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I think a lot depends on where you live. There were complaints about the cost of dentistry in NZ on TV the other night but the prices people said they were quoted were not anything like I have experienced. My root canal was around $800 from memory a few years ago. It is suggested you shop around and get quotes - or go overseas to have it done :wink:

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I think a lot depends on where you live. There were complaints about the cost of dentistry in NZ on TV the other night but the prices people said they were quoted were not anything like I have experienced. My root canal was around $800 from memory a few years ago. It is suggested you shop around and get quotes - or go overseas to have it done :wink:

Interesting you say that, I someone I know went to Thailand and got 2 fillings, a root canal, a crown, and a holiday for the price she was quoted for the dentistry in NZ.

I'm also deathly afraid of the dentist, so need to make sure that I'm completely numb and preferably have gas!!

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I have 2 daughters that are dental nurses

Both say to look around

Try contacting a lab that makes them as well as they often have dentists working for them

The injections that are used are fine with no discomfort except for having to keep your gob open for so long

Do not eat anything or drink anything for a few hours afterwards

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THe price of a root canal and crown depend very much on which tooth it is (more roots = more time = more $) what sort of crown it is (cerec, gold, porcelain, procelain-fused-to-metal (PFM), PFM post crown) and what general state things are in.

It *isn't* as easy as ringing around and asking for the price of a root filling and a crown. Seriously, dental people get soooooooooooo sick of those pricing calls - they comprise about 50% of the phone calls and are unanswerable.

The price does depend on location (big cities = more $)

Price does not really reflect quality. Go with a dentist you feel comfortable with.

If it is a back tooth, I recommend gold crowns. They wear the same as your natural teeth. Porcelain crowns are much harder and can cause more wear on your natural teeth opposing it. Also porcelain crowns can chip etc, gold crowns will never chip. Since it is at the back it doesn't look as dated and ugly as gold in front teeth, I think they actually look nicer at the back than porcelain.

If the dentist recommends root filling, then definitely get it root filled. Getting it extracted is cheaper but gaps are annoying, ugly and as expensive to fill as retaining the tooth would have been in the first place.

Following a root filling you definitely do want to get a crown. The tooth may feel fine but it has been seriously structurally damaged and is likely to crack apart later unsalvagably, wasting your money of getting it root filled in the first place.

Damnit, I quite being a dental assistant 1.5 years ago and I can still talk forever about teeth!

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Sounds cheap in comparison to estimate I got 4 days ago,here in Dublin estimate was 800euro for rt,then 850euro for crown. :cry:

:o ouch.

My root canal is today. I called around and estimates were between 800 and 1400. I decided it's worth paying 1200 for because I'm such a scaredy cat when in comes to the dentist and I feel comfortable with him.

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