Waiting for wisdom tooth removal and in pain

Irish Slaves for Europe

Whats the normal procedure in this situation? I can't have the removal until about 3 or 4 months time as I don't have the money. So is it possible to get anti-biotics for 4 months? Or painkillers?

Vanbis

Irish Slaves for Europe wrote: »

Whats the normal procedure in this situation? I can't have the removal until about 3 or 4 months time as I don't have the money. So is it possible to get anti-biotics for 4 months? Or painkillers?

Can you not ask your Dentist about a payment plan? I know my local Dentist is now offering this as a option.

Irish Slaves for Europe

Vanbis wrote: »

Can you not ask your Dentist about a payment plan? I know my local Dentist is now offering this as a option.

my dentist quoted me AUD3,000. I can't afford that so will have it done overseas somewhere. So I doubt any dentist overseas would allow me to do a payment plan for it.

Vanbis

Irish Slaves for Europe wrote: »

my dentist quoted me AUD3,000. I can't afford that so will have it done overseas somewhere. So I doubt any dentist overseas would allow me to do a payment plan for it.

At that price i'd start ringing around few more local dentist in your area.

btkm8unsl0w5r4

Do you have any medical insurance, VHI, Quinn, Aviva etc? 4 wisdom teeth under sedation with the Surgeon I use is 800 euro private, one ( the one causing pain) under local would be around 400 euro.

jenny4385

i paid 95 euro for surgical extraction under local of wisdom tooth that wasnt down yet.. i can pm you name of dentist if you d like? it was quick and painless

ballsymchugh

looks like OP is in oz, the most expensive country in the world for dental treatment.

Oral Surgeon

Irish Slaves for Europe wrote: »

Whats the normal procedure in this situation? I can't have the removal until about 3 or 4 months time as I don't have the money. So is it possible to get anti-biotics for 4 months? Or painkillers?

Sorry to hear OP,

So 3000AUD is €2230... And Irish people think we charge a lot....!

You may be able to postpone things for a short period. The methods differ depending on your reason for removal.

If a tooth is painful because of severe toothache and decay (constant dull throbb, lingering pain with hot and cold, pain keeping you awake and sometimes pain on biting the tooth) you need a large temporary filling to calm the nerve down. You may need painkillers too... If this tooth processes to infection/abscess (facial swelling)- you need antibiotics...

If painful because it is impacted causing food impaction, stagnation and infection, then a course of antibiotics may be needed in conjunction with rigorous salt water/ corsodyl rinses to keep the gum infection at bay....

I'd be surprised if all wisdoms are causing trouble at the same time, maybe get the worst one out now and get the others done over the next few months....

Some patients have significant medical histories (heart valve problems, diabetes, depressed immune systems etc) and the risk of infection is too great to delay treatment- discuss this with your OS....

Good luck,
OS

PennyLane88

thats alot of money! i have to get mine removed soon, they are impacted. So i take it that PRSI is no longer used for dental treatment?

Irish Slaves for Europe

thanks for all the replies, I'm looking into all my options at the moment. I have insurance but it only covers emergency dental. At the moment I'm getting by on taking codeine tablets at the start of every day and then at night I am taking a few beers to get me to sleep. I know this isn't good for my liver but its the only option immediately available to me. Another thing I could try is smoking dope, I think that is probably a healthier option than taking booze and codeine every day, but I'm not sure if dope will be as effective. Has anyone tried smoking dope to get ride of tooth pain? If so did it work?

btkm8unsl0w5r4

Go have the one troublesome tooth out under local anaesthetic, it will cost a fraction of 3000 AUD.

Oral Surgeon

Irish Slaves for Europe wrote: »

thanks for all the replies, I'm looking into all my options at the moment. I have insurance but it only covers emergency dental. At the moment I'm getting by on taking codeine tablets at the start of every day and then at night I am taking a few beers to get me to sleep. I know this isn't good for my liver but its the only option immediately available to me. Another thing I could try is smoking dope, I think that is probably a healthier option than taking booze and codeine every day, but I'm not sure if dope will be as effective. Has anyone tried smoking dope to get ride of tooth pain? If so did it work?

If you are in pain, you should qualify for emergency treatment, please just see a dentist.

OS

Irish Slaves for Europe

I really dont want to have it taken out under local anaesthetic, I'm too much of a chicken. Also I phoned the insurance company, they said they only cover treatment where I had an accident, but in cases like mine I can't claim anything. I think I'll just end up forking out for the damn procedure. I'll need to sell shares but not much else I can do really. I worked so hard to save up money and to now have to blow it all on taking out a few teeth is a very very bitter pill to take. Oh well, thats life.

Oral Surgeon

Irish Slaves for Europe wrote: »

I really dont want to have it taken out under local anaesthetic, I'm too much of a chicken. Also I phoned the insurance company, they said they only cover treatment where I had an accident, but in cases like mine I can't claim anything. I think I'll just end up forking out for the damn procedure. I'll need to sell shares but not much else I can do really. I worked so hard to save up money and to now have to blow it all on taking out a few teeth is a very very bitter pill to take. Oh well, thats life.

Ask for the breakdown of the 3000AUD, you'll find that a large amount of that is for the general anaesthetic and hospital fee and a smaller amount is for the actual tooth removal. Look into IV sedation- ideal for nervous patients & oral surgery.

OS

btkm8unsl0w5r4

Yep you dont need a general anaesthetic you want it and will have to pay for it. This can be done without it and will not only a few hundred. These are the choices we have to make.

Irish Slaves for Europe

Oral Surgeon wrote: »

Ask for the breakdown of the 3000AUD, you'll find that a large amount of that is for the general anaesthetic and hospital fee and a smaller amount is for the actual tooth removal. Look into IV sedation- ideal for nervous patients & oral surgery.

OS

if I remember correctly it was AUD600 for the GA, 800 for the hospital, and the rest for the dentist, I'll definitely ask the dentist about iv sedation but I'm skeptical, I think I'd much prefer the GA. Out of interest, how much would the procedure cost to have done in Ireland for 4 teeth under a GA? It might be worth my while flying back to Ireland a bit sooner than planned.

btkm8unsl0w5r4

About 2k, Being sceptical about sedation is a luxury for those with money to burn.

Oral Surgeon

Irish Slaves for Europe wrote: »

if I remember correctly it was AUD600 for the GA, 800 for the hospital, and the rest for the dentist, I'll definitely ask the dentist about iv sedation but I'm skeptical, I think I'd much prefer the GA. Out of interest, how much would the procedure cost to have done in Ireland for 4 teeth under a GA? It might be worth my while flying back to Ireland a bit sooner than planned.

Don't waste your money, IV sedation is a safer and very accepatable method of treatment

Saaron

I had IV sedation and it felt like it lasted 5 minutes. Don't remember anything. Then I went straight home and was fine for the rest of the day

I paid €700 in total for my appointment and the extraction. That also included a check up afterwards if I needed it.
The Surgeon said that GA would be over a grand and that paying for the bed alone would cost more than getting IV sedation.

QuiteInterestin

Sorry to hijack the thread, but with the debate about General anesthetic versus IV sedation going on here, I was just wondering are you always given a choice to have GA or not? I have to have my bottom 2 wisdom teeth out (they're impacted). I have problems with my TMJ joint and my doctor recommended I have it out under local as I would have more control over how far they open my jaw. Are you always given a choice?

Oral Surgeon

QuiteInterestin wrote: »

Sorry to hijack the thread, but with the debate about General anesthetic versus IV sedation going on here, I was just wondering are you always given a choice to have GA or not? I have to have my bottom 2 wisdom teeth out (they're impacted). I have problems with my TMJ joint and my doctor recommended I have it out under local as I would have more control over how far they open my jaw. Are you always given a choice?

Not in all cases, if the surgeon you see only works under GA and not local or sedation then guess what- you're getting a GA. Look up oral surgeons who work under local or have IV sedation facilities...
OS

cocoshovel

Hey all, I dont mean to hijack the thread but I thought I would just pop my question in here instead of making a new thread.

My lower right wisdom tooth is beginning to break through the skin. Its not extremely painful, just slightly hurting my gum, and there is a little bit of swelling. The swelling is preventing me from closing my mouth fully at times because I bite down on the gum or so it feels and makes the pain worse.

It doesn't seem to be infected or anything but I was just wondering when this annoyance will go away? Its been with me for about 1 week now

Nodferatu

hey all, i have a stiffness in my lower jaw and throbbing pain at the back where my wisdom tooth has broken the surface of the gum, its my gum that is painful. it doesnt seem to be growing its 3/4 way through on the surface and been like that for months but now the gum is growing over around it at i think this is whats causing the most pain. when i bite down its fine my tooth isnt catching anything, its just gum pain but the tooth hasnt grown out long enough i think for a dentist to be able to catch it and pull it. so what can i do. i dont have any private health insurance or medical card so im b***xd i suppose then if i cant afford it. what am i looking at, operation? or do wisdom teeth grow out fully or is there a chance it wont grow any further?