More dental fun
A few years ago, shortly after moving here, I went to the dentist and got more than I bargained for. What was supposed to be a checkup ended up being a pretty nasty root canal.
So of course, I had to do it again.
I went in for a checkup a while ago, at a new dentist near here. She told me she wanted to redo all my fillings, and give me a deep clean.
I had my upper wisdom teeth pulled on the first visit. Then back again.
So I had three fillings done a couple of weeks ago, but due to them being very deep, it was a long process and I had to book back in for the rest - that was today.
She did the deep cleaning (which isn't much fun, actually), then started one of the new fillings. Very quickly she found it was decayed to the root - guess what - another root canal is needed.
So, I have to go to a specialist for the root canal (need to book that), then go for my lower wisdom teeth to be removed before going *back* for the capping on the rooted tooth.
All of that, and my dental deductable is at maximum already. Bitch and moan about the NHS, but financially it won't screw you.
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2 comments:
Oh, after hitting that insurance maximum, it gets really expensive really fast. Wait until you have to pay for a crown out of pocket. You're REALLY going to get screwed, somewhere to the tune of $800.
Funny, I just got an invoice from my dentist this morning. Really opens your eyes! Four quadrants of deep cleaning, $908. Thankfully I was sensible enough to take the dental insurance option through work, so my portion of that was significantly less.
I do need a crown, and two wisdom teeth out, but none of it is urgent, so can wait for now.
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