I'm about to rip my own teeth out and get dentures!

[mormontreehugger]

It's gotta be cheaper than trying to get things covered with insurance! I'm trying to find supplemental insurance because I need so much work done (Thanks, State of Georgia for fluoridating my water. If I had any legal ground, I'd sue you for pain, suffering, and fillings.) but I'm totally lost as to who would have cheap plans. I need a couple crowns, which are 50% covered (which is about 50% not enough) by my insurance now, as well as a bunch of fillings which SHOULD be 80% covered but aren't because my prehistoric dental insurance only covers amalgam fillings and even if I WANTED them (*shudder*), no one around here even DOES them.
Anyone have a good experience with a supplemental insurance? I just can't afford all this work all at once, but in the meantime, my teeth are getting worse and worse...

[Strong Mama]

I dont have any advice except btdt. I am 35, and have had dentures for 3 years and dont regret a thing. I only wish I would have gotten them sooner!! I was in so much pain, embarrassed about my teeth and wouldnt even smile ever. It was going to cost me over $20,000 with insurance to do my dental work(thanks to neglectful parents who never took me to the dentist once and i had overcrowding)...so i finally was like i dont care, rip them out. i had them taken out all at once with just novacaine(i dont do GA unless needed) and i never take my teeth out, only to clean them of course. i sleep with them in and everything. i love them. i can eat everything normal. i sometimes forget they are fake lol hey i look at this way some people have fake boobs, i have fake teeth.
if your teeth are THAT bad, i would really consider dentures. it only cost me $1000 for everything.