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End of week 38.
I spoke to an old Rugby player once who told me that in his day, no one wore gumshields. Because if you had any teeth left, you weren't playing hard enough.
Yeah, two visits and north of £200. And that's the cheapest option: a metal crown. A crown made out of the white stuff they use for fillings nowadays would have cost £600!![]()
It's closer to 1500$ here. I highly recommend getting the regular colored crown for 600$ if it's something you can afford. One crown and a couple cleanings took out my entire dental coverage for the year of 2k.
Is dental not fully covered in UK? I thought it was just us uncultured masses in the US...
Dang that sucks. The 'composite' (just remembered the word) is only a bit more here and it's much better cosmetically(over the years I redid my metal fillings into the natural tooth color). My friends have done payment plans for certain things like this over the years (no clue if that's done in UK). We also have a gov program to set aside earnings tax free to use treatments up to 5k annually but shitty part is you have to use it up or you lose it.
In any case sorry for clogging up your log.
I know the feeling. Sometimes they can suction the water well and sometimes I'm choking on it. As a side note I use NSAIDS before my cleanings either a couple Excedrins or ibuprofens and it helps a ton with tooth sensitivity.No apologies necessary, mate. I brought up the subject after all.
The worst part so far was the water-jet the dental nurse uses to clear away the debris while the Dentist is working. I was in the chair for 45 minutes, and at one point I had to tap out. So much water was going down my throat, it felt like being water-boarded.![]()
Alright, but no biting this time around to get out of subs...