Hi Girls,

I think I need to have 2 of my wisdom teeth removed (they have been hurting a lot lately) and I am being a big baby about it and I want it done so I am put to sleep and I dont feel it....

Does anyone know how much this is going to cost me if I dont have health insurance?

Thanks

Depends on whether you can have it done in the chair by a dentist, if you need a specialist, if you need a GA etc.

ETA: Oops - just read you want a GA. You will have to pay theatre costs, anaesthetic costs and dentist costs. I am not sure how much that would be, but not cheap I should imagine

I had mine done under a GA, mind you tihs was about 5-6yrs ago, I only had to have one side out (top & bottom) & that cost me around $2k from memory.

HTH

I had my back top wisdom tooth out about 6 weeks ago and I had it done in the chair, I was like you a big baby and cried but really it is not that bad. I will not hurt while it is numb and all I felt was a little pressure from the dentist pulling. For me to have all 4 out while put to sleep I remember it going to cost around 3500 to 4000. To have 1 out in the chair it cost 230.00. Big differnece. And when I think about it it was all over within 10min.

Sometimes you HAVE to go under GA, usually if the teeth are growing awkwardley, have different roots etc as they need to cut into your gums to get the teeth out. From my understanding going under general will cost at least a couple of thousand.

I got all four of mine taken out in the chair, and absolutley did not feel a thing!! Honestly, I was terrified and was sitting there and said ok now just tell me when it's over, and my dentist said already done, here it is, and showed me my tooth!! Same for all 4, not painful at all, and recovery was quick, was eating properly pretty much the next day and no swelling at all around my jaw. The gum area was just a little tender for a few days.

Good luck with it!!!

i had all 4 removed in the chair about 9 months ago and it cost $800 all up.... I found the worse part was leaving the gauze in your mouth afterwards, i imagine this will be the same either way though

Yes have to agree with that and the blood that you can taste but as emma said this would happen either way

We didn't have health insurance when I had mine out. It cost about $2000 and I had them done in a private hospital. I was also a big baby - cried all the way to theatre!

Good luck!

I had all four out under a GA in a public clinic. Medicare covered the procedure, but not the anaesthetist. From memory, the anaesthetist cost around $900.

This was about 9 years ago.

I had two out on the same side about a year and a half ago. In the chair, at a fancy doctor on Macquarie Street cost $500. Nice view and the doctor was quite funny!

Each surgeon/hospital/anaesthetist would have different costs.

I will 'try' and remember what mine cost.............I think the estimated total I was given was $2k to $2.5k

Private hospital was about $800 for day surgery.

Anaesthetist was around $300/$400.

I was a public patient paying to go private.


That was 4 years ago.

Word of advice.
If you can have them out in the chair, do so.
The dentist is much more considerate of the fact you are awake therefore can be more gentle.
I have heard (and seen the aftermath) of some awful stories about people going under and be pulled every which way and ending up with terrible pain, a longer healing time and awful bruising.

I had 2 out in the chair (I was only born with 2), $90 per toothand I got half back through private health

All out under GA, private hospital, PHI, cost $2000

For what it's worth, with more than a handful of Dentists in the immediate family, I think that's pretty silly advice

It is true there may be more trauma under GA... due to the fact that people with seriously complicated dental problems HAVE to go that way. E.g. there is not the possibility to be treated 'in the chair'.

Being seen under a GA does not mean you are more likely to suffer pain and problems. And sometimes it does not mean less, either. Only a Dentist is able to assess your individual situation and advise whether a GA, in the chair, or a combination is best off for your oral and financial situation.

Oh. And FWIW. Even having fully free GA facilities (free dentist, free anaethetist and free hospital care) at my disposal - my 1 wisdom tooth was done in the chair. I felt no pain. By the time I realised what was happening it was over. I was eating steak that night I did not feel a thing.

But had my oral condition needed a GA, I would not have worried that I would have been 'rough handled' either!

I'm getting mine out on January 12th...

all 4 teeth in hospital under GA I've seen the x-ray and I know that's what's needed just by looking at it myself.

For 2 teeth it's about 1600+the anisitist+hospital and just over $2000 for all 4. I was advised as I am getting the bottom 2 out I need the top two out too, and although they don't need to come out now, they may later.

so I'm looking at about $2500 as I have private health cover and so I pay no hospital excess and I'll be able to recoup some of the $2.5k from my health fund after the op.

My specialist only operates at my local private hospital. IF you can get someone to do it at a public hospital it'll probably be a better option but I don't know how these things work, talk to your dentist about your options.

Same, but my gauze came out straight away so no discomfort there either. The worst part was the 9 injections to numb my mouth! Absolutely no pain afterwards and I was eating normally that night (yes, I had all four removed!). And I'm sure my PHI covered most of this cost..?

My wisdom teeth had come through though so this may have made the task 'easier'.

Not everyone has that choice Monica. Mine were badly impacted and I had no choice. I ended up under for longer than expected as they had so much trouble removing them and yes, I had horrible bruising even down on my chest. But at the end of the day, they did what they had to do to get them out.

Anywhere from 2000 - 4000 depending on where you go to get it done.

The worst part for me was the swelling afterwards. You look like a soccer ball head.

Can you perhaps get private health cover and hold of for the waiting period... It would work out much cheaper and then your covered.

Good luck with which ever way you go.

Be brave and you'll be all better before you know it.

Well Girls, I am going to see the Dentist today to find out what my options are... wish me lots of luck because I am a big chicken

Good Luck for today.
I hope it all goes well and the price isn't too bad.

this is why i'm so grateful in a way mine came out when i was 15 (severly impacted - all growing along the jaw) - out cold in hospital, no bruising on the chest, minimal facial bruising, eating 'food' (albeit through a small gap in my mouth as i couldn't open my jaw the whole way - more in my head than anything else) a day post op - first day i had a few pain killers but honestly it wasn't as bad as i thought and i think it was more the fact i was under GA that i didn't want to eat as i just wanted to sleep

sure my mum asked when the padding was coming out this was as i was still in that twilight haze of GA and her facial expression when the nurse said it was my face was quite hilarious in hindsight.

i vomited a lot but that's more the lying down blood going down than anything to do with GA's - i know ppl who had them in the chair and they have some horror stories to tell as well.

good luck

Hope you got some answers yesterday. Mine were taken out under GA about 13 years ago and it cost my mum $500 with PHI.

I had a great recovery, very minimal swelling and no bruising at all. My sister had hers out in the chair and had a very different experience.

Well here is a small update........

The dentist I went to said I need 3 out (for some reason I never had a 4th develop lol)

I have an appointment with an Oral Surgeon today because one of the teeth is sitting very close to a nerve so she wanted me to get a second opinion from someone that specialises in that area..... I guess I will find out today what my options are in terms of removal.....

Hence the "If you can have them out in the chair do so" at the beginning of my post.
I understand circumstances don't always permit, my post was more to highlight that if you have a choice, the chair is a better option in my opinion