Where are they charging you 400$ for a cleaning? Edit - did not realize Van area was so goddamn expensive
Dental care is 100% an issue and it should be universal but a standard cleaning is about 200$ and if you tell the dentist you don’t have insurance more times than not they will drop that number even further.
Source - I had a cleaning last month and my bill is in front of me.
200$ -> Three unit of time-Scaling
36$ -> One unit of time-Polishing
I’m in the GTA. 400$ is either disingenuous and you’re pushing a narrative or your dentist is fucking fleecing you.
Vancouver and it’s no where near $400 on average. Now if you haven’t been in a decade and they need like 15 units of scaling, expect to pay more than a person returning twice a year. I paid $67 per kid recently before being covered by a plan.
Metro Vancouver, we get plenty of things more expensive here, don’t ask me why, other than why not… (But some cheaper occasionally)
Edit: I should mention, they’re obviously fleecing the insurance company because they cover 2 cleanings a year, with no other limitations. I would never pay that shit.
My partner had hers done before me the first time around, and I thought she was bullshiting me when she mentioned the cost or that she just didn’t read it correctly, the same way you did, so can’t blame you.
Where are they charging you 400$ for a cleaning? Edit - did not realize Van area was so goddamn expensive
Dental care is 100% an issue and it should be universal but a standard cleaning is about 200$ and if you tell the dentist you don’t have insurance more times than not they will drop that number even further.
Source - I had a cleaning last month and my bill is in front of me.
200$ -> Three unit of time-Scaling 36$ -> One unit of time-Polishing
I’m in the GTA. 400$ is either disingenuous and you’re pushing a narrative or your dentist is fucking fleecing you.
Vancouver and it’s no where near $400 on average. Now if you haven’t been in a decade and they need like 15 units of scaling, expect to pay more than a person returning twice a year. I paid $67 per kid recently before being covered by a plan.
Metro Vancouver, we get plenty of things more expensive here, don’t ask me why, other than why not… (But some cheaper occasionally)
Edit: I should mention, they’re obviously fleecing the insurance company because they cover 2 cleanings a year, with no other limitations. I would never pay that shit.
Jesus Christ why would you want to live there with a simply cleaning being a half a grand?! Lol
Consider my eyes opened.
OP already answered with the edit but the short answer is that most people are not paying that out of pocket
And I want to live in Vancouver because I love my lifestyle here :-)
My partner had hers done before me the first time around, and I thought she was bullshiting me when she mentioned the cost or that she just didn’t read it correctly, the same way you did, so can’t blame you.