have made a dental appointment about the
following but was wondering what to
expect.
I have a recurring pimple in my mouth,
which I know is an indicator of an
abscess. However, it is not around my
teeth but beyond, my upper wisdom teeth
toward the back of my mouth. Could it
still be an infection on one of my teeth?
Am worried about the potential cost of a
root canal.
Thanks
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hotty
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 07 Nov 2005 Posts: 261 Location: texas
Hi Posted: 01-28-06 17:35pm
Yes , root canals are very exspensive if
you dont have dental issuarance, with
mine, my insurance is metlife, so only
1500 every year which is not that good,
but man it sure uses it up, it depends
what dental insurance you have too. But
if its a tooth you cant see and its the
back, I would have antibiotics and pain
pills to take and when it gets better,
then I would just have it pulled. Thats
just my opinion, and it would save you
alot of money in your pocket. Some
dentist just see the $$$ signs coming.
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Tamadrummer
Active User, Really EHEALTHy
Joined: 15 Oct 2004 Posts: 710 Location: Zephyrhills,Fl
Posted: 01-28-06 18:54pm
Actually most dental insurance is only 1
to 2 thousand a year for work to be done.
Since it is january you should have a
fresh boat to sail on.
I think the typical cost of a root canal
is about $900 and can be as little as $500
if you are a self pay customer. If you
have an established relationship with your
dentist, they will probably be more than
happy to work out a payment schedule with
you.
I tend to disagree with mary only because
I do not want them pulling out my chompers
yet it is the most effective way to get
rid of the problem.
For e to have my wisdoms pulled, the navy
sat me in a chair at boone clinic and
started to yank on one of my wisdoms and I
didn't get numb but he just kept on and I
was screaming, after 17 injections with
carbocaine and marcaine and even a
blindfold to see if I was faking, (all the
while in utter agony) they loaded me up in
an ambulance and took me to portsmouth
naval hospital to be put under general
anesthesia and have my wisdoms removed.
Needless to say I don't have a good
feeling about losing more teeth, also the
dry sockets were so bad that they had me
taking demeral tablets with vicodan
7.5/650 for breakthrough.
If you can do the root canal it will
benefit you in the long run. (just one
terrified of the dentist guy to another)
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hotty
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 07 Nov 2005 Posts: 261 Location: texas
Hi Posted: 01-28-06 22:20pm
Oh I didnt know that it was a wisdom tooth
he or she was talking about, yes my
husband had all four wisdm teeth pulled at
once and he was sent to a oral surgeon to
have them pulled, and they put him to
sleep for that. And yes, of course he had
dried socket in all four of his holes,
because he sucked on things and plus he
dips, and thats why he suffered like he
did. That was about 2 years ago, if your
having a wisdom tooth cut out , their not
so bad, I really didnt like the fact they
pulled all four at once on my husband. I
would consider one a time.
