the endodontist has recommended an apioectomy. I am wondering what is going to happen to me when i dont have this proceedure done as I just cant afford it right now. The tooth was root canaled, and crowned with a post setup. the pain is not in the tooth it is up above my eye tooth under my nose. the pain is tolerable at this time. thanks for any and all information!

I am very interested in seeing if anyone here has had one and will post. I am supposed to have one as well on May 3 and am a bit worried. I asked about the procedure but didn't get a response. My pain is bad when the infection is active (that is what the endodontist I just went to told me). After antibiotics I felt a lot better. Like you though, the lump is still there and I can still feel something there. Do you have any kind of dental insurance? I have insurance and was pleased to find out that it is only going to be a little over $100. I hope you are so lucky with that part of it.

Good luck to you and let's keep in touch here.

Nancy

Yes I do have dental insurance and get this: my share after insurance is slightly more than 400.00! Endo guy is telling me the job will cost 900.00. I already have over 1300 invested in this one tooth and the though of pumping more money without any kind of proof that it will work really upsets me! First the dentist told me the root canal, post and crown would surely solve the pain problem. She was wrong but I sure did not get any kind of a refund or anything when it did not solve the problem. I paid more to find out that the root canal had failed and I still did not get any kind of refund from the dentist who did the root canal! This does not seem correct to me at all.

That cost is incredible! I think I would try to get a second opinion if you could. I am going to be charged $170 and that's it. What did your dentist say about it possibly not working? They didn't tell me that part. I hate to go through this and spend the money, even though its not nearly as much as what they want to charge you, and then not have it work. When the infection flares up the pain is unbelievable too and I don't want to go through that again. Good luck in finding a way to get it done more inexpensively.

Nancy

If you don't get an apicoectomy, when it is recommended by an endodontist, many bad things can happen to you. Infection, pain, etc... The cost for an apicoectomy is usually at least $1200 depending on which area of the country you live. If you cannot afford it, you may want to consider a medical credit card of some sort. They often have very low interest rates.

My apicoectomy on my front two teeth was like $400 after insurance. They charged more becuase I insisted on going under. I'm afraid of the dentist.

Alternative was to lose my front teeth (implants). The procedure wasn't fun, but it wasn't terrible. I don't remember the actual surgery, and recovery was mostly just annoying because of the sutures. Not the worst. Wisdom teeth were worse, for sure.

Good luck!

To the user who said that a medical card that has low interest rates may be a good bet for the O.P.---what medical card do they have out there that covers anything dental related?? The only medical card I have ever been elligable for was sold to me as "health insurance" with a phone # to call to get a list of approved Dr's....(didn't include dental) but it turned out to be just a Rx discount card.....so where would anyone get a medical card that covers dental from?

Thanks for the input! I am still working on solving the problem without having the tip of the root cut off...

I also had a tooth that I had crowned, then had a root canal done, then a couple years done the road it formed a fistula on the gum. I had $1500 into the tooth, between the cost of the crown and root canal and the endodontist was recommending an apioectomy (another $450!).

After discussing it with my dentist, I decided to have an implant, which is also costly, but a permanent fix! I don't regret my decision at all.

I can't believe that I paid $830 for a root canal and when it failed he was going to charge another $450 and then I would have to redo the crown again. What a country!

i am new to this forum. i, too, am having problems after a root canal. and the surgery mentioned has been suggested and i dont want to mess any further with this tooth. what i have found out...since there is a crown, could be decay at margin or anywhere that the endontist could not see or did not check for. could be an enlarged sinus-in my case that tooth has a long root and is quite close to the sinus. also i wonder what is the material that is used to fill the canals (3 i think) could that be leaking? so...there's my 2 cents. not sure if i can find my way back to this group...if you can get to my profile i dont mind emails. thanks.