title: [Health insurance benefits for dental and skeletal malocclusions].
abstract: In view of the large quantity of additional insurance for dental and skeletal malocclusions offered in Switzerland the benefits of 24 Swiss health insurance companies have exemplary been compiled in a table for an insured party of Zurich. This should provide an opportunity for the dentist or orthodontist to better brief his or her patient and facilitate the parents' choice of a suitable additional insurance for their child. There are great varieties in the offered benefits of the different insurance versions. The table embodies all crucial issues in a clearly presented form. All parameters were analyzed und some of them are critically discussed.
authors.affiliation: Praxis Kieferorthopädie Stadelhofen, 8001 Zürich. andreasgalli@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Andreas M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Galli
authors.forename: Felix A
authors.initials: FA
authors.lastname: Rohrer
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D007342:Insurance Benefits; D019458:Insurance Coverage; D007347:Insurance, Dental / Q000191:economics*; D008310:Malocclusion / Q000191:economics* / Q000628:therapy; D009970:Orthodontics / Q000191:economics*; D013557:Switzerland