We do not have dental insurance. My back molar will need a root canal and a crown for a total cost of $1900.00

Is it better to have it pulled or absorb the cost. Since we don't have insurance, it is going to "hurt"......

We do not have dental insurance. My back molar will need a root canal and a crown for a total cost of $1900.00
As much as I would not want to lose a tooth- I think my budget would win.
Reply:have u tryed a dental school they can do the work on u doesn't cost as much.
Reply:try to find a dental school. i went to u of l dental school after i had been priced 10,000 by my dentist that i had gone to for years. they did the same amount of work, plus for less than 3,000.00. they are supervised by dentist who have been practicing for years. it was a 1st class operation...good luck....
Reply:I never knew how important it was to keep your natural teeth until I started working for a dentist. You could go ahead and have the tooth removed but over time your other teeth will shift and move into the space so it will cause you to have spaces in your other teeth. I know how expensive dental work is even with insurance but you should really have the root canal and crown done. The tooth will start to hurt if you don't do any treatment to it. The nerve is infected and it is not good to have that kind of infection in your body. I really try to talk my patients into saving your natural teeth if you can. Over time it will be well worth the money. Good Luck with whatever treatment you choose.
Reply:See if you can do a payment plan, and check out getting a second job for a couple months and pay it off. My friend did this and it worked out great working for the things he needed! WOW!
Reply:Just my opinion, as much as I like to keep my own teeth, I had a root canal about 20 yrs ago, it is black now and broken and I have to have it capped when I can afford to dish out money to do it- I vowed never again, though they say nowdays it is one visit, some say it is painful, others say it isnt that bad- either way I remember what it was like and saw my neighbor go through it, no thanks-


I needed root canal on a molar AGAIN a few years back and they tried to fix it, began drilling and it broke, they put a temp filling (medicated) and told me I had to have it pulled the next day, as I drove home the filling came out, now imagine I had to go through the entire night to the next afternoon with an exposed nerve that throbbed so bad I wanted to die.


I had it pulled, it was painless and took only 30 seconds to remove it- I only WISH I had done that instead of going through yet another root canal nightmare.


If you do not have the money, and a full set of teeth, it isn't bad to be missing one molar in the back. doesn't bother me at all and I have no regrets.