Should i have my tooth pulled?

I am thirty two with no dental insurance.I am totally in debt already and it will cost me more than a grand to do a root canal and have a crown.This is to save a molar #30.I have spent thousands on partials crowns etc already over the past several years.I feel like a total sucker.Any suggestions ?

Answers:
If you are wearing an existing lower partial to replace other missing teeth, you can have #30 taken out and have that "fake" tooth added to the partial. There is a lab fee for it, but the total price would come out cheaper than trying to save the tooth. But if you dont have a lower partial, but do want to save the tooth, work with the office come up with a payment plan or a way to apply with an outside finance company to pay for dental treatment.

Dont feel like a sucker! it is understandable to be worried about such things. Every day i witness patients having to make decisions like this. Hopefully you are able to work something out. I would advocate saving the tooth, but i know that that cant always happen because of money issues.

Good luck!

I got one pulled last week for same reason.
go get it done at a dental school. that could be something to look into. extract as a last resort..
I had a tooth pulled for the same reason, I was in a lot of pain and my overdraft just wouldn't take the expense of a root canal. If its a back tooth then I would advise the same.
Pulling a tooth is not always easy. Be sure and check out the surrounding bone and other teeth or bone structures that may be effected by having one removed. You might be in for more trouble once you elect to have one pulled. The money you save by pulling one may not equal what it will take to address other problems that may result from your decision to have it pulled. This is from my own recent personal experience. I wish now I had opted to try to "save" the tooth.
Read dmdgirl's answer and pretend I wrote it. Vote for her, though. :-) I'm just agreeing.
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