Tooth or Dare
Insurance Mysteries
Fee and Coding Frenzy
Clinical Chaos
Office Insider: Do you know your team?
100

The most common nerve injured during third molar extraction.

What is the Inferior Alveolar Nerve or IAN?

100

When a patient is covered under two dental insurance plans, this process determines which plan pays first and which pays second. 

What is Coordination of benefits or COB? 

100

What is our fee for a dental implant.

What is $2400.00 ?

100

Adenosine would be given in which emergency?

SVT

200

Osteonecrosis of the Jaw can be a rare complication of this class of medications.

What are bisphosphonates?

200
This rule determines which parent's dental insurance plan is primary for a dependent child when both parents have coverage. 

What is the birthday rule?

200

How much is our contracted fee for Delta Dental for an oral exam D0140?

What is $62.00. 

200

One of two arteries that carry venous blood from the heart to the lungs. 

What is the pulmonary artery. 

200

How many grandchildren does Kim have currently? Including on the way. 

What is 9? 

300

This type of impaction is most common in lower third molars.

What is mesioangular impaction?

300

This unique identified is assigned to each insurance company or plan to ensure electronic claims are routed correctly in the PM system.

What is a payor ID?

300

What fee do our biopsies start out at ?

What is $400.00 

300

Approximately how many oral surgeons are practicing in the US currently? 

What is 7,500.00

300

What was Kaci's first job?

What is a photographer at JC Penny's 

400

This type of cyst often forms around the crown of an unerupted tooth and may require surgical removal. 

What is a dentigerous cyst? 

400

Insurance plans use this standard to determine the maximum allowable fee they will pay for a procedure based on geographic area.

What is UCR or Usual Customary, and Reasonable ?

400

What is dental code D7310.

What is alveoloplasty with extractions 4 or more sites? 

400

Addison's Disease is caused by insufficient production of these two hormones from the adrenal cortex?

What is cortisol and aldosterone? 

400

Where did Dr. Dye do his residency?

What is the University of Iowa. 

500

The Pell & Gregory classification evaluates impaction based on two parameters: ramus relation and this.

What is depth of impaction? 

500

If an insurance plan will only pay for the least expensive treatment option, the patient choosing a more expensive procedure may be responsible for the difference. This is called what? 

What is an alternate benefit clause? 

500

What is the CDT code for apicoectomy of an anterior tooth?

What is D3410

500

In the US, the likelihood of a permanent IAN injury after a lower third molar extraction is approximately this percent.

What is 1-2%

500

What did Brooklyn want to be as a child growing up?

What is the 1st woman president of the US. 

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