dental insurance companies are all EVIL...

...no matter how much their stupid recruitment literature and info packets claim they are concerned for your health and well-being. they pay for squat! and unfortunately, they often dictate the course of treatment, even if it's less than ideal. for example, insurance covers root canal therapy, but does NOT cover the crown that's supposed to restore the tooth and protect if from breaking in the future (for a classic example of this fiasco and the consequences, see my post from a few days ago about the un-crowned root canal treated tooth that snapped and i had to drill out of the bone - very messy). but patients don't hear that, they only hear, "a crown will cost x-ammount of dollars out of pocket (usually around $900)" so they opt for that massive blob of a filling that looks like crap and dooms the tooth to certain death because, hey, insurance pays for it! people of the world - these plans are NOT designed to help you! they are out for profit, like all insurance companies of the world! they are evil and they cannot diagnose and don't want what is best for you!!!

now, i'm not one of those aggressive dentists you read about or see on t.v. that the reporters do exposes on and find these doctors that give $10000 treatment plans to healthy smiles. but if i see a broken tooth and i think it needs a crown, it needs a crown regardless of whether insurance will pay for it or not. if you were that concerned, then you shouldn't have let your tooth go to begin with! and then they get mad at me because they don't like what i have to say, and i'm trying to make money and that's all i care about, and blah blah blah. that's not true! i just don't want to have to drill your broken tooth out later on! and don't even get me started on gum disease, the silent killer, that's even worse. try convincing people they're mouths are sick when it doesn't hurt them and there's no apparent distress, and further convince them to shell out thousands of dollars for gum surgery. hah!

don't mind my rant, i am feeling a bit out of sorts today. and it's wierd, too because it happens to be my day off. i worked like a dog yesterday, did some good stuff and made some people happy, which is nice. i also have tomorrow off with canuck, that will be a nice and welcome change, we've been two ships passing in the night lately! and my dad's visiting toronto this weekend and he hasn't been here in over 30 years. i can't wait to show him around the city, take him to my new office, go up to the top of the CN tower, and all that touristy stuff that you don't do when you actually live in the destination city. it's like i spent my whole life in new york and have never been inside the chrysler building, went to the empire state building only three times, and went to the top of the WTC only once (i really regret that now). i think i've been to the CN tower more times than all of those combined!

cookie's up from her nap and wants pasta now. okay, okay, okay...