I went in for my usual perio maintenance cleaning that I get every 6 months. Right after the hygienist was done with the usual cleaning, the dental assistant had some papers printed out saying that the main dentist wanted to do something and that it was covered by insurance. I was not directly asked if I wanted to do it, she was marking an X and drawing a line where I was supposed to sign as she was quickly explaining to me what it was. I only vaguely remember her saying that there isn't any actual surgery involved.
Soon the the dentist came in and said something about killing off any extra bacteria left that the cleaning didn't get. He proceeded to go around my mouth with some kind of device and whatever it was didn't last more than 1 to 2 minutes.
Now I see on my Denta Dental account that a claim for nearly 4k has been denied for Osseous Surgery. The perio maintenance (that is fully covered by my insurance) isn't even showing up on the claim
I'm going to call my the dental office tomorrow to see exactly what's going on.
If they say I have to pay that amount, how exactly would I go about fighting it? I just can't see how my usual cleaning can turn into something that cost me 4k due to something the dentist takes a couple of minutes to complete.
There has been no difference to my gums or teeth after that last appointment compared to my other ones.
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