Should I cut down on dental cleanings to save money?

Prevention is the best medicine and in the case of frequent recall, whether it is reimbursed by dental insurance or not, it will most likely save patients money in the long run, by preventing problems and allowing dentists to discover any problems that develop at an early stage.

Obviously if someones can not afford dental treatment due to a financial setback, cutting back on cleanings, to lets say once per year, may make short term sense,
but on a long term basis it will likely result in dental and health problems that may be harder to fix and more costly as well.

In difficult times each of us has to make hard decisions on how to tighten our belts in order to conserve money, but some choices like putting off the payment of taxes, fixing the brakes on our cars or taking care of dental problems can lead to greater hardships later.