on!! Question re insurance

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Hi on!!

He is definitely doing my wisdom teeth, it's booked for Wednesday!

Got a question, did you have the jaw surgery covered by ur insurance

company?? Did they cover a portion? My company seems to see the

surgery as cosmetic, and refuse to cover it. Did you have any luck

with insurance, if so how?

> > > Hi, yes he did my surgery (upper/lower/genio in Aug 2002) as

well as

> > > on's here. My friend had her surgery done by him as

well

> > > recently, and there have been a few others here (you can also try

> > > looking up posts from jeffreyaguinaldo around Jan 2003, I think).

> > > Shiloh who recently returned to the sites here is booked to have

him

> > > do her surgery as well next year.

> > >

> > > My surgery went well, and I had an easy and speedy recovery (I

did do

> > > some alternative treatments though, including homeopathy, MLD

therapy

> > > as well as surgical support cassette tapes)- I posted about my

> > > surgery experience on the geocities site I set up, just look under

> > > PERSONAL SURGERY EXPERIENCES) at

> > > http://www.geocities.com/orthognathicinfo/

> > >

> > > The orthognathic surgery itself is covered under OHIP (call their

> > > tollfree number to check, I don't think it's been de-listed but

that

> > > was a fear of mine a couple of years ago), but his fees for the

> > > consultation and out-of-hospital care (visits pre & post-op) are

not.

> > > He charged me CAD 1,200 but I think it's up to 1,500 now. That's

not

> > > a lot considering everything else is covered. Now on got his

> > > covered by his insurer, but I'm not sure how or who.

> > >

> > > He is one of the best surgeons in Ontario if not Canada. Even his

> > > colleagues speak of him with high regard. He's a lean, mean cutting

> > > machine! You've met him, and you know he is a very quiet, gentle,

> > > unassuming man. Let's just say that I would let him break my jaw

any

> > > day (provided they needed breaking, of course).

> > >

> > > I had no complications post-op, every time I went to see him, he

> > > looked inside my mouth and said " looks great " , and then

proceeded to

> > > patiently answer every last question I had. By the time he gave me

> > > the pre-op spiel on what he was going to do, I already knew

about it

> > > from these sites. I remember one visit I had about 20 questions (I

> > > think that was the final pre-op visit), then 10 the next visit,

then

> > > 6, etc.

> > >

> > > My ortho only works with one surgeon, he considers Tocchio the

best,

> > > if he had to have the procedure done, that's who he says he would

> > > want. He says he's a real cool head in the OR, and that's just what

> > > you want, plus someone who does a lot of these every year.

> > >

> > > My friend had him for her wizzie surgery (I had someone closer to

> > > where I live, about 10 years ago now), and she said he was very

> > > gentle. You'll see, I'm sure things will go well. In some respects,

> > > people have said that the orthognathic surgery is easier than

wisdom

> > > tooth surgery.

> > >

> > > Good luck, follow their office's instructions, and I'm sure

you'll do

> > > just fine.

> > >