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Sat Jun-04-05 12:07 AM
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Is $1000 for a root canal normal?!! Argh! Need advice. |
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I am in despair because I need a root canal and the first place I called wants a thousand dollars?!!!
Is this a good price? How much did yours cost?
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Sat Jun-04-05 12:09 AM
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I had two of them last year (about 7 months apart), and no dental coverage.
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Sat Jun-04-05 12:09 AM
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2. OMG I think it's CHEAP! |
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I think my husband's was like $3,000 or something -- but he's lucky to have good (Union!) dental ins.
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Sat Jun-04-05 12:11 AM
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3. Does this thousand dollars include the crown? |
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If it does, that is almost what I paid.
My rootcanal and crown was about $900.
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Sat Jun-04-05 12:14 AM
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4. No crown...just yanking out roots (ugh gross!) |
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I'm gonna call around. thanks.
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Sat Jun-04-05 12:34 AM
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9. Your dentist is going to yank the roots. |
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My dentist after using the ten different sizes of little needles to kill the root, then used some kind of liquid to get rid of the root.
I got off lucky.
The rootcanal was painless, not that much pain afterward.
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Sat Jun-04-05 12:15 AM
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I've shopped around for a crown...they're minimum $800 alone here.
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Sat Jun-04-05 12:23 AM
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7. A root canal does not usually include the crown |
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Recommend it be done by Endodontics dentist, who specialize in Root canals. It doesn't hurt to ask for a discount, many of them will allow it, if you can convince them that the price originally quoted will prove to be a hardship.
The cost of my last root canal was $850. and the crown was $500.00. Although I didn't bargain with them, I know many of their patients did and the amounts they reduced varied.....I guess on a case-by-case basis.
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Sat Jun-04-05 12:31 AM
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8. Alright, I'm not proud. |
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Thanks for the help. I will 'bargain'.
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Sat Jun-04-05 12:15 AM
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I've been lucky, but my insurance (federal govt) runs about the same, at least last time I checked.
Just a crown was almost 500 when a tooth of mine (even at the time more amalgam than man) finally gave way.
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