There is a big difference between most dental insurance plans that are now available for private purchase, however, most consumers aren’t aware of this fact. Recently, there have been a whole new wave of inexpensive, well, cheap dental insurance plans that have surfaced online and a lot of people are buying these up and thinking that they’ve gotten themselves decent dental coverage, however, this really isn’t the case at all. You see, these $6-7 per month plans actually provide very little coverage and what they do provide is mostly just discounted work on preventive dental care, like cleanings, ect.