Warp wrote:
> How is this possible? One would think that modern dentistry would have
> solved such problems.
They just did. ;-)
> 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?
It's not cosmetic if you're fixing an infection. "Cosmetic" generally means
"voluntary" in this sort of thing. So if the dentist says "You need a
denture there to keep the teeth from shifting inappropriately" it's not
cosmetic, any more than a prosthetic limb is.
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Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
Quoth the raven:
Need S'Mores!
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