penelope10
Senior Member
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Hi Gang,
Any suggestions on where I go from here would be welcome. Oz has now taken Lil Bit to an Ortho of his choice. I am willing to go with this Ortho, however, OZ is now stating that this Ortho doesn't think treatment needs to be started for 6 months....I called the Ortho and found out this is not true. Braces could be held off for around 4 months until her twelve year molars come in (she's 14 and a late bloomer), but a spacer needs to be put in to keep her teeth from shifting more. Plus there will have to be some oral surgery done by another dentist to remove a tooth that is growing in sideways, and to pull another tooth down into place. I have gone the extra mile and taken out dental insurance through my new job that would pay up to $1500.00 of Ortho. (The decree states he is to carry all dental and health for her). His dental does not cover Ortho.
Previously OZ agreed to pay his half up front. After going round and round for months, he finally gave me a check for his half of the charges from the originally agreed to Ortho in October. (Rather than making the check out to the Ortho as requested, he made the check out to me) Almost immediately after giving me the check, he called and stated he wanted to check out another Ortho. It took almost a month to get an appointment with this Ortho---the appointment was yesterday. I have held on to his check and not cashed it until all this could be worked out...
Now Oz wants this Ortho to subtract the $1500.00 my insurance will pay up front from the contract. The Ortho will not do this because my insurance will not pay the $1500.00 up front. Payment will be made as treatment is done and will be mailed to me. I am more than willing to give him his check back,let him cut a new check to the dentist for his now reduced half (about $400.00 less than what the original Ortho would have charged) plus give him 1/2 of any reimbursements the insurance company sends. (Payments will go to me and not the dentist).
He now wants to wait until at least after January.No explanation as to why, I'm pretty frustrated since this has been going on since June.
As I stated, any suggestions as to speed up this process or anything else I can do would be greatly appreciated.
Hi Gang,
Any suggestions on where I go from here would be welcome. Oz has now taken Lil Bit to an Ortho of his choice. I am willing to go with this Ortho, however, OZ is now stating that this Ortho doesn't think treatment needs to be started for 6 months....I called the Ortho and found out this is not true. Braces could be held off for around 4 months until her twelve year molars come in (she's 14 and a late bloomer), but a spacer needs to be put in to keep her teeth from shifting more. Plus there will have to be some oral surgery done by another dentist to remove a tooth that is growing in sideways, and to pull another tooth down into place. I have gone the extra mile and taken out dental insurance through my new job that would pay up to $1500.00 of Ortho. (The decree states he is to carry all dental and health for her). His dental does not cover Ortho.
Previously OZ agreed to pay his half up front. After going round and round for months, he finally gave me a check for his half of the charges from the originally agreed to Ortho in October. (Rather than making the check out to the Ortho as requested, he made the check out to me) Almost immediately after giving me the check, he called and stated he wanted to check out another Ortho. It took almost a month to get an appointment with this Ortho---the appointment was yesterday. I have held on to his check and not cashed it until all this could be worked out...
Now Oz wants this Ortho to subtract the $1500.00 my insurance will pay up front from the contract. The Ortho will not do this because my insurance will not pay the $1500.00 up front. Payment will be made as treatment is done and will be mailed to me. I am more than willing to give him his check back,let him cut a new check to the dentist for his now reduced half (about $400.00 less than what the original Ortho would have charged) plus give him 1/2 of any reimbursements the insurance company sends. (Payments will go to me and not the dentist).
He now wants to wait until at least after January.No explanation as to why, I'm pretty frustrated since this has been going on since June.
As I stated, any suggestions as to speed up this process or anything else I can do would be greatly appreciated.