And they went to town on my teeth today. They had to numb my gums and were scraping the crap out of my teeth
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Hey good job for going to the dentist to get your teeth all cleaned and checked out!
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my last cleaning hurt like hell.
they used an electric tool. felt like they used a dremel tool on my teeth.
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I’m having that done on the 18th. Not looking forward to it. Did your insurance pay for it?
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@salonius they used an electric water pick drill thing today it didn’t hurt as bad as the scraper
@77nick77 i don’t have dental insurance I went to the community health center and payed a sliding scale fee
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My root canal that needs doing is close to a nerve so now I have to wait four months instead of 2 weeks
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I’m sorry @Joker that really sucks 
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I’m so sorry @Joker
That’s rotten and awful.
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Pretty much my fault for not looking after them
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@Joker , are you waiting that long because that’s the waitlist for the oral surgeon? I’ve never heard of waiting that long for removing a wisdom tooth.
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It’s a root canal on one of my main lower teeth
The dentist has referred me to a specialist dentist because the root canal is very close to a nerve So he didn’t feel comfortable doing it
We have a weird hybrid dentist system in the UK
I checked and even though it’s a specialist it still costs me £75
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In the US a root canal is about $1500.00+. However, you can get seen quickly, which is important because of pain and infection.
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had a root canal the other year. my caseworker went with me. i payed a hundred and twenty a month fir a year! finally paid off.
the endodontist was out of network.
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That is a lot of money! Does insurance cover it?
Think it’s cheaper here as they pool the resources and have bandings for different treatments
These days nearly impossible to get a national health service dentist
It would be my third root canal
I have to call if it gets worse etc for antibiotics or painkillers
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We all pay extra taxes to cover it
Only some insurances di, and those insurances cost a lot of money per month. Many do not cover it
I have to go to the dentist on Monday, having a tooth removed and an implant.
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I don’t know what works better
The US system seems very different to ours
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I am supposed to go in for a cleaning, and I’m terrified that they’ll tell me that I have cavities. I still have braces on, and I’m still paying for the braces. I also have two teeth that are impacted in my palate, and their roots have fused with the bone. Now I’ll have to get the crowns of the impacted teeth cut off and get a bone graft followed by two implants. I’m looking at around $5,000 to get it taken care of, not counting the braces. And yes, that includes insurance coverage. My insurance limit is $1500, so it covers the exposure of my palate, the anesthesia, and some of the crown removals. What a mess.
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