Dentist, again.

[juldea]

Dentist consultation today.

Crown is going to cost, at the least, $280. If I need to have gum surgery to set the crown right, add $150 (dentist said she was over 50% sure I'd need this). If things go wrong the prospects are even more fun: if they have a problem preserving the post from my current root canal and have to put in another, $96, and if they have to redo the whole root canal, $252. These are all added on top of the crown.

Two of my fillings need to be redone, but those are covered 100% by insurance. One was done today. :P Therefore half of my mouth is numb! Yay! It's been an adventure talking and eating.

The crown procedure is scheduled for mid-April, giving me over two months to save up the money. I really don't want to use credit for this.

Comments

[christhegeek.livejournal.com]

Blix just had three crowns and about four cavities done on monday...lack of dental insurance for 8 years = BAD!

Each of his crowns was $800, btw. Sounds like you're getting a good deal. We're lucky our dental insurance covered more than half, but we still came out around 1500, which was thankfully covered (and sucked down) our tax return.

[juldea.livejournal.com]

I'm glad to hear from everyone that I have a decent insurance plan. *phew* I won't complain too much about the prices then!

I'm glad you had a way of covering it.

[skybabie.livejournal.com]

We were told our insurance plan was "good" we have over a thousand we have to pay alone before any deductible comes out period then after that with everything it isn't anything more then 50% - makes me wonder how we could even have another child with the fact the first was at least 7 thousand...