Today I went for a quick scan at the ortho, basically a 'camera on the end of a stick' was put in my mouth and moved around to capture a 3D image of my entire upper mouth and palate. This was needed so it could be sent with my CBCT to a lab/UCLA to make my custom fit MSE.
This was all fine, however, I am apparently so narrow and my palate is so high up that it took 2 techs trying to capture it all and a 3rd person pacing around looking confused! In the end they could NOT get the whole scan and had to call the lab to confirm that they had enough to model my MSE! I was feeling pretty special, that's for sure. This reminded me of the last time I had to have molds made with the goop-in-the-tray method for my last neuro-muscular bite splint: a tech tried approximately 26 trays before she found a child's mold that almost fit, but had to go heat it up so it would bend into more of a V shape to fit my lower jaw. -_-
Anyways, these scans took like 45 mins to get. I feel it should have taken 15? I hope everything comes back good enough as the ortho isn't even in the office until next Tuesday and the MSE is supposed to be ordered tomorrow.
Also, I am plagued with insomnia so I had a thought the other night and followed through. Yes, I can afford this treatment, however, I thought why not use a credit card and get cash back, bonus points, something... I found a credit card that gives me a $200 cash back bonus if I spend $1000+ the first month, plus 1% back on this type of purchase. And, if I pay up front in 'cash' at the doctors office I get 5% off their services....
THIS IS SAVING ME AN ADDITIONAL $745 and I have a 12 month 0% APR on the card, just as I would have a 12 month payment plan at the doctors! So, awesome! Much smart! Many responsible! This will also build my already great credit. Yesss.
Anyways, here's my mouth, sans the highest part of my palate-
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