80,000yen!

Funny foreign car TV ads. I like this one, and I wonder if this was okay? Animal protection activists did not complain to Opel?

By the way, I went to the dentist before work, I have to cover some teeth with white crowns". Guess what! the doctor said one crown costs 80,000yen! Because the white ceramic crown isn't covered by insurance. Bye bye my bonus...orz, but it's my fault. I will pay. I have to say I spent pretty good money for my teeth already. The doctor said my teeth are small and thin, that would be the big reason. Do you know WHO recommends adding fluorine to running water to prevent bad teeth? The U.S. and 60 other countries have it in the water, but Japan doesn't. Just a few years ago, the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare permitted its use, but I heard fluorine is still not included into water in Japan. People discuss the safeness of water.

Well at least I am in a little bit of a bad mood :-) because of my teeth, so I tried to cheer myself up with one of my favorite sites". It's one 2channeler's blog. (my 2ch post). This week I like this post "I am Winnie the pooh, I will go shopping now." Pooh asked us, "Do you have some requests?" Everybody wrote what they wanted. Some said "Pointing to a meat bun then saying" -give me Piglet-". Some said "Get a Mickey Mouse and cut it into thin strips. Then shout -If you were not here-", like that. Then Pooh went shopping and updated photos in real time, readers wondered if pooh would be caught by guards. Actually we have had such a stupid story before. But fortunately Pooh could finish his shopping without problem. Well you know such ridiculous, nonsense stuff heals us. right?

Since last week, I've been "off-whack" :-) I should get overhauled.

Comments

[Mari]

Hi there
I was totally shocked to know the price of my tooth treatment. You know what? I should save money for tooth!

[Esther]

That first ad is one of those filler spots that they show between shows on SciFi network. I don't get cable but saw it at my parents house. It's one of the less weird spots even. Some are just too strange for me to watch.

[clay]

That is very funny. Very odd too. I worry about Japanese people and their teeth. Now that I live in Nippon, I worry about my teeth too.

[David]

Merry Christmas, a happy prosperous new year to you & yours.
Many Thanks for the sheer pleasure of reading your blog !!

[Claire (クレア）]

The Opel ad with the little white dog was funny! The neighbor has two small dogs very much like that. When they are outside, and they are left outside often, all they do is make noise. I love dogs--I own one myself--but those two are very annoying to me. If you could put them on the end of a stick, they would make good dust mops.

In America, there is usually a debate when you go to the dentist about what type of crown he or she will use on your teeth. Usually on your back teeth, they tend to use gold crowns. On teeth that will show more, they will use ceramic crowns. (It also depends on how much the insurance company will pay.)

Ceramic crowns are stronger than gold crowns, but the dentist has to match the color to the rest of your teeth. Also, gold is more forgiving if a slight error was made in the original cast and modifications need to be made. I think they have to start all over again if an error was made in a ceramic crown.

Some people are just more prone to having bad teeth. One of my sisters has terrible teeth, although we all grew up in the same house, drinking fluoridated water, drinking lots of milk, brushing twice a day, and so forth. I am quite lucky and have few problems with my teeth. Go figure!