Denplan Excel is a programme designed for your dentist but it brings many benefits for patients.
In today’s world, people want more information and support than ever before and the expectation of service that it is first class, all the time.
Denplan has found that patients want to find out more about their dental healthcare and what benefits they gain from certain courses of treatment, as well as explaining what those treatments are in the first place!
This is why the Denplan Excel Accreditation Programme has been developed. It’s a market-leading programme designed to provide your dentist with all the information needed, as well as helping them to focus on giving the highest quality dental treatment to you.
The Denplan Excel Accreditation programme is supported by The Patients Association.
About Denplan
Denplan is the UK’s leading dental payment plan specialist. We have consistently used a preventive approach to dental care and, with our unique support services, have been looking after dentists and their patients for over 27 years. We support patients by allowing them to budget for their private dental care and encourage a preventive approach to oral healthcare. As the only consumer-facing brand in the payment plan market ours’ is one of the most recognised names in dental healthcare among UK consumers.
Denplan member dentists receive the most comprehensive business and financial support, are given practical guidance on any regulatory and legislation changes and provided with free marketing and PR advice as well as training and social events. Denplan patients are given the best possible service (from the UK-based call centre) from the moment they join.
About the products
- Denplan Care
- Denplan Care is a monthly payment plan which helps you pay for your routine and restorative dental treatment.
- The amount you pay your dentist is decided by them and is based on your oral health and how much dental treatment you will need.
- After an initial assessment (for which you may be charged) by the dentist of your oral health you will be placed into one of five fee categories.
Denplan Care also includes Supplementary Insurance (link to Denplan’s website) which provides you with worldwide dental injury and dental emergency cover and access to Denplan’s 24-Hour Worldwide Dental Emergency Helpline.
Routine and restorative dental care includes:
- Check-ups
- Hygiene treatment (including scaling and polishing)
- Dental x-rays
- Necessary fillings
- Preventive dental advice and therapy
- Any necessary extractions
- Periodontal (gum) treatment
- Crowns, bridges, dentures, inlays (excluding laboratory fees)
- Root canal treatment
Denplan Care does not cover:
- Laboratory fees and prescriptions
- Any treatment excluded by the dentist in your contract which is payable by you at the private fee rates
- Referral to a specialist and specialist treatment
- Treatment carried out anywhere other than by your registered dentist, except when you need temporary emergency dental treatment
- Orthodontics, implants, cosmetic treatment
- Sedation fees.
Please remember – your routine dental treatment is at the discretion of your dentist and your contract is with your dentist, not Denplan
Denplan Essentials
Denplan Essential is a dental plan which helps you budget for your routine dental care.
Seeing your dentist regularly is important as it can help you avoid having to undergo costly, restorative treatments.
The dental plan is easy to set up and no pre-assessment is necessary.
Your dentist will decide how often he wants to see you and how much he will charge you.
You will have to pay for any restorative (ie. crowns, bridges or fillings) dental treatment necessary.
Denplan Essentials also includes Supplementary Insurance which provides you with worldwide dental injury and dental emergency cover and access to Denplan’s 24-Hour Worldwide Dental Emergency Helpline
Routine dental care includes:
- Check-ups (up to the maximum detailed in your contract)
- Scaling, polishing and other hygiene treatment (up to the maximum detailed in your Contract)
- Dental x-rays
- Any additional treatment specified as included by the dentist in your contract
- Preventive dental advice
Denplan Essentials does not cover:
- Restorative dental treatments including fillings, crowns, bridges or dentures (at the discretion of your dentist)
- Laboratory fees and prescriptions
- Any treatment excluded by the dentists in your contract which is payable by you to the dentist
- Referral to a specialist and specialist treatment
- Orthodontics, implants, cosmetic treatment
- Sedation fees
