my tooth hurts! I know it needs a filling & a cap but I need the white/tooth coloured versions...where can I get quality ones for, like, less than 200/filling & less than 750/crown (NOT silver!)
Thanx
2007-01-25 11:29:55 · 8 answers · asked by What Dreams May Come 5 in Health ➔ Dental
try looking for the nearest dental school. i have one where i live, and you can get a crown for around 300bucks.
you may need to drive a little ways, and it will be more than 2 appts for the one tooth, but if money is an issue, then it's what you need to do.
2007-01-25 11:57:45 · answer #1 · answered by mikki_d_98 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
If your tooth is hurting, then it must have a large cavity and may require a Root Canal Therapy. This would add considerably to your expense. Get it attended to ASAP if you want to minimise this risk.
If one of my pateints presents with a large, painful cavity, then I would advise an amalgam (silver) filling over a composite (white) filling any day. The tooth is much more likely to have continuing post-op pain/sensitivity with a composite, which can end up needing an RCT. And if they need a crown for such a tooth, as is often the case, then the amalgam will soon be covered up.
For crowns, avoid porcelain to non-precious metal (no gold). The porcelain doesn't bond well and tends to fracture off in time. Ask for porcelain to semi-precious metal (some gold) or porcelain to precious metal (high gold).
2007-01-25 17:18:25 · answer #2 · answered by Dr Matt W (Australia) 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is virtually impossible to "shop" around for dentists' prices since they always need the billing code, which depends on tooth and how many surfaces (trust me, I have tried!) Our dentists here cost about $200 per resin filling. Our insurance doesn't even begin to cover that cost, yet they will pay $5 for amalgam, which I have yet to find a dentist in this area who does them. I feel your pain... trust me! However, a crown is going to be a large part of your expense. That you can shop around for fairly easily as they can price those out for you. Do you have dental insurance or can you get some before you get the work done? I would not hesitate to explore the dental school avenue as really, when you think about it, if you were to go to a teaching hospital for care, you are going to get a student doctor who has to get treatment approved... a dental school would be the same. It would be supervised.
2007-02-01 10:21:40 · answer #3 · answered by Caren H 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I work in a dental office in chicago on state street. the most you would pay for a tooth colored filling here is about $100 each and a tooth colored cap is only $450 here so if you're in the chicago area look us up
2007-02-01 03:44:37 · answer #4 · answered by yellowbabynum1 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try to save your natural tooth by all means without having cap or crown....
If it is really needed....get the natural shade crown, just like your natural tooth...do not go for the too white, too perfect and too straight....
2007-01-25 13:45:45 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
ELECTRICK,
JUST ASK THE DENTIST THAT YOU'D LIKE A COMPOSITE (WHITE) FOR THE FILLING,AND THAT YOU WANT A WHITE CROWN.THERE ARE MANY TYPES OF WHITE CROWNS AND THEY HAVE DIFFERENT PRICES.
THE LEAST EXPENSIVE IS PORCELAIN OVER NON-PRECIOUS. THE BEST TYPE IS A CAPTEK WHIICH IS PORCELAIN OVER A PRECIOUS SUBSTRUCTURE.
FOR THE INVESTMENT I'D OPT FOR THE CAPTEK.
2007-01-25 13:16:48 · answer #6 · answered by Dr. Albert, DDS, (USA) 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Crowns are not usually silver unless it is a temporary one until your porcelin crown is ready. Porcelin is usually the color of your teeth.
2007-01-25 11:35:56 · answer #7 · answered by Jacuzzi Lover 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
dentist office
2007-01-25 11:51:46 · answer #8 · answered by Gypsy Gal 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋