Health insurance benefits for dental and skeletal malocclusions
Galli, A.M.; Rohrer, F.A.
Schweizer Monatsschrift für Zahnmedizin 120(2): 117-130
2010
ISSN/ISBN: 0256-2855 PMID: 21491778 Document Number: 640705
In view of the large quantity of additional insurance for dental and skeletal malocclusions offered in Switzerland the benefits of 24 Swiss health insurance companies have exemplary been compiled in a table for an insured party of Zurich. This should provide an opportunity for the dentist or orthodontist to better brief his or her patient and facilitate the parents' choice of a suitable additional insurance for their child. There are great varieties in the offered benefits of the different insurance versions. The table embodies all crucial issues in a clearly presented form. All parameters were analyzed und some of them are critically discussed.