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the Price of a Root Canal and Crown

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$ 1200
Oct 2007
bay city Texas
Three root canals in one tooth  more... close row

Description of service

Over the past decade I have had the misfortune of needing multiple root canals in my molars or back teeth, both on the top and bottom. The bad thing about your back molars is that they contain multiple roots, so you are charged per root when having a root canal procedure. The price of a root canal and crown for a back upper molar I paid recently was $1200.00. Like a lot of people, I don't have dental insurance, so I had to pay the full price. The price did include a total of four dental visits, although the price did not include the cost of prescription pain killers and antibiotics. The first visit, resulting from pain that brought me to the dentist, included x-rays of the tooth. The second visit was to drill out the offending roots; there were three of them in the single tooth. The next visit filled the root, which the dentist didn't do at the time he drilled it because it was still bleeding and possibly a bit infected, although I had taken and was continuing to take antibiotics. This was two weeks after the drilling, so I had a big hole in my back tooth for two weeks. The final visit was to place the crown over the tooth. I picked the least expensive metal, not porcelain crown, since it was a back tooth and by this time I was broke!


Review of Service

Besides the fact that I hate any dental procedure, all in all this was a good outcome. The dentist was as patient and gentle as he could be, and he did explain each procedure beforehand. He did discuss the price with me and gave me the option to pull the tooth if that was my choice.


Tips

My main advice would be to take care of your teeth to avoid this procedure! But if you have to have it done, be sure to discuss the price or you could end up with a root canal and crown that costs as much as a small car. It is an unpleasant procedure and time-consuming, so leave yourself time to take off from work to get it done. Make sure to take all the antibiotics, and do get the prescription for pain medication filled - don't try to tough it out. And have soft foods in your fridge and cupboard at home because you will need to eat them for awhile.


$ 1555
Jul 2008
Harrisburg, SD
Root canal, buildup, and crown  more... close row
$ 200
Jun 2006
Orem, UT
Root canal and crown partly paid for by insurance  more... close row
$ 1298
Aug 2008
Kiel, Wisconsin
Broken tooth required root canal  more... close row
$ 2000
Feb 2008
American Fork, UT
Endodontist and Prosthodontist worked together  more... close row
$ 675
May 2007
Dublin, OH
Due to a large filling that I had done as  more... close row
$ 2500
May 2006
Phoenix, AZ
Dental exam, root canal and crown  more... close row
$ 1600
Feb 2006
Phoenix, AZ
Root canal and crown which were not that painful  more... close row
$ 930
Nov 2007
hubbard,ohio
Discount on root canal and crown  more... close row
$ 1300
Aug 2006
woodville, tx
Root canal and gold crown  more... close row
$ 350
Aug 2008
Houston, TX
Complicated root canal performed  more... close row
$ 940
Feb 2007
Arlington, TX
Root canal not as bad as expected  more... close row
$ 4500
Mar 2008
Chicago, Illinois
Paying out of pocket for root canal and crown  more... close row
$ 1200
Aug 2008
Tampa, Florida
Painful root canal  more... close row
$ 1600
Mar 2008
Syracuse, NY
Gentle dentistry is easier for nervous patient  more... close row
$ 2250
Jul 2008
Marietta, GA
Root canal, build-up and crown  more... close row
$ 1750
Apr 2007
ferndale, Wa.
Root canal, crown and two fillings  more... close row
$ 300
Dec 2006
Littleton, CO
Careless dentist caused pain  more... close row