.... or more aptly titled, "face-bonk, the gift that keeps on giving".

Remember me mentioning that my teeth were literally falling apart? Well, when I went back to the dentist yesterday to get the new crowns in place I mentioned to the dentist that two more teeth have broken. He took a cursory look and said that those two teeth are too far gone to do just a filling. They'll need crowns if I want to keep them.

People, I'm seriously not eating anything harder than an apple. I'm not chewing gum! I'm not chewing ice! I'm not doing anything that would cause harm to my teeth, yet they're breaking apart before my very eyes since I've started actually chewing stuff.

The dentist said that he sees three more teeth that need crowns, in addition to the three that have already been crowned in the last couple of months. OUCH. Do you know how much it costs per crown? Somewhere between 1500 and 1800 per crown, depending on the prep.

I decided to call my medical insurance company to see if there is any possibility that they might pay for my teeth, since this was an incident requiring medical care. Are you ready for this? YES! Yes it is!

There's one caveat though- one that is going to be difficult (but not impossible!) to accomplish. All of the work has to be done within one year of the accident. The accident was on 12/28/08- so I have 20 days to get all of this done. Oh- and finish three projects... and do all the stuff that goes along with Christmas.

Oh vey!

I called the dentist's office and gave them the news. They're fitting me in today so we can get this party started.

I don't think ever in my life have I wanted to go to the dentist every day- but now I do because this is going to cost big bucks of insurance doesn't pay. Well over 10k, when all is said and done- probably closer to 15k if you count the money we've already spent.