Or at least I'll be spending like I am!
I'd forgotten and/or blocked out that once the dental surgeon is done with the implant next year, my regular dentist have their own role to play: a crown and "abutment." At my regular checkup today, I got the estimate for that.
$1,646, none of it covered by my insurance apparently.
So the upcoming expenses are now:
$1200 (after insurance) implant
$2200 (after insurance) possible extra bone graft
$1646 (no insurance) crown and abutment
So it seems I have to plan for a minimum of $2846 and a maximum of $5046 next year. ($5000+ on one tooth! Can you believe it?)
This is going to take some thought ...
Building a luxury condo in my mouth
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In the year I got my first crown & had other dental work done, I thought, geez, we could have taken a nice vacation for that.
It's rather shocking, isn't it?
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