Preventive cleaning, even without insurance, is not that expensive. Going once a year (rather than the 6 months the dentist tries to tell you) or even once every two years would have done a world of good.
Political correctness is the pettiest form of casuistry.
ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius
Ummaka qinnassa nīk!
*MySmiley*
ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius
Ummaka qinnassa nīk!
*MySmiley*
NSSP: I Live in the Greatest Country on Earth! 
- 09/09/2010 06:12:06 PM
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- 09/09/2010 06:12:06 PM
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17 fillings? Do you ever go to the dentist? *NM*
- 09/09/2010 06:26:05 PM
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seriously. that's an insane number of fillings to have been putting off.
- 09/09/2010 06:28:09 PM
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This is the first time in my life I've had dental insurance.
- 09/09/2010 06:29:44 PM
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So in other words it's your own damn fault.
- 09/09/2010 07:34:43 PM
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"Not that expensive" is a big phrase.
- 10/09/2010 05:42:55 AM
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have you tried going to a dental school?
- 09/09/2010 07:36:15 PM
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Congratulations: You made the first constructive suggestion in the thread. 
- 10/09/2010 05:37:51 AM
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- 10/09/2010 05:37:51 AM
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well, I bet it wouldn't have cost you near so much if you hadn't kept putting it off.
- 09/09/2010 06:29:50 PM
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Yes, I was able to figure that out on my own.
- 09/09/2010 06:34:58 PM
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17? Wow... do you use cola as mouthwash? *NM*
- 09/09/2010 06:46:28 PM
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Dr. Pepper
- 09/09/2010 06:47:32 PM
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Re: Dr. Pepper
- 10/09/2010 07:05:06 PM
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A reasonable response; amazing how it doesn't make me foam at the mouth.... 
- 11/09/2010 04:02:10 PM
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- 11/09/2010 04:02:10 PM
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would it save you money if they just ripped them all out and put in dentures instead? *NM*
- 09/09/2010 09:32:41 PM
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I feel so sorry for people who have to live in uncivilised countries.
- 10/09/2010 12:18:11 AM
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yes he will be moving to the land known for great dental care *NM*
- 10/09/2010 01:01:37 AM
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*NM*
- 10/09/2010 01:01:37 AM
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I think I must have been channeling a drunken poet when I wrote that insult 
- 10/09/2010 01:23:45 AM
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- 10/09/2010 01:23:45 AM
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LOL A British person lecturing us about anything involving dental care.
- 10/09/2010 02:02:33 AM
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I love how I'm not the only one to remember very old Simpson episodes!
- 10/09/2010 03:58:41 AM
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When I posted regularly and prolifically that was kinda my thing.
- 10/09/2010 06:17:03 AM
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- 10/09/2010 06:17:03 AM
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Where does that stereotype come from?
- 11/09/2010 04:52:41 PM
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Yeah, about that...
- 11/09/2010 09:31:11 PM
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America is fine. You just suck at it. *NM*
- 10/09/2010 12:29:48 AM
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Sorry for the national debt nearly as large as our GDP, falling standard of living and Iraq War.
- 10/09/2010 05:57:34 AM
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~shrugs~
- 10/09/2010 01:48:24 AM
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In this case I did without so I could get to work every day, and put my arm back in its socket.
- 10/09/2010 06:19:11 AM
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Your travel money would certainly have paid for a lot of dentistry. *NM*
- 10/09/2010 02:00:09 AM
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LITERATEDOG!!
- 10/09/2010 02:02:57 AM
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I was trying to go the Facebook route, but no one wants to debate anything there. *NM*
- 10/09/2010 02:04:48 AM
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*NM*
- 10/09/2010 02:04:48 AM
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The only people that reply to you on Facebook are people who already like you and agree with you. *NM*
- 10/09/2010 03:07:22 AM
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*NM*
- 10/09/2010 03:07:22 AM
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Not really.
- 10/09/2010 06:21:55 AM
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Oh, honey, I don't blame you for the Norway travel.
- 10/09/2010 06:35:10 AM
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Funny thing is I once would've agreed.
- 10/09/2010 08:47:34 AM
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Boohoo. You made your choices. You prioritized luxuries before dental care. Live with it.
- 10/09/2010 04:40:05 PM
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Joel opened himself up to this
- 10/09/2010 05:22:45 PM
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But it's all about his personal choices.
- 10/09/2010 05:33:42 PM
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A rather tangential point, but since you keep talking about what "you as a nation" pay for...
- 10/09/2010 06:07:10 PM
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I couldn't care less what his actual income is.
- 10/09/2010 06:16:41 PM
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IIRC, you think there's a huge pile of misspent money that should be returned to its owners.
- 11/09/2010 04:12:57 PM
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Yes.
- 10/09/2010 06:33:22 PM
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Whatever. Completely ignore my points because you want to hide behind the label "personal choice".
- 10/09/2010 11:13:02 PM
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"if you really work as much as you claim, then you must piss money away at an astounding rate" eh?
- 11/09/2010 03:49:58 PM
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And your comparison of a celebratory party to the basic right to marry itself is ludicrous.
- 10/09/2010 06:55:18 AM
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That's an unfortunate situation...
- 10/09/2010 05:10:01 PM
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*hugs* I'm glad you got it taken care of though, and glad to hear from you; been a little worried.
- 11/09/2010 04:34:31 PM
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