Dental coverage built around how founders actually live.
When you run the business, you don't get to be the one who postpones the cleaning. Pregnancy gingivitis, jaw clenching from a launch week, kids whose orthodontia bills land right when you're funding payroll — dental hits founders in very specific ways. She Builds Health compares individual, family, and small-group dental plans that fit a woman-owned business: national networks for when you travel to clients, ortho lifetime maximums that actually cover a real treatment plan, and easy bolt-on options once you start offering benefits to your team.
What founder-friendly dental plans actually cover
Preventive — 100% covered, no deductible
Two cleanings and exams a year, X-rays, fluoride, and oral cancer screenings. For pregnant founders, ACA medical covers the broader prenatal labs, but pregnancy-related gum care lives on your dental plan — and skipping it has been linked to preterm birth, so it's not the visit to push.
Basic restorative — 70–80% after deductible
Fillings, simple extractions, periodontal scaling for gum disease (relevant during and after pregnancy), and night guards for the founder who grinds through investor meetings.
Major procedures — 50% after deductible
Crowns, bridges, root canals, oral surgery, dentures, and on select plans, implants. Annual maximums typically cap at $1,000–$2,500 — the number we coach founders to look at hardest.
Orthodontics — kids and adults
Braces, Invisalign and clear-aligner discounts, retainers. Lifetime ortho max usually runs $1,000–$2,500. If you have a 9-year-old and a launch in 18 months, the right time to lock in ortho coverage is now, not the month before consultation.
Solo founder, family, or small team — which structure?
Dental is one of the easiest places to upgrade your benefits posture without a complicated lift.
Solo founder
An individual dental plan deducted from your business account is the cleanest setup. Pair with a vision plan as a bundle — usually $28–$45/month combined.
Founder family
A family dental plan covers you, a spouse, and kids on one premium. The math almost always wins as soon as one child enters ortho or you have a pregnancy in the household.
Founder with a small team
Group dental at $10–$35/employee/month is one of the highest-perceived-value benefits per dollar you can offer. Voluntary group dental — where employees opt in and pay their own premium — costs you nothing but pulls down their cost by 20–35% versus an individual plan.
What it costs
Choosing the right plan comes down to whether you'll use ortho in the next 24 months, whether your preferred dentist is in-network, and whether you want the cost to live with you or with your business.
Networks that travel with you
If you're a founder who's in Austin one week and a client's HQ the next, network matters. We work with Delta Dental, Cigna, Humana, Aetna, MetLife, and Guardian — networks deep enough that you'll find an in-network dentist near a hotel, a co-working space, or your kid's school, not just your home ZIP.
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