The School District's Dental Plan

Routine, professional dental care is an important part of your family's health care. The School District's Dental Plan offers dental coverage through MetLife and covers a variety of preventive, basic, and major services.

The district’s dental plan stresses preventive care to help you and your family avoid serious dental problems. The plan pays 100% of the covered cost (usual and customary charges) of preventive and basic services. It also pays 80% of the covered cost (usual and customary charges) of major services and orthodontia care. The maximum benefit you can receive under this plan each year is $1,500 per person, with the exception of orthodontia care which carries a separate $1,000 per person lifetime maximum.

Your dependents are covered through the end of the calendar year in which they reach age 21, or through the end of the month they reach age 24, for full time college students or graduate, whichever occurs first.

Glossary of Dental Terms

The following explanations will help you understand how the dental plans work:

• Annual Benefit Maximum
  For each calendar year (January 1 through December 31), each plan pays a maximum dollar amount toward your covered dental expenses. Once your dental benefits reach this dollar maximum, you are not eligible for dental benefits until the beginning of the next calendar year.

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