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> OT: any dentists on the board?
SirAndy
post Jan 5 2005, 03:25 PM
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do we have any dentists on the board?

i just got back from mine and the estimate for removing one old amalgan (sp?) filling, cleaning the tooth up and close it again plus one bridge (using that tooth) spanning one missing tooth is:

$3000

my insurance was so kind to pick up $400 of the total, that leaves me with $2600 to get it all fixed.

does that sound about right or am i getting drilled (aehm, i mean screwed) ???
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I'd ask your insurance company what is necessary to justify payment to install an implant. It just could be they'd pay more towards it as opposed to the bridge. Compromising adjacent healthy teeth to install a bridge is starting to become less favorable, especially since implants are becomming more common, better understood, and the techniques have evolved. Wouldn't hurt to ask, and maybe your dentist could help push it through.

Not a Dentist; my Dentist business partner in our dental products business has been placing implants for quite a few years. We manufacture and specialize in implant maintenance products, among other things.

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SirAndy   OT: any dentists on the board?   Jan 5 2005, 03:25 PM
Bleyseng   Dave Hunt   Jan 5 2005, 03:27 PM
dheinz   Check the Pelican 911 BBS. I know of at least two ...   Jan 5 2005, 04:13 PM
Porsche Rescue   Based on my experience (as a patient) the big buck...   Jan 5 2005, 04:18 PM
rick 918-S   City of Gold... Can't live and practice Dentis...   Jan 5 2005, 04:37 PM
Lou W   I just talked to my wife, she use to be a Register...   Jan 5 2005, 04:43 PM
skline   Yeah, Dave Hunt is a dentist. There is one down he...   Jan 5 2005, 04:45 PM
Lou W     Jan 5 2005, 04:46 PM
SirAndy     Jan 5 2005, 04:48 PM
736conver   Is the bridge really needed. About five years ago...   Jan 5 2005, 04:48 PM
SirAndy   ...   Jan 5 2005, 04:51 PM
Headrage   Chew on a piece of aluminum foil then look at the ...   Jan 5 2005, 04:57 PM
Lou W   Well now that the value of 914's have gone up,...   Jan 5 2005, 04:57 PM
Cloudbuster   What about an implant? A friend chose an implant ...   Jan 5 2005, 05:10 PM
DNHunt   Andy Ask about the alternatives. Implants were m...   Jan 5 2005, 05:24 PM
SirAndy     Jan 5 2005, 06:42 PM
!   Brush up on yer Spanish, bring cash and plan a tri...   Jan 5 2005, 06:44 PM
Porsche Rescue   If the price is close, go for the implants. Dentis...   Jan 5 2005, 07:03 PM
SirAndy  
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!   Saline or silicone implants?   Jan 5 2005, 07:12 PM
anthony   Andy, if you have the time you can save a lot of m...   Jan 5 2005, 07:26 PM
d7n7master   Does this hit home!!! http://www.914worl...   Jan 6 2005, 07:59 AM
Eric_Shea   Move to WV and forget about it... (toothless smile...   Jan 6 2005, 09:22 AM
rhodyguy   what do you call 5 people having coffee in shelton...   Jan 6 2005, 11:49 AM
Howard   Personal experience here. As explained to me (apo...   Jan 6 2005, 12:29 PM
andys     Jan 6 2005, 12:44 PM
Dr Evil   Damn MattR, I can't believe that you would tel...   Jan 6 2005, 01:05 PM
SirAndy     Jan 6 2005, 01:20 PM
TimT   Try Costa Rica!! Last year my mom,my aunt...   Jan 6 2005, 01:40 PM

 

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