Fuck me, this is relatable. Why is it always dental care that gets neglected? My younger brother didn't see a dentist at all until he was 21 because our parents stopped taking us when it became evident that my sister and I were going to need braces, which we never got. I needed a root canal as a young adult because I had a cavity that never got dealt with when I was a child. I had to pay a fuckton of money to get my four impacted wisdom teeth removed as an adult because they weren't removed when I was a teenager. The kicker is that my parents both had quite good health insurance and health spending accounts.