michaelm,
Day to day cover on a health insurance plan only covers routine dental expenses.
For the more complicated dental treatments, there are seperate stand alone dental plans.
There are 3 dental plans, Level 4 only, that cover braces - orthodontic treatment.
The thing is, there is a 2 year wait before you can claim for braces, I'm not sure if your person's treatment has started yet or not.
There is a list of treatments allowable with no waiting, basic treatment after 3 months, more treatment after 12 months and orthodontic after
2 years.
The maximum amount to claim back on the 3 plans is 1,000 just for braces, maximum to claim in a lifetime, plus a 100 euro excess.
Child Price (up to age 17 years) Level 4, price 16.10 per month or 193 per year.
https://www.decaredental.ie/dental-plans/kids-dental-plans/
Adult Price(age 18 to 39 years) Level 4, price 29.32 per month or 351 per year.
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Schedule of dental benefits apply to both adult and children.
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More prices apply to higher level plans but still only cover 1,000 expenses for braces.
It may be too late in your situation to use the above dental plans.
But it may be helpful to other posters with younger teenagers with potential orthodontic treatment in future years.
I just posted this to show what is available for dental treatment on the market.
VHI also have seperate dental cover, 2 levels available.
https://www.vhi.ie/dental-insurance
Level 1 - Standard Plan; adult price; Age 18 to 39; 22.84 per month or 274 per year.
https://www.vhi.ie/pdf/myvhi/TOBVDP V11 Feb18.pdf
Level 2 - Plus Plan; Get a quote from VHI.
https://www.vhi.ie/pdf/myvhi/TOBVDPP V12 Jan19.pdf
Not sure what way child pricing works, if applicable. Maybe worth investigating further.
Otherwise, as others have mentioned, you can claim a 20% tax rebate on a Med 2 annually.
Regards, Snowyb