Between waiting periods, coverage maximums, and flat-out exclusions, there's a lot that can fall between the cracks of dental insurance plans. So much, in fact, that plenty of folks are opting out of dental insurance entirely. Luckily, there are available dental discount plans and other ways to access affordable dental care for all—even without insurance.
California-based Ebrahimian Integrative Dentistry, for example, hasn't participated in dental insurance networks for more than two decades.
"Dental insurance is a misnomer...it's a rebate at best," Tina Ebrahimian tells
Health. Ebrahimian manages the office where her husband has been practicing dentistry for more than 40 years.