Hmmm. I have a very bad tooth, I'm told, which will cause me a great deal of pain at some point, so I need to get it extracted and replaced with an implant ASAP. Your fake tooth story has me wondering about going that route, rather than an implant.

Still have to work out how to eat for 3+ weeks while one side heals, beyond "just chew with your other side." The side with cracked teeth. Which are what made me go to the dentist in the first place. But don't look nearly as bad on X-rays, apparently.

Oh, and paying for it all with no dental insurance. Including, probably, a trip to a different dentist. <sigh>