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Yes, as a matter of fact $100 per month is a lot of money. Start saving even a little bit now and you'll be surprised at how it adds up. Your college loan payme
by Agathos 18y ago
Yes, as a matter of fact $100 per month is a lot of money. Start saving even a little bit now and you'll be surprised at how it adds up. Your college loan payment is so huge that even 3% of it would have a big effect.
By the way, my dentist charges less than $100 per filling. Does the nitrous oxide cost an extra $700? (Ah, I miss getting fillings as a kid.)
- tptacek 18y agoIt is infinitely harder to find a tenable pediatric densist than it is to find someone to fix your own teeth. It's so far apart that they aren't even the same problem. And so, I suspect, childrens dental work costs quite a bit more.
- thismat 18y agoIt's really not that bad if you pay for dental insurance. I do for both of my kids and it's not nearly that expensive. Plus you make a good point on why people should avoid junk food and exercise better hygiene, and teach they're children to do so as well (I know that's not always the case, but I bet studies show it is a huge majority of the time).
- kragen 18y agoA substantial fraction of the variation in dental caries is independent of behavioral risk factors.
- tptacek 18y agoDental insurance is a bad deal. It mostly involves paying in advance for dental work, at a premium. Note that routine dental work is not something that "insures" well; you can't buy cost-effective insurance for something everyone knows is going to happen.
- kragen 18y agoIf you have a pediatric dental bill that gets a little bit higher than that, it might be worthwhile flying the kid to Argentina to get the work done. The dentists here are, by and large, better than in the US, the culture in general is a lot more tolerant of kids, the prices are a lot lower, and you get to travel to Argentina. And some of the dentists speak English. I think Costa Rica is a more popular dental tourism destination.
- tptacek 18y agoYeah, kragen. That's what I'm going to do. I'm going to take a week off and fly my kid to Argentina for a filling. All due respect to Argentina --- I've got team members from Argentina -- but come on.
- kragen 18y agoYou might already have some vacation time, it doesn't necessarily take a week, and it would be more worthwhile if you were talking about more than just a single filling.