DENTAL COVER

A cost-effective solution to help fund your dentalcare needs.

This innovative dental insurance pays a stated amount for your general dentistry, emergency, accidental and illness-related dental treatment costs.

Monthly Premiums

SUPERIOR DENTAL COVER
FAMILY COVER
POLICYHOLDER, SPOUSE AND UP TO 4 CHILDREN
R595 pm
COVER FOR INDIVIDUALS
R295 pm
SMART DENTAL COVER
FAMILY COVER
POLICYHOLDER, SPOUSE AND UP TO 4 CHILDREN
R360 pm
COVER FOR INDIVIDUALS
R160 pm

* Premiums are valid for 2024 and are subject to change on 1 Jan 2025.

What is Dental Cover?

Dental Cover is a health insurance policy that is designed to assist you and your family in funding the high cost of private dentistry.

It provides a solution for medical aid members to fund their dentistry treatment costs. Surprisingly, even if you are a medical aid member, most medical aid options do not cover dental treatment costs in full. In other words, you would have to carry these shortfall costs personally.

Zestlife offers you two options

Superior Cover: Provides funding for a comprehensive range of dentistry treatment costs. High-stated cover amounts* are provided to fund in part or whole, the actual costs of general, emergency, accidental, illness-related and specialised dental treatment.

Smart Cover: Provides more affordable funding for frequently incurred dentistry treatment costs. This option pays lower stated cover amounts* to fund in part or whole, the actual costs of general, emergency, accidental and illness-related dental treatment costs.

The table below contains the dental claim events that are covered and the benefit amounts covered.
Benefit Claim Events and Likely Treatment Superior Dental Cover Smart Dental Cover
General Dentistry Dental check-ups and consultations for treatment of minor oral or dental discomfort R1 000 per visit, 2 claims per 12 consecutive months R800 per visit, 2 claims per 12 consecutive months
Gingivitis – scale and polish R500 per event, 2 claims per 12 consecutive months R400 per event, 2 claims per 12 consecutive months
Periodontitis – treatment for infected gums R1 800 per 12 consecutive months R1600 per 12 consecutive months
Tooth decay (good prognosis) – filling R500 per tooth R400 per tooth
Chipped tooth – filling R500 per tooth R400 per tooth
Tooth decay (poor prognosis) – extraction R1 000 per tooth R800 per tooth
Severely decayed or damaged tooth or tooth damaged by abscess – root canal treatment and dental crown R5 000 per event No benefit
Impacted wisdom teeth – extraction R2 500 per tooth R2 000 per tooth
Emergency Dentistry Severe dental pain – emergency treatment for pain relief R2 500 per event R2 000 per event
Dental abscess – emergency treatment of infection and pain relief R2 500 per tooth, 1 claim per 5 consecutive years R2 000 per tooth, 1 claim per 5 consecutive years
Accidental Dentistry Tooth fracture – crown R5 000 per tooth R2 500 per tooth
Tooth knocked loose – dental treatment to stabilise the tooth in the socket R10 000 per tooth R5 000 per tooth
Tooth knocked out – denture R10 000 per tooth R5 000 per tooth
Jaw fracture – surgery R30 000 per event R25 000 per event
Oral Cancer First-time diagnosis of oral cancer – oncology treatment R30 000 once per person insured R25 000 once per person insured
Removable Denture Loss of teeth – removable denture R2 500 payable once for upper and once per lower jaw every 4 years R2 000 payable once for upper and once per lower jaw every 4 years
Occlusal Instability Occlusal instability, where loss of tooth or teeth results in an unstable bite – bridge, crown or implant R12 000 per tooth, 1 claim per 24 months No benefit

Please download the brochure for more information and to view all the policy terms and conditions.

Please note that Dental Cover is not a medical aid or a substitute for medical aid cover. It is a top-up health insurance policy that provides cover for fixed benefit amounts that arise when requiring dental treatment.

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