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Aug. 4th, 2010
Not only now with more Froyo, but at the dentist's office, I learned that:
A) I had maxed out my dental insurance for the year
B) I had a $700 dollar credit (which oddly enough they seemed not at all as excited about as they had been when they thought I owed them $600). For some inexplicable reason in a country with the bestest medical establishments in the World, my dental insurance company decided that the dentists had obviously confused the billing when I had two dental visits in one day, and the following retreatment and additional root canal left them in a complete tizzy unable to add right. Of course, the dental office trying to sneak by higher than contracted prices, may have added to the their confusion.
C) I moved the next cleaning to January 4th, along with the an appointment for the grinding and crown.
D) Gold or white porcelain?
A) I had maxed out my dental insurance for the year
B) I had a $700 dollar credit (which oddly enough they seemed not at all as excited about as they had been when they thought I owed them $600). For some inexplicable reason in a country with the bestest medical establishments in the World, my dental insurance company decided that the dentists had obviously confused the billing when I had two dental visits in one day, and the following retreatment and additional root canal left them in a complete tizzy unable to add right. Of course, the dental office trying to sneak by higher than contracted prices, may have added to the their confusion.
C) I moved the next cleaning to January 4th, along with the an appointment for the grinding and crown.
D) Gold or white porcelain?
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