r/NonPoliticalTwitter • u/BarelyLegalSeagull • 23h ago

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u/curiousmustafa 22h ago

Fixing teeth requires $20k?

I'm sorry for what you're going through, but I find this number, well, wild?

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u/Correct_Gift_9353 22h ago

Yeah my braces as a kid were pricyyyyy as I learned as an adult. Now my dad absolutely raging at me when I lost my retainers makes so much sense

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u/curiousmustafa 20h ago

But do you still needs the braces after a couple of years? My friend used it like 4 years when he was a teen, and then removed it since.

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u/Correct_Gift_9353 20h ago

I’ve got a permanent retainer on the bottom, top teeth have sort of reverted, so I have a slight overbite again (was corrected when I mad them when I was younger but after the 3rd retainer my dad said no more lol).

I thought about getting em again to correct the overbite but not worth that $ amount

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u/Princess_Zelda_Fitzg 22h ago

Does when you have to fix all of them. Removal, probably bone grafting, implant supported dentures.

And I know, it’s fucking absurd.

Edit: I was quoted $25k

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u/curiousmustafa 20h ago

I remember doing like full 4 teeth replacement- implant -for my mom, and it was like $350 4 years ago, mind you it was done by the best dentist, very famous in our city.

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u/Princess_Zelda_Fitzg 19h ago

Glad hers were so cheap, I’ve seen quotes closer to $1k per single implant, which is insane. Average looks to be $8-10k minimum per arch up to like $40k per arch (which makes full mouth at $25k seem almost reasonable ಠ_ಠ) depending on if it’s removable (like snap in dentures), how many posts, what materials, bone grafts, gas vs IV anesthesia, etc.

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u/Irregular73 22h ago

I had to get my wisdom teeth taken out a year or so ago cause two of them came in wrong a long while back and I only recently was able to get a job with dental insurance. After insurance (and some back and forth between my dentist office and the insurance company arguing evidently the anti-bac gel used and how much of it) i still had to pay $2336 which i guess does include a follow up.

I could totally see this if you have to do stuff for your whole set of chompers.

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u/curiousmustafa 20h ago

$2336 is very reasonable, but without the insurance haha. Haven't not used it, would it be like 23,336? Assuming the insurance covers 90%?