treat you. You simply pay the emergency callout charge to the dentist concerned and collect a receipted invoice. This will then be processed through the practice for reimbursement from the insurers and you will be refunded the callout fee, minus the excess, up to the policy limits. This cover is to provide immediate pain relief only; no additional or restorative treatment fees can be claimed. You should return to the practice in normal hours for any further treatment required.
Dental Trauma – cover is provided should you be unfortunate enough to suffer a dental trauma, for example, as a result of a road traffic accident or an accident at home or at work. The insurers will settle the claim up to the policy limits, and you will need to pay any relevant excess.
Hospitalisation – benefit is provided should you have to stay in hospital as a result of dental trauma.
Permanent Facial Disfigurement – benefit is provided should you be scarred on the neck or face as a result of the accident.
Oral Cancer – a payment will be paid upon diagnosis of oral cancer.
Redundancy Protection – plan premiums paid for up to one year (not included in the Registration and Insurance Scheme).
A leaflet giving details of the insurance cover, limits, excesses and exclusions is available at the practice.
Statement of Price
A total premium of £0.51 per month and for the initial period, as defined in the Certificate of Insurance (£0.49 plus Insurance Premium Tax of £0.02) for Dental Plan patients or a total premium of £9.25 per annum (£8.81 plus Insurance Premium Tax of £0.44) for Registration and Insurance Scheme patients is payable for the Worldwide Dental Trauma and Emergency Callout Insurance.* There may be other taxes that will not be payable through us. Patients wishing to join a Dental Plan or a Registration and Insurance Scheme are required to take out Worldwide Dental Trauma and Emergency Callout Insurance. Premiums can be changed by providing you with 30 days notice.
Practice staff are permitted to provide you with information about the insurance that is included in your plan on behalf of Practice Plan Limited, the Plan Administrator. However, practice staff are not permitted to give advice about the insurance, e.g. to compare this insurance with other dental insurance in the market. If you have any questions about this insurance, then please call Practice Plan Limited on 01691 684128.
*Insurance premium prices correct at the time of going to print.
Registration and Insurance Scheme
If you would prefer to pay on a fee-per-item basis, we strongly recommend that you use our Registration and Insurance Scheme. Registration with the practice will cost £35 and will include the insurance cover described previously (except redundancy protection). It is, however, conditional upon you attending the practice at least once a year for a check-up and having any remedial work undertaken as soon as possible, payment for which is not covered.
Please ask a member of the team for further details.
How Do I Register?
Please call in at the practice where an Agreement will be completed. This will require your signature and bank account details for the Direct Debit instruction. Direct Debits are collected from your account on the 8th of every month. Benefit from cover will commence from the 1st of the month (Effective month on the dentist/patient Agreement).
If you have any queries, please ask a member of staff.