The unexpected costs of living!.

Submitted: Thursday, Jul 20, 2006 at 21:32

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Member - Axle

Hi

Had a tooth giving me grief the last couple of days, so off to the dentist we go, first time in a few years, ' Suffering cats", the pain in the back pocket coming out was nearly as bad as the pain in the tooth going in!!.

$ 167.00 1x xray-- 1 extraction.

whinging Axle.

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Reply By: nowimnumberone - Thursday, Jul 20, 2006 at 21:34

Thursday, Jul 20, 2006 at 21:34

it has to cost that much because remember the cost of fuel to get to work and back.

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Reply By: TROOPYMAN A.D. 1998 - Thursday, Jul 20, 2006 at 21:55

Thursday, Jul 20, 2006 at 21:55

I just had a root -canal treatment . $700 . I could have bought a gunyah awning damnit !

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Follow Up By: Member - Axle - Thursday, Jul 20, 2006 at 22:06

Thursday, Jul 20, 2006 at 22:06

Expensive exercise eh!! was quoted for root canel treatment right across the top, NEAR passed out AGAIN!! Denture time i think, old age creeping up Jeezus!!.

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Reply By: oldmagpie2 - Thursday, Jul 20, 2006 at 22:29

Thursday, Jul 20, 2006 at 22:29

about twelve months ago i had the root canal about $600 then last month the same tooth was split ,probably from the root canal work done on it , so then an extaction $170 , what a waste of bloody money for one tooth. cheers

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Follow Up By: Member - JohnR (Vic)&Moses - Thursday, Jul 20, 2006 at 22:36

Thursday, Jul 20, 2006 at 22:36

same happened o me last year, though the extraction was a good deal more with a dental surgeon :-(

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Follow Up By: Member - Jiarna (NT) - Friday, Jul 21, 2006 at 00:28

Friday, Jul 21, 2006 at 00:28

I was quoted $1200 for root canal work, and $120 for extraction. Now I have a missing tooth LOL.

Cheers
John

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Follow Up By: Member No 1- Friday, Jul 21, 2006 at 08:41

Friday, Jul 21, 2006 at 08:41

Jiarna's got short arms & deep pockets

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Follow Up By: oldmagpie2 - Friday, Jul 21, 2006 at 19:00

Friday, Jul 21, 2006 at 19:00

nudenut what are you on?.cheers

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Reply By: Member - Athol (NSW, 2527) - Friday, Jul 21, 2006 at 09:08

Friday, Jul 21, 2006 at 09:08

If I could go back in time I'd be a dentist, the day before yesterday I lost a filling. So of to the dentist yesterday, yep we can fix that, in the chair for no longer than 8mins.
Filling done, Check up done, no aneasthtic,to reception and $200 thank you very much. So at roughly $20 a minute = $1200 an hour. !!!!!!
Lets say an 8hr day and just five days a week = bugger my calculator just melted.
A liscence to print money, even for having to put up with looking into peoples gobs.

Athol

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Follow Up By: porl - Friday, Jul 21, 2006 at 11:11

Friday, Jul 21, 2006 at 11:11

I looked into dentistry a couple decades ago, then found out, at that time anyhow, they had the highest suicide rate of any profession. I mean look at it, people hate going, they hate paying, and you cause them pain and bill them for it. What a day ... (acknowledge the benefit they are giving is long term but i guess that don't count for the moment when you can't even drink water without thinking you're swallowing your own blood).

And, my dentist never had gas, maybe that's the trick.

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Reply By: Jodi - Friday, Jul 21, 2006 at 11:30

Friday, Jul 21, 2006 at 11:30

Can't stand dental bills myself. Partner used to be in army (SAS) and has a lot of dental work done by the army. It seems that 10 years after being out, the weeks in the bush without teeth cleaning and shoddy army dental work have taken their toll. I am sure things have changed now, but not then. Two root canals, two tooth extractions, one root canaled tooth broke in two and fell out. All in the last 12 months.

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Follow Up By: Member - Axle - Friday, Jul 21, 2006 at 15:02

Friday, Jul 21, 2006 at 15:02

Makes you wonder about root canal treatment , my wife just informed me that her tooth which was treated 12mths ago has completeley fallen apart!. Been a good week this one.

Axle

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