Dentist, the new robber barons.

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About 15 years ago I broke a wisdom tooth. The dentist recommended just pulling it, but because the root was curved, he sent me to a maxillofacial surgeon. IIRC, the surgeon wanted $170/tooth to pull wisdom teeth under general anesthetic, so $200/tooth doesn't sound like a whole lot of inflation over 15 years.
The surgery isn't bad. It's when the numbing starts to wear off.
 

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Sorry about your plight. Okc does have some free dental clinics you might research. Also, don’t wait too long to get treatment. Best of luck
 

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Growing up my dad would go to an old diesel mechanic that had his own shop, the guy was tough as nails, I remember being in middle school and him having a handshake that was like a vise. Dude died when he had something going on with this teeth. Long story short he wouldn't get it fixed, It got infected, and he went septic and died. One of the toughest and dumbest men I ever knew.
 

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I can live with dental prices and have dental insurance. Just had a crown and paid nearly half, $325($845). I think implants at $2500 per tooth is outrageous...


Go to a dental school, wife did growing up because there were 8 kids.
 

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Here I go again-when I was a kid of 16 years old, I had a toothache and a friend of mine did also. We grabbed a pair of pliers and tried to remove the teeth ourselves but somehow the pliers didn't feel quite right on the tooth. So we went to a Dentist in OKC on Main Street that I knew about and walked up the flight of stairs to his office. We had $3.00 each and told him we wanted our teeth removed and he said he'd do it for that much. As he was preparing for the extraction, he complained that the anesthetic shot was costing him $3.00 alone but he went ahead and removed the offending teeth.
 

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Seriously dental care is important to your overall health, esp your heart. Yes bad teeth can lead to heart issues.

Is it expensive, yes, dentist are golfers with a hobby.

I had neglected dental care for well over 25 years. Things finally started to catch up in 2013. Started with a molar that broke that I had a root canal and crown on. That failed after 7 months and had to be pulled.

Then nothing until 2018 when I had the worse tooth pain ever, made it to a different dentist, she said you need a root canal, no pull it, she did and good thing it was split in two to the roots. She said it would not have taken a root canal. I left with that tooth pulled and the area prepped for a bridge. That was december 2018, that started a course of dental visits that would last until Aug 2019.

When all was said and done, I had 2 bridges, zirconia since gold was too damn expensive, 8 fillings and a entire deep clean. Total cost was just over $12,000. My out of pocket with my insurance was $5000. Expensive yes but in all honesty I am so glad I had it it done, I have no more teeth pain. I never realized how much my mouth had hurt before.

Another dentist in town who would accept my insurance but out of network wanted $50,000 to do the same job LOL no thanks

My dental insurance costs me $19 a month. To me its worth it.

So go get those cleanings done twice per year.


Who do you have your dental insurance with? Mine is Blue Cross, but apparently it's terrible.
 

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Yeah, no don't do it yourself. Go to OU. I took one of the boys there when he was a little tyke. Had an abscessed tooth in the back of his head somewhere. Cost was reasonable; care was very good.
 

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