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graywarrior

(59,440 posts)
2. Ah, the joys of growing older
Fri Aug 2, 2013, 08:05 PM
Aug 2013

Receding gums, partial plates, overactive bladders, insomnia....no wonder people die. Who can take that crap?

RebelOne

(30,947 posts)
4. Now that I am at the age of 74, I have experienced every dental procedure
Fri Aug 2, 2013, 08:20 PM
Aug 2013

you could imagine except for the final procedure of complete upper and lower dentures, and that is in my very near future. Fortunately, I have not had an overactive bladder and I take care of the insominia with over-the-counter sleeping pills. I am just happy to have made it to this age though I never thought I would with no major health problems.

mnhtnbb

(31,392 posts)
14. I have a friend who has just been advised to have dental surgery for receding gums. Cost?
Sat Aug 3, 2013, 09:33 AM
Aug 2013

$20,000.!!!!

graywarrior

(59,440 posts)
15. Whoa!
Sat Aug 3, 2013, 09:42 AM
Aug 2013

$500 for each quadrant at Tufts Dental School. I have two quadrants that need doing.

Dental needs to be covered by health care.

femmocrat

(28,394 posts)
9. I have been in dental hell with one tooth. I should have had it pulled.
Fri Aug 2, 2013, 10:01 PM
Aug 2013

It started out as a boken filling and three months and a root canal later it now has a crown. All of it was painful and it still bothers me.

 
12. I was in the same position yesterday
Sat Aug 3, 2013, 03:55 AM
Aug 2013

they pulled one of my wisdom teeth, and I didn't even know that was the plan going in

mnhtnbb

(31,392 posts)
13. I hear you. Had a tooth extracted Monday--under sedation--that had a root canal on it
Sat Aug 3, 2013, 09:31 AM
Aug 2013

seven years ago. It had become infected. Turns out it was split--which didn't even
show up on x-ray. Glad we decided to yank it rather than try to fix it only to have
to end up yanking it.

I'm going to have an implant to replace it. Not looking forward to that! Takes
several more visits--many $$$--over next 6 months with finally a crown put
on by regular dentist.

Feel better.

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