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In reply to the discussion: This is a post which I have wanted to write for a very long time, [View all]Pepsidog
(6,254 posts)prosthodontist. Heres a joke: a guy walks into a dental office and needs dental implants. The doctor then hands the patient a treatment plan. Heres the punchline: That will be $60,000 sir. Ok a bad joke, but that is what 2 different dental offices quotes me. I think they sized me up as an attorney who looks successful but gee whiz thats an awful lot of money. Disgraceful that dental insurance usually covers $1,000 a year which hasnt changed from the 70s if I recall correctly someone mentioning here. Seeing what my sun is going through just graduating medical school I understand the sacrifice he made and still has to make. After 4 years in Med school he has 6 years residency and fellowship training working 70hours a week making $65k a year.