Dental appointment got moved to this morning

[sinisterporpoise]

The dental clinic had an opening and was able to fit me in this morning. I found this out last night, and agreed to come in.  It was a mixture of both good and bad news. The good news is it's not any nerve running through that area causing the pain. The bad news is that my final set of wisdom teeth need pulled. 

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[silk_dragon_zen]

I'm so glad you didn't end up having to wait till the end of the month for this appointment!!! I know it's just a preliminary appointment, but at least you've got the ball rolling something like four weeks earlier than it would have been. Yaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyyy!!!!

[sinisterporpoise]

After calling around this morning, it seems there are two problems. One, few places actually accept the new dental insurance offered by the Healthy Indiana Plan. Two, the second problem comes from what it does cover. It does not cover teeth extraction.

Aaaargh! If the Division of Family Resources hadn't made a paperwork error two years ago, this wouldn't be a problem.

[silk_dragon_zen]

Wow, that sucks! :(

[sinisterporpoise]

I'm seeing -- or fighting with them if you prefer -- to get them to cover wisdom teeth extraction as a medical necessity. I've spent a good deal of time with them on the phone today.

[silk_dragon_zen]

It certainly *is* a medical necessity: those things could get seriously infected!

[sinisterporpoise]

If need be, I'll have the local dental clinic take them out, but I was hoping to do sedation dentistry. (I've got one bad memory of having a tooth pulled with a dentist who used Novacaine.) It seems that if it was an accident or if the tooth were infected, the insurance company would consider it to be a medical necessity.

I'm not sure why, but I went into my room to sulk for a bit and ended up crying a bit.

[silk_dragon_zen]

♡sympathy♡