I am hazarding a guess you’re in the USA so your dentist is probably trying to milk your health insurance company for all they’re worth.

Oh you sweet summer child.

Health insurance in the U.S. doesn’t cover teeth. What are you crazy? Dental issues aren’t medical issues, you see. They’re dental issues. And dental issues are a whole different thing. So if you want dental coverage, you need dental insurance specifically.

And it’s a lot more common not to have dental insurance than not to have medical insurance. Because I think not being “medical” insurance exactly, they’re less regulated and so can deny more of the claims that they get than medical insurance can. Which runs you the risk of paying monthly for it and then getting your claims denied when it really matters.

And I’m one of the ones who doesn’t have dental insurance. (Partially because as I said earlier, I haven’t had a cavity in 20 years.) So it’s me they’re milking, not an insurance company. To the tune of about $4,200 so far between the dentist, endodontist, and periodontist. I think that includes the cost of the crown (like, they had me pay in advance for the crown, which makes it even more infuriating that they’re putting me off).