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Natter 55: It's the 55th Natter  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


sarameg - Nov 08, 2007 5:14:00 pm PST #1278 of 10001

It's the Christmas issue with Kim Kardashian, and I think the only reason I know who that is is from Go Fug Yourself.

Ahahaha! Only reason I know the person is also from GFY. She wore something really tight recently. And, um, good luck, more money and better bennies, shrift! Which reminds me, I need to set up my FSA in the next few days.

So... how much should I bank for at worst, 4 crowns? Insurance is claiming at around $2.2K but I can barely make sense of their statements and the prep-work started this year.

I SUCK at being a grown up.


Theodosia - Nov 08, 2007 5:14:39 pm PST #1279 of 10001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"

shrift, I was told it's totally a good idea to send an email thanks and follow it up with a written one. That way the snailmail one arrives a day or two later and they remember you better for it.

Not much of anything happening here tonight, but things have been on the busy side of late anyway!


Kat - Nov 08, 2007 5:14:54 pm PST #1280 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

crowns with root canals or replacement crowns?


Sue - Nov 08, 2007 5:16:40 pm PST #1281 of 10001
hip deep in pie

Jesse: I couldn't believe they went with Hallelujah too? Didn't they get the memo that shows aren't allowed to use that anymore. However, Milkshake was classic!


Kristen - Nov 08, 2007 5:17:59 pm PST #1282 of 10001

crowns with root canals or replacement crowns?

And which teeth? Molars are more expensive than front teeth.


Jesse - Nov 08, 2007 5:18:12 pm PST #1283 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

I'm hoping maybe it was slightly on purpose.


Kat - Nov 08, 2007 5:20:57 pm PST #1284 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

Kristen is the tooth repair expert.


Sue - Nov 08, 2007 5:21:50 pm PST #1285 of 10001
hip deep in pie

So... how much should I bank for at worst, 4 crowns? Insurance is claiming at around $2.2K but I can barely make sense of their statements and the prep-work started this year.

I had two molars done about 7 years ago. No root canals and they were $700 a pop, Canadian. I think they were supposed to cost more, but I knew my dentist from High School geekery and he didn't charge me extra for some of the gum reshaping he had to do.


shrift - Nov 08, 2007 5:23:40 pm PST #1286 of 10001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty

shrift, I was told it's totally a good idea to send an email thanks and follow it up with a written one. That way the snailmail one arrives a day or two later and they remember you better for it.

With the Chicago postal system? I think it might arrive in a week if I'm lucky.


sarameg - Nov 08, 2007 5:24:00 pm PST #1287 of 10001

Brand new crowns. The whole buildup has already been done and paid for. I think I avoided root canals. Or I already paid for it. I have normal looking rebuilt teeth that can chew but don't have long term potential. Possible implant for one if it goes horribly wrong, which I'm suspecting given it feels funky. My insurance covers 50% of one crown every 18 months, and the insurance negotiated rate the rest of the time. Which is cheaper than the dentist's supposed rates, but hell. People, this is why you shouldn't avoid a dentist for a decade no matter yourgoddamn stupid neuroses (I'm so my mother's daughter. She did the same stupid thing.)

eta: molars, going insurance rate here of $630 a pop. I think. Insurance statements confuse the fuck out of me.