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    Woke up one morning last week and the lateral incisor(next to the front teeth) was a bit niggley - which is odd as it had a root canal done twice, the first dentist f&*^%d it up, then had to be done again 2 years later, by another dentist.

    The pain increased to a stage that the whole upper right hand jaw was aching really badly, I managed to get into a dentist a few days ago, xrays confirmed the root canal had broken down.

    Got told that a endodontist was my only solution, I was then told the costing, I nearly flipped at the cost - $2,300 for 1 hours work, the same thing in Bali costs about AUD $400, return air fare and accomadtion for about $1,000 (missus would go).

    There are a couple of clinics (german trained) over there that do a heap of aussies, with great results, yes I know what if, but for some its an option.

    I don't begrudge these guys (aussie endodontists) making a living, they have staff to pay, insurance, rent or mortgages, all sorts of overheads, but you do the maths, that is big bucks over 12 months.

    Yes they did have to go to Uni, so do a lot of people, I'm just venting/whinging as it seems very expensive, to do a insert/replacement tooth was $6,000.

    After seeing the dentist I went home still in pain, after 2 days of very little sleep I had to ring them to say the pressure must be coming from an infection, they said yes, so I had to ask for antibiotics.

    2 days later the pressure finally subsided, so if you are in the same situation, ask for antibiotics straight away, that was really slack on their behalf.

    If this next root canal fails, Bali may be an option, tooth replacemt, which is about AUD$1,400, compared to $6k

    Don't jump on me because of my opinion, my local gp said it's a pity parts of the dentistry industry wasn't covered by medicare, as in regards to infections etc NOT cosmetic.

    Stevo

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    I had some work done recently. three extractions, two upper wisdom teeth and a big upper tooth. About 7 filings and a teeth cleaning. It was done over 3 - 4 visits and cost me about 2400-2700bux which I just paid with plastic fantastic. The longest visit was about 1hr30mins because one of the fillings took ages because it kept bleeding and she couldn't fill it with the "epoxy?" until it stopped bleeding. I hadn't been to the dentist for about 10 years and only went because two of my previous fillings had failed about 3 years ago and one of those finally became infected which resulted in losing the tooth

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    Stevo,

    If the Clinic is run and you are operated on by western trained dentist then i wouldn't hesitate to do it.

    The odds are that they use clean equipment, i notice a few here in Australia have been done for not sterilising right.

    It just comes down to time for travel and if there is no follow up work.

    When we go to the dentist, and get the bill, we tend to forget how much the government subsidises the local GP and other medical medicare covered procedures.

    I suggested to the wife that i should do the same last year and with the money saved, she could get boob job at the same time

    I though it was funny at the time

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    When do you come out of hospital, Bryn???
    Dental work is expensive, I need a new set of chompers, upper and lower, $3,500 thank you. I replied "I don't want gold teeth, just the normal porcelain ones will do". Was told "that is for the porcelain ones"!!!!!!
    Kryn
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    I had to have a cracked tooth extracted after an abcess formed underneath it. The local dentist downed tools and refused to touch it after he found I had had Radiation therapy to my upper body as apparently that can lead to complications. Off to the specialist dentist bloke and $500 later the tooth is removed and then the fun started. The bone in my jaw began to break up and it required further work to remove it and lots of pain over many weeks. The Specialist volunteered to see me at a public hospital where he teaches as he could treat me there without charge which is a refreshingly different approach from what we normally get. It looks like I will have to do some sessions in a dive chamber to raise the blood oxygen levels if the extraction site does not heal properly and he can oversee that at the same hospital.
    CHRIS

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    I've decided to have the said offending piece of dead tooth removed, I'm not going through that again, plus the tooth becomes brittle from dehydration, and can crack.

    Interesting fact - some parts of the dental fraternity (small section) actually believe its a health issue leaving a "dead" tooth in ones jaw bone.

    I don't know if its right or wrong!

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    " Teeth have roots with main canals and thousands of side canals, and contained in those side canals are miles of nerves. When dentists perform a root canal, they remove the nerve from the main canals; however they do not have access to the microscopic side canals, which have dead nerves left behind in those spaces.

    Anaerobic bacteria, which do not require oxygen to survive, thrive in these side canals and excrete toxicity from digesting necrotic tissue that leads to chronic infection. Blood supply and lymphatics that surround those dead teeth drains this toxicity and allows it to spread throughout your body. This toxicity will invade all organ systems and can lead to a plethora of diseases such as autoimmune diseases, cancers, musculoskeletal diseases, irritable bowel diseases, and depression, to name just a few"

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    I had a bridge done several years ago by not my usual dentist. This happened as a result of me being stupid in my younger days
    when I would open bottles with my teeth and then later playing sport, particularly football, without a mouth guard.Time eventually
    caught up with the fine cracks and I had to have one tooth removed and the neighbour repaired with a crown.

    The job eventually gave way after two years and I had to have the bridge re-glued. !5 minutes $273!! A repeat performance less than
    18months later. The third failure caused me to go back to my own dentist. He was away but his partner did the job and I had no out
    of pocket expense at all!! That repair lasted until I had the whole thing re-done by my reg. dentist.

    Point is how could the same repair cost from $273 out of pocket to $0 out of pocket??

    I had a similar job done on the other side of my mouth in Brazil, porcelain crown only( I was an ambidextrous human bottle opener!!) where
    the cost was about 20% of that in Australia. Go figure!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Not enough!! View Post
    I've decided to have the said offending piece of dead tooth removed, I'm not going through that again, plus the tooth becomes brittle from dehydration, and can crack.

    Interesting fact - some parts of the dental fraternity (small section) actually believe its a health issue leaving a "dead" tooth in ones jaw bone.

    I don't know if its right or wrong!

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    " Teeth have roots with main canals and thousands of side canals, and contained in those side canals are miles of nerves. When dentists perform a root canal, they remove the nerve from the main canals; however they do not have access to the microscopic side canals, which have dead nerves left behind in those spaces.

    Anaerobic bacteria, which do not require oxygen to survive, thrive in these side canals and excrete toxicity from digesting necrotic tissue that leads to chronic infection. Blood supply and lymphatics that surround those dead teeth drains this toxicity and allows it to spread throughout your body. This toxicity will invade all organ systems and can lead to a plethora of diseases such as autoimmune diseases, cancers, musculoskeletal diseases, irritable bowel diseases, and depression, to name just a few"
    The dentist who treated me was very specific on the dead bone issue and insisted I use a mouth wash to control the bacteria that feeds on dead bone.
    CHRIS

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