Teeth

[stormdog]

I lost part of a tooth this morning. I thought it was an extra crunchy bit of cereal. I'm doing my best to take care of my teeth, and I did get a couple things fixed while I was in the Netherlands, but not everything.

In Canada, even with insurance, dental work still is expensive. Without it, I think I can only go in an emergency, and I don't think this is one. It doesn't hurt. I just have a sharp tooth edge I can feel against the inside of my lip.

This is scary, but not really new in my life I guess. Hopefully I'll hear on residency soon.

Comments

[cmcmck]

I had to have a replacement crown recently and that didn't come cheap as we choose to have private dental work.

[sabotabby]

Oh no. I hope you can get it fixed.

[dewline]

Been there. Once, I cracked a molar on steamed rice.

...steamed rice...

I am holding off on the repair work that I know needs doing, partly because of the anticipated cost - I never got private coverage and have largely managed to cover it "out of pocket" ever since aging out of parental employers' coverage - and partly because I'm waiting on the federal dental programme to kick in for people my age range. I know it's going to make the needs worse to deal with, and unless I land another job like the one that finished last month, I'm going to have to live with the consequences.