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sugaredwillow
11-19-2003, 11:53 PM
Does anyone know about how much a dental visit will cost me? I have no insurance. I will definately need x rays a cleaning and scaling. thank you for any help.

MyOMy
11-20-2003, 09:00 AM
My cleanings generally run about $58. I am not sure about x-rays. I am set to start scalings today, (absolutely not looking forward to it!), they usually do 4 quadrants (areas) of your mouth, usually 1 or 2 areas at a time. I will be paying $175 per quadrant, or over $700 for my entire mouth to be done. Luckily I have insurance that pays for 60% of the work. I hope this helps.

outside_the_box
11-20-2003, 10:40 AM
I think the post above refers to "scaling and root planing", rather than "ordinary" scaling. Root planing is a procedure to treat periodontal conditions by scaling the roots of teeth. An ordinary "scale and polish" (UK speak) is often referred to as a prophy (US speak) or cleaning, and shouldn't be too expensive =)

 
 
 




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