I had several teeth pulled by an oral surgeon in his office using local
anesthetics (high-potent novacaine) and this was a wonderful experience because
I
had NO recovery from being put under, not to mention the expense of a surgery
procedure in a hospital, surgery room, recovery room, doctor
assistants/nurses, and anesthesiologist.
All extractions were done right in the oral surgeons office. I had 3
teeth done at a time and from beginning to end only took 1 hour, including the
time it took for the special novacaine to take hold. The costs for 3 at a
time were minimal ($600) compared being put under in a setting where an
anesthesiologist would have needed to be there.
Plus an oral surgeon does this all day long and has special extraction
tools to make the pulling easier which resulted in fast recovery because
there is less tissue and nerve damages.
Most oral surgeons have financing available, unlike many dentists.
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In a message dated 4/24/2008 4:27:29 P.M. Central Daylight Time,
winie...@pacifier.com writes:
On Apr 24, 2008, at 12:25 PM, gmetrop...@aol.com wrote:
> Gail,
> The ironic thing is that this daughter was the most vigilant
> with flossing and brushing. She says because it was impacted a
> depression formed where food could get trapped even though she was
> careful. The dentist is recommending all four out with no apparant
> problems in the other teeth and a $4,000 cost. Does anyone know of an
> electro-dermal testing to evaluate any meridan energy interference in
> tooth meridians?
Did you call around and get some other price quotes from other oral
surgeons? Also, I found one that would do it with local anesthesia
instead of a general and that could also reduce the cost, it you think
this would not be a problem for your daughter. My son had his cut out
from under the gums this way.
I hate general anesthetics.
Nancy
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