I had a crown come off in the middle of an afternoon while I was on my way to a business meeting. Its been about two weeks since then. -It's always jostling mentally when something like that happens. I called my dentist and they got me in right away the following morning. The dentist tells me: Yes we did that crown almost two years ago. She took an X-ray and decided that it was "too far gone" to repair and recommended extraction and an dental implant. I was totally confused, all my teeth and gums are perfect, I brush twice a day, how am I at the crossroads of extracting a tooth that was repaired and perfect less than two years ago?
After this shocking news, the dentist gave me a referral to an oral surgeon. I called on my way out of the office, and they quoted me a price over the phone...$5000.
I passed out in my mind. Speechless.
*(This is the part where I tell you I don't have dental insurance. You might be surprised by that, or not. It's also worth mentioning that I am an adjunct college professor, where I have taught for half of a decade. )
I drive home and begin to ask around, did a google search and made an appointment with a dentist a bit closer to my neighborhood. She was fantastic, however, same thing...it can't be done, pull it and implant.
Again, I left numb, not literally, but mentally and spiritually. "How would I finance this?...There has to be another way, another option."
So I'm at gym and a friend recommend Dr. Mirko Vomberger. He literally was two blocks away from the gym. I called, and they got me in within the week as a new patient. On our first meeting I brought him the crown, told him my story and gave him my dental file of X-rays. He looked at the possibility of my tooth and said that he was surprised as to why the first dentist didn't just clean it up and cement it back on. There was no decay or infection in the tooth, my gums were healthy, and there was plenty of build up to work with.
And so, after all that nonsense, he just cleaned up the tooth and cemented it back on, and it was over.
I had my tooth again!
And I could actually afford the few hundred dollars to get it back.
As I got up from the chair I shook his hand and asked him if he would be my new dentist. He said "of course."
And so third times a charm and I'm thankful for the practical professionalism of doctor Mirko Vombergar, and would recommend him to anyone. read more