sweet baboo Posted November 7, 2004 Posted November 7, 2004 I don't have dental insurance and my wisdom teeth are really starting to bother me as they're getting ridiculously sensitive to cold and they're starting to turn darker than my other teeth was just wondering how much it costs to get them removed (2 upper ones) and how long i'll be out of commission from eating real food (thanksgiving is coming up!) will i need to remove my teeth tom hanks cast away style? anyone know of any good places to get them removed in rochester for a good price? I'm a graduate student at the university of rochester so i'm also wondering if they have student deals
Bear Posted November 7, 2004 Posted November 7, 2004 I don't have dental insurance and my wisdom teeth are really starting to bother me as they're getting ridiculously sensitive to cold and they're starting to turn darker than my other teeth was just wondering how much it costs to get them removed (2 upper ones) and how long i'll be out of commission from eating real food (thanksgiving is coming up!) will i need to remove my teeth tom hanks cast away style? anyone know of any good places to get them removed in rochester for a good price? I'm a graduate student at the university of rochester so i'm also wondering if they have student deals 105399[/snapback] Here is a lot of info on wisdom teeth removal. At the very bottom they have a general price thing. webmd You might consider getting some dental insurance. Depending on what you need, it may be cheaper to get a year of insurance and pay the reduced rates than it would be to pay the full rates straight up. Check here for some examples. I don't know anything about this service, but it's just an example. I've heard some serious horror stories about the operation, but I didn't have any problems at all. I had all 4 out at once, slightly compacted (had to cut a bit, but that's it). I got home, took some pain medication and went to sleep for a few hours. When I woke up I was fine. A little discomfort and very little bleeding, and after a few more hours that stopped. I ate soft foods for a few days, but only because they tell you to, not because of pain. Good luck.
DC Tom Posted November 7, 2004 Posted November 7, 2004 I don't have dental insurance and my wisdom teeth are really starting to bother me as they're getting ridiculously sensitive to cold and they're starting to turn darker than my other teeth was just wondering how much it costs to get them removed (2 upper ones) and how long i'll be out of commission from eating real food (thanksgiving is coming up!) will i need to remove my teeth tom hanks cast away style? anyone know of any good places to get them removed in rochester for a good price? I'm a graduate student at the university of rochester so i'm also wondering if they have student deals 105399[/snapback] Typically, the older you get the more serious the surgery is (and it IS considered a surgical procedure, most times.) It isn't trivial. If you're in your 30s, it isn't even necessarily an outpatient procedure. One thing you might look into is having it done at a dental school. Typically the work's high-quality (the students, if the perform the procedure, are supervised and have a vested interest in the outcome, as they want to graduate), and much cheaper than going to an established dental surgeon.
MadBuffaloDisease Posted November 7, 2004 Posted November 7, 2004 The U of R has a dentistry school, so you should be able to get a good price from them, being a grad student. Check this website out and ask them by e-mail if you want: http://www.urmc.rochester.edu/Dentistry/
sweet baboo Posted November 7, 2004 Author Posted November 7, 2004 thanks for the info...guess i'll check out the eastman school and hope i can get it done for 99 bucks as they're not impacted... the period for signing up for dental insurance at school is too late now...i stupidly passed on the opportunity to sign up for it since i've never had problems with my teeth and take good care of them good lord...my lab is in the medical center and i never knew the dental school was there
Guest Guest Posted November 7, 2004 Posted November 7, 2004 I was in my late 40's when I had the wisdom teeth on one side removed. The HUGE plus is your teeth are NOT impacted. My teeth weren't impacted either. I had the bottom one removed first and then the upper one removed a few months later. Both were a breeze. A couple shots, a little tug and presto the tooth was out. You hear some bone cracking, but you won't feel a thing. After the shot wears off there was a little soreness. If you're pain tolerance is low, your dentist can prescribe pain killers. I recommend you carefully follow the dentists isntructions about keeping the socket clean where the tooth was exrtacted. Rinse with salt water like they tell you. You do NOT want to get dry socket. That will lengthen your healing time and dry socket is painful. Most of the horrors around wisdom teeth extraction is when they're impacted. Only way to remove an impacted tooth is with oral surgery. I didn't swell, nor did I have much pain. I was able to eat normally (within reason) in a day or two. If an old fart like gets through it that easily. you shouldn't have much trouble.
Guest Guest Posted November 7, 2004 Posted November 7, 2004 One more comment, but check with your dentist on this. If you're planning to just have the uppers pulled, you might find that it won't take long for you to need to have the lowers pulled too. That's what happened to me. I had the lower wisdom tooth removed first. Then within a few months the upper tooth moved down a little. The dentist told me that that's not uncommon when there's no tooth across from it to help keep it in place. That movement caused the gum where the tooth moved to be irritated. Only solution was to remove the upper tooth too.
BILLS4LIFE Posted November 7, 2004 Posted November 7, 2004 When I had mine taken out,they took out all 4 at once! Everyone said I looked like a little chipmunk afterward.
VABills Posted November 7, 2004 Posted November 7, 2004 When I had mine taken out,they took out all 4 at once! Everyone said I looked like a little chipmunk afterward. 105444[/snapback] Had all 4 of mine out same time in Okinawa. They had me on percocents (sp??) and a couple other things for about 10 days. Well the night of the surgery several of the jarheads in the barracks decided celebrating me having my wisdom teach out was a good idea. They had me completely trashed. I know bad idea with all the drugs, but trust me I felt no pain. The stupid things we do when we are young.
goober Posted November 7, 2004 Posted November 7, 2004 just spend a couple days afterwards with a bag of ice attached to your face and you'll be fine
stuckincincy Posted November 7, 2004 Posted November 7, 2004 If you have a prolapsed mitral valve, you need to take antibiotics prior to dental work. http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000180.htm
Fezmid Posted November 7, 2004 Posted November 7, 2004 Can't help you with the cost, as mine were removed when I was in highschool. They took all 4 out at once and it SUCKED. I hurt quite a bit (they drilled them out, so tooth material was flying out of my mouth and had a distinct smell). Afterwards, I swelled up and looked like a chipmunk. Hated it. Took about a week or so before I could eat again; they used stiches, but they still bled from time to time. Overall, not a fun time in my life. Hope yours goes better! CW
sweet baboo Posted November 7, 2004 Author Posted November 7, 2004 what're the chances of me getting them out this week? i want to do this as far away from thanksgiving as possible
Fezmid Posted November 7, 2004 Posted November 7, 2004 what're the chances of me getting them out this week? i want to do this as far away from thanksgiving as possible 105821[/snapback] It all depends. However, I'd doubt it. If you havn't been the dentist in awhile, they're going to want to do the routine checkup, etc. I had a back molar that a part broke off of. It took them a week to get me in to have it looked at and because I hadn't been to a dentist in years they did a full xray of my mouth and scheduled cleanings and the crown for the broken tooth. A couple weeks later, I actually got the temporary crown on (and then another two weeks later, I got the permanant on). So you'll be lucky to have the procedure done by Thanksgiving IMHO. But with a dental school, it may be different. CW
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