how much would it cost to have a front tooth capped with no insurance?

Answer 1

The fee would not vary with or without insurance. Only your "out of pocket" expense would vary. In my office, most crowns on front teeth are $850. All porcelain, which usually looks nicer, are $950. I think this is fairly representative of most of the country. Some are higher and some are lower, but you are just looking for an idea, I'm sure.

Answer 2

What you could do is get a bleach kit from a dentist, and bleach you teeth to the color you want. Then get the porclein cap, to match the new tooth, and you will have nice white teeth if you do put a cap on the tooth. You could also have it bonded, if the dentist knows how to do it, as it is cheaper.

I had bonding done once and it was great, and lasted a long time, like 15 yrs. before looking bad, but now it cost about $300 per tooth, at least at my dentist. I have a lot of confidence in this dentist.

The other way, with a porclean cap, would be close to $1,000, as it would be a crown, and my last crown for one tooth was $950. This is all without insurance, which was just last week. The dentists these days have a new computer now that can make one tooth in only 8 minutes, porclean, a perfect fit. If a dentist has one of these machine, only 3 in my city have it, the dentist must be good, as the machine cost $100,000 and most dentists would not spend that much money. But it makes a porclein tooth, and he designs it on the 3 dimensional graphic design computer, and it fits perfect. If it doesn't, you can get the problems I experienced, gum disease, and cavities. Hope this helped you. Good luck. These are prices from California, USA. P.S. Most insurance plans may have a waiting period, and if an HMO, just be sure you have plenty in your city, and if they are good dentists, etc. The last one I had was an dental ins. HMO,and used an inferior lab and the crown he did for my husband almost fell apart, we reported him and finally got our money back, this one also did not seat my back crown right, and had to have gum surgery. Hope this helps you. Good luck.

Answer 3

Dr. Sam is correct: the fee should be the same whether or not you have insurance. Since the dentist will pay a lab, there isn't as much room for discounts.

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In most cases, it costs more to belong to the plan than you will recover in discounted fees even IF you can find a dentist in your area willing to take the plan.

You would do much better to self insure. Also, most dentists will offer a bookkeeping courtesy if the fee is paid before starting the service.

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Answer 4

I think it depnds on the area you live in....I live in Southwest Virginia...have had 5 caps (crowns)....the first one I had was in the lower $400, that was like, in the late 80's...I rec. my latest one in 2003-2004, somewhere in that neighborhood, and it was in the upper $500...my dentist that I go to is in a larger city than where I live and is quiet a bit more expensive than my dentist here in my hometown...I don't mind paying more because my dentist does an excellent job on caps and is totally pain free...so, as I said, I think it in part depends on the area your in...I think you should expect to pay in the neighborhood of $500-$600. Hope this helps.

Answer 5

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Answer 6

I suppose it would depend on your living location but the last one I had was almost $2,000 and that was 2 yrs. ago. It may be a bit cheaper if you don't have to have a root canal first.

There are dentists that will negotiate a fee and most will allow affordable payments - good luck! :)

Answer 7

depending were you live between100 -150