ALL UP IN MY GRILL

Not busted grill

I'm totally puzzled at how teeth and eyes are excluded from regular medical health benefits. How did that happen?! Some jedi at an insurance company was like let's just exclude some parts of the body that happen to also be located on the head (which is a pretty important part of the body IMHO) and see if people notice. Fortunately, the company that my husband works for has amazing benefits and employees get free dental care. For their families it's an extra roughly $830 per year. Which is not that bad considering it pays for a lot.

My kids are young and not ready for the large dental bills yet and my teeth are fine, except for the four crowns right up front. More on that later. I have a great dentist that we trust, but it's still about $100 for each cleaning. Our dentist, Chuck Seleen told us about reduced cost dental care through Vermont Tech. The cleanings and xrays take a tad longer with the training hygenists, but it's worth it for $20 cleanings and $40 xrays. Vermont Tech sends the report and x-rays to Dr. Seleen and he lets me know if he needs to see any of us. Adults are allowed to go once per year and kids twice per year. We end up spending about $240 per year since I go to Dr. Seleen once each year in addition to the cleaning at Vermont Tech and one of us ends up needing x-rays that year too. I only get x-rays once every few years or so. Try to find a dental hygiene school in your town and call to get an appointment. You'll need to call right at the beginning of the semester if you want to get in. We call ( 802-879-2323) mid-August and early January.

Going to Vermont Tech saves us roughly $600 as opposed to paying for dental insurance. I can use that money to pay for my nearly useless eyes. Without science I would have grey hair, a busted grill and be nearly blind. There is no way that I'd be married to my sexy husband and have two awesome kids. He's a great guy and all, but he's not blind. Cheers to you science!

My husband's snowboard is grillalicious.

PS. About my busted grill - to say that I'm clumsy is mild. My grill is busted when au naturel due to an unfortunate run in with a tile floor, but thanks to my talented dentist and Contour Dental Arts no one knows that. Now you know, but whatevs. Typically the crowns last for a really long time, but just as a special treat two of them fell out before the holidays last year. They were only a few years old and long story short - NEVER go to Atlanta Dental Arts. Well, you can go there if you want, but know that work that should last 15-20 years may last a few years and you'll spend $1k per tooth. So, all I got for xmas last year was my two front teeth. At least my grill isn't busted.