European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 15, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                July 2007 scene stars and stripes pages family dental insurance suffers gaps j q my daughter needs to have was no spouse Calls her Wisdom Teeth since it is not an was told she cannot be seen at the dental clinic on ram where we Are i was Given a list of civilian dentists and phone numbers and realized i was pretty much on my i was finally Able to find a dentist and get an a but it was a difficult and frustrating both getting the Jerry Barnes appointment and handling the since i dont speak Ger when i have been referred off base for medical the system is much different and More the referral office made the appointment for gave me and there we share other medical facilities with the what makes the dental world so differ ent Debby a regarding the differences Between dental and medical i have found it easier to answer the How than the one big difference Between the medical and dental spheres is medical insurance of covered by Tri but dental insurance is handled for Tricase by a Sepa rate United Concor Dia overseas military dental clinics treat family members on a space available with Ucci covering them off base or unlike Tricase which usually requires a referral for family members to use civilian health Ucci does not require referrals for most dental care exceptions include orthodontics or dental according to the Tricase web As you a list of provid ers is but no system is in place to help family members find local make appointments or file families usually have to pay the then file paperwork for George Woodward of Tricase Europe said this is Ucci is working on a preferred network of dentists who will file claims for the patient and who will not generally require Advance when i went to the web i found providers listed in eight All in see As for Why patients cannot simply go to a dental clinic at a nearby install this May vary from place to at your the agreement be tween the army and air Force is that whichever installation a family lives or works on is where they Are to receive dental said Ronald commander of the 435 dental squad Ron at Ramstein a this is partially because of the Large Popula Tion of the Kaiserslautern military com he Pratt also explained that one of ram steins two Oral surgeons leaves this summer and wont be replaced until late in the Oral surgeons Are very Busy sharing trauma Call with the Lumc Oral surgeons and treating Active duty injuries from which unfortunately have increased significantly Over the past few Pratt both Pratt and Woodward emphasized that plans Are in the works to improve the dental referral system for those stationed i have posted additional information on the spouse Calls i Hope this will Terri Barnes is a military spouse and Mother of she and her family live in where her husband is stationed at Send questions or comments to her at . 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