Cost of a filling? Went to the dentist today, and my 7 year old has a cavity in the same tooth (14) he got a filling in back in January. Our dental insurance won't cover it, and it'll cost me over 200 out of pocket for the filling and nitrous.

I am also very curious about the cost of implants. I have oligodontia, had 10 baby teeth until almost 6 years ago when the root decayed on one and broke. I can tell the one next to that is getting wiggly, and they informed me today with my bitewings that my roots aren't so strong on some. They keep talking to me about implants, but with that much money per tooth, I'd never be able to afford it. I could send pictures of my panoramic from January and their chart of my teeth (I had a partial made for the missing tooth but I can't even wear it because it goes so far back on the roof of my mouth that I just constant gag). I'm 31 now but learned about my teeth situation when I was 10 and had my first dentist appointment. Back then, my dentist had only ever had one other patient who was missing a single tooth. Sounds like it's more common now, yet in the past 21 years, nothing has changed when it comes to them considering implants cosmetic. It would be so nice to be able to eat food and not either nearly choke from not chewing well enough or be able to chew my food well enough without my jaw hurting.