If you choose a dental plan because you have been covered by that plan before with another employer, the coverage will not be the same. The contracts are specific to the employer. It is your responsibility to know the limits of your coverage under the state insurance contracts. By doing this, they control their costs, and you pay less for services.
Fees are usually a flat co-payment as listed in the plan book.
You may use any dentist you wish. If you use a preferred-provider from the Uniform Dental Preferred Provider list, your dentist will bill within the rate schedule, and you will only pay the employee share. Dentists Managed care dental plans either employ their own dentists or contract with certain dentists or clinics. Services can only be obtained from the plan's list of dentists. A dentist must be chosen at the time the plan is chosen.