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Originally Posted by Sometimes psychotic
Actually it depends I had to go to an oral surgeon an get one broken out it was about $120 but it took them literally 5 minutes--they use this thing and just press against it until it breaks then pull out the pieces and sew up the hole---I don't even think it went through my insurance because I had to pay right away---but this is for teeth that have fully emerged not the impacted ones. You also need antibiotics and stuff for like 10 days.
Anyway if you really can't get a good price from an oral surgeon you can go to a dental school----when I was at university of michigan all the kids needing their wisdom teeth out would do this because you don't really get a student for major operations they just watch. Good luck!
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Oh, I have dental insurance and it's supposedly $76 to get a tooth pulled. I've had my upper wisdom teeth pulled previously (do to one being broken.) But around here it's $300 at the oral surgeon to get a tooth pulled. The $76 is at the dentist, which no dentists do it, (I found one that did but he is no longer in the area.) So now I'm looking for one that takes my insurance. I have an EPO and most of the ones around only take the PPO.... (because they want you to pay $300 and not $76.) My husband had to leave a dentist in the middle of a tooth extraction and we had to race to the oral surgeon before the novacane wore off. We had to pay $300 before they even took him back with blood and everything.... I hate this town....
I don't mind antibiotics. I already have been through this before.
