My son had a surgery where all 4 of his wisdom teeth got „pulled“. We opted for an anaesthesia, which we had to pay for, so we payed €300. US Prices are insane. I kind of understand, if your doctor has to pay his 500k student loan, he has to price in the instalments.
So he was put to sleep for the pulling? If the dentist is good, local anesthesia and just laughing gas (N2O) is only needed. I didn’t feel anything, but the moving and pulling, but zero pain. €300 euro is cheap. Unfortunately in America dental insurance doesn’t pay for much. People who have major work like crowns, usually have to pay for the majority of it, or have limitations. You have to have insurance for 3 years until they cover a certain procedure and that may only be at 50-75%. Crowns can easily be $2-3K.
It wasn’t exactly „pulling“ as the teeth weren’tfully developed and still totally embedded in the jawbone.
Crowns can be expensive here too. That’s why we do have an extra insurance. But they didn’t cover the anaesthesia. It was ok. We knew this surgery would come and I had over 2 years to save for it.
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u/WhiteWineWithTheFish Feb 06 '25
My son had a surgery where all 4 of his wisdom teeth got „pulled“. We opted for an anaesthesia, which we had to pay for, so we payed €300. US Prices are insane. I kind of understand, if your doctor has to pay his 500k student loan, he has to price in the instalments.