Back in the 90's when I lived in South Africa, I had a TON of work done on my teeth. Something like 6 cavities filled, scaling, etc. Just recently I had one of the fillings fall out...no big deal, but upon further X-Rays and examinations, its been determined that more than half of the fillings have cracked and decay is beginning under them! So yeah-i have dental insurance, but as opposed to health insurance, dental is more like 20% off coupons. Bottom line is that I'm looking at about 10k worth of work in the coming year (Root canals and such).....I've elected to have the immediate tooth in question pulled since it is the furthest back molar and will only cost 200$ to do, but man I'm pissed! So off I go at 2:30 (Tooth-hurty) to get it yanked...Dammit!! I'll be kilted at least.