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Originally Posted by sexandcash
I'm scheduled for my first root canal this tuesday. It's going to be four treatments and cost me $600 (the rest is co pay thru insurance). I'm pretty scared about all the pain that will ensue. Will I need vicodin for a root canal? Is this a fair price? Just curious
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Here is what I can tell you from what I experienced and was told. If I had gone with the root canal option it would have cost me around $1000 for the procedure and another $1400 in a few weeks for the build up and cap. You may not need the cap, I would have had to have it because my tooth had split down the center where my old filing was and the cap would have been the only way to save it. They told me that Vicodin would have helped me with the pain and it really did help me the day before the extraction and since.
For me the pain after the extraction wasn't as bad as I was expecting. I was sore and it hurt the first day, but after that it seemed to get better fast. Today is day 5 after the extraction and there is only a tiny bit of swelling and the soreness and pain is almost gone (I only get pain for a few minutes after I eat something.)
As for you, I think the pain will be determined by how involved your root canal is. I have one friend who had one done and said it was no big deal and hardly hurt afterward. Another friend got one and said it sucked and took her out of commission for 2 days afterward. If it helps the guy who had the root canal that said it was no big deal had it done on a molar while the girl who was laid up with it for a couple of days and said it sucked bad had it done on a front tooth.
I hope that gives you some idea of if you are getting a good deal or not and what you may be in for.