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Went to the dentist today for the first time in 4-5 years
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Apparently I have a cracked tooth and have to get a crown, as well as a wisdom tooth removed.  They also recommended I get an implant for a tooth that's been missing for 8 years or so as the result of a botched root canal. 

It's gonna cost a ton, and I have no dental insurance.  And I'm moving out of the country in late January, so I have to do all of this soon.  Blah.  I'm in a shit mood.  I suppose it could be worse, though.  It's just very depressing at times to grow older.  It's one thing to know that your body is going to start changing and breaking down as you age, and another thing to actually experience it.


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“Strengthened by contemplation and study,
I will not fear my passions like a coward.
My body I will give to pleasures,
to diversions that I’ve dreamed of,
to the most daring erotic desires,
to the lustful impulses of my blood, without
any fear at all, for whenever I will—
and I will have the will, strengthened
as I’ll be with contemplation and study—
at the crucial moments I’ll recover
my spirit as was before: ascetic.”

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Re: Went to the dentist today for the first time in 4-5 years [Re: Lion]
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I hate the dentist.  Never any good news when I go..

:crankey:

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Re: Went to the dentist today for the first time in 4-5 years [Re: Lion]
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Get your local dental insurance for poor non-covered people.  Thats what I do.

I think ours is Carrington(?), its cheap (subsidized by the state) - you can start and stop it just for your procedure.

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Re: Went to the dentist today for the first time in 4-5 years [Re: Lion]
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Good luck. I recently went to the dentist too, however my prospects are a bit more grim.
I have 2 completely cracked (in half) top incisors, 2 broken molars, and 3 missing.
Mostly due to my own negligence, and waiting years too long to get my wisdom teeth pulled (because I didn't have dental insurance either), they were severely impacted and crowded my other teeth and caused some major damage, had to get 3 molars pulled over a couple years because they were so damaged and got infected.
That dental procedure alone, just pulling the wisdom teeth ended up costing me 3k.

Well I went to the dentist recently to get an exam, and they are quoting me (without insurance), about $14,000 to fix my teeth.
I'm looking at veneers, several implants, a couple crowns.. some major work
Luckily my full coverage dental plan kicks in soon at work here, but even with the insurance, I'm still going to be paying that for a long time..
I've looked at all the alternatives, dental schools, pro-bono dentists etc.. there's usually either a 1yr waiting list or you have to pay everything up front, I might end up going to the USC dental school to get some of my work done at a discount.... but from what I've heard it takes fucking FOREVER, since it's a school environment and a procedure than normally takes 30 mins takes about 3-4 hours there. I might just end up going to tijuana to get some cheap dental work, then get the real dentist for the critical stuff like implants.


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Re: Went to the dentist today for the first time in 4-5 years [Re: Lion]
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I feel you,

been having whole head style toothaches for a few weeks now,
been putting it off but dentists is essential pretty rapidly...

got some numbing shit from the chemist and all it does is make my mouth burn, doesn't numb at all.  Should of just got some lidocaine or something  :-(

Its gonna cost me a bomb too man - they charge $400 here just to put u on the books admin fee if you don't regularly visit - which I don't :-(


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Our thoughts create our reality.  :strokebeard:

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Re: Went to the dentist today for the first time in 4-5 years [Re: nice1]
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I need to do the same and am shopping around for insurance which I will
be looking to get after the holidays. I have a handful of cavities and need
4 wisdom teeth pulled. I have one missing tooth but it still has the root in there
somewhere. Shit is rough man. But its pretty much our own fault.

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Re: Went to the dentist today for the first time in 4-5 years [Re: DeadHearts]
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But its pretty much our own fault.

No, I blame the dentist for informing me of the condition.  :crankey: Ignorance is bliss.

DieCommie, thanks for the advice, I'm definitely going to look into that kind of insurance.

MadSeasonAbove, nice1, DeadHearts, and Shroomism:  Thanks for commiserating, I hope you are all able to get the work done that you need, and declare victory in the War on Teeth.


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“Strengthened by contemplation and study,
I will not fear my passions like a coward.
My body I will give to pleasures,
to diversions that I’ve dreamed of,
to the most daring erotic desires,
to the lustful impulses of my blood, without
any fear at all, for whenever I will—
and I will have the will, strengthened
as I’ll be with contemplation and study—
at the crucial moments I’ll recover
my spirit as was before: ascetic.”

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Re: Went to the dentist today for the first time in 4-5 years [Re: Lion]
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May ask for total extraction and some pearly white dentures :grin:  problem solved?  or not, i don't know...

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Re: Went to the dentist today for the first time in 4-5 years [Re: nice1]
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How does your guys teeth get so bad? Do you guys not brush your teeth or something?

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Re: Went to the dentist today for the first time in 4-5 years [Re: AlbinoMonk]
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Fuuuuck I've been putting off going to the dentist for sooo long. The last few weeks it's really been on my mind too because a tooth has turned pretty sensitive, and that's never a good thing :sad:

AlbinoMonk said:
How does your guys teeth get so bad? Do you guys not brush your teeth or something?


And yeah I brush my teeth twice a day, and occasionally floss. My diet doesn't have much sugar and no soda. I get monsters a couple times a week and I can feel that shit eating away at me every time but otherwise nothing much is attacking my teeth. Sometimes cavities happen, that's why teeth fall out haha.


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Be Here Now

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Re: Went to the dentist today for the first time in 4-5 years [Re: Shroomism]
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Shroomism said:
Good luck. I recently went to the dentist too, however my prospects are a bit more grim.
I have 2 completely cracked (in half) top incisors, 2 broken molars, and 3 missing.
Mostly due to my own negligence, and waiting years too long to get my wisdom teeth pulled (because I didn't have dental insurance either), they were severely impacted and crowded my other teeth and caused some major damage, had to get 3 molars pulled over a couple years because they were so damaged and got infected.
That dental procedure alone, just pulling the wisdom teeth ended up costing me 3k.

Well I went to the dentist recently to get an exam, and they are quoting me (without insurance), about $14,000 to fix my teeth.
I'm looking at veneers, several implants, a couple crowns.. some major work
Luckily my full coverage dental plan kicks in soon at work here, but even with the insurance, I'm still going to be paying that for a long time..
I've looked at all the alternatives, dental schools, pro-bono dentists etc.. there's usually either a 1yr waiting list or you have to pay everything up front, I might end up going to the USC dental school to get some of my work done at a discount.... but from what I've heard it takes fucking FOREVER, since it's a school environment and a procedure than normally takes 30 mins takes about 3-4 hours there. I might just end up going to tijuana to get some cheap dental work, then get the real dentist for the critical stuff like implants.


The UCLA dentistry school isn't any better. Don't waste your time checking it out. Full of medical people and 5 hour waits for x-rays.


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Re: Went to the dentist today for the first time in 4-5 years [Re: AlbinoMonk]
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AlbinoMonk said:
How does your guys teeth get so bad? Do you guys not brush your teeth or something?


I take pretty good care of my teeth. They're whiter than most peoples, but they're still fucked up. I'm in the same position as some of these other guys. I don't have dental insurance so I haven't been to the dentist in 6 years or so. The last time I was at a dentist my wisdom teeth were coming in and I wanted to get them removed b/c my teeth were starting to move. Instead the jackass sent me to and orthodontist who told me I should get braces.

Pisses me right off because I care a lot about my teeth, but I'll probably need a few things done. At least I'll have insurance come January.


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That's me on the street with a violin under my chin. Playing with a grin, singing gibberish.

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Re: Went to the dentist today for the first time in 4-5 years [Re: Lion]
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Lion said:The War on Teeth.


I'm in!

:minigun:

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Re: Went to the dentist today for the first time in 4-5 years [Re: MadSeasonAbove]
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dude sounds like your in the same shoes as mine. Id love to fucking go to the dentist but I have no money or insurance. Ive got some visible cavities now and my wisdom teeth are all grew in and fucked.

at least you got your teeth fixed I bet you feel some what releived? I know I would.


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