Had an emergency dental visit today...

....and WHEW! I had broken a tooth so went to see about my options. Option 1 was a root canal and crown....to the tune of about $2500 and numerous follow up visits. Option 2 was to have it pulled...a total of about $200 and I can get an implant later very inexpensively. Since my insurance is weird, I elected for Option 2 and used my HSA.

I wish I'd gone with #1! I just finished spent an hour and a half getting that sucker out! Total of 2 and a half hours there! Numbed 3 times....apparently I have "super roots" and extra bone in my teeth.

And...best of all...I look like someone punched me. Should be a fun day at work tomorrow.

Sorry to hear about your broken tooth. Depending on where the tooth is located, I can understand your concern on which option to take. If the tooth is located in the front where you can notice when you smile, I would recommend a crown and root canal. I know it's expensive to have dental work done. My family and I have been down this road between crowns, root canals, etc. Good luck.

Poor Rockmom! Hope that you feel better soon.

Wuss.

And you got jobbed. You could have got a consult over the phone free.

Originally Posted by spindoc

And you got jobbed.

The proverbial, salt in the wound.

No dentist worth his salt takes 1 1/2 hours to get a tooth out. A. that's probably why it was 200 bucks. He has to charge you for his ineptitude B. There are people who suck at extractions and should refer, refer, refer!

Originally Posted by rockmom

....and WHEW! I had broken a tooth so went to see about my options. Option 1 was a root canal and crown....to the tune of about $2500 and numerous follow up visits. Option 2 was to have it pulled...a total of about $200 and I can get an implant later very inexpensively. Since my insurance is weird, I elected for Option 2 and used my HSA.

I wish I'd gone with #1! I just finished spent an hour and a half getting that sucker out! Total of 2 and a half hours there! Numbed 3 times....apparently I have "super roots" and extra bone in my teeth.

And...best of all...I look like someone punched me. Should be a fun day at work tomorrow.

Splurge a little, Ernest T. Bass says the gold ones are the best!!

I hope you get to feeling better, RM!


I love Spin. Keeps it all the way real.

Originally Posted by rockmom

....and WHEW! I had broken a tooth so went to see about my options. Option 1 was a root canal and crown....to the tune of about $2500 and numerous follow up visits. Option 2 was to have it pulled...a total of about $200 and I can get an implant later very inexpensively. Since my insurance is weird, I elected for Option 2 and used my HSA.

I wish I'd gone with #1! I just finished spent an hour and a half getting that sucker out! Total of 2 and a half hours there! Numbed 3 times....apparently I have "super roots" and extra bone in my teeth.

And...best of all...I look like someone punched me. Should be a fun day at work tomorrow.

Implants are not inexpensive....I have had 2. They wanted to do 11....couldn't afford that. I also went to the UK dental school, where it supposed to be cheaper. You may check out to see if UofL has this service.

UofL does have this service. They have a prosthetic clinic that used to be downstairs back in the day. However, the treatment isn't as cheap as you may think and it won't be swift I can assure you. However, you will get excellent care there.

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Originally Posted by spindoc

UofL does have this service. They have a prosthetic clinic that used to be downstairs back in the day. However, the treatment isn't as cheap as you may think and it won't be swift I can assure you. However, you will get excellent care there.

The Universities are a nice option and worth exploring. I had dental work done at IUPUI. My daughter had her braces there. Cut her braces expense in half.

Originally Posted by spindoc

UofL does have this service. They have a prosthetic clinic that used to be downstairs back in the day. However, the treatment isn't as cheap as you may think and it won't be swift I can assure you. However, you will get excellent care there.

Agree, mine wasn't cheap. I did get excellent care. The head of the UK dental school, did mine. I was a patient of his when he was in private practice.

Originally Posted by hoops5

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The Universities are a nice option and worth exploring. I had dental work done at IUPUI. My daughter had her braces there. Cut her braces expense in half.

In my opinion, I'd go to one of the dental schools for ortho in a blink. That treatment is slow by design, so really no difference in duration of treatment and obviously reduced in cost in comparison. Highly recommend it.

mom, hope you're doing better today. Just for a joke, if you have that bruised look about you from the extraction, it's always fun to take someone with you to Walmart and everytime they turn towards you, you flinch like you're trying to avoid the next blow that obviously caused your abused look. It'll get some strange looks I'm sure. May get a 911 call.

Originally Posted by spindoc

In my opinion, I'd go to one of the dental schools for ortho in a blink. That treatment is slow by design, so really no difference in duration of treatment and obviously reduced in cost in comparison. Highly recommend it.

I worked out well for us at the time. It was not far of a drive for us, and our dental plan was not generous at all for braces. Since then, our dental insurance has changed, and we moved. Number 2 finished a few months ago, and number 3 just got his, both at private practices though.

Originally Posted by rockmom

....and WHEW! I had broken a tooth so went to see about my options. Option 1 was a root canal and crown....to the tune of about $2500 and numerous follow up visits. Option 2 was to have it pulled...a total of about $200 and I can get an implant later very inexpensively. Since my insurance is weird, I elected for Option 2 and used my HSA.

I wish I'd gone with #1! I just finished spent an hour and a half getting that sucker out! Total of 2 and a half hours there! Numbed 3 times....apparently I have "super roots" and extra bone in my teeth.

And...best of all...I look like someone punched me. Should be a fun day at work tomorrow.

Hope you are doing better today!

Best thing about false teeth, they all fall out together.

Originally Posted by gold sunrise

Implants are not inexpensive....I have had 2. They wanted to do 11....couldn't afford that. I also went to the UK dental school, where it supposed to be cheaper. You may check out to see if UofL has this service.

Originally Posted by spindoc

UofL does have this service. They have a prosthetic clinic that used to be downstairs back in the day. However, the treatment isn't as cheap as you may think and it won't be swift I can assure you. However, you will get excellent care there.

At U of L you have to get on a waiting list to become a patient there. They only accept a certain number and only certain times of the year do they accept new patients. At least that's how the people explained it to me when I inquired.

Originally Posted by formerkywrestler

At U of L you have to get on a waiting list to become a patient there. They only accept a certain number and only certain times of the year do they accept new patients. At least that's how the people explained it to me when I inquired.

About the only thing you could do quicker when I was there was walk in to the emergency clinic.