Thanks to modern medicine, your dentist can numb the area around your root canal-needing tooth. During your treatment, you’ll be quite comfortable, feeling at most some pressure.
Unfortunately, all the numbing-agents in the office won’t blunt the effects of a steep dental bill. If this is your nightmare, keep reading. Here’s a more realistic assessment of how a root canal will affect your wallet – the numbers might surprise you!
Understanding a Root Canal Procedure
To understand the costs involved in root canal treatment, you need to have a good idea of the process. The reason your dentist is recommending this option to you is that you have an infection deep inside your aching tooth. Preventing this infection from spreading is crucial, so removing your tooth’s bacteria-laden pulp is necessary.
Once your dentist removes this infected substance, they must clean the now empty canal in your tooth, disinfect it, and seal it back up. Needless to say, this involves quite a few materials.
Know that The Price of Your Root Canal Can Vary
Additional factors contribute to the cost of a root canal as well. Some more obvious ones are the extent and nature of damage to your tooth, but others include:
- Which tooth requires treatment
- What type of dentist you’re seeing
- Whether you’re getting a retreatment
- Needing additional procedures, such as crowns
- Where you live
- How much your insurance will cover
The factors that could affect your root canal’s price the most are which tooth requires treatment, which dentist you’re seeing, and your insurance coverage. Since there are quite a few variables, it’s important to confirm costs with your dentist and insurance provider.
Estimating Your Root Canal’s Affect on Your Wallet
Now that you know more about root canals and how their prices are set, it’s time to sit down and translate the mental math to paper. Are you ready? If not, don’t worry. A root canal might just be more affordable than you think.
Depending on what variable factors apply to your situation, your root canal tab can run between a couple hundred dollars to a couple thousand. That’s a pretty wide range, but there’s something that might put you at ease. Since root canals are absolutely necessary to prevent tooth decay and loss, dental insurance typically covers between 50% – 80% of the bill.
If your dental insurance considers root canals essential, you definitely should. There’s no question you should get this treatment when you need it. What you should ask your dentist about is payment. Your dentist wants you to be healthy, so they and their team will walk you through the details of your insurance. As medical professionals, they might even notice something you didn’t and be able to rescue your wallet!
About the Practice
Our endodontists at Endodontic Group of Jersey City take pride in exceeding their patients’ expectations for root canal treatment. You can relax knowing that your team is a group of insurance-friendly experts dedicated to your care. To find out more about how you can afford a root canal with our practice, call our office at 201-984-1005 or visit our website.