Wow. You still have a long road ahead. Sorry dude.Irish wrote: ↑Mon Nov 25, 2019 6:17 pm I got some good/surprising news on the insurance front. It appears that they are going to write some sort of addendum to their plan for cases like mine where a medical issue caused the dental problem. The head of HR for Sinclair Broadcasting Group (wife's employer) has gave us a verbal "its going to be completely covered, including prosthodontics".
I have gone to two different oral surgeons. One was the dude that removed all my upper teeth. His office staff has the worst bedside manner of any "doctor" i have ever been to, but his medical staff is top shelf. His anesthesiologist, upon hearing I was cancer free, made it a point to stop in and tell me that she had prayed everyday for me. Made my eyes leak a little. He has a super busy, successful practice with a waiting room containing furniture (and artwork) who's value likely surpasses every lick of furniture I have ever owned in my life...combined. He wants to do 6-8 upper implants and 5 lower and the upper will necessitate bone grafting. He doesn't deal in the prosthetics. He referred me to a "delicate genius" who charged me $180 to tell me that I needed $40000 worth of teeth. This really pissed me off but I was in "Doctor visit mode" at the time and I was suffering sticker shock so I paid without complaint. Anyway....Total all-in is likely $120K and 10 months until I have a permanent mouth rebuild.
The other dude has a country road practice outside a local college town. He only wants to do 4 top and 4 bottom implants and he does his own prosthetics. His total is $70k. I've seen him twice and both times he has pushed so hard on my surgical sites that the bottom of my mouth feels super uncomfortable for weeks afterwards. He seems to be infatuated with the work that was done there (which is really impressive but is also as uncomfortable as fuck) and he seems like he wants to get in there and do all sorts of modifications that the other guy says is unnecessary. He is, however, much more willing to work with the insurance, is substantially cheaper and his turn around is only 6 months. But I really fear he is a sawbones, quack mfer.
I am hoping to be able to get exactly what procedures are covered in writing and then go get at least one more opinion. Hopefully one that will fall between the elitist and the neanderthal.
about your insurance coverage. While I have serious problems with Sinclair Broadcasting and their buying up of local news outlets all over the country to spew far right wingnut 
while passing it off as news, I am very glad they're stepping up for you.Best of luck finding an oral surgeon in the "goldilocks" zone. Keep us posted.
p.s. , sorry for the Sinclair rant. Didn't mean to impugn your wife's employer.
and 
that it ever had to come to a battle in the first place, 
in your new teefus. 
Thanks for your support Olde friend
