Article

2008-03-07 -Lurid Crime Tales-

Dental patients urged to ask about foreign lab use (Hint: Pb problems)

Archived material is restricted to Rantburg regulars and members. If you need access email fred.pruitt=at=gmail.com with your nick to be added to the members list. There is no charge to join Rantburg as a member.

Posted by gorb 2008-03-07 02:10|| || Front Page|| [8 views ] Top

#1 Some people will do anything to make (or save) a buck. Retail cost to do a root canal & crown on the same tooth is about $1,000. Most people have 32 teeth. It's still far cheaper to yank out bad teeth than to repair them. Maybe previous generations had a better idea.

Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2008-03-07 13:17|| 2008-03-07 13:17|| Front Page Top

#2 Why do you think your dentist is so reticent to pull a tooth now days? Because he knows he can nurse that tooth along an milk $1500 to $2,000 out of it over the next few years. An extraction prolly only costs $150 0r $200.

Posted by bigjim-ky 2008-03-07 19:27|| 2008-03-07 19:27|| Front Page Top

#3 An extraction prolly only costs $150 0r $200.

Less than a $100. Here in the DFW area anyway. Too many dentists. Sinse, please observe the proper use of the word "too".

Posted by Spailet Black6588 2008-03-07 22:34|| 2008-03-07 22:34|| Front Page Top

#4 Pulling a tooth can cause a cascade of problem, the least of which is the remaining teeth shifting. Resulting bite problems lead to temporal-mandibular joint problems, which lead to muscle relationships shifting elsewhere in the body, et voila! Apparently causeless pain, pain drug addictions like Rush Limbaugh... On the other hand, the shifting teeth may merely result in gingivitis, periodontitis and a heart attack.

I'd rather spend the money to save the tooth, if possible. I will demand American from now on, though.

sinse is blind to the homonym of too. It's one of his little quirks.

Posted by trailing wife 2008-03-07 22:44|| 2008-03-07 22:44|| Front Page Top

#5 apparently I'm overbidding at $150 + a 1/2 gal of Jack Daniels for me. Fine. I included a fresh pair of ViceGrips© each "operation". Let's see if your trailerpark trash can beat my deal!

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2008-03-07 23:15|| 2008-03-07 23:15|| Front Page Top

23:45 JosephMendiola
23:30 Frank G
23:30 JosephMendiola
23:23 crosspatch
23:23 tu3031
23:22 trailing wife
23:21 crosspatch
23:18 Seafarious
23:17 trailing wife
23:16 JosephMendiola
23:15 Frank G
23:09 trailing wife
23:08 Free Radical
23:07 mojo
23:01 mojo
23:00 Free Radical
22:56 trailing wife
22:55 ed
22:52 tu3031
22:44 trailing wife
22:34 Spailet Black6588
22:33 ed
22:26 ed
22:21 trailing wife