An Investment
By NGO on Nov 17, 2008 in Featured | comments(0)
From a cosmetic dentist, comfortable dental care can be really expensive. Even a simple procedure like routine dental whitening can run up quite a bill. There are many reasons for this. For one thing, the technology to do these procedures is always changing, and therefore relatively new. The equipment and materials, such as sedatives and surgical tools, are expensive. Training to be able to perform advanced procedures flawlessly is very expensive, and so competitive dentists and oral surgeons command high salaries.
Finally, most cosmetic dentistry is considered inessential, and is therefore entirely privately funded-that means the patients pay for it all. Some people tried to talk me out of having it done myself. I’m twenty-one years old and I work as a janitor, so I had to save up for over a year. But having crooked teeth isn’t fun.
I figured I’d get around to having it corrected eventually, so why not get it done early? Once you get your dental issues straightened out, your mouth and smile look normal for the rest of your life. So I thought that the sooner I do it, the more years I have with a nice smile. Frankly, I doubt I would have done anything more lasting or worthwhile with the money if I hadn’t spent it on the dentistry.
