I know Dental Implants are expensive

[Microman]

Need to have two done, with a cantilever over to another.

Ane on other side of mouth a bridge.

Then I won't look like a toothless person.

Could be close to $9,500

[mikebw]

Yikes. I'm looking at ~3,000 for Invisalign to correct for an alignment issue that is resulting in chipping of a tooth. Hoping to setup some pre-tax dollars through my employer FSA plan, but unfortunately I can't make that change until November...

Do you have that option?

[Fritz]

my brother has need both arches. All-in-4.
absolutely prohibitive. $20k per.
Spain $6.4k per

[NewtonMP2100]

....what if.....anti-dentite......???

[rgG]

They are crazy expensive.
Have you asked about a traditional bridge?

[cbelt3]

Mrs. cbelt3 has an entire upper implant set for all her uppers and most of her lowers. We've invested over $50K in her mouth. Her fibro prohibits travel. We could have gone to europe for a full set and had a great vacation too for half that.

[PizzaGod]

Microman wrote:
Need to have two done, with a cantilever over to another.

Ane on other side of mouth a bridge.

Then I won't look like a toothless person.

Could be close to $9,500

Couldn't afford good dental care when I was a kid. Couldn't afford it the first thirty years of being an adult. After that I kept doing repairs after repairs after repairs.

Last year I made a major dental investment. Almost everything I have now are implants and crowns etc. Close to 70K. I guess if I could have afforded dental care this "heroic" restoration wouldn't have been necessary, but in addition to the pain I would have periodically, I was prone to infections, and that was just as debilitating.

$9500 is a chunk to be sure-but I doubt that you'll ever regret the investment. I sure don't.

[Ombligo]

If you are able too, look at going out of the country to get it done. You can go to Europe or Asia and save. Mexico is even cheaper. Most of the dentists are American trained.

[Sarcany]

Was recently quoted $1300 out of pocket with my insurance paying 80% for a root canal and crown.

Paying them a fortune to rip out the tooth and nerve.

It's the 21st century. Why can't they just treat the underlying condition??

Dentistry is barbaric AND expensive.

[rjmacs]

Sarcany wrote:
Was recently quoted $1300 out of pocket with my insurance paying 80% for a root canal and crown.

Paying them a fortune to rip out the tooth and nerve.

It's the 21st century. Why can't they just treat the underlying condition??

Dentistry is barbaric AND expensive.

They don't rip out the root - just grind down the enamel and drill out the pulp, killing the tooth permanently, leaving the root as a base to anchor the metal post that hold the crown. If they ripped out the whole tooth, you'd need an implant or denture.