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Originally Posted by glatt
Hmm. Modern dentistry is expensive. $400 for that fancy filling. I think the old mercury ones would have been cheaper. He didn't even give me the option, but I also didn't ask. He's a good guy and I bet he would have given me a mercury filling if I had asked for one.
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I'm not so sure. I understand most won't touch that stuff anymore, it's all white. But also, if you had the filling made and popped in, that's an inlay. Same principal as a crown except on the inside. Those are used when the hole is too big for a traditional filling. At least that's what I was told. I wonder if any regular posters are actually dentists who just don't want to admit it? Maybe we could summons Undertoad's Bluebell guy and ask him?
(Inlays are also billed differently. Good luck)
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At least my dental insurance will pick up the lion's share of that $400. They say they pay 90% of filling work, but I think that's based on some approved rate they think a filling should cost, and I bet a downtown DC dentist charges more than their approved rate. We'll see. I predict they will reimburse me in the neighborhood of $275.
Money
Money
Money
It's all about the money.
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