Today I did finally have my dentist appointment. I had wanted to got the the dentist for over a month now. But it never really worked out timewise for me. I had lost a huge filling on one of my molars. In the first week it was really bothering me, since the edges were so sharp. But as time went by the edges becmae more smooth and it worked out actully pretty well. The tooth didn't hurt since I had root canal wokr done on that particular tooth a couple of years ago.
Of course I was aware of the fact, that eventually I have that tooth taken care of otherwise I would loose that tooth as well. And that is something I wasn't really willing to risk. I'm already missing too many molars on that side of my mouth.
I got to my dentist appointment in time. Had some X-Rays taken of it. This was my first visit with this particular dentist. I had ask my sister to recommend a good dentist. I really like the guy, he's straight forward and gives you the options what you can do and what the HMO is paying for. He did congratulate me, that I was stragth forward with my HIV diagnosis.
We then went on to deal with that tooth. The best solution for that tooth was to have a pin put into it and than made a filling on top of it. The filling is being paid by the HMO, the pin not. And so I went ahead and pay the 300 bucks out of my own pocket. I didn't need local anesthesia, since that tooth didn't have any living nerves any more. The entire procedure lasted for about 1/2 hour and was actually fairly enjoyable. As much fun as a dentist appointment can be. But I will be back in 2 days to have a deep dental cleaning since there is some trouble with my gums and I've known about those problems.
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