RedTie wrote: » I've an abscess on my tooth that needs to be extracted. I've been given quotes of upto 500 to have it done privately which is crazy. Or is this the average for private dental work? I dont have a Medical Card. Does anyone know if there's a long waiting list with HSE for this kind of thing?
BetsyEllen wrote: » No idea. However €500 is quite expensive...I had a wisdom teeth extracted privately. It was very impacted and took over an hour to remove, I was charged €350.00. I wasn't asleep mind you, so maybe the €500 is correct if it includes sedation?
RedTie wrote: » €400 without sedation and including consultation was the price I was given. €500 with sedation and including consultation.
my3cents wrote: » Paid that less 50 for one difficult extraction last year, money well spent imo.
RedTie wrote: » I missread your post initially, I thought you said you paid just e50 for an extraction. But you meant you paid 50 less than the 500 so e450?
BetsyEllen wrote: » It must have been edited, I'm sure it said paid €50 too! Probably a typo. Remember you will get 20% back in the new tax year too. I know it's not a huge amount and doesn't help you now but you may be glad of it after Christmas!
RedTie wrote: » The poster has since confirmed to me via PM he meant e50 less than the e500 I mentioned. So e450 was what he paid. An update to this: Ive since got a quote from a surgeon recommended by my dentist for e270 without sedation. Again, does anyone know if there's a long waiting list with HSE for this kind of thing?
davo10 wrote: » Assuming it's a wisdom tooth, waiting lists can be years. This is not a high priority for the HSE, they will look after medical card holders before they will ltreat those who don't/can pay. If you take out private health insurance, you only pay for the consultation and you have the benefit of a year of the insurance for the price you would pay without it.
Oral Surgeon wrote: » Unfortunately it's not so davo. The medical insurers will now see this as a preexisting condition and the wait for treatment with insurance will be 5 years,so it makes no sense to do it that way... Back to the op, The hse will take forever... if you can wait ok but most have current pain and infection and can't wait for the hse... A surgical extraction with an oral surgeon is about 250 to 300 euro depending. Some will charge for consults and X-rays. Sedation is extra because it takes a lot more time to do... You might get an oral surgeon to treat on the day with no seperate consult....
davo10 wrote: » That's a new one on me. When I refer a patient with private insurance for wisdom tooth extraction, I wasn't aware of a 5 year rule, they are seen within weeks..
RedTie wrote: » Thanks for the replies. Just to clarify, it's not a wisdom tooth, rather a tooth with an abscess infection that needs surgical removal once the infection has cleared. Question: so what would happen to me if I hadn't got money to get this done? I'd have to wait years on the HSE list? That can't be right surely. No one can take painkillers for a tooth for years!
Oral Surgeon wrote: » Op, there are plenty of dentists out there who can do a surgical extraction of a root and if it's a real difficult one there plenty of oral surgeons who can see you too... you don't need to wait years... you just need to pay for the treatment....
RedTie wrote: » No, have a read again I said, hypothetically, what would happen if I didnt have this money for private treatment? Are there really poor souls in tooth pain for years on HSE waiting lists?
TheBeach wrote: » That's awful that you'd have to wait so long. What would happen if you turned up at a&e?
RedTie wrote: » Good point. Surely this is worth a go at the Dental Hospital A&E and just paying them the e100?
Oral Surgeon wrote: » Antibiotics, pain killers and see ya later... go get yourself on the waiting list.....
Oral Surgeon wrote: » It's a minefield... If you already have insurance, then develop wisdom tooth infection, get referred and then have treatment.... that's ok.... If you get a brand new health insurance policy and we're never insured before and then have a wisdom tooth problem and get referred then you have a 6 month lead in period before you can avail of treatment.... But, in this case.... The op has no medical insurance, has developed a problem and knows of the need for treatment.... this is now a know condition.... if the patient now gets a new medical insurance policy this know preexisting condition is excluded from the policy for 5 years.... Sorry op, I see that you say it's not a wisdom tooth... Minefield eh??
Onthefence wrote: » Sorry to hijack your thread, OP. I need two wisdom teeth removed as advised by my dentist. No great urgency. I was initially referred to a private practice when I had health insurance. I didn't go ahead with it because I discovered I was pregnant just before the appointment. After two phone calls to my dentist in the last fortnight, explaining I no longer have health insurance so would need a hse referral, he told me TWICE that there is no public option, that I would have to go privately and pay accordingly. Is he wrong, or am I misreading this thread??
davo10 wrote: » I suspect you are referring to private dental insurance (DeCare,VHI), I should have made it clearer that I was referring to health insurance (VHI,Laya,Glo), to my knowledge, and I'm 25 years at it, there is no waiting time for teeth extraction on that, if there is, I've never once come across it. Apart from ortho extractions, I've never taken out a tooth that didn't have a pre existing condition.
WiseMona wrote: » Hello - sorry to hijack the post OP. My hubby needs an extraction and it is not covered on our Health Insurance but we do have a medical card. Are there Dentists (surgeons) out there that can do the extraction for a patient with a medical card or do we have to get on the HSE waiting list? He got a quote from a Dental Surgeon in Galway for €500 - which seems quite steep - but similar to others on this thread. I have looked into buying Dental Insurance (now) but see that even if I buy it now (August 2017) we will have to wait at least 6 months before he can get the extraction? If he can handle the pain, it almost seems with it as the Insurance costs about that much for a family of 4 for 1 year. Any advice is most welcome.
WiseMona wrote: » Thanks CalamariFritti - I should have mentioned it is a Wisdom Tooth hence the high quote.
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