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20 May 2008, 5:06 pm

okay, so I got checked out by the dentist about a month ago about my tooth that broke at work. That will be covered by my former employer. While I was there, the dentist took one look at my decaying eye-tooth and said he could fix it up all nice and that he'd give me over half off to do it. I had told him my sob story and that I don't have a job and insurance. So, instead of $250, he would do it for only $100.

I just tried applying for something called wrap-around funds to get that $100 but the dumb worker is asking why I don't just go to the dental clinic to get it fixed.

So, now I can't get my decayed tooth fixed at the office that's fixing my broken tooth that offered me the deal but I have to go to some friggin' clinic to get it fixed.

Talked to my wife about it and asked her whether she'd rather go to a dental clinic or an office called "Esthetic & Reconstructive Dental Associates". She said it's just a name. Funny, she went all the way to Lewiston from Augusta (a half hour drive) to go to an OB that her friend recommended.

AND if all that's not bad enough, the thing that I got for christmas I had to sell for $40 to go towards getting my decayed tooth fixed but my wife felt that it would be covered by wrap around funds and she used MY CHRISTMAS MONEY for stuff and I'll never see that again.



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20 May 2008, 6:14 pm

:( awww! I hope things work out, not much anyone can say to make it better but we can try :)



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20 May 2008, 6:57 pm

eh, so long as I get it fixed and fixed correctly and expertly, I don't care. Oh, and so long as they don't use that amalgam sh*t. Resin all the way!



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20 May 2008, 7:01 pm

make sure to tell them you wish for resin



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20 May 2008, 7:09 pm

will a state-run and funded clinic even have resin?



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20 May 2008, 7:11 pm

the best thing you can do is ask, they just might.