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Karenw
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Last week I had the follow-up appointment following my bite analysis. It seems my jaw muscles are exerting too much pressure on my back teeth which is causing them to break hence the cracked lower 6 & 7 molars to both sides. Also my front teeth are poorly aligned too which is causing wear on them and having an effect on my back teeth and the dentist has recommended I have an 'equilibration' to file down and reshape all of my teeth to give me an improved bite.
I was presented with two quotes: The first quote is for a huge amount of work and amounts to a whopping £17,639 (yes, nearly £18k!) to give me a 'perfect mouth'. This isn't even a consideration because I could never raise this sort of money. The second quote is for just equilibration and crowns on 4-5 of the mostly badly cracked teeth. He doesn't want to just crown the teeth because there would be a high risk of the crowns breaking.
I'd never heard of equilibration before and need to decide whether to proceed with it. The dentist talks sense and I think he is genuinely looking for a long-term solution to what has been a long-term problem for me with my teeth cracking and cusps breaking off. The cost is £1200 for the equilibration and will involve 2 hours in his chair (which I've no idea how I'll get through). It is a small fortune for me because I'm not working and in the current economic climate, I don't foresee this changing for some time but my husband has kindly offered to fund half the cost to help me out.
Does equilibration sound like the correct way to go and is £1200 a reasonable price? This would then be followed by 4-5 crowns at about £820 each.
Has anyone here actually had equilibration? I couldn't see it referred to on any posts here...
I was presented with two quotes: The first quote is for a huge amount of work and amounts to a whopping £17,639 (yes, nearly £18k!) to give me a 'perfect mouth'. This isn't even a consideration because I could never raise this sort of money. The second quote is for just equilibration and crowns on 4-5 of the mostly badly cracked teeth. He doesn't want to just crown the teeth because there would be a high risk of the crowns breaking.
I'd never heard of equilibration before and need to decide whether to proceed with it. The dentist talks sense and I think he is genuinely looking for a long-term solution to what has been a long-term problem for me with my teeth cracking and cusps breaking off. The cost is £1200 for the equilibration and will involve 2 hours in his chair (which I've no idea how I'll get through). It is a small fortune for me because I'm not working and in the current economic climate, I don't foresee this changing for some time but my husband has kindly offered to fund half the cost to help me out.
Does equilibration sound like the correct way to go and is £1200 a reasonable price? This would then be followed by 4-5 crowns at about £820 each.
Has anyone here actually had equilibration? I couldn't see it referred to on any posts here...