tooth extraction will cost medicaid more in the long run, why dont they pay for root canals?

Root canals are not covered under medicaid, and I can’t afford to pay for it. If I get it extracted, (but I dont have money for implants) the additional teeth will shift, and the tooth on top of the extracted one will be hurt too. In the long run, I will be seeing my dentist for pain more often than if I would just had the root canal done.
Once you pull a tooth and do not do implants, additional teeth will be hurt too.
Are teeth so valuable that I should go in to debt to do root canals? (I am 38.)
Why are root canals, posts and crowns so expensive??????

Answer by Steven B
I’m not going to try and rationalize dental fees–they are high, and indeed many public cannot afford excellent dental care.
By the same token, fixed exams will generally catch cavities while they are still small, so root canals, extractions, crowns and implants are less likely to be necessary.
I also can’t tell you how valuable your teeth should be to YOU. Everyone puts their own value on things, and I wouldn’t judge you for having different priorities.
There are ways of getting lower-fee dentistry–the best way is to get treated at a dental school. This is an option best for public who have more time than money.

Hope this helps,
Steve Bornfeld, DDS

Answer by indigodreamer70014
Contrary to the first persons answer. A lot of dental schools don’t do fillings and root canals. I need two root canals and 5 cavities filled, so I’ve been looking around recently. I did find a excellent place to get coverage for a low price. www.caldental.net Excellent luck!

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I had a root canal treatment after the tooth abscess about 2 weeks ago. An hour after this, my cheek became swollen, and I went in to the doctor next day. He said who knows why, the drainage of the abscess came out, and so he prescribed clindamycin, which started to cause heart burns, etc..so 3 days after i went in again, and he opened the tooth said there was drainage, prescribed yet another penicillin antbiotic and told me to restore in a week. i did, and by this time the swelling went down but still did not heal completely. The dentist opened the tooth again, and he said he hoped to fix the tooth but he cannot, there is still drainage. he refilled me with an antibiiotic and told me to come in a week. I questioned if something is incorrect, and he said too early to tell. Well, nearly knowing something WAS incorrect i went in for another opinion today. they looked and said THERE IS NO WAY the tooth can be preserved, i would waste my time going to the periodontist, and that there is so much bone loss they don;t reckon i should try to preserve my tooth, rather go for an establish. That probably somebody drilled too much looking for a root canal…I am in shock with these news. First, shoud I still try to preserve the tooth? I am inly 35 and already have one missing tooth. And second, it would be a lot of money to get an establish, etcc…even with insurance. Should I file the lawsuit against the dentist to make him responsible not only for the hurt he caused but to get the money for my future treatments? Thanks…

Answer by Cali
You should file a suit against the dentist and use the proceeds therefrom on an establish. Someone your age shouldn’t have ANY missing teeth.

Answer by grandpa walleye
Because of the perforation, I would follow the advice of the second dentist and extract the tooth. A root canal would have a very poor prognosis. It would be a waste of time and money to do a root canal, post, and crown on the tooth and end up having to extract it. The establish would offer you the best chance for a successful outcome. As to what happened and why it happened, I cannot say for sure. If is really was the dentists fault for causing the conundrum, it would be hard to prove. But is does scare me a bit, that if he accidentally hurt the tooth, he should have informed you of the fact and agreed you additional options. I hope he was not trying to cover something up, but as I said, I would not know for sure. Excellent luck to you.

Answer by Jasmine
Yes, just as the additional person typed, this does scare me because the dentist hurt the tooth.
Most of the time, dentist take precaustions. You should have the lawsuit and there is a reason for it. Just have the evidence.

Answer by tooth975
All posters to your question seem to have place their mouth into gear before engaging their brain first.

All have made assumptions for which there is no basis and automatically crucified the first dentist without just cause. There is a sickness in dentistry that needs to be fixed and that is the indiscriminate condemnation of another dentist by a colleague just to make the condemner look excellent. It is so simple to tear down another dentist without the proper facts in the case and the bank clerk does not necessarily know all the facts any.

To the questioner – you have no basis for a lawsuit because the first dentist did not do anything incorrect based on what you have said. If you really want a excellent second opinion, you should go to a root canal specialist (endodontist). The remark from the second dentist about too much bone loss had nothing to do with what the first dentist did. An abscess destroys bone and apparently yours caused a lot of bone destruction. This can happen if you had delayed treatment and allowed the infection to get as terrible as it had. Also, root canals have a 20% stoppage rate. Yours may prove to be in that 20%.

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