All things Corona Virus

[Ban Hammer 13,352]

[Burnt Reynolds 5,058]

20 minutes ago, Ban Hammer said:

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[TBoneTX 45,330]

The above is not a laughing matter to single people, sadly.

[NikLR 13,227]

Nothing a dentist cant fix if the person wanted to.  

[Dashinka 24,520]

45 minutes ago, NikLR said:

Nothing a dentist cant fix if the person wanted to.  

Unfortunately, many people do not like to go to the dentist.

[yuna628 9,677]

9 minutes ago, Dashinka said:

Unfortunately, many people do not like to go to the dentist.

Many can't afford to go to a dentist.

[Dashinka 24,520]

1 hour ago, yuna628 said:

Many can't afford to go to a dentist.

I have worked with many people that can afford it, and/or have great insurance, and still won’t go, but I agree, there is a subset of people that can not afford it.

[Nature Boy 2.0 8,370]

6 minutes ago, Dashinka said:

I have worked with many people that can afford it, and/or have great insurance, and still won’t go, but I agree, there is a subset of people that can not afford it.

Most dental plans are paying like its 1970.

[yuna628 9,677]

7 minutes ago, Nature Boy 2.0 said:

Most dental plans are paying like its 1970.

Got a quote for root canal last week. Without insurance it's several thousand... with insurance it's like $700. I guess we should be happy somehow..

[Burnt Reynolds 5,058]

It wasn't uncommon in Canada, even with supplemental insurance, for root canals and crowns to still result in a thousand or two out of pocket. 

 

The cheaper option is people taking care of their teeth and having 0 root canals. Pretty similar logic for health. Preventative care tends to be cheap and covered, people prefer to bypass it then complain about the costly consequences. 

[yuna628 9,677]

8 minutes ago, Burnt Reynolds said:

It wasn't uncommon in Canada, even with supplemental insurance, for root canals and crowns to still result in a thousand or two out of pocket. 

 

The cheaper option is people taking care of their teeth and having 0 root canals. Pretty similar logic for health. Preventative care tends to be cheap and covered, people prefer to bypass it then complain about the costly consequences. 

Husband has always taken care of his teeth, had braces, goes to his routine care. This is in a cracked tooth that was filled in UK ten years ago. Don't think they did it right honestly, very shoddy, but my dentist was of the mind to just 'watch it' rather than do something big to it. Took husband in last week as he was talking gibberish and looked rather grey and complaining of pain. Major infection and needs the root canal now. Sometimes we do all we can for our teeth but... stuff happens. I can say that my parents never had the money for a dentist, no insurance growing up, so no dental care for me and I paid for it as an adult. Spent a lot having the dentist fix my mouth. Crooked and crowded teeth, and wisdom teeth being impacted really isn't something that a person can prevent if they have no money for dentists and orthodontics. There is nothing cheap about any sort of care from a dentist if there's no insurance, and most days that insurance is trash to begin with.

[laylalex 7,289]

When I was a teenager the dentist gave me the option of letting my wisdom teeth just come in or have them extracted, since my jaws are big enough to accommodate them. I chose to let them stay in, why not. I keep them clean and the dentist says they look just fine. The only downside is that about once or twice a year I have teething pain for 3 or 4 days. As I do right now, and have for the past two days. There is something not right about being 35 and thinking about going to the pharmacy to find a teething ring. 

[Ban Hammer 13,352]

24 minutes ago, laylalex said:

There is something not right about being 35 and thinking about going to the pharmacy to find a teething ring. 

have you told alex you need something to chew on?

[yuna628 9,677]

28 minutes ago, laylalex said:

When I was a teenager the dentist gave me the option of letting my wisdom teeth just come in or have them extracted, since my jaws are big enough to accommodate them. I chose to let them stay in, why not. I keep them clean and the dentist says they look just fine. The only downside is that about once or twice a year I have teething pain for 3 or 4 days. As I do right now, and have for the past two days. There is something not right about being 35 and thinking about going to the pharmacy to find a teething ring. 

Best thing I ever did was to get those things out of my mouth.

[laylalex 7,289]

9 minutes ago, Ban Hammer said:

have you told alex you need something to chew on?

Yes, and he said he had an old fashioned solution but I told him not to be so crass. 

2 minutes ago, yuna628 said:

Best thing I ever did was to get those things out of my mouth.

I only feel that way once or twice a year. Otherwise I figure if they are healthy, why not keep them in? I guess it's a pretty personal choice in the end.