Teeth, blessing or curse haha

smoochy · ‎03-10-2010

I'm getting used to my body falling apart in my early seventies. But oh yes, the teeth are going too. Decades of fillings now falling out or breaking off, replaced with newer materials or crowns, root canals, brittle teeth, age related yellowing, oof! Had an extraction a few months ago with a three tooth bridge made. $2500 after insurance. Now my insurance benefit is used up for the year and I need my front tooth pulled. Treatment plan is a bridge to replace three front teeth, with a veneer on the fourth. So that my smile will have reasonably matching straight teeth. Another $5k on the credit card.

It's either this, or do nothing and learn to play the banjo. 😉😜

Getting old is not for the faint of heart. But...

I have many many bĺessings in my life. And my sense of humor remains intact. I think. 😁

SPARTY FAN

patbz · ‎03-10-2010

We don't have dental insurance and over the years DH has needed over $40,000 worth of work. Care Credit ( most dental/ doctors offices offer it) is useful if procedure is at least $400. You can charge balance to be paid over 6 mths to 2 yrs with no interest.

I am still oxox · ‎03-09-2010

Ten years ago I had my mouth totally reconstructed I found a local dentist who works at a hospital clinic. I have 4 implants on the top that hold a permanent bridge and 2 implants on the bottom that hold a removable bridge. My mouth was full of caps and bridges and decaying every day due to my immune issues. I love my dentist he is a prefectionist

Stop being afraid of what could go wrong and start being positive what could go right.

Desertdi · ‎03-13-2010

@smoochy

I have had ALL my teeth replaced with IMPLANTS...one or two at a time...over a period of 20 years.

OH THE PRICE!!! (BUT, I haven't had a toothache since.) di

♥Surface of the Sun♥

ahoymate · ‎05-30-2010

@patbz wrote:
We don't have dental insurance and over the years DH has needed over $40,000 worth of work. Care Credit ( most dental/ doctors offices offer it) is useful if procedure is at least $400. You can charge balance to be paid over 6 mths to 2 yrs with no interest.

Over $40K. Ok, so perhaps over the years, but still. That is a lot of $.

My thoughts, if you are young, under 70, why spend that much $ on teeth? Average life span in USA: 77.5. Of course, this varies. But, in general, won't be around long.

Nonametoday · ‎03-09-2010

We have spent over $150,000 on my mouth and when I saw the neurosurgeon at the Teaching University, he said that when he got the patients for trigeminal neuralgia, most had spent anywhere from $65,000 to $200,000 and still no treatment/cure for their problem.

I had all my teeth crowned, all my teeth filled or root-canaled and many of them had double root canals (retreatment root canals), and with each treatment a new crown had to be made and then I had to have an apicoectomy, then the teeth still hurt and I had several pulled and had implants and because of the TN, I have to be put to sleep with every phase and extraction of the implants and that costs much more. At this rate, it doesn't take long to spend $100,000 to $150,000 or even $200,000.

Before all that, I had had 4 bridges and had one partial. I also had braces before that and then after all that before the implants, I had gum work and aligners made for the problem. It turned out never to be my teeth but I was getting ripped for a lot of money and now all those teeth because of some of the medication I have to take are comign out. Just lost another implant about a month ago.

smoochy · ‎03-10-2010

@Nonametoday wow you've been through a lot I can't even imagine

SPARTY FAN

Carmie · ‎10-25-2010

Lots of my body parts are falling apart, but I have been blessed with great teeth.

I still have them all with a few fillings and one crown on a back tooth done due to a dentist's error. He did not put a filling in correctly.

I haven't had a cavity in years. I just go every six months for a cleaning.

In between visits, I use a Sonicare toothbrush and a dental tool to scrape away tartar on the back of bottom front teeth. I floss too.

I have been very fortunate.

shoesnbags · ‎03-10-2010

@ahoymate wrote:
@patbz wrote:
We don't have dental insurance and over the years DH has needed over $40,000 worth of work. Care Credit ( most dental/ doctors offices offer it) is useful if procedure is at least $400. You can charge balance to be paid over 6 mths to 2 yrs with no interest.
Over $40K. Ok, so perhaps over the years, but still. That is a lot of $.
My thoughts, if you are young, under 70, why spend that much $ on teeth? Average life span in USA: 77.5. Of course, this varies. But, in general, won't be around long.

@ahoymate

I'm not sure what you're saying here. Are you suggesting her husband should have lived with tooth pain, walked around toothless, or what? And if we're 70 or over, it's not worth putting money into our health? Please explain what these folks with dental issues should be doing instead of paying for dental work.

"Breathe in, breathe out, move on." Jimmy Buffett

SilleeMee · ‎05-22-2016

In the span of about five years I had seven of my good teeth get loose and then fall out. that was caused from an AI disease plus osteoporosis made it even worse.

A few years ago I had a total dental overhaul at the age of 68 with implants and crowns. So far I've been good to go but more teeth are starting to get loose. Told my dental surgeon that 'I'll be seeing ya soon'...lol!