M
mither
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Hello,
I wonder if anyone might have any advice on dentistry.
I had root canal surgery on my lateral incisor many years ago (this is a tooth adjacent to the two front teeth at top and is therefore highly visible). I was warned it would be weakened after this and it snapped off last week.
I've been to my local dentist and have been told the options are as follows:
1) Denture
£225 and can be completed within a week.
Looks OK from a distance and fastest and cheapest option. I may decide to go for an implant later.
Downside is that have to have a denture in my mouth and that it doesn't look particularly good.
Doubtful that I can eat anything tough with the denture.
2) Sticky bridge
£450 and will take a minimum of 2 weeks to be fitted
It will work well and can be very closely colour matched to my other teeth
May last 5 years but may just as easily fall out after 6 months and I'd then have to pay for it to be refitted.
Wouldn't be strong enough to bit in to a lot of things.
3) Dental implant
£2500 and would take 6 months at least and require more than one visit to the dentist.
The expense of this is a big problem. I could live with having a temporary tooth between the two pieces of work (implant into top of mouth and addition of the tooth)
The cost is more than I can afford (though I could get it done on interest free credit by the surgery apparently) and i have some important meetings and presentations coming up in less than two weeks for which it would be great not too have a gap.
The assessment was that the bone inside the gum was still healthy and he was confident it could be treated without too much difficulty. There was no damage to the gum etc. Since he described it as not being too problematic I was abit frustrated to hear that i was right at the top of the pricing band range.
My thinking is to have the denture for now as I require this treatment urgently and then have the implant at a later date.
I'm told that an implant should cost £2000 - £2500 but annoying ly after having the tooth reviewed mine would cost the top end at £2500. I have already paid £100 for the implant expert to provide this analysis but I'm still awaiting his full report.
Without having the treatment on the NHS it would cost £6000. Is there anything to be gained from getting prices from different NHS dentists? Could the price vary between one dentist and another?
My current plan is get the denture and then have the implant at a later date when I can afford it.
I have heard mixed reviews about having such work done in Hungary. I understand that it is much cheaper (?) there but there is also a risk involved as their standards may not be as high?
Does anyone have advice/experience of this situation?
If it really came down to it I could get the work done on interest free at the dentist but don't like this option as I still have to pay it back and it is a lot of money for me.
Any advice would be great. If you have any recommendations for dentists in the UK, Hungary or elsewhere that would be great too.
Many thanks
I wonder if anyone might have any advice on dentistry.
I had root canal surgery on my lateral incisor many years ago (this is a tooth adjacent to the two front teeth at top and is therefore highly visible). I was warned it would be weakened after this and it snapped off last week.
I've been to my local dentist and have been told the options are as follows:
1) Denture
£225 and can be completed within a week.
Looks OK from a distance and fastest and cheapest option. I may decide to go for an implant later.
Downside is that have to have a denture in my mouth and that it doesn't look particularly good.
Doubtful that I can eat anything tough with the denture.
2) Sticky bridge
£450 and will take a minimum of 2 weeks to be fitted
It will work well and can be very closely colour matched to my other teeth
May last 5 years but may just as easily fall out after 6 months and I'd then have to pay for it to be refitted.
Wouldn't be strong enough to bit in to a lot of things.
3) Dental implant
£2500 and would take 6 months at least and require more than one visit to the dentist.
The expense of this is a big problem. I could live with having a temporary tooth between the two pieces of work (implant into top of mouth and addition of the tooth)
The cost is more than I can afford (though I could get it done on interest free credit by the surgery apparently) and i have some important meetings and presentations coming up in less than two weeks for which it would be great not too have a gap.
The assessment was that the bone inside the gum was still healthy and he was confident it could be treated without too much difficulty. There was no damage to the gum etc. Since he described it as not being too problematic I was abit frustrated to hear that i was right at the top of the pricing band range.
My thinking is to have the denture for now as I require this treatment urgently and then have the implant at a later date.
I'm told that an implant should cost £2000 - £2500 but annoying ly after having the tooth reviewed mine would cost the top end at £2500. I have already paid £100 for the implant expert to provide this analysis but I'm still awaiting his full report.
Without having the treatment on the NHS it would cost £6000. Is there anything to be gained from getting prices from different NHS dentists? Could the price vary between one dentist and another?
My current plan is get the denture and then have the implant at a later date when I can afford it.
I have heard mixed reviews about having such work done in Hungary. I understand that it is much cheaper (?) there but there is also a risk involved as their standards may not be as high?
Does anyone have advice/experience of this situation?
If it really came down to it I could get the work done on interest free at the dentist but don't like this option as I still have to pay it back and it is a lot of money for me.
Any advice would be great. If you have any recommendations for dentists in the UK, Hungary or elsewhere that would be great too.
Many thanks