>> The filling kept getting infected. I lose count of how many times I had 
>> it refilled. In the end, they decided to just remove the tooth and be 
>> done with it.
> 
>   How is this possible? One would think that modern dentistry would have
> solved such problems.

I guess the filling doesn't make a perfect seal, or maybe there's a 
crack somewhere else in the tooth. IDK. All I know is that having an 
infected tooth hurts quite a bit.

>   I assume getting an artificial tooth to replace it is such a specialized
> form of "cosmetic" surgery that the health care system isn't going to pay
> for such things there?



Obviously, I don't have (and never will have) that amount of money.

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