[Opencare] Book a dentist appointment in Toronto through Opencare, get free AirPods (or $250)

merrrily wrote: ↑ Does your insurance cover 100% or 90%? Typically they request that you pay the portion that isn't covered by insurance so they're not out of money. Depending on your insurance, if you have a healthcare spending account, you can get reimbursement on the 10% back.

carmaster wrote: ↑ I don't mind paying the 10% but the dentist office I contacted said they don't bill insurance directly, I have to pay upfront which is ridiculous since then I am opening up the door for insurance to reject certain expenses. Also them charging me $600 out of pocket is too high as well. So really not worth the headache for this promotion.

Jeenyus1 wrote: ↑ You were contemplating filing a complaint with the dental governing body because you were somehow expecting that a 'free whitening' for new patients was going to be some sort of laser whitening treatment or something prohibitively expensive and didn't bother to call the dentist to followup on exactly what they constituted as free whitening beforehand instead (aka: cheap whitening kit)?

You probably call 9-1-1 when an order at a QSR is a little off too .

carmaster wrote: ↑ I don't mind paying the 10% but the dentist office I contacted said they don't bill insurance directly, I have to pay upfront which is ridiculous since then I am opening up the door for insurance to reject certain expenses. Also them charging me $600 out of pocket is too high as well. So really not worth the headache for this promotion.

supplementking wrote: ↑ If I have a pending $50 bonus in my account that I never applied for (didn't fill out form or send receipt) from a dental appointment earlier in the year. Can I apply for this and receive this new bonus instead?

Please advise

danomed wrote: ↑ That argument has not been tested. You can't use that argument in any medical situation. If an orthopedic surgeon operates on the wrong hip, he can't say that hip would likely cause problems as it wasn't completely healthy (no body part is "perfect.") Despite that being an extreme example, if there is no apparent cavity and the dentist is arguing for a filling (and they can vary by size/surface, etc), then it is not allowed.

Nexus1172 wrote: ↑ Who hurt you dude. He wanted to file a claim because the kit he got wasn't even enough to make his teeth white. You seem so butt hurt.

humanoid wrote: ↑ I'm not a dentist, but a regular guy who also goes to the dentist sometimes.

I was lured by such a promotion -- they offered a "free whitening". I was due for a checkup/cleaning, so I asked myself, why not!

Well, I have to agree with this person's assessment. Not every dentist's office participates in these promotions, and while the reasons are not necessarily bad quality (maybe they're just in a low density area), well the one I went to was pretty bad actually.

Not too bad that their care was shitty, but the "free whitening" was a scam. It was a one-time application of a gel, and if you know anything about this sort of thing, it takes more than a single application for it to be noticeable. Well, I didn't know this back then. I was sent home with an amount of product that was not enough to noticeably whiten.

I decided against filing a complaint with the governing body because, technically, I did get a whitening kit (at a value of some $25 online, when I checked)... and the last thing I wanted was to get in a battle of words just because they made me feel stupid. I chalked it up to my own gullibility, but never will I fall for one of these scams again.

jawnyawn wrote: ↑ I just booked my appointment and the receptionist gave me a lot of very in-depth information. Apparently the dental office has to pay Opencare $400 per patient, I mentioned to her that we are getting this promo for airpods ($250 value) and this is the most she's ever heard Opencare giving out.

Cheapo-Findo wrote: ↑ Which dentist you went to?

I'm thinking of going and getting a consultation. That's all.

jawnyawn wrote: ↑ Peanut Plaza Dental. The receptionist told me she had 11 new patients booked from this morning alone. Apparently if you do the whole new patient consult and cleaning it’s going to take 2 hours... they have to xray you and everything