All About Dental

[sesame246]

sall:

Hi sesame, it's not wise to just leave the gap there, the neighbouring teeth will shift to take up the space, and in future, your teeth may not be perfectly aligned. It's best to do it asap after extraction, when the wound after extraction has completely healed. If you wait too long, you may lose some bone mass (something like that). Better not watch the procedure on youtube, it's so bloody and scary.

I think mine should cost more than what I mentioned earlier, I haven't paid the whole sum, can pay part of it thru medisave.
As for my dentist, he's done a lot of implant before and he did my extraction too. It was a good job done and I'm very comfortable with him even though he's not a specialist.

Tks for sharing, Sall.

Finally I hv done my implant 2 wks ago. I was surprised that it is such a simple procedure - all over within 20 min. Though i know the dentist is doing some drilling, i did not feel the pain. I dont remember seeing is any blood too. No down time, I took my dinner about 2 hrs later. I was given painkillers but never hv to take them.

a week before the implant, my dentist sent me to a specialist to do a root canal to treat the tooth beside the implant tooth. That procedure was quite terrible, it took abt 1.5 hrs.

[Verysuperkiasu]

I am thinking of going for implant. Anyone knows the cost claimable by CPF. Maybe I go for the cheaper mini dental implant?

[CTong]

Hi sesame 246

Is your root canal specialist good? How many times do you need to go? Can share your experience online ? How much is the total cost did you spend ?

[sall]

Verysuperkiasu:

I am thinking of going for implant. Anyone knows the cost claimable by CPF. Maybe I go for the cheaper mini dental implant?

About 2.8K. My dentist doesn't recommend the mini implant but I can't remember why. Maybe my ex-molar roots were very long, so the standard implant is more stable.

[Verysuperkiasu]

sall:

Verysuperkiasu:

I am thinking of going for implant. Anyone knows the cost claimable by CPF. Maybe I go for the cheaper mini dental implant?

About 2.8K. My dentist doesn't recommend the mini implant but I can't remember why. Maybe my ex-molar roots were very long, so the standard implant is more stable.

2.8K is what u paid after deducting CPF or before? Thanks...

[sall]

Hi verysuperkiasu, you can claim about 2.8K from medisave. The rest will be topped up by cash. I’m still waiting to get my crown, so I haven’t paid yet. Not sure about the final amt. The dentist told me the amount so long ago, I kinda forgot already.

[sall]

Verysuperkiasu:

Oh dear, went to polyclinic dentist 2day to see if they can save a tooth (half gone due to massive filling dropping out). The dentist there refer me to NDC to do root canal and crowning.

If the tooth is half gone, isn't it less traumatic to extract and do implant, rather than go thru the terrifying process of root canal treatment. Some tooth can be so badly damaged, it's no point trying to save it.

[Verysuperkiasu]

sall:

Verysuperkiasu:

Oh dear, went to polyclinic dentist 2day to see if they can save a tooth (half gone due to massive filling dropping out). The dentist there refer me to NDC to do root canal and crowning.

If the tooth is half gone, isn't it less traumatic to extract and do implant, rather than go thru the terrifying process of root canal treatment. Some tooth can be so badly damaged, it's no point trying to save it.

Yah that's what I think too. I'm worried abt the cost. So the dentist suggest root canal and crowning instead. Can you roughly know how much you paid so far? I was told by the dental nurse there that the cpf claim can only be 1/4 of the total cost. So if $2.8K is what u claimed, then u got to pay $8.4K!? Cannot be so expensive right? I think the dental nurse is wrong.

[sall]

Verysuperkiasu:

Yah that's what I think too. I'm worried abt the cost. So the dentist suggest root canal and crowning instead. Can you roughly know how much you paid so far? I was told by the dental nurse there that the cpf claim can only be 1/4 of the total cost. So if $2.8K is what u claimed, then u got to pay $8.4K!? Cannot be so expensive right? I think the dental nurse is wrong.

No, it's not so expensive. Specialist charge should be about 4.5K(plus minus abit) Mine was not done by a specialist, so it should be much cheaper. I can give you my dentist's name if you want.

[Verysuperkiasu]

sall:

Verysuperkiasu:

Yah that's what I think too. I'm worried abt the cost. So the dentist suggest root canal and crowning instead. Can you roughly know how much you paid so far? I was told by the dental nurse there that the cpf claim can only be 1/4 of the total cost. So if $2.8K is what u claimed, then u got to pay $8.4K!? Cannot be so expensive right? I think the dental nurse is wrong.

No, it's not so expensive. Specialist charge should be about 4.5K(plus minus abit) Mine was not done by a specialist, so it should be much cheaper. I can give you my dentist's name if you want.

Ok....thank you!