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Need Dental Work but no insurance

  • 27-09-2012 11:13am
    #1
    Kernunos
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 87 ✭✭


    Hello all,

    Just a query about the technicalities of getting tooth extractions done without private health insurance. My VHI ran out a short while ago and at the time I could not afford to renew it but I am working full-time so dont have a medical card.

    I went in for my checkup today and was told I would need a surgical extraction of one of my wisdom teeth and also two fillings and that it would cost around 500 quid (350 + 70 +70).

    Now I am working under the assumption that I am just going to have to bite the bullet and pay the full amount but any advice would be appreciated. Can anybody advise on a cheaper way of going about it. The fillings can wait but I am in quite a bit of pain with the wisdom tooth so sooner than later would be better with that.


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  • #2
    Dianthus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 933 ✭✭✭Dianthus


    If it's a surgical extraction of a wisdom teeth, you'll need to see a specialist oral surgeon. You could ring around and ask for quotations.
    Equally, you could call Cork or Dublin Dental Hospitals and enquire as to waiting list times, ect.
    I would say to you to check with your dentist how long you can safely defer the fillings for...if the decay is already deep but asymptomatic, & reaches the nerve of the tooth in the next few months, you may then, rather than a straight-forward filling, be looking at a root canal treatment or extraction.


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