A question for dentists or dental techs: Why is the price so high for getting a crown?

I have had to get other crowns in the past, and have been happy with the work done. But what exactly is the reason for their exhorbitant cost? Is it the three hours of prep by the dentist or is it the cost of having the crown manufactured? Just curious really as I have never seen a cost breakdown on this before. Thank you for responding.

A question for dentists or dental techs: Why is the price so high for getting a crown?
You are paying for the dr and assistants time. The materials that are used to prep the tooth....the impression materials, the trays used to take the impressions the material used to make a temporary. Then you're paying for the cost of the crown and the lab persons time and how labor intensive it is.
Reply:I had a root canal done 800 to 900 hundred dollars. All they done is file out the root put in two titanium little pins filled it the put a white filling on it . May be about an hours worth of work, why the cost, unbelievable.
Reply:for the dentist


the equiments are expensive...time...and experience


for tech


equiment...time...material....and handcraft...
Reply:My answer has nothing to why the price is so high as someone else has answered. You may go to a Salud Clinic or Dental Aid and they can get it done for a whole cheaper but you still have to pay. (I personally believe that you are paying for the dental clinic's fancier office and more high tech stuff not to mention his fancier advertising, paper/documentation as well as his education. They are not in it to be good and helpful to people, they are in it to be rich)
Reply:Not a dentist, but I think it's expensive because you have to eat and for cosmetic/aesthetics. Plastic surgery is also more expensive than normal. It's cheaper to get them pulled but the dentures are up there with the crowns because people have to eat. Look in the history of dentistry, the rich were the only ones who could afford dentistry then and the peasants just had to extract with no replacements. Too bad isn't it. It's the way this free market great country of ours supposedly works. That's too bad too. But on the bright side, in 70-100 years you'll be in heaven and never have to worry about the tooth situation burning you here. Give the dentist all your money so you get to heaven because you have no money here and the dentist has all the money here but maybe not heaven.. Wow, I always get a religious experience at the dentist, I think because of all the pain which brings on all the prayers. Good luck and God bless and praise the Lord.

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