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Author: Alphie
Date: 2004-06-06 12:01

I put this thread on the Klarinet list and I'll put it here as well.

At the moment I’m fighting a battle with the National Health Insurance Department in Sweden and I want some inputs. My problem is that I recently had to pull a tooth, #6 from the middle at the bottom left side. I think it's the third molar. This was due to an accident caused by my ex-dentist when performing a root-filling. In Sweden, a high tax country, an accident like this was until recently covered by the national health insurance together with the dentists own insurance.

Until recently there were two different treatments I could choose between: a conventional bridge or a titanium implant. I want an implant for various
reasons: An implant only replaces the missing tooth without doing any damage to the surrounding teeth. Minimum changes in the cavity. When mounting a bridge you have to reshape the surrounding teeth to fit the bridge. The damage is permanent and if I’m not happy with the result there is no way back to what it was before. Some major changes in the cavity.

Recently they changed the recommendations about implants behind the 5th tooth. Now they won’t pay for this slightly more expensive treatment even if the dentist’s insurance is paying 90% of the operation. I’ve been claiming that I’m a clarinettist in a major philharmonic orchestra and that I can’t risk any major changes in my cavity because it will put my future as a musician at risk but it makes no difference. The rules are the same for all.
In my country there are no insurance companies that offer private tooth insurances. The rule has always been that the dentist’s insurance together with the NHI should cover everything without any problems. Now, the only possibility to get an implant behind the 5th tooth is to pay everything out of your own pocket and I don’t think that’s fair considering that Sweden is the country with the highest taxes in the world. But when you want something that’s not “average” they let you down.

The new recommendations haven’t been tried in court yet so my case will be the first. What I want is that the recommendations should be practised more flexible, in fact as they actually are formulated. If someone claims good reasons like professional reasons they should make an exception. It’s important that I’ll win this case since it will become pilot case. As it is now it’s already a pilot case to my disadvantage as long as I don’t bring it to court. So I have everything to win.

What I’m asking from you fellow clarinettists is why you would prefer an implant instead of a bridge yourself? Every input is valuable since I need all ammunition I can get. If there are any dentists on this BB who also play the clarinet you’re especially welcome to take part of the discussion.

Just don’t get stuck in a discussion about taxes. I happen to know every detail about those discussions beforehand.

Alphie

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