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Quality Dentistry is Affordable!

Yes, I understand many see dental care as expensive. I understand that, unlike medical visits, there is not a fixed $45 co-payment that represents your total financial investment on the dental visit. I also understand that dental expenses are not generally anticipated or planned. Moreover, with medical insurance, patients generally have an 80-20 plan, whereby more major expenses are paid by your insurance carrier at 80% following your payment of a deductible. However, in this example, dental insurance pays benefits for more major expenses generally at 50% of the carrier’s allowable fee, following your payment of a deductible. Differently than

Dr. Mark Venincasa November 4, 2015

Obamacare Update: Fall 2015

We have tried within our website to give you the most up-to-date and accurate information concerning Obamacare. With all the lawsuits, changes, waivers, deferments, and news concerning Obamacare, it is difficult to keep up. However, we offer you what we understand to be current at this time. The next and third enrollment period for health plans under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), or Obamacare, begins November 1, 2015. That is right around the corner. These plans would then have the effective date of January 1, 2016. Obamacare is still the current law and will not possibly change until 2017. Obamacare

Dr. Mark Venincasa October 20, 2015

I Want Just One, the Same Dentist!

Certainly things have changed in the way that medical and dental care are delivered. In the name of cost containment and accessibility, the dignity and respect for the individual patient is getting lost. How is this true? Well, first of all, employers may change insurance plans often. With this insurance plan change, the providers may not be the same. So, patients often feel “forced” to select another provider. Secondly, with the growth of corporate dental offices, there is often turnover in the treating dentist position so patients lose control of who is their treating dentist. Third, with the common change

Dr. Mark Venincasa March 20, 2015

Some Dentists Can Save You Money

I realize you may feel like you must choose a dentist in your dental plan to save money. I realize you may feel like you need a coupon or discount when seeing a dentist to save money. I know you are bombarded by your employer to pick a dentist in the booklet. However, you may not be saving money at all. To explain further about dentists as “preferred providers”, these dentists have signed a contract with the insurance carrier to charge less than their normal rates in order to have the insurer or employer market the practice to the employees.

Dr. Mark Venincasa February 9, 2015

How Do I Recognize God? Is God Calling Me? Has God Reached Out to Me?

This is a very unique subject. I never ever had this kind of a conversation with someone until 2007, when I was 45 year-old. Now we all have most likely have had contact with Evangelicals or Southern Baptists who reference having a relationship with Christ.  They may have even asked if we had been “saved”. This kind of conversation made me feel very uncomfortable. I did not ever “feel” of what they spoke. It seemed so very foreign to me. Well, this all changed within me in a span of about 32 hours on the weekend of March 24, 2007.

Dr. Mark Venincasa December 8, 2014

How Long Can I Wait to See a Dentist?

Many people want to save money. Some patients may want to delay seeing a dentist until something breaks. Some may want to delay until they perceive pain. Some may want to wait until they perceive that something has to be done now. Is this the best way to manage when one should see the dentist? As far as when to see a dentist, I offer my experiences. We do have some patients wait at times before getting treatment done. They may be busy. They may have too much “on their plate”. They may want to manage their cash flow until

Dr. Mark Venincasa December 4, 2014

The Advantages of Our Intra-Oral Camera and Its Images

Since about 1994 we have had the ability to take intra-oral images. Since then we have been able to add software packages and enhanced communications with insurance carriers. With all this, we have been able to provide many advantages to our wonderful patients. Firstly, we can show patients the oral conditions that we can see. We have all heard how a picture paints 1000 words. There is much wisdom in this. When our patients can see what we see, there is little doubt as far as what is going on. When you combine these intra-oral images with our knowledge, our

Dr. Mark Venincasa December 1, 2014

Dr. Venincasa Awarded As the Top Cosmetic Dentist in Texas, for Spring and Summer 2014

Dr. Venincasa has been awarded the Top Cosmetic Dentist in Texas for the Spring and for the Summer of 2014, by HealthTap.com. The award is given to the dentist in the state who has best assisted patients nationally online with their questions on cosmetic dentistry, through their website. The award is also based upon the responses from the patients, and based upon the critiques of the answers by dentists and doctors nationwide. Moreover, HealthTap.com indicates that Dr. Venincasa is ranked #1 nationally for porcelain veneers, #2 nationally for partial dentures, #12 nationally for cosmetic dentistry, and #1 in Dallas for tooth

Dr. Mark Venincasa November 12, 2014

Private Individual Dental Insurance Plans

Over the years it has been common for us to be asked about the value of private individual dental insurance plans. Patients who have no dental insurance think about this as an option to paying for all the fees on their own. These plans tend to be a compromise to the group plans often offered by employers. The decision on purchasing one of these plans is an individual one; however, as indicated, these are a compromise. For the lower premium plans, patients may have the option to pursue their own dentist even out of network. These plans may also pay

Dr. Mark Venincasa August 21, 2014
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