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smokingboot) wrote2021-09-01 06:59 am
smokingboot) wrote2021-09-01 06:59 am
The Once and Future Rip Off.
'Come look at this, Amy!' His voice was delighted, 'very good example of Tetracycline staining, even the rings are here. Come and see!'
The nurse resisted his plea and he subdued his enthusiasm into a cheery list of all the things wrong with my skull. Seems I am the queen of orthondontic Hell. It took him a while, but the long and short of it is this; he thinks I should have 3 implants, £2,700 each. This does not include the consultation with him, the visit/s to the hygienist and the consultation with the actual surgeon.
10 grand, potentially. Maybe more.
We can do it, but it annoys me anyway. What happens to people who don't have this kind of money lying around? There's a payment plan - where you pay a bit of interest of course. So what do people do? Just let their teeth rot in their head? Dentures I guess. He walked me to the reception where the next two appointments were made. I asked if I could get the hygiene done elsewhere (read; more cheaply) Oh no no, they need all the information under one roof, all the info here so he knows what kind of plan to recommend.
I have never seen such a presumption of vanity, money, and stupidity, all together.
The most I will do is attend the next two appointments to learn the state of the jawbone for implants. That takes it to four hundred. Then maybe it's time for a visit to Thailand where there's excellent dental practice, to have the same thing done for much less, with added elephants and jasmine scented waterfalls.
I see no reason why my need to chew food should supplement this bloke's next dream holiday. It may as well pay for mine.
The nurse resisted his plea and he subdued his enthusiasm into a cheery list of all the things wrong with my skull. Seems I am the queen of orthondontic Hell. It took him a while, but the long and short of it is this; he thinks I should have 3 implants, £2,700 each. This does not include the consultation with him, the visit/s to the hygienist and the consultation with the actual surgeon.
10 grand, potentially. Maybe more.
We can do it, but it annoys me anyway. What happens to people who don't have this kind of money lying around? There's a payment plan - where you pay a bit of interest of course. So what do people do? Just let their teeth rot in their head? Dentures I guess. He walked me to the reception where the next two appointments were made. I asked if I could get the hygiene done elsewhere (read; more cheaply) Oh no no, they need all the information under one roof, all the info here so he knows what kind of plan to recommend.
I have never seen such a presumption of vanity, money, and stupidity, all together.
The most I will do is attend the next two appointments to learn the state of the jawbone for implants. That takes it to four hundred. Then maybe it's time for a visit to Thailand where there's excellent dental practice, to have the same thing done for much less, with added elephants and jasmine scented waterfalls.
I see no reason why my need to chew food should supplement this bloke's next dream holiday. It may as well pay for mine.