Re: [Harp-L] implants or dentures

[IcemanLE@xxxxxxx]

Implants are the way to go if you can afford it - keep in mind that it is a 
 great labor income for the Dentist, but does involve his confidence and 
skill in  making sure you are happy with the outcome.
 
There is a negotiating technique to try with your Dentist. It sometimes  
disarms them when you begin to talk to them as if you had the same education  
that they did in certain areas - they look at you different and take you 
more  seriously.
 
There was a Dentist named Panke who developed, through his  Panke Institute 
seminars and classes, a fee technique that  involved co-discovering with 
the patient just how much the patient can  afford to pay. That means that the 
Dentist sets his fees based on "what type of  car you drive", in a manner of 
speaking. They ask you things like, "What value  would you put on having 
solid teeth for the rest of your life" and go for the  upper numbers, offering 
payment plans and financing to help swallow the money  pill. It's not too 
different than a car salesman trying to figure out what your  comfortable 
monthly payment would be and structuring the sale and interest rate  around 
this figure.
 
Since it isn't a fixed price, there is room for you to negotiate as long as 
 you understand where the Dentist is coming from and you can talk somewhat 
at his  level of understanding in this co-discovery technique. See, most 
people take  what Dentists and Doctors say as RULE and won't try a negotiation.
 
With this in mind, it is worth a try. Also, there are plenty of Dentists  
that do implants, so you aren't limited to just one or two choices.
 
 
 
 
In a message dated 7/8/2009 4:27:47 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:

My  sister & I both lost our teeth early (in our 50's). I got dentures.  
They
limit my embouchure when playing harp. I have to avoid some "mouth  shapes"
or the top denture falls down. I sometimes remove them to play and  this
changes things too.It's okay, but dentures limit me somewhat.
My  sister had implants using the latest technology at a cost of $50,000.
She  was in pain for 2 years and says that if she had known she would never
have  done it. She doesn't play  harp.
www.steveyork.com
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