toothiness
Mar. 23rd, 2006 04:30 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jazzfishBad teeth run in the family. Mom has five or six crowns, Dad's got two or three, and I'd be surprised if any grandparent had more than 60% original teeth. So it wasn't too surprising that towards the end of my coverage under my parents' insurance I went in for several fillings. One of them wasn't ever completed, since there was no way to get it scheduled before the coverage ran out. I then spent a couple of years without insurance. By the time I was insured again it didn't really matter: the cavity'd gotten bad enough that I had to have the tooth root-canalled and crowned.
That insurance lasted me about a year, and then I was off again. Awhile later I had a filling fall out, so I bummed money off my parents and went to get it replaced. The dentist discovered that the filling hadn't actually fixed the cavity; apparently the previous dentist had dumped gunk in on top of the cavity and hoped it would repair itself. No luck there, so say hello to crown number two.
I've been having a bit of trouble with the gap between two teeth for a couple years now, but I'd figured (hoped) (prayed) that was all it was. Being aware of the potential for problems I've been brushing my teeth regularly, and even managed to start flossing with the cool new flossers they sell next to the electric toothbrushes. I was hoping this would keep any problems at bay until I got settled in.
About half an hour ago a pointy bit of tooth snapped off, revealing a deep dark hole. Looks like this is another of those ex-cavities that's going to turn into a crown. Thanks a million, Doctor Olenyn. According to the Dental Insurance Booklet I'll only have to pay half of this crown. But, since dental here is through Those Pigfuckers, I expect that either I'm misreading it or I'll get nailed under a preexisting condition / waiting period.
That insurance lasted me about a year, and then I was off again. Awhile later I had a filling fall out, so I bummed money off my parents and went to get it replaced. The dentist discovered that the filling hadn't actually fixed the cavity; apparently the previous dentist had dumped gunk in on top of the cavity and hoped it would repair itself. No luck there, so say hello to crown number two.
I've been having a bit of trouble with the gap between two teeth for a couple years now, but I'd figured (hoped) (prayed) that was all it was. Being aware of the potential for problems I've been brushing my teeth regularly, and even managed to start flossing with the cool new flossers they sell next to the electric toothbrushes. I was hoping this would keep any problems at bay until I got settled in.
About half an hour ago a pointy bit of tooth snapped off, revealing a deep dark hole. Looks like this is another of those ex-cavities that's going to turn into a crown. Thanks a million, Doctor Olenyn. According to the Dental Insurance Booklet I'll only have to pay half of this crown. But, since dental here is through Those Pigfuckers, I expect that either I'm misreading it or I'll get nailed under a preexisting condition / waiting period.
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Date: 2006-03-24 05:59 pm (UTC)I had a similar problem (poorly-done fillings) with my childhood dentist. I've gone through three root canals in the past year to correct the fillings he's done, and had another filling redone. My current dentist is absolutely amazing, and was mightily unimpressed by the previous bout of work.
Given that my only medical expenses are dental ones, I insist on dental coverage.
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Date: 2006-03-24 09:40 pm (UTC)Lucky. My expenses are pretty much the ones that don't get covered by basic plans: dental, vision, and at some point I'd really like to start up therapy again. Oh, and now RSI, which may or not be covered.