update

it's the filling in tooth 13 that has apparently given up the ghost.

it will be replaced on july 11 at 10 am.

see, i knew i wasn't crazy.

tooth 3 is a problem as well, but that's for another day.

woo hoo woo hoo i get to go to the dentist for the billionth time this year!!!

mags, you're right, i should just tell them to pull them all out and start over -- i think i'll do something understated. porcelain? bakelite? my crowns were 700 bucks each and they claim they're some sort of "precious metal" underneath. perhaps when i die s can have them melted down.

so how much have i spent on my teeth in the past six or so years?? not counting little stuff like replacement fillings. let's do a brief tally, shall we?

crown x 2 on bottom molar = $1,400 (first one broke on the bottom of a "drumstick" ice cream cone)
crown x 2 on loathsome tooth 14 (top left) = $1,400 (first one came out embedded in a cherry now 'n' later)
crown on that one near the front = $700
root canals (4 total) = $ 3,600
root canal surgery (on loathsome tooth 14) $1,600
my collective suffering $market

jesus. i could've put a deposit down on a condo downtown.

of course insurance paid for SOME of this. the operative word being SOME. i suppose it's worth it. i am after all smiling more at the world in general, and using my teeth to smile at my favorite people.

off to the pool. if i don't resurface by tomorrow morning, alert the coast guard.