My first wisdom was done in a chair for approximately $250.
The molar was the tooth that meant I *needed* surgery, according to my general dentist because the roots are very long as they are 'childhood teeth' it would have been too painful to remove them in the chair.
My initial consult with a surgeon was I think $170 and she could have me in the hospital with two weeks notice.
Looking at my actual invoice which was April 2012:
It was $425 for 2/4 teeth and I think $250 for the other 2/4 so extraction was $1350.
That will depend on the presentation of your teeth obviously. Mine were all erupted.
$305 out of pocket for the hospital (so that would be hospital dependent)
$450 to $550 for the anaesthetist with some claimable on medicare (depends on the anaesthetist an I think I got $135 from medicare)
$35 for meds on the way out - antibiotics to prevent infection, some mouthwash, mersyndol for the first few days and ibuprofen.
It's probably worth having a private consult and getting a quote. Medicare cover around $80 from memory and the quotes are valid for either 6 or 12 months.
As BG mentions below about PHI for wisdom teeth it is a 6 month wait, and I got about $1100 back for mine (80%). The hospital admission was OOP (was only 2-6.30pm) and as mentioned anaesthetist is claimable on Medicare. For top level family cover I pay about $400 a month, you could get cover for yourself I am sure it would be much less. With mine as the hospital was OOP as far as I am aware you could just get cover for extras.
Last edited by The[cookie]Doctor; June 8th, 2013 at 11:12 AM.
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