How much for amalgam removal?

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I don't remember how much mine was (years ago) but at the time I asked my credit

card company to increase my limit which they did, and I worked out a payment

plan with the dentist. I had 17 and had them all replaced in one week, because I

had to travel out of state (OK to WI) to go to a dentist I could trust.

S S

How much for amalgam removal?

Posted by: " anacat_11 " anacat_11@... anacat_11

Fri Oct 26, 2007 6:12 am (PST)

Along with replacement by composites, of course.

We're wondering what the average cost of removal and replacement is.

Dh has about four or five amalgams and a gold filling. The hg-free

dentist who'll remove them using the proper safety measures won't take

insurance.

What have people paid to get this done?

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My insurance covered mine. I have no idea of the cost, I just know I had

to pay $300 for the porcelain crown that was around $1000 or so and my

yearly cap is $2000, and I'd already had a cleaning, xrays and one or

two exams during the same fiscal year, so it couldn't have gone over. It

was a long appointment, and I had some mouth/tooth pain for a couple of

weeks later, but it was well-worth it.

anacat_11 wrote:

>

> Along with replacement by composites, of course.

>

> We're wondering what the average cost of removal and replacement is.

> Dh has about four or five amalgams and a gold filling. The hg-free

> dentist who'll remove them using the proper safety measures won't take

> insurance.

>

> What have people paid to get this done?

>

>

[Guest guest]

Insurance covered a lot of mine as I recall. My

dentist looked for decay in the cavity once the

amalgam was out, most had decay... this permitted him

to file with insurance for the replacement. If I

remember right, insurance would pay for the cost of an

amalgam replacement, and I had to pay the extra for

the composites. I wish I remember better, I was

pretty foggy and out of it back then.

Carole

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Without insurances: It was about $350 a tooth for me.

This was for an Hg free specialist with all the fancy precautions and

post treatments. I had 14 teeth done,some with more than one filling,

all in all it costs me $6,000. I wanted it done right, and was not

willing to risk some cobjob cheap dentist making me worse.

This is not an uncommon figure for so many fillings.

My mother had a few of hers removed by her cobjob dentist, on her

insurance, so she paid the difference in the cost of the

amalgam/composite...like $50 a tooth. However, her dentist did not use

any precautions..he just ground them out..and she has been

mysteriously sick since then.

I had another dentist that charged about $118 a tooth out of pocket.

This was for one small amalgam my daughter had the size of a pint

head. Insurance would not pay to place a composite in a molar. It will

vary depending on the dentist.

But you do pay for what you get with this. Most dental insuraces does

not cover restorations in full anyway..most are 50%, 80% if you got

really good insurance.

I found that most good non Hg dentists don't take insurace, because

insurance only covers using amalgams. Which they won't use. Some will

give you the billing codes and forms to submit for reimbursement. Some

will take it but you pay the difference....

I dont know what they quoted you..but it will probably be upwards of

$100 a tooth plus x-rays. And whatever the cost for testing for

biocompatible composite materials.

>

> Along with replacement by composites, of course.

>

> We're wondering what the average cost of removal and replacement is.

> Dh has about four or five amalgams and a gold filling. The hg-free

> dentist who'll remove them using the proper safety measures won't

take

> insurance.

>

> What have people paid to get this done?

>

[Guest guest]

2004/5 dollars: 11 amalgams removed and replaced for about $2500.

Some were large; some were very small. I did at one point have a

breakdown of costs tooth by tooth. The worst was a $400 replacement

of my only composite. The cheapest was a 'freebie' replacement of an

amalgam chip. This is an IAOMT dentist. I don't have dental

insurance but I think he gives us paperwork to submit on our own.

I live in Wisconsin.

My 1 composite had been poorly placed about 2 years prior by a

different dentist (no precautions in that replacement). It had

allowed the tooth to continue to rot underneath. My new dentist was

floored that they old dentist never noticed.

In 2006 my brother's 13 amalgams were removed by the same dentist for

about $2500, too. Again, there were different prices per tooth based

on the size of the amalgam and health of the tooth.

Be careful who you go to. Amalgams are so easy a monkey can place

them, I hear. Composites take more skill. I would also pay extra

for safe removal. If you don't, you might be paying more in the long

run to treat the effects... both physically and monetarily.

Pam

-- In , " Jan " <paxlforme@...> wrote:

>

> Without insurances: It was about $350 a tooth for me.

> This was for an Hg free specialist with all the fancy precautions

and

> post treatments. I had 14 teeth done,some with more than one

filling,

> all in all it costs me $6,000. I wanted it done right, and was not

> willing to risk some cobjob cheap dentist making me worse.

> This is not an uncommon figure for so many fillings.

>

> My mother had a few of hers removed by her cobjob dentist, on her

> insurance, so she paid the difference in the cost of the

> amalgam/composite...like $50 a tooth. However, her dentist did not

use

> any precautions..he just ground them out..and she has been

> mysteriously sick since then.

>

> I had another dentist that charged about $118 a tooth out of

pocket.

> This was for one small amalgam my daughter had the size of a pint

> head. Insurance would not pay to place a composite in a molar. It

will

> vary depending on the dentist.

> But you do pay for what you get with this. Most dental insuraces

does

> not cover restorations in full anyway..most are 50%, 80% if you got

> really good insurance.

> I found that most good non Hg dentists don't take insurace, because

> insurance only covers using amalgams. Which they won't use. Some

will

> give you the billing codes and forms to submit for reimbursement.

Some

> will take it but you pay the difference....

> I dont know what they quoted you..but it will probably be upwards

of

> $100 a tooth plus x-rays. And whatever the cost for testing for

> biocompatible composite materials.

>

>

>

>

> >

> > Along with replacement by composites, of course.

> >

> > We're wondering what the average cost of removal and replacement

is.

> > Dh has about four or five amalgams and a gold filling. The hg-

free

> > dentist who'll remove them using the proper safety measures won't

> take

> > insurance.

> >

> > What have people paid to get this done?

> >

>

[Guest guest]

Thanks everyone! That sounds about right. The IAOMT dentist quoted

$10,000, but this included a lot of other periodontal stuff which dh

might have done at our regular insurance-using dentist, who's pretty

good, just not IAOMT. The quotes per amalgam were between $250 and

$415 and dh's amalgams are pretty huge (big movie-star teeth have

their downsides, lol). His gold/amalgam crown is enormous.

No, we certainly don't want him to suffer the health effects of

getting a cheapo dentist to take this crap out in an unsafe way. Dh

is already so tired all the time that I call him grandpa. The

horrible stress of what happened to our children last year aside and

the stress of being in the field of archi-torture (arg) aside, it's

not right for someone his age and he's beginning to think it's the

fillings.

Great tip about seeing if the dentist finds deterioration under the

old amalgams so we can bill our insurance for part of the

replacement.

> >

> > Along with replacement by composites, of course.

> >

> > We're wondering what the average cost of removal and replacement

is.

> > Dh has about four or five amalgams and a gold filling. The hg-

free

> > dentist who'll remove them using the proper safety measures

won't

> take

> > insurance.

> >

> > What have people paid to get this done?

> >

>

[Guest guest]

I forgot to add that mine would have been $10,000 total if I had the

$3000 in cavitat surgery done, which I didn't becuause I was only

able to refin the house for $6500. So it was just enough to redo 14

teeth, and bond both my front teeth. So your quote is about right..

He is right to suspect...I had such terrible fatigue before removal.

All I did was sleep.

> > >

> > > Along with replacement by composites, of course.

> > >

> > > We're wondering what the average cost of removal and

replacement

> is.

> > > Dh has about four or five amalgams and a gold filling. The hg-

> free

> > > dentist who'll remove them using the proper safety measures

> won't

> > take

> > > insurance.

> > >

> > > What have people paid to get this done?

> > >

> >

>

[Guest guest]

> We're wondering what the average cost of removal and replacement is.

> Dh has about four or five amalgams and a gold filling. The hg-free

> dentist who'll remove them using the proper safety measures won't take

> insurance.

I used a regular dentist [none of the recommended precautions] and I

" took reasonable precautions " in the form of taking certain

supplements. I had 8 amalgams removed and it cost me $975.

Dana

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I paid $150.00 a tooth for mercury to composite replacement.

Heidi N

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