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Mackman
Joined: 14 Sep 2005
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Location: Concordville PA
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| Posted: Thu May 22, 2008 4:18 pm Post subject: Widsom Teeth |
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Well i go 2marrow at 845am to get my widsom teeth out. I have no dental ins. So the bill is 1,865. They want 525 bucks just to put me to sleep. This is crazy but i kinda have no choice cuz im in alot of pain. So i got a credit line thru Care Credit if i pay it off before 1 year it is 0% interest.
My medical ins. might pick up 1 tooth that is impacted but not the other 3. I hope it does that will knock off 425 bucks. All i have to say is i love my job and workin for the mom and pop outfits but now i wish i had the benefits the big boys offerd. |
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mommee
Joined: 04 Oct 2007
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Location: East Coast
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| Posted: Thu May 22, 2008 5:07 pm Post subject: |
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| Good luck to you. I had my wisdom teeth pulled out. It was a miserable experience and I couldn't eat anything after that. Just milkshakes and yogurt shakes. Think happy thoughts. :wink: |
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Sabine
Joined: 20 Feb 2006
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Location: Fredericktown, MO
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| Posted: Thu May 22, 2008 5:54 pm Post subject: |
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| even with a dental plan, you may still be SOL. Most of them cover up to a 1000 a year, but no major stuff the first however many months, and then there is the deductible, and copay.... |
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Mackman
Joined: 14 Sep 2005
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Location: Concordville PA
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| Posted: Thu May 22, 2008 6:06 pm Post subject: |
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| Im going to try to think happy thoughts. LOL i just took a perkaset for the 1st time in my life and i feel drunk or something it is weird but i am in no pian. :D |
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Syncrosonix
Joined: 16 Feb 2008
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Location: scottsdale, arizona
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| Posted: Thu May 22, 2008 6:14 pm Post subject: |
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| i'm so glad i have an uncle who is a dentist and runs his own office in chandler, arizona. family discount ftw! :D i'm supposed to have mine x-rayed and pulled some time this year. i cannot stop chomping down the sides of my mouth. |
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HWD
Joined: 24 Apr 2008
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Location: Norf Kakalacky
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| Posted: Thu May 22, 2008 6:19 pm Post subject: |
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I had mine pulled when I was 17, no big deal, if the surgeon is real good at what he does all you will experience is a little soreness for a couple days afterward. And FWIW, dentists don't routinely pull wisdom teeth - an oral-maxillofacial surgeon is the one who does it.
As far as wisdom teeth are concerned, if the wife or the kids ever need it done it's covered under my medical, not dental, and no co-pay because it's considered a "hospitalization", even though it's done on an outpatient basis...sweet health plan.
Don't feel bad though - my dental insurance sucks, too. Not much difference between having and not having it, it's that bad, except for the twice a year routine stuff. Anything else and I'll be footing the bill. |
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Drew10
Joined: 23 Feb 2007
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Location: 0001 Cemetery Lane
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| Posted: Thu May 22, 2008 6:33 pm Post subject: |
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| I had all my wisdoms removed, long time ago, probably around '79 in the Military. They were all impacted, but were not causing pain. Was to have them all out in one sitting, but the Dentist..so he said and he did have plyers, so I belieived him...had a really hard time with the first one, took to long and had to reschedule the rest. It was miserable taking the first, and the recovery took along time as it became infected. The other three came out real easy, and quick. With a quick recovery. |
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Trukrswyfe
Joined: 13 Jul 2007
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| Posted: Thu May 22, 2008 6:43 pm Post subject: |
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Mackman wrote: Im going to try to think happy thoughts. LOL i just took a perkaset for the 1st time in my life and i feel drunk or something it is weird but i am in no pian. :D
That's funny, Hope you still stay away from broken beer bottles.
Just remember, the pain will come back, Please Please no mixing the pain killers and the beer.
PS
Mack I think I remember you saying you smoke, try not to while your mouth is healing. Dry sockets, hurt more then the extraction. If you can believe me and just take my word for it don't find out for yourself. Smoking withdrawls would be better than the dry sockets.
No Stank you. :wink:
I don't smoke but watched husband who does and did after the removal. It was a ugly mess, and extremely painful. Get better fast,
Oh sorry one more thing, Ibuprophene works great on mouth pain too. Not tylenol, or aleve.
TW |
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Uturn2001
Joined: 10 Jan 2005
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Location: East Central IL between the corn and the beans
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| Posted: Thu May 22, 2008 8:38 pm Post subject: |
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Ouch on the bill.
I had one wisdom tooth pulled about a year ago. Total bill was $125 (x rays, extraction, pain medication before and after). |
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Double L
Joined: 26 Sep 2007
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Location: South Roxana, Illinois
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| Posted: Thu May 22, 2008 9:24 pm Post subject: |
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| My dentist told me it's best to get them pulled early cause it's less painful. I still have mine and I don't have any room for them to grow in so I got to get mine removed and I learned that when your wisdom teeth come in they cause all kinds of problems like sinus problems, and sore throat. I'm gonna have them put me to sleep when they do mine cause I'm a baby when it comes to pain. :cry: |
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Colts Fan
Joined: 10 Aug 2007
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Location: Indianapolis, IN
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| Posted: Thu May 22, 2008 9:25 pm Post subject: |
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Mackman,
Save the money and stay awake for the procedure. I had all four of my wisdom teeth taken out at the same time. They will give you a local anesthetic and some nitrous.
I listened to Howard Stern on headsets that they gave me and I didn't feel a thing. My bottom teeth were impacted and had to be cut out. Still didn't experience any pain whatsoever.
Just don't get dry sockets. I heard that REALLY SUCKS. |
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mommee
Joined: 04 Oct 2007
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Location: East Coast
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| Posted: Thu May 22, 2008 11:29 pm Post subject: |
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Colts Fan wrote: Mackman,
Save the money and stay awake for the procedure. I had all four of my wisdom teeth taken out at the same time. They will give you a local anesthetic and some nitrous.
I listened to Howard Stern on headsets that they gave me and I didn't feel a thing. My bottom teeth were impacted and had to be cut out. Still didn't experience any pain whatsoever.
Just don't get dry sockets. I heard that REALLY SUCKS.
I was awake when they took my wisdom teeth out. They gave me the local anesthetic and some nitrous and I was set. I felt pain, but the dentist said whenever I felt pain to just inhale the gas. I did and I didn't mine the pain at all. :lol: :lol: |
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Roadhog
Joined: 16 Sep 2005
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Location: Upper Lower Michigan...he heeeeeeeeee
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| Posted: Fri May 23, 2008 3:37 am Post subject: |
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:shock: ..sticker shock!
I had mine pulled (all 4 at one sitting) 28 years ago. I paid an oral surgeon about $700 back then. I didn't have an impacted tooth, but a couple were growing in crooked. The cost was the most painful part. This guy yanked them out like nothing, and I never snarled or bit, but I'm sure I glared at him the whole time. :evil:
I'd like to have those teeth back now.
I've lost a few over the years, and what I have left, are almost all crowned.
Costs sure have gotten out of hand. I remember one time needing two molars crowned, and the Dentist wanted $1800. I was living in San Rafael, Ca. at the time. I visited my Dad who was living in Tucson, Az. and went to his Mexican Dentist in Nogales. His Dentist did both crowns for $280. That was 18 years ago, and the crowns are still perfect. Seems all my American Dentistry has failed in one way or another, and had me going back for additional work...costing me even more. Had one gold crown come off, and I swallowed it. Cost me another $1000 to replace it. Most of the time I catch the crown before I loose it. I've never found an American Dentist I've been happy with. I feel they should all at least look like Pam Anderson...so I don't feel so bad being F$@$!! :? |
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Twilight Flyer
Joined: 13 Nov 2002
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I still have all 4 of my wisdom teeth...no problems with them. I also have 4...er, 3, baby teeth left. And I'm 41. :) It's genetic...my grandmother had 4 baby teeth, mother 2, me 4, one of my daughters will have 2.
I have had 1 cavity my entire life...in one of those baby teeth. Had it drilled and filled when I was in high school by a 74 year old dentist that used no novacaine and had me screaming in the chair. Got it pulled about 5 years ago when the filling fell out and I was under nitrous when he yanked it. That was the single greatest trip I've ever been on. My dentist (great, great guy) kept asking me how I was doing?
"I'm feeling everything...but I don't even care!"
:)
Nitrous rules! |
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dle
Joined: 03 Jan 2005
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Location: Texas
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| Posted: Fri May 23, 2008 8:31 am Post subject: |
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| All of mine were impacted and had to be removed. The doctor had to remove bone from my jaw to get them out. Medical insurance and dental insurance paid for some of it, I still had to pay a pretty good hunk of bills for it though. It also managed to hit my annual limit on dental work. |
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