Big decision to make. RC or extraction?

[Dust and Ashes]

Went to the dentist today because of a problem tooth. I was given a choice, root canal or extraction. He said it's no problem to save the tooth but it will require a root canal. I'd say no problem but RC is $590 plus $650 for a crown within a few months.

I'm just wondering if it would be worth the trouble. I'm pretty much set on just going with an extraction and having the other, less pressing but still not minor, problems fixed since the RC/Crown would wipe any chances of other dental work for probably a year.

:sigh:

[Michael the Iconographer]

Just get it yanked!

[Philip]

When I saw the title of the thread, I was expecting a silly question like 'Would you rather convert to RCC or have your teeth pulled out?'

Which tooth is it?

[Dust and Ashes]

When I saw the title of the thread, I was expecting a silly question like 'Would you rather convert to RCC or have your teeth pulled out?'

Which tooth is it?

#4 on the chart. 2nd Bicuspid

[Michael the Iconographer]

#4 on the chart. 2nd Bicuspid

Only problem there is that one is a tad noticable.

[Khaleas]

When I saw the title of the thread, I was expecting a silly question like 'Would you rather convert to RCC or have your teeth pulled out?'

Which tooth is it?

That's what I thought too... I was like, why would he convert to Catholic... that was sudden... :P

[Philip]

Only problem there is that one is a tad noticable.

That's what I was thinking.

Ask about an implant. Mine was roughly the same cost as the crown, but their was no RC involved. My wife got hers to replace an RC+crown that had gone bad after a few years.

[Michael the Iconographer]

That's what I thought too... I was like, why would he convert to Catholic... that was sudden... :P

Methinks he wrote it that way as a ploy to get us all to read the post!

[Dust and Ashes]

Methinks he wrote it that way as a ploy to get us all to read the post!

Would I do something like that? ;)

[Protoevangel]

When I saw the title of the thread, I was expecting a silly question like 'Would you rather convert to RCC or have your teeth pulled out?'

Which tooth is it?
Teeth pulled out. :D

[ufonium2]

Extract it! Most of my dad's teeth fell out before age 40 (fetal alcohol syndrome, good times) and he had so many root canals and such to try to keep them going. But since implant technology is so much better now, he's going that route and loves it. If you get an implant, shop around. Prices vary wildly from place to place and doctor to doctor.

[Matrona]

How long do implants last?

I have several teeth that are actually baby teeth (no permanent ones were in place to replace them) and the dentist told me I'm going to lose at least four at some point down the road. :eek: So I would like to know a bit about them.

If I were forgivensinner, I'd go for the root canal, just because I like real teeth. :)

[Philip]

How long do implants last?

Assuming the bone structure of the jaw is stable, they are will outlast you. Titanium alloy rods that the jawbone actually grows into. The process takes several months. Make sure your dentist is well experienced with implants. If something goes wrong with the implant, it is almost always due to human error.

[Epiphanygirl]

Just went through this with my husband. His back molar went bad. The dentist told him a bunch of stories(sigh)I thought he should just have it yanked...it is the back molar...but nope....he got the RC and crown....no insurance, no vacation..... the funny thing.... we had insurance before...the dentist charged the same amount that we would have had to pay out of pocket to begin with....can you say "rip off" dentists are making bookoo bucks nowadays.
*EG ends her rant and slips out

[InnerPhyre]

I had all of my canines extracted because my mouth didn't have enough room for all of my teeth (which is sort of ironic, since I frequently get told I have a big mouth) and to look at me now, you wouldn't notice, but I had braces for two years to move the rest of the teeth inward to cover up the holes left by the 4 missing teeth. Now I just tell everyone that I was a vampire and had to have my canines yanked as part of the cure ;)

[ufonium2]

I have several teeth that are actually baby teeth (no permanent ones were in place to replace them) and the dentist told me I'm going to lose at least four at some point down the road. :eek: So I would like to know a bit about them.


Funny, I had the opposite problem. Kids in my family are born with two sets of adult teeth and no baby teeth (can the hillbilly jokes). So I had to have an entire set of teeth pulled over the course of my childhood. But so did my brother, so we thought it was normal.

[Epiphanygirl]

I had all of my canines extracted because my mouth didn't have enough room for all of my teeth (which is sort of ironic, since I frequently get told I have a big mouth) and to look at me now, you wouldn't notice, but I had braces for two years to move the rest of the teeth inward to cover up the holes left by the 4 missing teeth. Now I just tell everyone that I was a vampire and had to have my canines yanked as part of the cure ;):D

[Xpycoctomos]

Extract it! Most of my dad's teeth fell out before age 40 (fetal alcohol syndrome, good times) and he had so many root canals and such to try to keep them going. But since implant technology is so much better now, he's going that route and loves it. If you get an implant, shop around. Prices vary wildly from place to place and doctor to doctor.

Just know that they don't always take well to the gum. the dentists don't always know why. It's jsut that the metal (that goes up in the gum... obviously the metal doesn't show) can create a bad reaction to the gum. This happened to my friend. They don't know why it won't work properly. She knocked her tooth out when she was a little kid (the nerve was haning out in the open and everything... can you imagine such pain for anyone to go through!). Event he tooth she has now (15 years later) still isn't perfect.

But then other people (I would imagine most people) have no problem at all.

PS: What prices to those things range in? I'm just curious.

[OrthoTauf]

Other teeth will move to fill the space; I now face expensive orthodonture because of a lost tooth.

Save the tooth or replace it with an implant--do not extract it and replace it with a removable false tooth or a fixed bridge.

That's my vote.

[Xpycoctomos]

When I was a kid I had VERY crowded teeth. So the pulled out my top canine (not the center incisor, nor the one next to it, but the one afterward, right before the molars). They said my teeth would all move in over time and fill the gap. They didn't lol. Anyway, I don't even think about it at all. because it is mostly covered. I've never noticed anyone treating me differently for it. So.. I don't know, I guess I jsut offer that for whatever it's worth.

lol

John

PS: I don't know which one you were referring to as i don't know how teeth are charted. is that the same one as the one I mentioned?

[Dust and Ashes]

PS: I don't know which one you were referring to as i don't know how teeth are charted. is that the same one as the one I mentioned?

I used this chart (http://www.ada.org/public/topics/tooth_number.asp).