Dentist Recommendation for Wisdom Teeth Removal?

I currently do not have dental insurance (though I do have BlueCross BlueShield Health Insurance) and feel that I will need to have my wisdom teeth removed in the near future. I am terrified of clinical research studies and would like to find a nice dentist in the Austin area to remove them for me. I realize there will be cost involved, but would love to get a general ballpark figure of the cost.





Does anyone have experience with this? I have searched online all morning with no real helpful results. Any information would be greatly appreciated.





Thank you!

Dentist Recommendation for Wisdom Teeth Removal?
Many times if you see an oral surgeon then your health insurance will pay on it. You'll have to go for an evaluation to find out. Depending on where you live in the U.S. it will range approximately $1,000 - $1600 for an oral surgeon to do it.
Reply:A dentist can do it, or an oral surgeon. A dentist will just use a general anesthesia on you so you'll be conscious for the proceedure which (I would think) could be traumatizing. I opted for an oral surgeon because I had insurance to cover it. It's a much more expensive option, but they put you out completely so you don't have to be awake for the worst of it.
Reply:Generally this procedure runs around $800-$1200 depending on the quality of the oral surgeon.
Reply:1. Oral surgeons running clinical research trials are the best in their field. The "research aspect" of your surgery will most likely involve assessing pre-operative conditions, and require some sort of follow up i.e. a painless visit or two after the teeth are extracted, or involve pain relief methods after extraction (after anesthesia has worn off). In the second case, if you still have pain, then report that and you will be given something that will relieve any pain. Either way, the research aspect is really very minimal involving either very simple data collection, or at the greatest, alternative pain medications.





2. Often, if your wisdom teeth are completely impacted, meaning that no tooth is visible in the mouth, then your medical insurance may cover extractions.





3. Since you are in Austin, contact a dental school. Oral surgery residents and/or faculty are responsible for wisdom tooth extractions (not dental students). These folks have a lot of training.