Deb47

Hi, Kimmy. I just read your post, and I feel so bad for you. I honestly don't understand WHY dental isn't included with medical coverage. Could you imagine: going in for an appendectomy; having it not be done right; or perhaps have other unforeseen complications afterwards, and having the doctor who did the surgery say, "oh well: its not so bad. You can probably live with it". That's ridiculous, isn't it? But its precisely what people who get dental work done have to put up with. Its ridiculous; and it makes no kind of sense to me. I've paid out so much money, trying to save my teeth. Many times I have had continual pain...the latest pain I have, was a tooth I had root canalled over a year ago. I still daily feel an ache in that tooth; sometimes not too bad; sometimes its really difficult to tolerate. In my experience, for the most part, once a dental procedure is done with. you're on your own. If you go back and complain, they look at you like its all in your head; or you're some kind of trouble maker. I try and just tolerate the pain as long as possible: its too traumatic to keep trying to get my teeth "fixed". I know; dentists are not perfect...procedures aren't always going to go 100% right. But dentists should realise that when people pay out lots of money for these procedures; and those procedures don't work; these patients need help. Dentists should be able to get coverage themselves; to re-imburse them for the added work, trying to relive the patient's problems. Maybe that idea would work....so then dentists won't resent patients coming back, complaining of problems....I hope you can live with your implant.....good luck! Debbie