Terms

2. Preferred Provider Organization
5. The surgical removal of bone or tissue
9. Doctor of Dental Surgery
10. Full Mouth Series of X-Rays
12. Maximum dollar amount you plan will ever pay toward the cost of specific dental services
14. Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
16. a percentage of the cost you pay for dental procedure
17. To have a tooth removed, usually because of disease, trauma or crowding
18. The group of teeth between the canine
20. teeth and tissue towards the back of the mouth
22. The extender, or support piece, attached on top of the implant to secure an artificial tooth
24. Medical term for the lower jaw

1. Gum disease that damages the soft tissue around the teeth
3. a pocket of pus caused by a bacterial infection
4. Under the tongue
6. the biting edge of the anterior surface of the tooth
7. Participating provider, meaning they're contracted within you insurance
8. The dollar amount you must pay for covered dental services before you dental plan starts to pay
9. Doctor of Dental Medicine
11. Maximum Plan Allowance
13. The upper teeth formed along the top jaw
15. Abscess: A common and painful dental emergency resulting from bacterial accumulation or foreign body impaction in periodontal pockets
19. A written statement to a beneficiary from a third-party payer after a claim has been adjudicated
21. refuse to allow Insurance companies to dictate how they will treat their patients
23. Personal Identifiable Information