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Dog broke part of lower right canine with microscopic expose of pulp ( can only be seen with ×10 magnifying lens. After calling around East Coast the best price ( radiographs, plus root canal, plus crown prep, plus titanium  crown placement ) converges upon $3300.
Does anyone know of a hosp or private practice vet/endodontist, etc who can do similar procedure for a better price?

Current pet insurance Co will only cover $1000.

while researching I found this place but its in Ohio

http://www.ohioveterinarydentalservice.com/untitled2.html

Try to find a vet who is willing to pull the nerv and fill the hole.
Otherwise a lot of dogs are living without one or two canines at all ( pulled after accident ) - doesn´t seem to affect them - I know 2 very good IPO3 dogs with a pulled canine, doing their job.

I had a dog who broke one of his Canines...I checked around and spoke to different vets and dentists to find the right way to go...I'd known some people who had their dog's canines replaced with titanium ones...but the dentist that I finally decided to go with said that the best way to go with my dog's tooth was to do a "root canal" and fill the tooth with a substance that would harden and probably do fine...This is was dog that still did Schutzhund and was very rough...He lived to be 12 1/2 years old and never had another problem...
I believe the cost was a bit lower then $1000...This was 1 tooth...Not sure if your dog has 2 teeth involved...

~Bob~

one tooth.
pm me with the contact info.

I hope Koots stumbles upon this thread. She might have another POV that entails doing other than something, as what might be seen as an action done, too soon.

Additional info for those who may need it in the future

http://www.veterinarypracticenews.com/July-2010/Crowns-Can-Be-Long-Lasting-Solution/

Years ago, Dante broke his upper canine tooth when another dog rushed at his crate and started fighting thru the bars with him..

I drove home, didn't realize what had happened, until I saw him licking and drooling, and noticed he had broken the tooth with pulp exposed..

I was horrified, we were to trial in like 3 weeks...

 

Fortunately for me, the guy who pioneered the dental industry with regards to dogs, lives in Colorado..

 

What I learned from the experience is that

1. It's EXPENSIVE...  no matter which route you take...  be prepared to spend on the xrays/root canals/etc..

2. Its absolutely worth it IF you can save the teeth, and better yet if they can seal and CAP the teeth rather than kill the teeth with the root canal..

3. You have like 24 hour window to get the dog to the dentisit to cap and seal, after that, they have to do root canal because of infection, I believe...is what he said...

4. Always get a record from the dog dentist of what happened to the dog's teeth, in case you want to later show/koer and need to prove that it had normal teeth at one time. I have a color photo record of each step they did with Dante's teeth, including the before and after xrays.

 

The most expensive part seemed to be the actual surgery time, the monitoring, etc...  For Dante. we had about a $1500 bill, another time I think it was more, he extracted a rotting tooth, and most recently, it was about $1800 with Dante's son, who broke same tooth, opposite side of mouth, doing damage that time by trying to get out of crate...

 

I love these dogs, and will always spend the money, but geez... specialists are not cheap!!
I'd guess living in the northeast makes things more than out west... 
A dentist specialist in Texas was only slightly less of an estimate when I had an accident with Ziggy's teeth there.

 

Has it been more than 24 hours?? 
Maybe try upstate New York?? Maybe in one of the college town, with a vet school??  Not sure CT would be less...  maybe PA??