So, here are some examples of my teeth as they are now (none straight on from the front, unfortunately):
And here is the model of my teeth as they would look after the procedures--well, sort of. They'd actually do a little more shaving of the teeth on my right side (left side of picture) so that tiny little tooth that the lab put in the gap that's there currently would actually match the size of the corresponding tooth on the other side. And there's gum shaving involved in the whole procedure! So weird. Oh, yes, and free teeth whitening thrown in because I know his daughter (and I think he feels kind of sorry for me) though I feel the need to point out that my teeth are actually whiter than this already, thank heavens. Anyway:
I would love this! Truly, I would. So if anyone has the $5800 it'll run me, feel free to pass it along. Yeaaaahhhh. Insurance might pay for it if I had any decay at all, but I don't, so these crowns all count as cosmetic. *sigh* Still, he did promise me that this price would be good until next Thanksgiving, so I've got a year to raise the money!
Anyone out there need a kidney? :D
4 comments:
So, if you let your teeth decay, insurance would pay for it? Well there's your answer! Those are some nice looking disembodied teeth.
Technically, insurance would pay for HALF of it. Of the crowns, anyway. Not for the gum-ectomy to make the two front teeth look slightly longer, though.
But that's all moot, anyway. If I let them decay that far, he wouldn't do the work, because he couldn't trust that I would take care of them so that the crowns would last. Besides, I'm not entirely sure I COULD get them to decay that far. I already drink soda all the time and my teeth don't seem to care even a little bit. What more can I do?! Hee.
They are nice, though. Weirdly, in person the model reminds me a lot of my mom's teeth. Odd.
No, see, you'd just stop brushing your teeth.
Obviously I'm not serious. Gross.
I wish I could just get my teeth whitened. It's not simple with a tooth colored filling near the front.
Oh, gross! And hee--I never thought of that.
It's probably fairly telling that not brushing my teeth honestly never even occurred to me. I like them clean! I don't think I could last more than a day or two without brushing if I TRIED. Maybe three or four, but I'd be going pretty insane and there would have to be a pretty big payout to make the attempt. Bleh!
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