dental problems

What is the name of your state?north carolina recently i visted the dentist due to a abcessed tooth number 18 . He cleaned it out and packed it with medicine, sent me home with antibiotics. he told me that it would cost 1,800 dollars for the root canal and crown. i agreed to pay him 100 dollars a week till it was all paid. he agreed. 3 weeks later he did a root canal and inserted the post and changed his mind and told me it had to be paid in full before he could finish the crown, the receptionist made me feel very uncomfortable when she told me this. she said that i could go 2 months with this metal cap on my tooth. one week later, still in alot of pain, i felt too uncomfortable to call the first dentist so i went to a different dentist who said he would have never put the post in yet. he said i had an infection in my gum area, which he sent me home with more antibiotics. i will see him in a week. if the infection doesnt go away he would have to send me to a speacialist who would have to go from the bottom up in surgery. what do i owe the first dentist, should i pay the dentist that didnt do his job. i have already paid 400 dollars and i called the first dentist and told him to cancel the crown she said i would have to pay a processing fee on top of the root canal. dentist #2 i have paid out 100 dentist fee and 57 dollars for perscription

TARA69492002
Just because the second dentist would not have put the post in at the time of the root canal does not mean the first dentist was wrong to do so. The second dentist had the advantage of knowing that infection remained or recurred. It is not always possible to see every canal in the roots of a tooth and only by the symptoms that you suffered does it become apparent that a canal(s) was 'missed'.

The metal crown will last two months or longer, giving you time to pay the full amount. Some patients prefer a metal crown on molars as the teeth are not seen and the cost of a metal crown is minimal.

You do owe the original dentist the costs of the root canal, tooth preparation, post, and crown preparation. The first dentist would have, more likely than not, provided the additional treatment at no additional charge. It was your choice to change dentists rather than return to the dentist whose work was already in progress, thereby denying that dentist the opportunity to fix the problem at no additional costs.

EC