I just got back from taking my mom to her dentist, she needs a ton of dental work. they gave a huge list which included

Treatment 1
Crown porcelain fused to base met (teeth 4x2,11x2,13x2,18x2,20x2,29x2)Total cost= $3,090

Treatment 2
Root canal 3 molar, crown porcelain fused base met, scaling and root planing Total cost = $995

Treatment 3
surgical placement to implant bod x 9, and 1 bone replacement graft Total cost = $15,850

Treatment 4
implant supported crown x 9 Total cost $10,800

The Total cost of 4 treatments $31,000. Does the cost seem decent price wise?? i just want to make sure we are not getting ripped off..

My parents do not make a lot of money, their combined income is about 35K and i dont know how to help my parents.

are there other options i can look into that could decrease the cost??

i just dont know what to do , i think i might have to sell my car so my Mom can have a good simle..

thanks,
Nikhil

 

get her a job with insurance.

 

I assume this is with insurance? I just got 1 crown put in about 4 weeks ago and it was around $400 w/ insurance. $8xx w/o.

 

is that with ins. coverage or without???

sounds like without coverage

 

Just pull them all and go with a nice set of dentures.

 

That's why Chris Rock said his neighbor was a dentist.

Maybe they might qualify for government assistance. Medi-cal

 

she has insurance

the dentist said dentures result in loss of jaw bone over years, i dont know if this is actually true or not

 

Well if the difference is $20k in his pocket then of course hes gonna say that!





but in all seriousness, that may be true. Google may give you the answer.

 

go to mexico and get it done.

for all of you that are like oh no wtf.. they actually do a very good job (depending where you go) for very cheap.. Lots of my friends have actually got dental work done there and it turned out better then US work.

 

you can get a 2nd or even 3rd opinion.
my brother and several friends are dentists. What state you do your mother live in? I can point your mom in the right direction.

and yeah... looks like your mom needs EXTENSIVE work. Good health care is expensive.