crowns with root canals or replacement crowns?
And which teeth? Molars are more expensive than front teeth.
Well, lady, I must say-- You're my kinda stupid.
Mal ,'Heart Of Gold'
Natter 55: It's the 55th Natter
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Kristen - Nov 08, 2007 5:17:59 pm PST #1282 of 10001
Jesse - Nov 08, 2007 5:18:12 pm PST #1283 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I'm hoping maybe it was slightly on purpose.
Kat - Nov 08, 2007 5:20:57 pm PST #1284 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Kristen is the tooth repair expert.
Sue - Nov 08, 2007 5:21:50 pm PST #1285 of 10001
hip deep in pie
So... how much should I bank for at worst, 4 crowns? Insurance is claiming at around $2.2K but I can barely make sense of their statements and the prep-work started this year.
I had two molars done about 7 years ago. No root canals and they were $700 a pop, Canadian. I think they were supposed to cost more, but I knew my dentist from High School geekery and he didn't charge me extra for some of the gum reshaping he had to do.
shrift - Nov 08, 2007 5:23:40 pm PST #1286 of 10001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
shrift, I was told it's totally a good idea to send an email thanks and follow it up with a written one. That way the snailmail one arrives a day or two later and they remember you better for it.
With the Chicago postal system? I think it might arrive in a week if I'm lucky.
sarameg - Nov 08, 2007 5:24:00 pm PST #1287 of 10001
Brand new crowns. The whole buildup has already been done and paid for. I think I avoided root canals. Or I already paid for it. I have normal looking rebuilt teeth that can chew but don't have long term potential. Possible implant for one if it goes horribly wrong, which I'm suspecting given it feels funky. My insurance covers 50% of one crown every 18 months, and the insurance negotiated rate the rest of the time. Which is cheaper than the dentist's supposed rates, but hell. People, this is why you shouldn't avoid a dentist for a decade no matter yourgoddamn stupid neuroses (I'm so my mother's daughter. She did the same stupid thing.)
eta: molars, going insurance rate here of $630 a pop. I think. Insurance statements confuse the fuck out of me.
Kat - Nov 08, 2007 5:27:39 pm PST #1288 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
gum reshaping
The scariest word combination in the english language. Unless you are writing about a bubblegum sculpture that needs repair. Then it's okay.
Sue - Nov 08, 2007 5:28:09 pm PST #1289 of 10001
hip deep in pie
People, this is why you shouldn't avoid a dentist for a decade no matter yourgoddamn stupid neuroses
That's how I got my two crowns.
Sue - Nov 08, 2007 5:31:18 pm PST #1290 of 10001
hip deep in pie
I was just at the Dentist on Monday, and they think I have something wrong with my bite, and want to recontour some of my teeth to make it more even. I'm not looking forward to it.
Jesse - Nov 08, 2007 5:31:57 pm PST #1291 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I got my root canal(s) and crown from a bad dentist in my youth. The breaking teeth I'm pretty sure I got from my parents.
That said, I'm due to go to the dentist, but between Halloween candy and cough drops, I think I have to wait a few weeks!