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Root Canal and Crown costs?

  • 10-03-2011 9:52pm
    #1
    BBMcQ
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    Does anybody have any experience with the costs associates with a root canal and crown?

    Got the first stage done for €770 including a filling and just gotta get the porcelain crown put on now. The dentist told me it would costs "a couple" of hundred euros but then the receptionist tells me it's €850!! Is their better value to be had? Or savings up the North?


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  • #2
    btkm8unsl0w5r4
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,535 ✭✭✭btkm8unsl0w5r4


    Realy you should be told all cost at the start of treatment. I did ring a restaurant the other day and ask them how much a meal was, I am still waiting on an definative answer they said between 10-500 euro. I wonder is there better value to be had in the chipper down the road.

    You can get cheap crowns and expensive crowns, depends on how well you want them to fit and how long you want them to look and bite. All crowns are not the same.


  • #3
    cjmcork
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,354 ✭✭✭cjmcork


    sorry to bump this thread, but have the same question............was quoted 2k by my own dentist, which quite frankly is not going to happen:eek:


  • #4
    helimachoptor
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 21,693 Mod ✭✭✭✭helimachoptor


    cjmcork wrote: »
    sorry to bump this thread, but have the same question............was quoted 2k by my own dentist, which quite frankly is not going to happen:eek:

    Really depends on whats getting done. My only root canal ( + crown) was €2500 the root canal was 1600 and crown was 900 if I recall correctly but my tooth had pretty much crumbled so it was a lot of work.


  • #5
    Oral Surgeon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,240 ✭✭✭Oral Surgeon


    cjmcork wrote: »
    sorry to bump this thread, but have the same question............was quoted 2k by my own dentist, which quite frankly is not going to happen:eek:

    Depends on how much you really want to hang onto that tooth...
    I don't do root canals or crowns but in general they cost e700-900 for a molar root canal (about e500 for premolars and about e300-400 for a front tooth). Then a crown costs about e900-1000.
    So yeah, for a back tooth it would be the guts of 2k....

    If you are in root canal territory then your only other treatment option with that tooth is extraction, costing e100-250 depending on difficulty etc...
    You may then leave the gap- free
    You may get a denture, not a great option but a few hundred...
    You may get a bridge, 1k+
    You may get an implant, about €2200, surgery and crown

    These fees are tax deductible at 20%....

    North or E europe I hear you ask...?
    You will get good and bad dentists up north (just like here) The cheap ones tend to be bad (NHS style) the good tend to be just as expensive as here.
    E europe is the same, only to make up for the cheapness- they will crown every tooth in your head whether they need it or not....
    Even if you get the job done for €500 all in - if it all falls apart a year later it is a false economy and you have just wasted €500 not saved €1500!!

    My personal opinion;
    Ask for a realistic opinion on the longevity of the tooth (ie even with a good root canal and crown- is it so far gone that it is heroics to save it), if the predictability is not so good- I'd get rid of it and put in a nice predictable implant...

    Good luck,
    OS


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