Not many things make you feel better than a root canal

[URY914]

Unless of course you add in a tooth extraction and your basic cleaning. 3 1/2 hours in the chair. Boy I sure am hungry.

Thank goodness for insurance:

Cleaning = $9.00
Root canal = $64.00
Tooth extraction = $14.00

Next week: 2 crowns

Future: Bridge

I'm sure I'll get Christmas card from my dentist after this.

[A930Rocket]

I'm scheduled for 3 at the end of the month, then some through the gum work on 2 of the same when the root canals heal.

Hopefully I'll find out the total and what insurance pays before I get there...

[look 171]

I just got my root canal done at 3:30 this afternoon. Yeah, hungry is right. I cut up some cup-o-noodles and just drunk it. I sure will have a nice dinner. I hope. Not too bad, only 2 hours in that chair. No pain yet.

[URY914]

Yep, I've had 2 cups of soup. Wife better hurry back with that 'scrip. Startin to feel some pain.

[mattdavis11]

I had part of a filling fall out Saturday, got checked out Monday. It's quite a list, 2 crowns for sure, no root canals though. He's running what my insurance might cover before we begin.

I'm not looking forward to any of it.

[Buckterrier]

Have a wisdom tooth hammered & chiseled out of your mouth by a sadistic F'ing dentist with only novocain.
I'll see your root canal & raise you an impacted tooth.

[genrex]

IV anesthesiologist: "Okay, count to ten."

Me: "One, two...." zonk

[Hugh R]

Cleaning and turning two old fillings into a crown tomorrow. I am truly blessed. After that I gotta replace a suddenly leaking water heater. I can't wait.

[Porsche-O-Phile]

What in the world kind of insurance coverage do you have - those co-pay amounts are ones I'd seriously kill for!

I have some similar work that I've been putting off because the cost of the co-pays is too high to stomach. Most plans I've ever seen it's something like 40% maximum for anything other than a routine cleaning and exam. I just have a problem writing a check for thousands of dollars (the out-of-pocket cost for what I need done) for things that aren't literally incapacitating me. I know I probably shouldn't, but if I can live with it, I do... I hate the thought of paying that much and money isn't exactly falling off of trees these days either.

[rnln]

well, must be a good package from his company, and he's probably paying a lot monthly

[NY65912]

IV sedation........the only way to have this done. Expensive, yes, but it all happens in a flash and you have no memory of what happened.

[URY914]

Originally Posted by rnln

well, must be a good package from his company, and he's probably paying a lot monthly

Actually it's my wife's plan. She works for a state university. The pay isn't much but the insurance bennys make up for it and she is not a union member.

[vash]

i'm gonna go and floss now..

[red-beard]

Originally Posted by genrex

IV anesthesiologist: "Okay, count to ten."

Me: "One, two...." zonk

Have you seen "Horrible Bosses" yet?

[porsche4life]

Ugh. I've got to have two wisdom teeth out...

[Buckterrier]

Originally Posted by vash

i'm gonna go and floss now..

LOL. Use a really, REALLY skimpy thong

[JeremyD]

I just went through this with broken old filling, a split tooth - a root canal - and then a tooth extraction.

My dentist was impressed by my abnormally long root - I thought he was going to pull out part of my brain with the tooth. Seriously!

This along with a gallbladder attack (and 21 gallstones) were two of the most painful things I have endured in my life - and all within the past 18 months.

Pain - such a rush!

[azasadny]

My root canal last May was $800 and I have BCBS insurance... That was MY portion for the endodontics.