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LiberalEsto

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3. Amen!

Reply to Lint Head (Reply #2)

Wed Mar 7, 2012, 12:35 PM

Mar 2012

Even with dental insurance, we can no longer afford the 50% cost of a crown because crowns cost so blasted much now.

The last time a dentist told me I needed a crown, I told him I couldn't afford it and would have it pulled.

He told me that having it pulled would cause the opposite tooth on my upper jaw to grow longer. What total B.S.

Needless to say, I got it pulled by another dentist and will never go back to the other one.

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Anyone know the cost of "Composite Three Surface Anterior" dental work? [View all] Auggie Mar 2012 OP

Check your area for a Dental College. They often will do work FSogol Mar 2012 #1

Dentistry has become a racket. Every time I go to the dentist they rarely find cavities but Lint Head Mar 2012 #2

Amen! LiberalEsto Mar 2012 #3

Wow! I thought it was just me. phylny Mar 2012 #9

dentistry racket lope May 2014 #11

The price, unfortunately, sounds marybourg Mar 2012 #4

Thanks for responding everyone Auggie Mar 2012 #7

Get another opinion on this. MineralMan Mar 2012 #5

Another way to look at this - what are the labor hours and hedgehog Mar 2012 #6

The cost seems a little high to me, but it may be due to your location. TexasTowelie Mar 2012 #8

That amount of work merits a second opinion CrawlingChaos Mar 2012 #10

Get a second opinion. MineralMan May 2014 #12

It's a vaild question: Auggie May 2014 #13

I do not know. I also don't know if the work is needed. MineralMan May 2014 #14

No one is asking you if the work is needed. And you wait 2 years to post the question? Auggie May 2014 #15

Someone else posting in the thread, and I posted MineralMan May 2014 #16

Consider a trip to Mexico. cbayer May 2014 #17

Oops! Didn't realize that this was a 2 year old thread that got kicked. Well, cbayer May 2014 #18