As previously posted, I am getting a crown put on my tooth. Today was the day, or so I thought. When I went in for my appointment, they asked me if I would like to go to a student instead to try and save some money. I knew about the student dental school but decided I didn’t want to risk having my teeth messed up more than they are, which is why I was seeing the faculty and not the students. So my first thought was “no” until she told me the price difference. It is $1,300 for my crown if I stayed with my great dentist. If I went to a not so great, not-yet dentist I would pay $400.

I gave in to the enormous price difference. Unfortunately, this means I have to wait another month until the student can see me and since she is still learning the appointment will take 3 hours instead of 1 1/2. She did an impression of my moth today to get things started, and let me say watching her do that seemingly simple task did not calm my fears. I must wait apprehensively to see if my attempt to save money is worth a potential disaster.