Actually, getting my tooth pulled didn’t hurt at all. I just hate the sound of my teeth crunching when they use metal stuff on them… I’ve always been like that. I can’t hardly eat with a fork and can’t STAND when people grind their fork on their teeth when they’re eating! Same goes for Porcelain ware and metal. Knives cutting and scratching against the plate makes me want to punch somebody.

Some people have a thing with Scratching nails on a Chalkboard… me? It’s Metal on teeth or porcelain. I literally freak out because it hurts my ears and sends shivers down my spine. No joke and no exaggerating.

Anyways… my Dentist is a little Vietnamese chick ( ) and she could barely yank the damn thing out. As good looking as she is - she drives me nuts when I have to get my teeth pulled because of this (had a Wisdom tooth pulled last summer) because I’m always looking forward to a quick pull and I’m back home for work. But no… it’s more like this: I took my PSP with me (just got it and it’s great for stuff like this) and I was playing Brothers In Arms for like an hour waiting for her to get back to me. She basically sent me to my chair and left me hanging after she gave me like 10 shots. I didn’t feel any of them until she hit the tooth behind it - which needs to be capped, which is why I went there.

So I got so bored after sitting there so long that I went to my car and grabbed a new game lol finally after I got bored of that game - she was ready to pull the tooth. But it took her about 15 minutes to pull it out! She spent that long pushing and pulling and cutting the damn thing… WOW.

On a lighter note… I didn’t have Dental Insurance — I have Health Insurance but not Dental as you have to wait 6 months to use it after paying $30+ a month and then you only get $1,000 worth of coverage. That’s like a Root Canal and an exam! Not worth it.

So I went to: www.DentalPlanZone.com and grabbed the Preferred Network Access by Cigna for $129.99 for 15 months (12 years PLUS an extra 3 right now!) coverage but the cool thing is that it’s a Discount plan! No waiting for 6 months to be able to use it and when I got there - the lady at the front desk was thinking that the other lady who called in to get the info made a mistake. I only paid $77 for the visit rather than nearly $200 and then $141 for the extraction rather than $236 and then I paid $81 for a Full Mouth X-Ray rather than $270.

Do the math and you can see that I was really happy. I saved more than I paid only 1 day before. Read that again… I only had to wait 1 day before it kicked in. Not bad huh? No 6 months waiting time and no having to fight to find a good Dentist. Mine was already listed

So, if you’re looking to get work done on your teeth and you want to save a few bucks –DEFINITELY look into this! I’m dead serious… you’re getting a better deal than Health Providers Dental Plans. I thought it was going to be a ripoff or one of those “discount plans” but it wasn’t. Cigna is a major carrier and it’s just one of their plans they provide.

I have to go back in for the same work I had done in 2001 that cost me $1,136.00 and this time it’s going to cost me $643.00 !!!

Sweeeeeeeeeettttttttttt.