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Affordable dentist for crowns/fillings?
Posted on 1/31/23 at 11:20 am
Posted on 1/31/23 at 11:20 am
Are there any affordable dentists left in south LA for someone without dental insurance besides the LSU dental school? 60 mile radius from BR if possible.
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Posted on 1/31/23 at 11:22 am to sleepytime
Cheaping out on dental work is such a great idea.
Posted on 1/31/23 at 11:22 am to sleepytime
You get what you pay for
And when you tell them cash up front you get a decent discount
And when you tell them cash up front you get a decent discount
This post was edited on 1/31/23 at 11:22 am
Posted on 1/31/23 at 11:22 am to sleepytime
Find a local dental school
Posted on 1/31/23 at 11:23 am to sleepytime
He's in Metairie, but Vince DiLeo is the only dentist I've ever fully trusted. Graduated #1 or #2 from LSU Dental (can't remember exactly which).
Posted on 1/31/23 at 11:25 am to Cosmo
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You get what you pay for
For dentistry? IDK, man, there are a lot of snake oil salesmen in the field. The correlation between price and quality is tenuous at best.
Posted on 1/31/23 at 11:25 am to Cosmo
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And when you tell them cash up front you get a decent discount
Them days are over. Insurances have cut payouts and dentists are far less inclined to offer discounts to cash paying customers.
Posted on 1/31/23 at 11:26 am to sleepytime
pay in cash to negotiate costs.
Posted on 1/31/23 at 11:27 am to MugMan
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Them days are over. Insurances have cut payouts and dentists are far less inclined to offer discounts to cash paying customers.
no, insurance companies are paying doctors pennies on the dollar for payments
Posted on 1/31/23 at 11:31 am to sleepytime
Louisiana Dental Center - but they are hit or Miss
Also, Premier Dental Care on Highland - not saying they are affordable - but they aren’t outrageous and are a better than Louisiana Dental Center
Find a place you like and see if you can get a line of credit from care credit (or whatever it’s called now) - if the work is over a certain amount sometimes they have no interest for a set amount of months
Also, Premier Dental Care on Highland - not saying they are affordable - but they aren’t outrageous and are a better than Louisiana Dental Center
Find a place you like and see if you can get a line of credit from care credit (or whatever it’s called now) - if the work is over a certain amount sometimes they have no interest for a set amount of months
Posted on 1/31/23 at 11:32 am to sleepytime
Louisiana Dental
There's also some dental offices now doing in-office membership plans (so you wouldn't have to deal with insurance). It basically pays for a whole year of cleanings but gives you a disocount on treatment needd.
Good luck
There's also some dental offices now doing in-office membership plans (so you wouldn't have to deal with insurance). It basically pays for a whole year of cleanings but gives you a disocount on treatment needd.
Good luck
This post was edited on 1/31/23 at 11:35 am
Posted on 1/31/23 at 11:44 am to Trout Bandit
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Cheaping out on dental work is such a great idea.
Yeah I went the Cadillac route and went to an oral surgeon when I needed my wisdom teeth pulled.
Posted on 1/31/23 at 11:56 am to Trout Bandit
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Cheaping out on dental work is such a great idea.
It actually is. Dental work has a high cost. There are a few dentist that operate in the us and Mexico to skirt this. You see them in the states fit consultation and then go to TJ or NL for procedure by same dentist.
I know people who've gotten work in portugal and Thailand. Each case they paid less for a titanium implant than a crown cost here.
Posted on 1/31/23 at 11:59 am to sleepytime
Mexico
Posted on 1/31/23 at 12:00 pm to sleepytime
Have your been quoted?
If I had to guess, about $1250.
If I had to guess, about $1250.
Posted on 1/31/23 at 12:08 pm to ItzMe1972
$1,350
Posted on 1/31/23 at 1:16 pm to USMEagles
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but Vince DiLeo is the only dentist I've ever fully trusted
I used to go to Dr DiLeo but I switched to another dentist because I felt that everytime I went he tried to upsell me on something.
The last time I went to him he claimed that I needed two fillings replaced ASAP, or else. I thought it was BS. A few months later I went to a different dentist and he did not say a word about replacing fillings. Five years later, still no problems with my fillings.
Posted on 1/31/23 at 1:24 pm to sleepytime
Pull it, you got plenty more. Or less.
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