Bridging the gap?

Two weeks ago a crown fell out while flossing and it was not a matter of gluing the crown back on since a piece of tooth came off, and there was some suspicious activity under the tooth visible on the x-ray. So off I went to a root canal specialist, but he referred me to a surgeon whom I saw today. She concluded that I needed surgery to remove some infection under my tooth and some plumbing on a little canal in my tooth. But there is a risk that the tooth is cracked which will require extraction. So I went back to my dentist, and he suggested that it is best to extract the tooth at this point and to put in a bridge. Why he could not say this right away and made me spend time and $300 in extra diagnostics is not clear, but that is the Cover Your Ass way the medical system works here I guess. So it looks like I may get my first bridge. So I spent money on at least one and maybe two root canals and a crown for this tooth, and now it comes down to pulling it out. Great value for the dentist, not for me. I recall my mom got at least one bridge at least 30 years ago, I guess I have the weak dental genes from her. But I suppose I could live with that, after all she is 83 at this point.

I am just very down lately, financially mostly. Have even played the Powerball Lotto a few times in a vain and desperate attempt to improve my situation that way. 

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