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john(MI) 
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 Posted: 16 Dec 2020 at 11:31am |
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I was told about how they clean your teeth now. They don't use water and they don't use the suction tube. They use gauze to wipe your teeth and you swallow everything else. I guess Dentists shouldn't have gotten rid of those little round sinks they used to have by the chair? I'm not going in until everyone gets this vaccine.
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Ray54
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Posted: 16 Dec 2020 at 10:36am |
That is sounding cheap to me. But maybe my price is higher cause it already had a root canal 20 years + ago. But regular dentist only does fillings and crowns. Root canals and extractions are different specialists that that is all they do.
I hope my bad tooth lasts another month without really hearting cause that is as soon as they want to do it. Maybe they want more since we have dental insurance from my wife's teaching days. But they are talking right at 800.
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Tbone95
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Posted: 16 Dec 2020 at 7:10am |
 dr p wrote:
Hey, I resemble that remark. Depends where you live but 430 does sound high. I am 150 for a routine and 285 if I have to pick up a sheet metal hammer and a drill. I had one of of those dental assistants for a while. Couldn't get the patients to stop turning their heads to the left. |
Hahaha...My dentist had a hygienist that was easily the most beautiful woman in the county. Never missed a cleaning with her!! Now she's gone 
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dr p
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Posted: 16 Dec 2020 at 6:24am |
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Hey, I resemble that remark. Depends where you live but 430 does sound high. I am 150 for a routine and 285 if I have to pick up a sheet metal hammer and a drill. I had one of of those dental assistants for a while. Couldn't get the patients to stop turning their heads to the left.
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DMiller
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Posted: 16 Dec 2020 at 6:19am |
Asked why these cost so much when had last tooth yanked instead. Showed me a set of tiny files they use to remove the root nerves, the little set of six is $1200 his cost. Cost of Malpractice Insurance for tools and materials suppliers is brutal where a tooth can be infected and be forced to lose it anyway where many people file malpractice cases against. He had one where a .002 sliver of one file broke away and did not catch it even on xrays, once tooth root is filled the tiny piece is just part of the filling. Tooth to jaw got irritated and he had to remove it where the client sued and insurance just pays. Won $25000 pain and suffering and cost of RC but not extraction. He is no longer allowed in that office either.
I am at the age if teeth get that bad, Out they come.
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Sugarmaker
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Posted: 16 Dec 2020 at 6:12am |
The cost of the work this fall for a root canal and a couple crowns would have almost paid for a new car in 1974! Yea they get paid well! Regards, Chris
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HD6GTOM
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Posted: 16 Dec 2020 at 2:19am |
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Got the dang tooth pulled today. Dang, $430.00 dollars later for jerking 1 tooth. At least his assistant was super sharp looking and knew a few things about honey bees.
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