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damn... what's the dentist gonna do to me??
Posted: Mon Dec 16, 2002 5:20 am
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??
Posted: Mon Dec 16, 2002 8:26 am
by bug
if you are lucky, a filling
if not, a crown
Posted: Mon Dec 16, 2002 8:45 am
by cobra25
crown... ****... better check if my insurance covers that...
Posted: Mon Dec 16, 2002 8:51 am
by bug
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!
Posted: Mon Dec 16, 2002 8:57 am
by binksfan
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.
Posted: Mon Dec 16, 2002 8:59 am
by cobra25
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.....
Posted: Mon Dec 16, 2002 9:11 am
by bug
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.
Posted: Mon Dec 16, 2002 9:18 am
by binksfan
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
Posted: Mon Dec 16, 2002 9:38 am
by bug
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.
Re: damn... what's the dentist gonna do to me??
Posted: Mon Dec 16, 2002 10:09 am
by EvilAngel
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..
Re: Re: damn... what's the dentist gonna do to me??
Posted: Mon Dec 16, 2002 11:01 am
by Joint Chiefs of Staff
Posted: Mon Dec 16, 2002 11:09 am
by SeedOfChaos
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
Posted: Tue Dec 17, 2002 2:12 am
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...
Posted: Tue Dec 17, 2002 2:22 am
by SeedOfChaos
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!
Posted: Tue Dec 17, 2002 2:32 am
by cobra25
yep that's it... they've never given me any problems...
Posted: Tue Dec 17, 2002 8:39 am
by Ghosthunter
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
Posted: Tue Dec 17, 2002 9:47 am
by cobra25
never use sedation when I get drilled.... the pain is my punishment for not taking care of my teeth....
Posted: Tue Dec 17, 2002 10:16 am
by Ghosthunter
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
Posted: Tue Dec 17, 2002 11:38 am
by cobra25
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