Root Canal

I woke up this morning thinking I was about to get a root canal because the dentist called me yesterday telling me that it looked like I needed one (he was judging from the x-rays I took last week)... I thought I only need a crown because the temporary filling I had for over eleven years fell out about three weeks ago... well, when I was there, and he examined it up close, he said that if I don't feel pain then it looks like I won't need one... so I was super excited, obviously... so all I had to do was get a crown, like I had hoped... I got the temporary one until August 8th when the lab sends back the tooth (since I am heading back to Florida they called up the lab to see if they could rush deliver the tooth because it usually takes 3 weeks, which I don't have)... it is going to be gold because of how my bite is it can't be ceramic, but that is fine with me... I'll get some bling going...

I am also hoping very much that my awesome dental insurance covers it like they are suppose to, I am hoping they don't see this as a pre-existing condition because then I am screwed out of $1000 rather then the $278 I paid already... The lady at the dentist was amazed at how much the company covered... they pay for 80% of the cost of the crown (less deductible)... she says usually people are lucky to get 50% covered... Oh well, this is the first dentist I've been to that seems to know what the hell he is doing... which makes me much more relaxed about things...

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