I'm so angry and in so much pain right now. A couple of weeks ago I started to have an annoying pain on the right bottom side of my mouth, all the way in the back. I realized it was my wisdom tooth starting to poke through and called my dentist. When I went in they told me that the wisdom tooth wasn't irritated or showing any signs that it was growing in, and that it had probably been like that for some time and I was just now noticing from the pain. They told me that the pain was actually coming from the back top tooth on that side, and that it must just be radiating to the bottom, and that I would need a root canal and cap. They warned me that the cap HAD to be done right after the root canal or I could lose the tooth, and said that if the wisdom teeth did star growing in more I should probably wait until next year to take care of that since I'd be close to my insurance cap w/the root canal and crown.

So I get the root canal done (which was an awful experience) at a specialist's office, since I guess regular dentist's don't do them on the very back teeth and special equipment is necessary. I call my dentist, told them it was done, and made an appointment for the crown...and they called me today to tell me that my insurance is already capped out from the root canal and ask if I still want the crown done because I'll have to pay for it out of pocket. Really, morons?! You already told me that I HAVE to have the cap done, and that it wouldn't max out my insurance! I get that they don't know exactly how much the specialists charge, but they should've told me that so I would have been prepared for this possibility!

And the kicker is that my wisdom tooth is KILLING me. It hurts worse than ever and I'm in agony whenever something touches the gums right where the wisdom tooth is. It has grown in more in the last few days and there is NO WAY that's not where the pain is coming from. So now I'm going to end up paying for a wisdom tooth extraction and a crown of out pocket, plus be in pain way longer than necessary, all because of their screw up.