Just Smile For Me

I hate my teeth.  Or well, I hate taking care of my teeth.  If I took better care of them as a child, eating less candy and remembering to floss, perhaps I would think differently now.  I had one of my incisors pulled last winter in preparation for a tooth implant.  Long story but basically a root canal wouldn't have saved the tooth from falling out in a couple of years.  Yes, gross.  Basically It would cost me less in the long run to just replace the tooth now.  Teeth implants are an expensive procedure that most insurance companies don't cover since it's considered cosmetic.  Not really sure why since people get it done because they have no other choice and not because they need their teeth to look pretty. The grand total would be $2300 and that doesn't include the actual tooth, only the titanium implant and bone grafting.  Apparently I'll be able to choose from cadaver bone, cow bone or my own bone (taken from the jawline).

Thankfully our new dental insurance, MetLife, has much better benefits than Guardian.  HR listened to all the complaints around the office last year and switched us fast as they could.  MetLife will cover 50% of the costs and I have the operation scheduled for July.  In the meantime, I need to replace this temporary tooth that they gave me.  The lab totally messed up and the shade of the tooth is about five times darker than my natural shade.  That will be another $200 out of pocket now. Bleh. I really thought life would be much simpler after getting my braces off. But the saga continues..