I got my root canal done, feels much better

United States
October 13, 2011 3:46pm CST
From last week, 2 of my teeth were bothering me day and night, and I must make an appointment with my dentist. After inspection, my dentist suggested me to do a root canal instead of pull them out, since I am still young, and it won't be pretty to have empty teeth. So I agree with her, and schedule another appointment yesterday to do a root canal surgery. From reference of my co - workers, such small surgery might cost up to $1200, and I wasn't sure how much the dental insurance would cover me. After the surgery, which last long around 1 hour, and although it was a bit of painful, and I have to open my mouth the whole time, now I feel much better, and my teeth won't hurt that much. When I come to pay for the fee, I only need to pay around $200, and the total cost of it was $1000. That wasn't cheap, but I am glad I did it. Hopefully, I would do my gloss daily, and clean my teeth regularly to upkeep the health of my mouth.
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5 responses
• Philippines
20 Nov 11
hello, I have not received a root canal yet. I have two wisdom teeth that are starting to bug me and they are on my jaw. I had it x-rayed before and the dentist said it will cost much to pull them out. I'm going to ask if root canal can be done. I'm not sure if it works for wisdom teeth? ^_^
@inertia4 (27960)
• United States
17 Oct 11
Dental work is very expensive. I never had problems like that with my teeth, but I do know a few people that had root canals and all of them were happy they did it. I know I would not like to live with pain in my mouth.
@meme0907 (3481)
• United States
13 Oct 11
whew a root canal glad you feel better
@stephcjh (38473)
• United States
13 Oct 11
Good to ear. I hate teeth problems and toothaches more than anything.
@Shar19 (8231)
• United States
13 Oct 11
Glad to hear that you are feeling better. I thought that a root canal was the same thing as pulling the teeth out but going below the gum line to do so. You are lucky that your insurance covered what it did. Our insurance only covers parts of a basic cleaning and that's all.