futher dental woes
Mar. 9th, 2009 04:08 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
fleaThe logical reaction to being told one needs a crown is to go home and eat potato chips and ice cream, right?
The dentist spackled my broken tooth, but said I should have it crowned (I can probably get away with a partial) and said I should first of all get a mouth guard made, because I have hairline cracks in my teeth and I am probably grinding. And I still have to get my wisdom teeth pulled and get the multiple cavities on the other side of my mouth dealt with.
And of course the insurance company refused the re-billing for the first fillings as amalgam, so we owe them $900 for the work that's been done. I asked their financial person to double-check whether a crown and the pullings will be covered before I have those done. The mouth guard will not be covered ($205). For the rest of the fillings, if they're in unobtrusive places I'll get amalgam (covered) and if not, porcelain (not covered).
Insert standard rant about dental coverage and medical coverage being separate (note that having two children cost me less, including all prenatal care and delivery, than having these fillings); insert standard rant about preventive care (which could have prevented some of this).
At least I still have good gums. Because gum stuff is *nasty*.
The dentist spackled my broken tooth, but said I should have it crowned (I can probably get away with a partial) and said I should first of all get a mouth guard made, because I have hairline cracks in my teeth and I am probably grinding. And I still have to get my wisdom teeth pulled and get the multiple cavities on the other side of my mouth dealt with.
And of course the insurance company refused the re-billing for the first fillings as amalgam, so we owe them $900 for the work that's been done. I asked their financial person to double-check whether a crown and the pullings will be covered before I have those done. The mouth guard will not be covered ($205). For the rest of the fillings, if they're in unobtrusive places I'll get amalgam (covered) and if not, porcelain (not covered).
Insert standard rant about dental coverage and medical coverage being separate (note that having two children cost me less, including all prenatal care and delivery, than having these fillings); insert standard rant about preventive care (which could have prevented some of this).
At least I still have good gums. Because gum stuff is *nasty*.