Happy Teeth

[mishaday]

I'm pretty lackadaisical about my health, physical and dental. Part of that is being raised in Christian Science, part penny-pinching scroogishness and partly simple laziness. The last time I visited a doctor was in college, and my last dental visit was in Kansas City, when I had my wisdom teeth yanked. I thought that my insurance had it covered, since I'd been paying the COBRA after loosing my job at Sprint, but oops, no - had to pony up the full amount myself, in addition to being comepletely out of it for three days.

I spent most of those three days on the green couch, feeling very woozy. And I'm still sort of pisssed about the insurance thing.

Overall, I'm pretty healthy. I don't exercise as much as I should, I have weird snack cravings, and I weather colds with a lot of bitching and a sort of tiny, subdued glee that I have an excuse to miss work and get paid for it. I bought an electric toothbrush a few years back while I was insurance-less, just as a way to get myself to brush my teeth more often and more regularly (it's got a little beep every thirty seconds to tell me to switch mouth quadrants.)

Now that I do have insurance, I've had 'Make a dental cleaning appointment' on my to-do list for... too long. But, well. No close clinics on the plan, the moving thing, the no car thing... the list of excuses goes on. Then, last week, I noticed a poster in the hallway here at work with a toothbrush trial.

They're giving me $135 for trying out a new toothbrush, with free exams and a cleaning. And I've just had the qualifying exam, so my gums are frighteningly bright pink (think Barbie), and very healthy. Whee! They're just looking at gums, not cavities, so after all this I'll still need to find a regular dentist, but this is a very nice excuse for further procrastination.

Comments

[jacynrebekah.livejournal.com]

Oooh! I procrastinate too! It's genuinely embarassing how long it's been since I've seen a dentist.

I see those signs in the hall all the time... But laziness has thus far prevented me from calling.

[unmisha.livejournal.com]

This one had email, which eliminated all phone weirdness on my part. And it's just down in D-wing, for 5 visits over 10 weeks. It's too cool to get paid to see a dentist.