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Wisdom teeth extraction with no insurance FTL

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puma1552

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Yay, I get to have my wisdom teeth out next Friday. Since I have no insurance, I'll be awake to save $440 on general anesthetic...

Luckily I only have three wisdom teeth--two of them are growing in straight and will be easy extractions, but I've got one really badly impacted one coming in at a 45 degree angle towards my teeth about to undo all my braces work on the bottom...boooo

I'll find out the exact prices tomorrow, they said depending on how badly impacted the teeth are they can range from $184-$700 per tooth.

FTL
 
I was awake when I had mine pulled. The crunching sounds are the worst part of it. Plus when the Doc has to get a good grip, you might get a face full of crotch. Good luck man.
 
Big Dave said:
I was awake when I had mine pulled. The crunching sounds are the worst part of it. Plus when the Doc has to get a good grip, you might get a face full of crotch. Good luck man.
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This post had me shudder and laugh at the same time. So how was the pain during the process?
 
senseless said:
No health insurance or dental insurance?
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Not in America. I have Japanese national health insurance, but their dentistry is quite a few years behind the west, and given my prior experience there and their seeming reluctance to even want to touch my wisdom teeth, I'd rather shell out the cash for oral surgery here while I'm on vacation in America.

It sucks, and I could get it done there, but I would be much more comfortable doing oral surgery here.
 
I was awake during the operation, too. It wasn't that bad - I couldn't remember much of it. I was pumped full of valium prior to the actual pulling. :D
 
Something tells me you should sell something you've bought that you don't need and get knocked out.
 
I got four out at once (two seriously impacted) under IV anesthesia. I was out for four days and it got painful even with prescribed painkillers as a bonus post-op.

Do yourself a favor and please find a way to get some form of anesthesia. It helps the doctor perform faster and efficiently and therefore makes your recovery more pleasant.
 
ravenvii said:
I was awake during the operation, too. It wasn't that bad - I couldn't remember much of it. I was pumped full of valium prior to the actual pulling. :D
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I guess the putting you under thing is a recent development. I had mine out (4) in 93 - valium, 8 shots of novocaine, and all the gas I wanted. Felt nothing.
 
I was knocked out with mine. I didn't have any pain afterward really, I went out the same night and ate steak. Also, I didn't even touch the pain pills.
 
I was awake for mine as well. However, I was pumped full of nitrous oxide and really didn't care about anything.
 
I had three taken out under local anesthetic and it wasn't that bad. This was in the pre-HIV awareness era (1983) and the doc didn't wear an eye shield.

Dale (we are both alive)
 
There is such a thing as being penny wise and pound foolish. If I were you, I'd spend the 440 dollars on general anesthetic. There's a reason why they knock people out to extract impacted wisdom teeth - its incredibly painful.
 
_Matt said:
I got four out at once (two seriously impacted) under IV anesthesia. I was out for four days and it got painful even with prescribed painkillers as a bonus post-op.

Do yourself a favor and please find a way to get some form of anesthesia. It helps the doctor perform faster and efficiently and therefore makes your recovery more pleasant.
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He's having a local....so there is some form of anesthetic. He just won't be completely knocked out.
 
I had mine out with a general and felt pretty lousy afterwards.

Then i thought to my self; why don't i stop being sore and start being more awesome.barney stinson
And it worked, started feeling better and recovered real quick.

So my advice to you would be to go into with positive thoughts about how awesome you are and it shouldn't be a problem.
 
$1205 with local, $1649 with general.

Stayin' awake I is!

Next Friday booo
 
Peoples personal experiences with dental SURGERY like this is to always be taken with a grain of salt.

Everyone has different teeth. Every age group has different issues with wisdom teeth that can cause more or less pain than another group. Dental hygiene and upkeep also play a big role.

I really get miffed when I read things like this asking what itll be like, and people go all over the place in their experiences like what happened to YOU could possibly be corollary to this person. At least to the extent that people seem to speak about their experience like it was the only way it could happen.
 
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