I had all four of mine out 7 years ago. They'd only just erupted and it was urgent as they were painful and were shifting my other teeth - which mum and dad had paid a lot of money for braces for!

We had no phi but paid out of pocket for a private surgeon. It was day surgery and I had the twilight stuff - in the arm like ga and next thing you know you're in recovery. To be honest, I'd really recommend the twilight! I felt amazing and recovery was practically non-existent, I was eating normal foods that night.

As for cost, apparently I had it cheap! It was $1,500 plus the anaesthetist fee, I don't remember what that was.