Is it crazy how expensive dentists are?

[MK1997]

I just paid 500 dollars to get two fillings. It's just ridiculous.

[lightbulb27]

yes but if talk to dentists... some were just getting by during covid... doing work not making money. There's a reason they do xrays... it makes $!

everything gone way up in price since then... and there's a lot of skill required to drill into teeth correctly, xray machines, all required to run the office.

then a

I hear dental is going corporate... that will be terrible... maybe cheaper.

[Kaneki05]

Imagine paying for that. My country is more socialist meaning I have never paid a dime for dentist care.
If I had to it wouldn't be by a lot as it adjusts to what band your in poorer you are the less you spend, richer well more you spend but your richer so it works out you can afford it either way.

[lightbulb27]

you pay indirectly, not directly. someone else is paying for it.
dental is a good area for socialism... maybe.

[Kaneki05]

Yup because that's how all of our society's work. Roads, cops to everything wouldn't exist if people didn't pay tax and spend money that funds such things.

Unfortunately for other countries out there like America they treat healthcare as unique for whatever reason. Rather than making it also been paid for indirectly by such means.

Meanwhile other countries do include part of that and they have a population who's not worried about some doctor bills if they get hurt or ill. Which is vastly better as it don't create that barrier of not wanting to get checked or helped when you need.

[lightbulb27]

you might be right about it... as the cost goes up and people are left out... getting something is better than nothing and costing everything you've saved.
Canada... wait list for Dr was long. In france, there's areas where it's not good... but some areas are. I learned that from people living there.
USA has medicare and medicaid... is slowly becoming the standard as we socialize over decades.

[12karen]

Lol, I don't pay more than $10 when I go to the dentist but I'm not in America huh

[MK1997]

Neither am i

[12karen]

But it's still so expensive for you
Doctor appointment don't cost me more than $15 either

[Fireguy17]

yeppers.
Invest in 8 years of school, an office, the equipment, the staff, the insurance, buying into a practice, the interest on all of the loans, all of that before you can begin to treat your first patient.
Plus, how fun is it to stick your hands in someone's mouth.
Nothing is cheap anymore.

[ProbablyClueless]

I don't think it's that crazy. Most people basically aren't going to dentists regularly and the cost of the education to become a dentist is freakin insane. Most people aren't even doing yearly check ups and such. There's not much recurring income.

When you think about how important our dental health is and how little so many people do to take care of it; the sticker price shock of a cavity or a root canal once every few years isn't so wild.

[Amur8711]

My insurance been helping but yeah it's ridiculous. I had to get a filling, then get it root canal on the same tooth and then a crown! My very first cavity was a nightmare. Have no clue why just that one tooth all others are perfect and it was out of the blue! So I have an expensive summer 😒

[MK1997]

How much was it

[Amur8711]

It was over 2k after everything I think

[Amur8711]

I payed maybe half out of pocket

[MK1997]

Omg oh wow

[Amur8711]

I never took the time to add it up, I don't know if I want to know

[MK1997]

Oh okay

[Levin]

'tis not in England.

About 20 something quid for a check up and polish and scale. And I think £73 for a filling.

[MK1997]

I am in England

[Levin]

Private?

[MK1997]

Yeah

[Levin]

No NHS your way? Or too many peasants in the NHS for your liking?

[Red_Arrow]

Their education is expensive. Many dentists have degrees as medical doctors to cover the procedures they perform. Their offices and support staff are expensive. Their insurance is expensive.

[jahaims]

It depends on your insurance and the dentist you go to. I had a dentist that wanted 2k just for a cleaning. I went to another one, they did a cleaning, xrays, and a few other things for $60. Both accepted my insurance.

[superchan2011]

the cost of healthcare in general is ridiculous. including the cost of dental care

[exitseven]

Yes, they are expensive but so is everything else.

[MK1997]

False not that expensive

[Garud]

Yes, it is.
My Ma paid this in her entire life. She is 64 years old

[Kingofkings1992]

Yes, absolutely. The cost of healthcare as a whole is an outrage. I spend $275 to go to a walk in clinic about an ear infection, get seen by a doctor for about 10 min, and get some prescription eardrops. The US healthcare system is a joke

[kellytheman]

Yeah dental work is pretty expensive and some insurance won’t pay for it but it is a professional career to have like doctors.

[nonchalantindividual]

What's more crazy is women looking down on men who love flowers. Rather than giving their boyfriends/husbands some, they call him "unmanly".

[beefcakebradybatson]

As with the rest of Yankee "health care !!!"

[JoeRob67]

Luckily I have insurance so my co pay isn't that much

[impalabill77]

I wouldn't know. I have dental insurance. That covers it all.

[renodnol32]

Yes. Sometimes i wish i opted for dentistry instead of whatever my major was.

[dragoblack]

That's just USA medical in general.

[MK1997]

I am not in usa

[dragoblack]

Oh, then yeah if that's a basic maintenance session

[dragoblack]

Also depends on the type of fillings.

[Ariesman81]

Go to Mexico for dental work...

[LiamJHayden]

Expensive but necessary.

[Dongie]

You said a mouth full.

[samet7777]

ıt is very cheap here

[Anonymous]

I agree, totally ridiculous.

[seanscoopers]

Really