damn... what's the dentist gonna do to me??

cobra25 · Post by **cobra25** » Mon Dec 16, 2002 5:20 am

a small part jumped off one of my back teeth this morning.... just made an appointment with the dentist...

what's he gonna do??

bug · Post by **bug** » Mon Dec 16, 2002 8:26 am

if you are lucky, a filling

if not, a crown

cobra25 · Post by **cobra25** » Mon Dec 16, 2002 8:45 am

crown... ****... better check if my insurance covers that...

bug · Post by **bug** » Mon Dec 16, 2002 8:51 am

It can get worse

If the nerve is exposed, then you need a root canal
before the crown. You can put it off, but it does not go away,
only gets worse.

Been there, done that!

binksfan · Post by **binksfan** » Mon Dec 16, 2002 8:57 am

Cobra....most insurance plans cover x-rays, fillings, cleaning and extractions. Anything beyond that (any extensive treatments) usually have a co-payment. I have a good dental plan and co-pay for crown is $200-$400 depending on which tooth it is. Hopefully it will just be a filling.

cobra25 · Post by **cobra25** » Mon Dec 16, 2002 8:59 am

aaaarrrgghhhh root canal??? daaammnnnn.... the piece came of the side of the tooth and was quite big....

Anyway I'm just glad it doesn't hurt at the moment...

I just sent an e-mail to my insurance company to ask if they cover a crown.....

bug · Post by **bug** » Mon Dec 16, 2002 9:11 am

Dental Insurance here in Canada usually pay 50% of crowns and root canals. They usually run between $500-$600 each. So I pay half of that. I have found the dentist will allow payments over a few months to settle the bill.

Guess the first step is to see what the dentist needs to do to fix your tooth.

binksfan · Post by **binksfan** » Mon Dec 16, 2002 9:18 am

I've had bad teeth all my life. Have 4 right now that have had root canals. That stuff they use nowadays deadens everything. Felt nothing during the process. Just takes a while in the chair while the take out the root, file the canal smooth, then fill it with a rubberized substance. takes about an hour and jaw gets tired from holding your mouth open but no pain. fell asleep once during the process. if your nervous just grab dentist in crotch area and say, "We're not going to hurt each other, are we?" - LOL

bug · Post by **bug** » Mon Dec 16, 2002 9:38 am

I ask for the bite block, even just for fillings

It is a rubber wedge they place on the opposite side of your mouth to
help keep your mouth open, otherwise I get a bad cramp in my jaw muscles in less than 5 minutes. Works great, they have different sizes. A crown takes 2-3 hours, and you gotta go back 2 times, the first one is a temp crown, they gotta custom fit you for the final unit, and that takes a week or so to be made.

EvilAngel · Post by **EvilAngel** » Mon Dec 16, 2002 10:09 am

Originally posted by cobra25
a small part jumped off one of my back teeth this morning.... just made an appointment with the dentist...

what's he gonna do??

Beware... this is a possibility of what he could do to you..

Joint Chiefs of Staff · Mon Dec 16, 2002 11:01 am

Originally posted by EvilAngel
Beware... this is a possibility of what he could do to you..

Bling Bling

SeedOfChaos · Post by **SeedOfChaos** » Mon Dec 16, 2002 11:09 am

Hey cobra, which insurance do you have anyway? I need to get one (since my German one just expired), any company you can recommend?

And good luck with your tooth, hopefully it won't be painful/expensive (kinda the same, aren't they?)!

Cheers,
Ronald

cobra25 · Post by **cobra25** » Tue Dec 17, 2002 2:12 am

national insurance with Zorg en Zekerheid... it's a good one.. Still just a little bit below the income limit for national insurance... so I'm still insured for little money

great system

That's at least one thing that's better over here then in the US.... at least everyone's got a health insurance...

SeedOfChaos · Post by **SeedOfChaos** » Tue Dec 17, 2002 2:22 am

Originally posted by cobra25
national insurance with Zorg en Zekerheid... it's a good one.. Still just a little bit below the income limit for national insurance... so I'm still insured for little money great system

That's at least one thing that's better over here then in the US.... at least everyone's got a health insurance...

http://www.zorgenzekerheid.nl/ this one? Gonna check it out, thanks!

cobra25 · Post by **cobra25** » Tue Dec 17, 2002 2:32 am

yep that's it... they've never given me any problems...

Ghosthunter · Post by **Ghosthunter** » Tue Dec 17, 2002 8:39 am

want to hear a pretty bad story one time what happened to me?

One time I was getting a tooth drilled, and he gave me novacaine, but I guess just not enough, even though my lip and side of the mouth was numb, he must have hit something in my tooth that just was not numb enough, well it hurt so bad and I was not expecting it. Well I jumped as an automatic reflex really bad mistake. By me jumping the dentist by accident slipped and the drill went right into my lower lip.

At the time it happened I felt no pain becuase my lip was numb, but afterwards not only was it cut pretty bad, but man the pain was real bad for about a week and I can barely eat.

That taught me never to jump ever again..lol

cobra25 · Post by **cobra25** » Tue Dec 17, 2002 9:47 am

never use sedation when I get drilled.... the pain is my punishment for not taking care of my teeth....

Ghosthunter · Post by **Ghosthunter** » Tue Dec 17, 2002 10:16 am

Originally posted by cobra25
never use sedation when I get drilled.... the pain is my punishment for not taking care of my teeth....

are you a masochist?

lol

cobra25 · Post by **cobra25** » Tue Dec 17, 2002 11:38 am

if you just relax it won't hurt that much...

the only thing I've really found to be quite painful is when you lose a filling.... and the dentist has to drill out the old parts of the filling.... now that hurts..

but hey...: No pain... No gain

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