At PHD we Provide Treatment, Planning & Finances Customized to Fit YOU – the Patient....
It’s not “my-way-or-the-highway” at PLAZA HEALTH. We sincerely understand that the individual needs and desires of patients can be vastly different. We value communication and education ... and we employ both to your benefit. We pride ourselves on being creative and flexible to solve financial, treatment and scheduling concerns.
Methods Used by Team PHD to help you with your Dental Care Goals are:
- 1. Completing care in as few visits as possible
- 2. Most 3rd party insurance is accepted, analyzed and submitted to ensure your maximum benefits
- 3. Multiple financing options with our lending partners
- 4. Phase-in of treatment (over many months or even years if necessary) to meet financial or other personal considerations
- 5. A pre-treatment plan cash payment is rewarded with a 5% fee courtesy
Just because we at PLAZA HEALTH Dentistry perform an exceptionally high quality of dentistry doesn’t mean we’re insensitive to dental health costs. To the contrary, we routinely create treatment plans that scale down treatment costs by 50% or more. Almost on a daily basis, we employ 3 strategies to slice fees, thereby keeping them manageable.
1. We use the newest of technologies (like Single-Visit Crown/Onlays and Laser Gum Treatment) that carry reduced fees. For instance, a crown with a “list” dentist in the St. Louis likely will range around $725; whereas a Single-Visit “Belleglass” restoration at PHD carries a professional fee of $695. This is not even taking into account the more Minimally-Invasive nature of the Belleglass Onlay over the usual “list” type Crown with much more tooth reduction.
2. For our patients with Insurance…. We help to maximize their benefits using our experience and know-how. Even though we don’t believe in the “Speed Dentistry” required of dentists who sign-up for this HMO style of “care”… We regularly provide Optimal Dental Care to these patients using “out-of-network” benefits – and still saving them significantly.
3. For our patients without Insurance… We know of QUALITY dental plans that don’t encourage “Speed Dentistry” tactics which you likely would be eligible for (even individual plans) to help with your future dental needs. During the customary “waiting period” we creatively work employing interim treatment with markedly reduced fees.
4. Lastly, we routinely work with our patients to “Phase-In” treatment over time. This helps both our insurance, as well as our non-insurance patients. We love to provide this empathetic and resourceful style of treatment planning. And it is much appreciated by our patients.
*Standard Disclaimer and Patient Information per: Missouri State Board Regulations as pertaining to Teeth Whitening, Cosmetic, Sedation & Implant Dentistry*
All are non-specialty interest areas that require no specific educational training to advertise. Drs. Schlotz and Von Rump are GENERAL DENTISTS and are engaged in the practice of GENERAL DENTISTRY in the State Of Missouri. Thus, they are NOT licensed in the specialties of prosthodontics, orthodontics, periodontics or oral-maxillofacial surgery.
TMJ Treatment is a non-specialty area not recognized by the ADA and requires no specific educational training to advertise.
*Standard Disclaimer and Patient Information Regarding Oral Sedation and Dentistry performed under General Anesthesia (commonly referred to as Sleep Dentistry)*
Conscious Sedation is taught as part of post graduate residency programs approved by the ADA. Dr. Wm Schlotz and Von Rump have not completed such an ADA approved residency program.
It is a requirement (set forth by the Missouri Dental Board) that a licensed dentist be further licensed (Division of Professional Registration, State of Missouri) to perform oral sedation (aka Enteral Conscious Sedation) in the state of Missouri. Dr. Schlotz and Team have taken the Mandatory Training and Education for this licensure which includes over 20 hrs of training and education in the area of Oral Sedation and Medical Emergency Management. Dr. Schlotz and Team have also taken a 2nd Non-Mandatory course (of 25 hrs) in Oral Sedation and Emergency Medical Management.
Upon this licensure in the field of Oral Sedation, an "Enteral Conscious Sedation Permit" is thereby issued to licensee. Dr. William J. Schlotz has received certification and has been issued License #2009005253.
PLAZA HEALTH Dentistry has received an ENTERAL CONSCIOUS SEDATION SITE CERTIFICATE issued by the Missouri Dental Board (certificate/license #2009004858).
Dr. Schlotz and Von Rump are not providers of Deep Sedation Dentistry (wherein the treating dentist is also responsible for the deep sedation - commonly referred to as "sleep dentistry").
General Dentistry at PLAZA HEALTH Dentistry is performed under General Anesthesia ONLY in concert with Premier Dental Anesthesiology (Board Certified MDs) as the attending caregivers and physicians of the general anesthesia.
PLAZA HEALTH Dentistry has been issued, by the Missouri Dental Board, a DEEP SEDATION/GENERAL ANESTHESIA SITE CERTIFICATE (#2008025661).