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.

-- 
Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
    Quoth the raven:
        Need S'Mores!

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