Ok I got tired of the lopsided face, not to mention the pain and went to the dentist today. He wants to do a root canal (just the word makes me cringe) I was braced for an extraction but he says it can be saved. OK Then I told him to take a look at the rest of the teeth that need work and tell me again he could save them. He did. So Now I am set up with two more appointments, the first in a long line I am sure to get started on work. The next one is in two days where we will do xrays and see what else needs to be done. We will discuss the possibilities and decide what we can afford on our insurance. We do have insurance thank God! It will pay 2500 dollars this year. So I will have 2500 dollars worth of work done this year. Then he can do another 2500 next year if it is warrented! So far I saved by not letting him use anasthetic today when he started the root canal. (OK how many of you cringed when you read that?) Honest, I am in so much pain from this now the drilling really wasn't any worse (much er only a bit) Now however, it hurts or should I say HURTS!!! AH well that is what ibuprofin is for!! The next trip in is to finish the root canal and then a trip in to cap it off. Then we'll look at the rest of what is left financially and dentally. Needless to say this guy thinks I am nuts already!!
OUCH!
February 26th, 2007 at 10:52 pm
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February 27th, 2007 at 02:18 am 1172542709
Hope it all goes smoothly and as painlessly as possible!
February 27th, 2007 at 04:15 pm 1172592956
I would think he would have sympathy for someone who couldn't afford the anesthesia/pain killer!
April 16th, 2007 at 07:17 pm 1176751058
I was in that situation at the end of last year too!
One of my teeth literally shattered (two months before), which prompted me to go (and yes, the root was exposed during that time).
In a matter of 3 months, I had 5 root canals, 2 caps, and 3 crowns put on. Quite literally, It seemed like I lived at the dentist's office (granted it was only about 9 times throughout 3 months).
We (the dentist and I) intentionally drove the dental repairs into this year (2007), because of the expense. I still need to pay him $760, and we've got it budgeted for just after the current billing cycle for our credit card (which we'll get 1% back on, and an easy way to keep track of the dental costs for the year for next years' tax time).