Part of our dental account was waived
By Judy Evans
@JudyEv (382566)
Rockingham, Australia
March 27, 2019 7:14pm CST
Vince (my husband) and I both went to the dentist yesterday for check-ups. Luckily neither of us needs to have any work done although he has put us on six-monthly checks. He also recommended we use a fluoride toothpaste, only available from the chemist. It is more expensive than most others but you only use a very small amount. You brush your teeth, spit out the bubbles but don’t rinse, eat or drink for half-an-hour.
Our health insurance fund paid all bar $7.50 of the account and for some reason they waived that amount. Maybe it was because Vince took a photo of our kindly dentist. He looks good in black and white doesn’t he? But isn’t that a bit of a turn-up for a dental surgery?
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@Deepizzaguy (122336)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
28 Mar 19
It is good to know that the health insurance did pay for the doctor's fee for dental work.
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@marguicha (230365)
• Chile
28 Mar 19
MMy dentist charges for everything. I´m glad that you gave that tip about the toothpaste. I´ll buy it and use as you say.
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@Tampa_girl7 (54739)
• United States
28 Mar 19
I'm not sure if I could stand not being able to rinse my mouth out.
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@moffittjc (128854)
• Gainesville, Florida
29 Mar 19
Your regular toothpaste in Australia doesn't have fluoride in it? All of our toothpaste has fluoride, I didn't know toothpaste existed that didn't have fluoride.
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@JudyEv (382566)
• Rockingham, Australia
29 Mar 19
Hi Jeff. I was just starting to wonder where you'd been, maybe if you'd collected a lethal paintball. 
Most of our town water supplies have fluoride added so I guess that might be why you can buy toothpaste without it. That's 92% of West Aussie citizens. I just checked. Three areas have naturally occurring fluoride and one area has to de-fluoride the natural water. Here endeth the lesson. :)
Most of our town water supplies have fluoride added so I guess that might be why you can buy toothpaste without it. That's 92% of West Aussie citizens. I just checked. Three areas have naturally occurring fluoride and one area has to de-fluoride the natural water. Here endeth the lesson. :)4 people like this
@norcal (4889)
• Franklinton, North Carolina
29 Mar 19
I think the kind of toothpaste she's talking about has extra strong fluoride. I've had to use special toothpaste that I could not rinse out, as she has described. I think our regular toothpaste in the US has just a little bit of fluoride.
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@moffittjc (128854)
• Gainesville, Florida
29 Mar 19
@JudyEv Yeah, we add fluoride to our drinking water as well. So maybe it's overkill for us, but we have fluoridated drinking water AND fluoride toothpaste. Americans are obsessed with their teeth!
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@1hopefulman (45111)
• Canada
29 Mar 19
That is a great picture!
I was also at the dentist on Thursday and it cost me $200 for the checkup and I will have to go back to have a filling that broke fixed and a bit of more intensive preventive work so that my teeth will last a long time, whatever that means. I want o keep my teeth as long as I can and so it will be worth it!
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@1hopefulman (45111)
• Canada
31 Mar 19
@JudyEv I feel the same but at that time no one taught me about teeth hygiene.
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@JudyEv (382566)
• Rockingham, Australia
1 Apr 19
@1hopefulman Some here. We only ever went to the dentist with tooth-ache which usually meant an extraction.
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@arthurchappell (44941)
• Preston, England
30 Mar 19
nice to get a saving, even if only for a modest amount - good shot of the Dentist
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@arthurchappell (44941)
• Preston, England
1 Apr 19
@JudyEv must take my camera next time I go to the dentist, lol
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@JudyEv (382566)
• Rockingham, Australia
1 Apr 19
@arthurchappell Yes, let him be on the end of the camera for a change. They always seem to want to take X-rays but they say the radiation is minimal. You just have to trust them really don't you?
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@BelleStarr (61463)
• United States
29 Mar 19
We get a treatment of fluoride at the dentist office, we gargle with it and it is good for 6 months. I use a toothpaste for sensitive teeth.
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@FayeHazel (40230)
• United States
29 Mar 19
Great photo!
Im happy you didn't need anything done with your teeth.
Are you going to go with that toothpaste?
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@JudyEv (382566)
• Rockingham, Australia
1 Apr 19
@FayeHazel Too soon to tell and I don't know if we'd notice any difference anyway. The dentist said we have a bit of gingivitis so maybe our gums won't bleed so much - not that they bleed a lot but they sometimes do.
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@FayeHazel (40230)
• United States
31 Mar 19
@JudyEv AH - does the new toothpaste seem to be working? Or too soon to tell?
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@Hate2Iron (15724)
• Canada
29 Mar 19
Really happy about your good check up... keeping fingers crossed that ours is the same!! Just wish that it didn't make me so nervous!!
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@Marilynda1225 (91169)
• United States
30 Mar 19
Your dentist has such kind eyes.
Glad you don't have to have any serious dental work done.
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@JudyEv (382566)
• Rockingham, Australia
31 Mar 19
We are taking much better care of our teeth now we're older which is really stupid. We should have been doing this when we were young.
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