Parkview Dental Centre

Yes, we do follow the latest Alberta Dental Association & College Fee Guide.

Yes, we do offer direct billing, also called assignment.

Due to privacy laws, we are not permitted to access any information on your behalf from your insurance provider, and as such, we are unable to know exactly what your dental benefits will pay. If you have a copy of your plan details, we encourage you to bring them along to your appointment. We will do our best to provide you with an estimated patient portion.

An estimate for your treatment is based on the most recent information that we have on file. If you’re concerned about exactly what costs you’ll be responsible for, simply ask about our ‘Pre-Determination.’

A Pre-Determination provides you with the exact cost of the treatment. Upon request, we will submit this information to your insurance provider before completing any treatment.

We require payment in full for your patient portion at the time of treatment. We accept MasterCard, Visa, American Express and Interac [Debit].

We’re happy to put together a detailed treatment plan with the associated costs outlined so that you can budget for each appointment accordingly. We can also prioritize treatments so that you can attend to the most urgent treatments right away and then plan further treatments over time.

No – There is no set Dental Fee Guide in Alberta. The last established fee guide was published in 1997. Every dentist in Alberta is required to set their fee guide based on their education and training, skill, clinical judgment, and experience while taking into account the overhead practice costs.

We hear this question often. Usually, the patient has looked at his EOB [explanation of benefits statement] which tells you what the provider paid, or they check their plan booklet and sees that the fee charged by the dentist exceeds the fee guide amount set by the Benefit Provider. The problem is that the fee covered by the provider is whatever has been negotiated between your employer and the Benefit Provider, and is directly dependent upon the premium paid for your specific benefit policy.