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I'm going through this right now. At every cleaning the dentist gives me crap because all 4 of my wisdom teeth are extremely impacted. Now they are putting pressure on the teeth next to them and I have to get them out.
To answer your question... It all depends on your medical coverage. My medical plan (Tufts) does not cover anything, even though I'll probably have to be put under anesthesia. Now, if I had an abscess and need emergency surgery, my HMO would only cover the cost for what was emergent. On the other hand, a friend who has Blue Cross had his almost completely covered. Cost him about $400 for all 4 teeth in one visit.
My dental covers on an 80/20 split but only up to $1500/year for all work. The wisdom teeth are going to cost around $800 each X4, so over $3000. I can't really afford to drop $1500 on a semi-elective surgery so it looks like I'm going to have to go through two separate surgeries... and two separate recoveries.
Make sure to get on the phone with your HMO a couple of different times. My oral surgeon told me one thing, one rep at Tufts told me something and a second rep at Tufts told me something completely different. After digging into my plan, I found out that I could have been screwed for the entire cost if I'd listened to the oral surgeon.
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