Columbus, an Italian navigator sailing for the Spanish Crown, sought a westward route to Asia, which led him to coin the misnomer  West Indies  for the Antilles, where he made landfall. The newly discovered landmass came to be known in Europe as the New World.
Some carriers now cover implants under this category. About half of dental PPOs, the predominant dental product in the market, have maximum annual benefit above $1500âhalf are less than $1500. Deductibles for these products are usually between $50 and $100. Some carriers now offer policies that roll some portion of an unused annual maximum over until the next year.
dental benefits in our sample, 36.5 percent do not have a single dental claim within the year. Table 4 summarizes estimated average annual dental spending, valued at market fees, by age group and dental spending quartile, replicating the âtotalâ rows from Table 3. Table 5, in comparison, summarizes average annual dental spending valued at actual fees paid to dentists under dental benefits plans for adults with private dental benefits. For adults ages 19 through 34, this is estimated to be $323. This ranges from $164 among adults in the lowest quartile of spending to $1,425 among adults in the highest quartile of spending. Average annual dental spending, valued at actual fees paid to dentists, among adults with private dental benefits ages 35 through 49 is estimated to be $399. This ranges from $141 among adults in the lowest quartile of spending to $1,593 among adults in the highest quartile of spending.