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#53258 05-25-2007 01:31 AM | Joined: Feb 2007 Posts: 61 Supporting Member (50+ posts) | OP  Supporting Member (50+ posts)
Joined: Feb 2007 Posts: 61 | My general dentist made my flouride trays. As expected, they were not covered by my dental insurance. Because my oncologist asked for them, I thought my Aetna POS medical insurance would cover them, but 3 different reps told me no. Is that the norm?
Also has anyone had luck getting medical coverage to pay for the additional teeth cleanings that have been recommended? My oncologist told me to go 3 times a year. My dental insurance will cover 2 times.
SCC, right tonsil, T1N0MO, G3, HPV-33 positive, 7 wks IMRT 2/21/07-4/13/07, 48 year old female when diagnosed, non-smoker, weekend wine drinker, tumor and both tonsils removed. Ethyol for 3 weeks; no peg; only minimal longterm side effects
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#53259 05-25-2007 09:45 PM | Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 3,552 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts) | | Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 3,552 | No and no. Dental trays are not covered (first off they are dental not medical and the only "official" dental use for them is bleaching and whitening so they are in a "catch 22" situation). My dentist gave me mine as a gift (it would have been $200).
Dental insurance will pay for 2 cleanings a year as a rule. I go in 4 times and pay out of pocket for the other 2.
Gary Allsebrook
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Dx 11/22/02, SCC, 6 x 3 cm Polypoid tumor, rt tonsil, Stage III/IVA, T3N0M0 G1/2
Tx 1/28/03 - 3/19/03, Cisplatin ct x2, IMRT, bilateral, with boost, x35(69.96Gy)
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