Non-Insured Health Benefits · First Nations & Inuit
Use your NIHB coveragewithout paying first.
R U Smiling Dental is connected with the NIHB program. Eligible patients can be partially or completely covered. The program works like an insurance plan, so what it pays depends on the treatment and on your eligibility.
We bill the program directly, so there is no need for you to pay the covered portion or wrestle with paperwork, and the desk tells you what is left before treatment. The clinic is at Yonge & Dundas, one level below the street — same level as the TMU station platform.
- Program
- NIHB — First Nations & Inuit
- Coverage
- Partial or complete, if eligible
- Billing
- Direct to the program
Coverage
The basics NIHB routinely covers.
Eligible patients can be partially or completely covered for the five below. They are named here so you know what the desk will be billing for before your first appointment.
The Essentials — billed directly to NIHB
- Complete dental exams
- X-rays
- Teeth cleaning & polishing
- Dental fillings
- Tooth extractions
Also covered under the NIHB dental guide
- Crowns
- Dentures
These basics are billed directly to NIHB for eligible patients, who can be partially or completely covered. You do not pay the covered portion, and the desk tells you what is left before treatment starts.
These treatments are addressed according to the NIHB guide and may require the program’s predetermination process. The clinic handles that paperwork from here, so you are not reading the guide on your own.
If you are not sure where yours sits, describe it to the desk. We handle the NIHB paperwork and predeterminations from the clinic.
A visiting surgeon for wisdom teeth.
Dr. Gokhan Shevket, a Canadian Forces-trained surgeon, visits this office for wisdom-teeth care, so an impacted case does not mean a referral across town. Eligible NIHB patients can be partially or completely covered, and we bill the program directly.
Book the wisdom-tooth consult with NIHBBilling
The paperwork stops being yours.
You bring the status or N number. The clinic checks the eligibility information, handles the forms and bills NIHB directly.
The eligibility check and the predetermination paperwork are the clinic’s work.
How the billing goes, in three steps.
01
Tell us you use NIHB, and bring your number
Mention NIHB when you book and bring your status or N number to the visit. That is everything the desk needs to check the applicable eligibility and begin the billing.
02
We bill the program
Covered care is billed directly to NIHB for eligible patients. You are not asked for the covered part up front. There is no claim to submit afterward.
03
We handle predeterminations when needed
When a treatment sits beyond the routinely covered basics, the clinic handles the NIHB paperwork and predetermination process from here.
Book a visit
The desk starts the NIHB billing when you book.
Call or book online and mention NIHB. Your status or N number is all it needs from you.