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Root canal cost?
jimdeere
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Anyone know how much a root canal cost? Mrs. deere got refered to an oral surgeon. His estimate for two root canals is over $1000 each?!
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if i had to do it over again and the tooth was one that wasnt very visible, i would just get it pulled and have it over with in one session and much cheaper
i had one recently. there are a few different ways you can do it to determine cost. you can do the root work and pull the tooth and thats the cheapest. OR, you can do what i did and get a custom tooth like crown put in. mine cost about $2,100 total. it took 4 sessions and each one was a PAIN IN THE *.
if i had to do it over again and the tooth was one that wasnt very visible, i would just get it pulled and have it over with in one session and much cheaper
why would you do root work and then pull the tooth?
quote:Originally posted by robbie penny
i had one recently. there are a few different ways you can do it to determine cost. you can do the root work and pull the tooth and thats the cheapest. OR, you can do what i did and get a custom tooth like crown put in. mine cost about $2,100 total. it took 4 sessions and each one was a PAIN IN THE *.
if i had to do it over again and the tooth was one that wasnt very visible, i would just get it pulled and have it over with in one session and much cheaper
why would you do root work and then pull the tooth?
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Ask your dentist about the consequences of losing a tooth over the long term. it may not be so cheap as you think.
Root canal from a specialist is not cheap, but losing your tooth is no cake walk. Sure pulling it is temporary pain and the cost is relatively cheaper. Once you lose one tooth, it is a domino effect from there. Unless you are not planning on being around in 20 years I would not recommend the root canal and crown.
http://www.dental--health.com/bone_density.html
There is a relationship between the tooth root and the jaw bone. if the pressure of the root is not there, the cells in the bone structure say "There is no tooth here, i have no reason to replenish myself" and the hole where the tooth was extracted gets bigger and bigger over the year. The teeth around it shift into this hole and can cause you to have jaw pain (search TMJ problems). If the tooth you lose is on the lower jaw, the tooth above it can come down out of the socket it is in, sliding into the open space below it. This can be hell on your chewing function.
You could get a surgical steel implant tooth root placed with a crown on top of it. usually cheaper to get the root canal and the crown. You can close the gap with a bridge (you are actually paying for 3 crowns at around $900 each for a bridge)
if you find a competent dentist, a root canal and crown can be a relatively easy process usually completed in 3 visits.
best of luck to you.
quote:Originally posted by robbie penny
i had one recently. there are a few different ways you can do it to determine cost. you can do the root work and pull the tooth and thats the cheapest. OR, you can do what i did and get a custom tooth like crown put in. mine cost about $2,100 total. it took 4 sessions and each one was a PAIN IN THE *.
if i had to do it over again and the tooth was one that wasnt very visible, i would just get it pulled and have it over with in one session and much cheaper
why would you do root work and then pull the tooth?
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quote:Originally posted by robbie penny
i had one recently. there are a few different ways you can do it to determine cost. you can do the root work and pull the tooth and thats the cheapest. OR, you can do what i did and get a custom tooth like crown put in. mine cost about $2,100 total. it took 4 sessions and each one was a PAIN IN THE *.
if i had to do it over again and the tooth was one that wasnt very visible, i would just get it pulled and have it over with in one session and much cheaperwhy would you do root work and then pull the tooth?Masochism [?] [:0]
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Anyone know how much a root canal cost? Mrs. deere got refered to an oral surgeon. His estimate for two root canals is over $1000 each?!
Check around. A typical root canal for a front tooth should be considerably less than one for a molar. Then the doctor's experience comes into play which might cause an increase of 50% or more. The dental business has become like the used car business where costs are concerned...so check around for the best price.
NOT looking foward to that. If possible save all permanant teeth
There are crooks in every field. Like I said, if you feel you can't trust your dentist, get a second opinion. Go to the specialist and do a consult before you do the procedure. Make him/her show you on the x-rays what they are looking at. If they use digital films they can blow it up big enough that even people like most of us that can't read them can see what they are pointing to.
You will for sure pay a premium for a specialist, but then again you will (likely) get the best care there. A specialist that does root canals, that is all they do all day. The tough ones for a general dentist that might take 4 hours, will likely only be an hour when performed by a specialist. How much is your time worth?
Medicaid wont pay for it and I dont have enough for one if I wanted one.
Any Dentist that takes medicaid will do only teeth cleaning, xray and simple stuff, anything more than that I'd have to pay out of pocket and getting any of the simple stuff is a 6 months wait to get to one.
Good luck on the root canal, I pray you recover swiftly from it.
always wanted to try doing a root canal.
I've got a Dremel and some epoxy.......