Dental issues...

[lithera]

So, I went in for a cleaning yesterday and mentioned that there was a little weirdness above the front tooth I knocked out when I was 12 or 13. Just to be safe we took an x-ray of said tooth

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[kayay]

I have bad dreams about losing a tooth or one coming loose.

The tooth you knocked out at 12, was it a baby tooth and it's the adult one that's being rejected? Dental insurance covering most of it I hope.

Re: t_t

[lithera]

No, it was the adult tooth which was then root canaled.

Dental insurance will cover some of it. I have excellent dental insurance but it only goes so far. The cost, well, this isn't going to be cheap. I wasn't kidding about the car comment.

[princessgeek]

Both of my two front teeth are missing. bet you din't know that. I don't have implants or anything fancy like that neither. I'm just sayin, it'll be fine.

[lithera]

I didn't know that, actually. The more I reach out, the more I find there are a lot of people who have had similar issues. It does help some.

[princessgeek]

Mine was a soccerball to the face at about the same age. I don't have an implant, just a bridge.It only (haha!) cost about $1000 and it took 2 visits. I think I might like to have an implant if they didn't cost ONE MILLION DOLLARS and involve multiple trips over such a long period of time to the dentist yuk.

[lithera]

Yeah. I understand. I'm going to go the more expensive sort of long term route. It'll suck but with the situation I have it will be less likely to cause reoccurance later, which would totally suck.

[alryssa]

Holy carp. So much do not want. You have my profound sympathies for what's coming next - in terms of both the personal and the financial pain!

[lithera]

Thanks. I'm... I don't know. I sort of wanted to lose my mind and start screaming at people for awhile but, hey, I didn't.

[alryssa]

I ... yeah. I would be very tempted to do that myself. I can't believe how expensive dental work is.

[lithera]

Luckily, I'm in a position where I can handle this at the moment. It isn't easy or fun but I can handle it.

[candidgamera]

My total sympathies. Dental things make me cringe.

[lithera]

This whole thing, even though both dentists are totally pros and completely awesome, makes me want to flail and panic. It is really hard to stay calm and... adultish..

[candidgamera]

If it's any comfort, I'm sure they've done similar things dozens and dozens of times.

But yeah, I get white-knuckle grips on the chair when I'm just in for a cleaning, so I get it.

[lithera]

I know and, like I said, they're really good. They explain what they're doing and why and how things are going and are generally communicative. Still... I've had enough bad experiences with teeth stuff, I sort of want to run around and scream about this.

[kielrain]

I hope it all goes smoothly for you.
I also give you permission to run around and scream for a bit before dealing with it all. :)

[lithera]

Geeze, me too. Gah.

I wonder if I'll be more likely to set off metal detectors.