Hey guys,
I've been quoted $820 for a removal of a bottom wisdom tooth.
Essentially the surgical removal is $595 and an X-ray of $225.
Can anyone shed some advice as to whether that's expensive for one tooth or should I continue looking?
I don't have health insurance and I'm intending to bite the bullet and save for it instead. I don't wanna waste more money to see other dentists to have them tell me the same price.
Cheers!
Your puns lack wisdom, mine are like a breath of fresh air
Your comments are hurting my fillings
Need more info on tooth.
MSPaint diagram?
Surely MSPain would be more appropriate?
I had a mate have a few pulled out in Burwood literally doing a walk in, cost him like 400 cash, must not have been complicated. Got mine done public.
Was it cheaper for cash?
Unsure tbh would have to check
Yeah, I think mine was about 400 ish too + x-ray.
The bottom I haven't done as it needs some fancy 3D scan because the x-ray showed there is a nerve nearby.
Got mine done public.
Interested in this part - how do you arrange this, wait time, etc?
I wasn't working much at the time so had a health care card, depending on your financial situation you could be eligible. You get assessed at your local health care clinic, then get booked in to a orthodontist with a voucher and depending on the case either done in a chair or the hospital. Because I didn't have to go to hospital it took less than 6 weeks, it depends on demand in your LHD
Try a different place for the xray, I've had 2 and bulked billed through medicare.
Can confirm
I'll do it for $20 … Spend the other $800 on whatever you like ;)
Can perhaps get the x-ray free through medicare (GP has to issue form for scan required)
$595 seems cheap enough (reasonable) IMO. I have often paid about $300 just for fillings on 1 tooth (multiple/composite fillings). About $3,500 for 1 tooth implant.
Wisdom teeth can be a bxtch to pull and dentists in Aus are amongst the highest paid in the world.
not a dentist, but I have a pair of pliers ;)
I had this process done (Fitzroy Dental) with local anaesthesia in the chair and it cost $850 one year ago. This cost is on par.
Its definitely in the normal range, dental work aint cheap.
$1600 cash for 2 pairs.
Price sounds about right.
MS Paint the location of the teeth to make a proper assessment on cost
what hurts more, the tooth or the thought of the expenditure?
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I went to Bangkok for an upper and a lower (had to be sectioned). Top dental hospital (7 storeys high). Specialists for overall dental, and a dental surgeon did the extraction. Total expense $400 including medication and multiple xrays. Enough said.
what is the process and paperwork involved for non-local/foreigners?
Which center was this?
7 storeys high
Makes it 7 times as hard to find the dentist if they screw up!
The price is in the right range.
It's hard to compare other quotes because everyone's situation is a little different. Yours might be more complex compared to a lower price that someone else paid, but might be simpler compared to a higher price that someone else paid.
check out smile.com.au it might work out cheaper
I had my bottom left wisdom tooth removed just last week. It cost $150 dollars and I only paid a $60 excess on my insurance.
I was given local aneasthetic and was literally in and out within fifteen minutes.
Therefore, to me, $800 sounds like a lot.
I did all 4 of mine for roughly $1860, which included general anesthesia at Westmead hospital. Partially covered by private insurance though.
call channel 9, and get on operation Thailand, prolly get it for free, including a holiday, must be on the show though, and get breast enlargement too, 300 cc is my recommendation !
Really depends on the complexity; simple cases can be done for around $200 a tooth under local; complex cases such as impacted teeth may cost $700 per tooth and need to be done under GA (and sometimes in hospital unless your dental surgeon does it in their own practice)
Mine cost a fortune to get out since I had to go under general. It was about $2k out of pocket using health insurance and it would have been north of $4k all up.
I had work done by this Dental Surgeon in Macquarie Street( Implant) Really happy with his work! Only does Implants and Wisdom teeth removal- Very reasonable prices. https://www.drpaulopinho.com.au/wisdom-teeth-removal/costs-f…
Seems reasonable to me. I went to see an oral max fac. He charged me $4k for 4 teeth… This is excluding hospital etc.
All the best x
Seems reasonable to me.
In my experience dentists always tell the tooth.