$850 for a root canal

[private_ryan]

and another $950 for the crown. Reasonable ?

[Hawkeye-X]

1. Expensive

My wife is still paying about 1,100 for both.

Hawkeye-X

[Demobrat]

2. Damn that's cheap!

My root canal was $1500.

[private_ryan]

4. with or without the crown?

n/t

[Demobrat]

11. Without

*

[flamingyouth]

3. They're really expensive

Crowns are insanely so. Not having any experience with this in the past two years (since my husband had surgery last) I'd say it sounds about right. Expensive. But better than losing your teeth, I guess.

[private_ryan]

12. the dentist didn't show me the x-rays

just said I needed it and charged me $110 for the visit and 2 x-rays. The mollar was chipped (on one side) and I can feel that it goes under the gum (touching it with my toungue) but I'm a little paranoid. Barely any sensitivity and no pain.

[amazona]

17. sounds fishy to me

Our dentist in Tijuana shows us the X-rays and also shows everything in a mirror that is to be done. I don't like how some U.S. dentists would just come and tell you something is to be done and here's the price without offering any proof.

[private_ryan]

20. all my other dentists did that too

but now I can't go back and say "can I see the x-ray?". I was too stupid not to say let me see it. Usually they put it in the light board without asking. I didn't get the good vibes from this dentist.

But also I don't feel like spending another $100 or more to get a second opinion.

[amazona]

33. Just go get your x-ray from the dental office

It's your X-ray. Insist on getting a copy.

[flamingyouth]

19. A chipped molar can be bad

But I would ask to see the x-rays nonetheless. It's your mouth and your money, after all, they have no right to keep anything from you. Have them show you why you need the root canal, especially.

[Timefortruth]

25. There is a dentist in my town who tells patients

anything to convince them they need a root canal. Second opinions are critical, these guys can be scoundrels.

[private_ryan]

26. I will bite the bullet and go for a second opinion

worst case I'll lose another $100 but I stand to save $1700. I will go back though and talk to him if he lied, it's the principle.

[spotbird]

47. Don't go back, make a complaint to the Dental board.

Unless he's your sister's roomate's brother's uncle or something. That is the problem in my little town no one will report the quack (including myself)because they have a personal connection.

[Rabrrrrrr]

38. If all you have is a chip, it's suspect that you'd need a root canal

I had a chip, and all we had to do is put on a crown. Unless it's been chipped for a long time, or if in the chipping, it chipped down through the crown into the nerve area and is leaving it exposed, which could be the case.

I'd certainly ask the dentist about it, though. A chipped tooth is not ipso facto root canal needing.

[private_ryan]

42. I just looked at it

it's about 1/10 of the tooth gone in one side. Black space and it feels pretty deep. If he just puts the crown, what would happen to the tooth? Wouldn't it get infected?

[Rabrrrrrr]

46. If the crack from the chip goes into the nerve area,

then - and I'm saying this as one who is not a dentist - I'd assume you would indeed need a root canal, just to go ahead and kill the tooth now before capping, becuase if the nerve area is exposed, more than likely eventually something will get in there and cause an infection and kill the tooth and then you'd have a real damnable problem. So, better safe than sorry.

But, of course, you'd need a dentist to tell you that.

And that might very well be what the problem is.

[Cronus Protagonist]

5. I just got a new crown this month

It was $850 in Los Angeles.

FUCK BUSH Buttons, Stickers & Magnets

[LittleApple81]

9. Gosh, and I thought that my dentist was expensive.

I had some crowns done and they were $580 a piece.

[Liberal Veteran]

6. Denistry and reasonable are mutually exclusive terms.

IMO

[adamblast]

13. My recent root canal was only $500...

...and they took off the price of the initial work that led up to the root canal...

Now I need a crown, but can't afford it...

[ScreamingMeemie]

7. Just got done paying $2200 for root canal with crown in Michigan

So I would say it is going rate. Good luck, and hope you are feeling better soon!

Laura...it's worth going in to debt to get rid of the pain.

[pmbryant]

8. That's in the right ballpark

My S.O. paid about that much when she had one a couple years ago.

--Peter

[happyslug]

10. Last root Canel I had cost me $500 dollars

And the price varied depending on which tooth he wanted to do the root canel on (Several of my teeth just went bad, no cavity, just abscensed).
The back ones were more expensive than the front.

As to caps, in the early 1980s I had a Bridge put in my front upper teeth, cost me $2000 and took 18 months to do (Thank God I had Dental insurance than).

[kayleybeth]

14. That's high

I just paid $608 for a root canal last week. Haven't had the crown done yet, but I believe that's around $300, if I recall correctly. Mine is done by my regular dentist though. If you go to an endodontist (specialist in root canal work) it will usually cost considerably more.

[private_ryan]

18. I'm coming to Louisiana for it :)

get it done and a free vacation for the same price :)

[amazona]

21. ha well louisiana just went to mexico

I live in Louisiana and like I said you can do better elsewhere if you are willing to travel.

[kayleybeth]

22. There ya go!

I could be wrong about the price of the crown, though. It's been a long time since I've had a restoration done, but I seem to remember it cost about half what the actual root canal cost. I'm having the restoration for this tooth done next week so I guess I'll soon find out.

[amazona]

15. outrageous

That isn't even close to reasonable. A close friend is having all of his teeth crowned in Tijuana for $8,000. I just got a note from someone else who is having it done in Costa Rica. You may need to shop around.

These are porcelain over metal crowns -- high quality crowns.

[private_ryan]

24. our dentists can't compete with their prices

school tuition, rent, insurance, labor, materials and so on. Everything ads up but for major work I'd head to Mexico too.

[amazona]

48. well they go to the same schoolso why wouldn't tuition be the same?

I forget which school my Mexican dentist went to but one of the Costa Rican dentists we interviewed went to the LSU School of Dentistry here in south Louisiana.

I'm not clear that their costs are that much lower. I just think they are not trying to have one person pay their green fees and their new Lexus.

[BiggJawn]

16. Sounds about right.

$800 for a root canal here, and tack on another 1200 for the crown. unless you don't mind stainless steel, then it's only $500...

I had a lower partial made 4 years ago with 5 teeth on it that was over $600, and it's a cheap-assed ill-fitting one, too.

[soupkitchen]

23. Not all root canals are created equal.

Some have two or three nerves that have to be treated which means they cost more.

[private_ryan]

27. back mollar

larger crown and probably harder to work on.

[Terwilliger]

28. yep

My three root canals averaged near 800

This is the Bay Area in California, and the teeth were two molars and a bi-cuspid (4, 12, 13)

[trackfan]

29. My root canal was $800, but the crown was only $400 (gold)

but that was in 1994

[Terwilliger]

44. wow

I havent had any caps, so I'm not sure

[amandae]

30. Hubby was told he needed $11,000 in dental work

actually it was about 12,500 but insurance would cover 1,500 (what a godsend). he had braces for too many years as a child, which weakened the enamel on his teeth. couple that with too many years drinking nothing but pop and eating lots of garbage and you have some pretty messed up teeth.

what prompted that visit was a toothache he had earlier this year; the tooth became infected. after taking antibiotics and getting that estimate from the doctors office, he never went back to them. obviously, we don't have 11,000 dollars lying around so they gave him information about a capital one credit plan (a rather high interest loan). i think we'll be shopping around for a second opinion.

on a similar note to your problem, my father was told he needed a root canal and given a price. my father told them to just pull it (his tooth was in the back and you can't tell it's missing).

Good luck with your tooth!!

:hi:

[Padraig18]

31. OUTRAGEOUS!

I had to have a root canal and got a porcelain inlay crown, and mine cost $800 total. I think you were GOUGED, my friend.

[DS1]

32. That's what I was charged a number of years back

luckily I had insurance, unluckily, they wouldn't pay for it because I wasn't a member for the 6 month minimum.

I hope to Gawd almighty that my visit next week doesn't require one, or three :scared:

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

34. Absolutely not

They should be cascading the costs rather than separating them and I have never paid more than 700 even for gold and porcelain crowns. The root canal has to be prepped for a crown regardless and the actual crown itself only COSTS approximately 3-400.

Rahter than get a second opinion..negotitate with them...bet they'll work with you. especially if you are paying cash.

[Deja Q]

35. My mum needs $20,000 in dental work

It's part of the medical industry; insanely priced... there's got to be reform for the PEOPLE, not the LARGE CORPORATIONS and soon.

What you're paying is insane too.

[Rabrrrrrr]

36. I paid $975/975 for mine last year

In NYC.

So, sounds reasonable to me.

[Caromill]

37. At least's there's one good thing . . .

About living in a place where everything is cheap. In El Paso, root canal and crown are about $500 each, and if you're willing to go to Mexico (Cd. Juarez) much cheaper than that!

[radwriter0555]

39. NO. If you don't have dental insurance, go to a dental college for a

fraction of the price and top, TOP quality.

That's ridiculous. There is no reason on the planet for that crap to be that expensive. It's all PROFIT.

BTW, FYI, you can get a steel colored, standard crown for $20. That's TWENTY DOLLARS.

I had a root canal done a couple months ago, had the whole custom fitting for the crown thing, right? Took forever. Then weeks to make the custom crown, right?

The temp fell off. Just popped right off, and I chomped on it, breaking it. (Ouch) So it's Saturday, I'm across town, I see a dentist open sign, pop on in. Guy had just opened his practice, and lo and behold, he has these nice little steel type metal crowns that just pop right on. Lasted for 6 weeks while I waited my my custom deal. Didn't give me one IOTA of trouble at all.

It's robbery I tell ya, robbery. Shop around. That's a ridiculous price.

[private_ryan]

45. I can wait 6 weeks or more.

especially since it's going to be a root canal anyway.
I'm going to ask people if they know of any dental schools in my area. Even if I save $500 It'll be great.

[RebelOne]

40. Is that with dental insurance? Or not?

[private_ryan]

43. total

btu I dropped the dental a while back. They had a limit of $1000 a year and I think I saved that much by not paying for it.

I will try the school of dentistry, they have supervision, right?

[Terwilliger]

50. just eat very carefully

you'll discover a brand new world of taste deprivgatoon...er, deprivation

[mlawson]

41. The damn crowns do not stay in, either!!!

I have them all across my upper front teeth. ALL have popped out at least once. Two have come out twice; one three times. I do not eat anthing hard or chewy. In fact, I am afraid to eat much of anything.

And this is with THREE different dentists!! I inherited very bad teeth, it's not my fault.

[KoKo]

49. $950.00 here in NC! and it failed....What else do you wanna know?

:-(