Metal Mouth Message Board

Hey guys! Ok, so I'm getting five extractions done in January (4 premolars and 1 baby tooth). Because I already discussed this treatment with my oral surgeon when I got my wisdom teeth removed recently and had a letter sent to him by my ortho, a consultation is not being required. However, this means that I won't really know ahead of time how much it's going to cost me. I called the office and the assistant said that he won't know for sure until he actually looks at them on the day I come in..

That being said (sorry guys I have a tendency to be long winded), can anyone give me some roundabout prices of what they paid per extraction and what their circumstances were? I don't have any problems with mine, and only need them to create room before my braces are put on. My O.S. said that he'll use gas..?

I'd appreciate help y'all - I'm going to get this done regardless, but always handle situations better when I'm not caught off guard about something

I just had 4 extractions last week at an oral surgeon. Don't be nervous, i never felt a thing during or in the days after. Everything cost $810 but insurance covered everything. They were simple extractions. It probably depends a lot on where you live.

If they aren't impacted, they will probably range from $60-$200 per tooth.... including the novacaine. If you have insurance, it will be much less.

Of course, if you get knocked out, its more for the anesthesia. You would also pay more for nitrous oxide gas. You can tell them you don't want that if you're comfortable without it-- its up to the patient. How much they charge for anesthesia or NO2, I don't know.... On my old insurance, it was like $100 for the first 30 minutes and $50 for each 15 minutes after that.

Medical offices here in the US actually HAVE to give you an EOB if you ask for one (explanation of benefits). They may not be able to tell you exactly how much it will cost, but can give you a RANGE, like so much for an uncomplicated case to so much for a very complicated case. I'd call and ask for a range and be very persistent... there's nothing I hate more than a bill I don't know how much I'm going to have to pay out.

I had 4 extractions done by my general dentist, and all told it was about $550.

I had all 4 of my second per-molars out and it was $67 a piece. But just at the regular dentist and my insurance covered 80% of that.

Thanks for your responses everyone

This brings up another question - If the novacaine is meant for numbing the areas being worked on, then what the heck does the gas do? The last time anyone used gas on me was when I was a little kid and I was getting a couple of cavities filled.. so I don't really remember much of how it felt, just only that I couldn't really talk.

I know that going to an O.S. usually costs more, but unfortunately my dentist doesn't do extractions. Hopefully I won't get the butt-end of the payments, especially with that big ol' braces downpayment coming up!

The gas helps calm you... that's about it.

As far as getting an oral surgeon... you might call around and find another DDS who would do the extractions for you and give you a price range, too.

They did give me a price range - anywhere from $105 to $350.
They just weren't able to give me an exact price. However, since he's an O.S., I know that these prices aren't just for simple extractions like mine - For example, I paid $350 for each completely impacted wisdom tooth I got out by him. So from what I can gather, it will be way on the cheaper end since it isn't surgery or anything. I thought about finding another DDS, but I just got my wisdom teeth out by this guy and I really like him and his staff. Things have been/are continuing to be crazy with all of this work done on my teeth so I'm trying to keep it as simple as possible.

Also, do y'all know if the prices usually include the shots? I know that when I got my wisdoms out there was a price for each tooth PLUS a whole other price for the anesthesia (I was completely out).

Yeah, Novocaine is covered... being "out"--anesthesia-- costs more.

I work at a dentist office and we charge $85 for regular extractions and $15 for Xray and $125 and up for surgical extractions and $15 for Xray. It just depends on if it is decade bad or not. Yours probably isn't if you are just getting it extracted for the braces. But I'm sure it is different in different places. Some dentist won't do surgical extractions but we do. All Dr. does is sections in into 2 or 3 places and then thats the pieces out not really as difficult as you think. It just sounds horrible and we don't even have to put you to sleep we do it under local anesthestics. So ebjones1 don't be worried I'm sure it won't be nothing. Where do you live? Then dentist that I work for is in Corning, Arkansas, if you live anywhere near there? But you probably don't. \

Good Luck!!!

I had two bicuspids taken out with only novacaine. It was really no problem and cost a total of $400 that included the novacaine. Call around for prices and do it without the gas or IV sedation, unless your insurance pays for it. My mom just had 2 teeth pulled and they charged her (different doctor)$800-twice what I paid. Don't let some receptionist refuse to give you answer-call another doc!!Some Oral Surg put people out with IV sedation which is really not necessary unless it is very complicated. I did it without and it just kind of gives you the Heebie-Jeebies when you hear the tooth break.

I had four impacted wisdom teeth out and the surgery was $1500 - I only had to pay $650 of it though. I had my oral surgeon submit a pretreatment estimate to my insurance company so I'd know exactly how much I'd be paying ahead of time. Maybe you can do that too?

I thought I'd update y'all. The people at the OS's office were finally able to give me a total:

$525.00 - before insurance (for all 5 teeth plus local)
$105.00 - with insurance
$165.00 - with NO2.. which I opted for.

So YAY! That's a lot less than I thought! Oh and even better news.. My insurance claim for my wisdom teeth went through and the OS's office accidently charged me for the consultation and $23.00 too much for the procedure.. so I actually have a $83.00 credit for my next extractions, meaning they'll really only cost about $81.00. WOO HOO!!!