It has been sometime in my life since I’ve visited a doctor. My last visit to a doctor was some time in 2004 for a medical fitness certificate. Seems like its time for fixing a bug in my body.

One of my Molar tooth got infected with cavity, and as usual I ignored it for enough time so that it demanded more attention for itself. So I visited a near by dentist to get it checked, after putting all sorts of metallic instruments in my mouth and taking photos (X-Ray) of my teeth, they finally found out that the cavity is so deep, that it requires a pulpectomy, more commonly known as “The Root Canal Treatment”. So there are supposedly 3 visits and in the first one, the doctor drilled and cleaned up the cavity and filled with a temporary “filling”. It was painful, even with local anasthesia. I got a painkillers to be taken 3 times a day, but being against to taking medicines, I’m trying to cope up.

In the second visit yesterday, I got the “permananent filling” according to the doctor, Also the impression of my teeth are taken so that they can “prepare the crown”. Now, I need a final visit on Tuesday for Crown fixing. It will be ceramic crown I guess. I was under the impression of ignoring it, but seems like crown is an essential part of Root Canal Treatment, and I can’t ignore it.

The cost till now for two visits has been Rs.4,300/- in bangalore. I’m not sure how much the crown fixing costs. The treatment in India costs around Rs.3500-9500 for Root Canal and Crown, according to wikipedia.