The other day my 7 year old daughter had "post 3 surface resin based cmps"on 2 teeth. What is this and cost?

Question

The other day my 7 year old girl had 1 "post 3 surface resin based cmps and 1 "post 2 surface resin based cmps" done.I have insurance but it seemed a little costly. What is this exactley and hoe expensive should this be?

Answer 1

A post 3 surface resin based cmps is a 3 surface composite (white bonded filling) on a posterior or back tooth like a molar.  The cost of a filling can vary greatly depending on where in the country you are and who is doing the filling, but the filling could be in the $120 area.  Of course a 2 surface filling would be a little less.

Since white fillings really totally on a bond to enamel to stay in, and since a baby tooth is mostly dentin which does not bond well, and composite shrinks when it is cured or hardened, you can expect the filling will not last until the baby tooth is lost and replaced with an adult tooth.  Also, white composite does not wear as well as mercury amalgam fillings, but then again you may be happy that amalgam was not used.  Amalgam is quite a bit less expensive than composite.

Answer 2

It sounds like dentist-speak for a filling that was on 3 surfaces of the tooth (say, top, side, and front), and that she got that done on 2 different teeth.

Just trying to remember from the last time I got a filling, I'd say like $400?  I'm probably wrong.