Is €1,900 expensive for a root canal & crown?

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if you PM me i'll give you his name.like i said before dentists don't make money on extractions ,they make money on the more complicated procedures.
 
I have just been quoted 2000 € for 2 root canal and crown on 2 lower back teeth. I live in surburban Galway.
 
I am having a bottom back tooth root canal treated and crowned. Cost - Root canal treatment 500 Euro, crown 900 Euro. Extraction would be a last resort, the dentist said if I have it removed, as a consequence, I would lose the relevant upper bite tooth sooner rather than later. Btw, the treatment cost may depend on how many roots are on the tooth, i.e. more time etc. involved in treating same; the back tooth has 2 roots so probably more expensive than a single root. North Dublin.
 
I recently paid €1350 in a D2 clinic for root canal treatment on a premolar tooth.
The time in surgery was only 1.5 hrs
It makes you think about going abroad to get treatment.
My normal dentist wouldn't do the treatment as he didn't have equipment.
 
Could some competent person please tell us what it is that justifies the kind of expenditure that is being quoted here in posting after posting. What I mean is what are the elements that give rise to this kind of expense, i.e. give the breakdown as regards costs. Let's remember that in each individual case most of this work is done in an hour or so only to be followed by another similar patient and that could mean 6 to 8 patients per day and all at this phenomenal cost ? Does the cash help to steady the dentist/orthodonist's nerves and hold stress in check or what ? If the cost isn't in the materials then it must be accounted for largely by the time factor. Clarification would be welcome and might well help us to bear these punitive payments.
 
Interesting, isn't it ?.....how this thread has gone from "me too" "and me" to complete dryup once the crunch question is asked ?
 
My wife was quoted some astronomical figure for an extraction. her local dentist advised that the person doing the extraction and the implant was the same one so she was referred to a specialist.

On the day she was told to pay her extraction money but the was told to pay 400 for the anesthetist and 800 for his drugs!!!! so the extraction cost about 2000.

She recently went back for a checkup and was told the implant would be about 1000 (I can't remember the exact figure) and that she would again have to pay the 400 + 800.

She will still then have to pay for the crown.


By my reckoning the extraction, implant and crown is costing EUR7000.

How can this be? Are we being ripped off? I know there can be differences between hard to access teeth, or complications for various reasons but it still seems like alot of money to me!!!
 
Obviously there is a fair bit of expense in training to become a specialist in these areas, but some of the figures quoted here sound extortionate.

The most I've paid for root canal treatment on a tooth is €650 and thats on tricky back teeth. My dentist then has to do the crown (max €150).

I can understand charges in less populated areas being higher, as the volume of customers going through the door is probably less than it would be in the greater Dublin area.

If you're prepared to travel, then you'll have far more options.
 
The prices quoted are scary, scary!! You all should be getting the work done abroad for heavens sake!
 
My wife was quoted some astronomical figure for an extraction. her local dentist advised that the person doing the extraction and the implant was the same one so she was referred to a specialist.

On the day she was told to pay her extraction money but the was told to pay 400 for the anesthetist and 800 for his drugs!!!! so the extraction cost about 2000.

She recently went back for a checkup and was told the implant would be about 1000 (I can't remember the exact figure) and that she would again have to pay the 400 + 800.

She will still then have to pay for the crown.


By my reckoning the extraction, implant and crown is costing EUR7000.

How can this be? Are we being ripped off? I know there can be differences between hard to access teeth, or complications for various reasons but it still seems like alot of money to me!!!
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well done to your dentist for referring you for extraction with specialist.
The reason for this is the specialist needs to retain the maximum amount of bone during the extraction so as to allow the implant the best chance of success.
Expensive.......sure is..........worth it in the long term?.........undoubtedly!
Replacement of failed implants is nigh impossible so you only get one chance to get it right which is where the specialist comes in. Root canal same thing.......retreatment of failed root canals has a much lower success rate and are often more expensive.
People often have decisions to make in life on quality or price.
In healthcare often price means lower quality and in the realm of endodontics and prosthodontics especially so.
Don't make your decision solely on price but investigate and assure yourself you are getting quality.
Get second opinions etc etc and written estimates etc.
Good luck.
 
I can't believe it!!! Nothing can justify this kind of prices!!!
Of cause we all want to keep our teeth at any cost, but maybe it's time to look at so called medical tourism.
I had root canal treatment and a ceramic crown done for... 100 euro in Ukraine. But you do not have to go that far. Hungary, Poland and the Baltic states have these services available at 250-300 euro (and most doctors speak English there) Plus you can have a nice 3 day break abroad. And all of this within the price of 1 crown here. If one has a few teeth to do, isn't it the way?
The difference in price is not because the materials used or service are worse, it is because the dentists own work is very cheap there (i.e. a dentist in the Baltics makes 500-700 euro a month)
 
My son lives in Belgium, in the past two weeks he has had, check, up xray, four fillings piece replaced on front tooth that was broken and repaired when a secondary school student. (The replacement piece was not successful even after two attempts in Ireland.),cleaning. The cost of this treatment was €100. His Belgium equivalent PRSI paid €250. Had he not had cover the cost would have been €350. Irish dentists explain please.
 
Well said Irash!! Many of my own circle of friends have travelled out to Romania to my dentist who has a state-of-the-art surgery, only works with french-manufactured materials and lectures internationally on reconstructive surgery.

The price? Around a third of what it is in Ireland and thats after flights, hotels, meals etc. Loads of references available for this guy from satisfied Irish customers.

This whole scare-mongering thing by certain irish dentists about having work done abroad really gets my goat! You can't defend the indefensible, i.e. the irish guys are simply charging their clients too much.

Rant over! Sheeeeeessssssssssshhhhhhhhhh.....
 
Mauri said:
My son lives in Belgium, in the past two weeks he has had, check, up xray, four fillings piece replaced on front tooth that was broken and repaired when a secondary school student. (The replacement piece was not successful even after two attempts in Ireland.),cleaning. The cost of this treatment was €100. His Belgium equivalent PRSI paid €250. Had he not had cover the cost would have been €350. Irish dentists explain please.
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Are you talkng about crowns or fillings?
 
as a practising Irish dentist the situation with failed treatments abroad is getting worse and worse! Cases of completely infereior quality of work. Cases of complete overtreatment.....clinically I have seen numerous cases of maybe a crown or two needed and the patient returns with 8, 10 crowns!!!!!!!!!!! Cases with advanced prosthodontics rushed into a fortnight which should take a year or more to complete correctly. Cases with completely inferior root canal treatment with persistent bone infections underneath. Cases with implant failures within a year or two of surgery. Cases with failed crown and bridge work due to no attention given to the existing gum condition. I could go on and on..... I could not give a damn where a patient goes for treatment........I am snowed under with work and have never been busier!! What really worries me is the shocking work that I am seeing at an all too frequent basis from abroad. Media are now beginning to cotton on to this and recent interviews with university professors from Dublin and Cork eloquently detailed what I have said above. They are inundated with cases of failed treatment abroad. This situation is getting worse and worse and I feel so sorry for the patients so afflicted. With loosening of the advertising noose on us here in Ireland we should be much more able to deal with this crisis in the media. Get a SECOND OPINION for any case involving proposed treatment which involves multiple crowns etc and implants.
 
markowitzman said:
Get a SECOND OPINION for any case involving proposed treatment which involves multiple crowns etc and implants.
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I completely agree with this. As to the rest of your "horror story" - any specialist in his area in any country would tell you how "wrong" they do the same thing abroad (yet people in these foreign countries have not lost all their teeth by now due to unprofessional dentists there!).
Yes, there are cases when some complications happen. Are there no such cases in Ireland? My friend went to an Irish dentist and had his tooth ruined by that dentist.
Any honest dentist will tell the patient that he can not guarantee 100% that there will be no complications, even if he had made no mistakes in his work.
Yes, there are cases when a patient/client comes across a dentist/other type of specialist, who is [SIZE=-1]lacking in conscientiousness [/SIZE]or experience. And this does not depend on the country as much as on the individual.
One thing that is really more risky is that if some complications occur upon patient's return to Ireland, he'd need to go back to where he had his treatment or pay that huge money in here to get it sorted.
To avoid unprofessional dentists here or abroad one would always have to check their references.
 
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