Blue Choice^® Plan

Dental Options

Dental coverage can be purchased as an option to your Extended Health Care plan, or to your Pacific Blue Cross group extended health coverage.

1. Essential Dental Option

The Essential dental plan covers eligible expenses after a three-month no-claims waiting period, up to a predetermined maximum. Eligible expenses include:

• Diagnostic expenses
• Preventive treatments
• Restorative treatments
• Periodontal cleaning
• Prosthodontic services
• Oral surgery

In addition, the plan covers emergency treatment of the above services while temporarily outside of BC or the Yukon. There is no financial limit on the amount that will be paid for the services covered over the lifetime of the plan.

2. Enhanced Dental Option

The Enhanced dental plan covers all of the Essential dental benefits with the addition of major restorative services, up to a combined predetermined maximum.

The plan covers 50% of eligible expenses incurred after 12 consecutive months on the plan. The maximum amount payable for major restorative services is limited to $500 for each covered person every calendar year.

Additional eligible expenses include:

• Major Restorative services
• Endodontics
• Orthodontic coverage (for dependent children only, benefit begins in year 3)