Den-tistry
The blurry white spot in the middle of this picture is a chunk of tooth. It broke off my molar yesterday while I was eating bit of crushed peanut at Le Le, my favorite Vietnamese restaurant in Copenhagen. I pretty much completely freaked out about it and had to go home and rest.
So I rang around a few places and eventually found a dentist who could see me this morning. It turns out that I'll likely need a crown, as beneath the faulty filling that likely caused the chip to break off in the first place there lies a crack in my tooth. Now here's the weird part: if I can get by with another filling, the Danish government will kick in and pay part. If I need a crown, I'm on my own. Because evidently getting a crown on my tooth is a luxury, like gold fronts or breast implants. I think I saw just the other day on MTV Cribs that 50 Cent has had all his teeth crowned. You know, to keep it real, yo.
For now, the dentist has wedged what looks like a piece of Doublemint gum in the gaping hole in my tooth and I'm supposed to see how that goes. If I get pain while eating, then I'll have to go with the crown.
However, there's a solution. Because of the favorable exchange rate between Denmark and Sweden, it actually costs less to get dentistry done over there. So I may be heading over there to get this fixed.
Up until now, my experiences with the Danish healthcare system have been uniformly positive. So it kind of sucks to hear that despite the outrageous tax rates, they won't cover what is by now a basic dental procedure. I think I'm going to take my chip of tooth downtown and hurl it at the National Parliament building in protest.
So I rang around a few places and eventually found a dentist who could see me this morning. It turns out that I'll likely need a crown, as beneath the faulty filling that likely caused the chip to break off in the first place there lies a crack in my tooth. Now here's the weird part: if I can get by with another filling, the Danish government will kick in and pay part. If I need a crown, I'm on my own. Because evidently getting a crown on my tooth is a luxury, like gold fronts or breast implants. I think I saw just the other day on MTV Cribs that 50 Cent has had all his teeth crowned. You know, to keep it real, yo.
For now, the dentist has wedged what looks like a piece of Doublemint gum in the gaping hole in my tooth and I'm supposed to see how that goes. If I get pain while eating, then I'll have to go with the crown.
However, there's a solution. Because of the favorable exchange rate between Denmark and Sweden, it actually costs less to get dentistry done over there. So I may be heading over there to get this fixed.
Up until now, my experiences with the Danish healthcare system have been uniformly positive. So it kind of sucks to hear that despite the outrageous tax rates, they won't cover what is by now a basic dental procedure. I think I'm going to take my chip of tooth downtown and hurl it at the National Parliament building in protest.
posted by L&D at
4:13 AM
2 Comments:
I hear you. I have always loved the NHS, but it's getting rough here in London now that I need physio. But it appears to be interfering with my work, so things will get sorted. That's the key to socialised medecine, justifying your need. Tell them that you need to occasionally bite the students to wake them up from the spiritual stupor. I'm sure that this will get you all the kroner needed to cover your crown!
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cij, at 10:29 AM
From Mikelle: Geez criminy Trevor, that' a drag. When a read your blog I had a flashback to the time we went to Mayfest. I think you had just gone to the dentist that day? Anyways, we did some whiskey shots prior to noon and then wandered around in 90 degree weather. Do you remember? And you got violently ill and had to go home. You later recounted the story to me and it sounded like you nearly -passed out on the mean sidewalks of SLC. Punk as Fuck.
So, moral of the story, be careful with yourself after you visit the dentist. That, and early morning whiskey shots are always a bad idea.
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