Because so much is ground down anyway there is no tooth remaining, just
enough to cement a crown too.

why would you consider to have an amputation of an important tooth if
you can avoid it????

In august I had a porcelain crown ($1089.00) a cast post and core ($442.00)
and root canal therapy ($995.00) on tooth 30. I live in Washington, DC and
my dentist is far from Dr. Fancy Pants with a modest office and only one
girl to answer phones on the east side of Capitol Hill. I thought that was
way too much, but I also have insurance and this is right in line with what
is paid in this area.

I really wanted to have it pulled for I think about $250 or so but I was
talked out of it.

David Rhodes

I realize every case is a bit different but does this fee sound very high? I
had intended to get a lot of work done-replace crowns, bridges etc but while
figuring out with the dentist(new) the best way of going it about it I
thought I would have him do 1 tooth which needs immediate attention. This
would have no effect on the other work so I thought he could get started.
It's an upper central incisor that had a small post and crown that had come
out. His job would be to clean out any decay, insert another post and place
a temporary crown which would later be replaced by a permanent one when we
decided on things like matching shade etc when the others were removed and
recrowned. Anyway when discussing price he said that the post and core
buildup would be $500. and a permanent crown $1450. Let's assume they are
both high gold core. Isn't this a high price?