Again, to any casual readers I apologize for my lack of writing. One of my biggest weaknesses is consistency, so this is my re-new years resolution for the summer. As the title suggests, teeth cost something, and not surprisingly are very expensive. How do I know? I chipped one. Well, actually my friend chipped it with his racket during our game of racket ball. He was swinging as I was dashing towards him for the ball. His racket and my mouth connected and I then saw half a tooth drop to the floor. I thanked everyone for the game and told them I had to retire on a mission to save my tooth. I rushed home, put the tooth in milk, and called my friend (a dental assistant) for advice. She broke the bad news, the piece of tooth didn't need to be in milk, it was lost forever. Since then I have had three dentist visits ( two more to go) and two orthodontist visits. They have drilled, plastered, scraped, given me x-rays, to my poor mouth. Right now I have a fake tooth in, but it is my hope that a real tooth will follow here shortly. As for cost, my insurance covers next to nothing, so all in all I am now 3,000 in the hole. Yet I have no reason to complain, such problems pale in comparison to hurricane destroying everything I have. All in all it has been an adventure. The lesson in all this? Two Words: Mouth Guard. You may look stupid for the moment, but loose a tooth and you will look stupid for a lot longer.
2 comments:
$3,000??? I'd be walking around toothless.
haha, I was for two months! Now I have a fake one in. Two more visits to the dentist and I will have my permanent fake tooth :)
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