I went to see a dentist 歯医者に行きました
Mar 17th 2010 14:13
I saw a dentist today because I had a toothache. The dentist told me that it would cost fifteen hundreds dollars to fix it. Whoa! It's too expensive! Does it cost such a lot of money to fix just one tooth? Why is it so expensive? I guess it wouldn't cost such a lot even without insurance, if I were in Japan. I know it is so hard to live in the U.S. without insurance, but I think the cost itself is too expensive here. My insurance could cover about 40% of cost, but it is still too expensive for me.
The dentist told me that it would cost fifteen hundreds dollars to fix it.
That's too expensive!
Does it really cost that much money to fix just one tooth?
I don't think it would cost that much even without insurance, if I were in Japan.
I know it is so hard to live in the U.
My insurance could cover about 40% of the cost, but it is still too expensive for me.
In Austria, insurance is mandatory. As a student I pay a bit more than 700 euros a year so that if I get sick and need a tooth fixed or an operation, I don't have to pay it extra.
But that also doesn't always work. I once needed a front tooth taken out and replaced with a fake one, cos I chipped it at an accident. The insurance payed for the taking out, but not for putting in the fake tooth. So I had to keep being in pain for months until I had enough money for the replacement.