....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. :lol:

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.

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!

....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. :lol:

 

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

I hope you get to feeling better, RM!

 

 

I love Spin. Keeps it all the way real. :lol:

....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. :lol:

 

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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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.

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.

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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.