I need all four of my wisdom teeth out. Does anyone know how much Concordia will pay for it? I've got to be put under too.

For oral surgery, if your DH is E-1 to E-4 you pay 30%, all other pay grades pay 40% share.
General anesthetic will run 40% and 50% respectively and IV anesthesia is 50% across the board.
The actual dollar amount can vary a lot from one provider to the next based on what they actually charge.
I had local anesthesia (novicaine) with 4 teeth for simple extraction (no impaction, all erupted) and paid just under $300 as best as I can remember (I think it was $277 :dunno)

hmm-ok. yay.

how long was recovery.

Mine was a cake walk. Literally, having my wisdom teeth out was no different than any other tooth extraction. I could have safely driven myself home from the appointment, only took the meds as a precaution for the first 24 hours (quit because I don't like the way they make me feel and I wasn't in any pain so why take them), had no swelling, etc. I was eating "real" food (granted, very carefully) the next day.
DH, on the other hand, had a much different experience. I think a lot of it has to do with the anesthesia used because general anesthesia is much harder on your system than local. You not only have to recover from the procedure but from the meds - double whammy. He was miserable for the first three days and not really comfortable until the end of the first week (then again, he is a bit of a drama queen - I blame his mother, lol)

lol yeah i recover fast too.

my hubby is an e-4 and i had to pay $647 out of pocket. the initial consult was free and then i paid that much for sedation and four impacted wisdom teeth.

so probably 800 or so for us since dh is e6..gotta look at savings now.

gosh...im reading all this...i'm just a GF and i have my own dental thru Metlife...and I work for Cigna Dental...its roughly 250- to get all 4 taken out with the iv sedation..wow

Heather, did you ask Michelle? Rosebud would know, she's uber smart about that kind of stuff.

i just had all four my out and i had to be put to sleep i was sore the first day but the second day i was up moving around i just get eat anything until the 5th day that when i started back eating solid food. I have atnea and i only pay $26 dollars that for everything and my was impacted too.

I have no idea about the cost, I just want to give you some :hugs I had mine out when I was 14(all cut out, none erupted) and DH had his out last week, and the recovery can be hairy.

Sending lots of :goodvibes :goodvibes

you can try their website. I had read that over the age of 30 they will not pay anything. Prior to that they will pay 60% and you pay 40% which usually ends up being anywhere from 100-140 per tooth you pay out of pocket depending on what your dentist charges

ETA if your military hospital has an oral surgery clinic you can get it done for free

hmm..I wonder if Keesler has oral surgery. May be worth the drive if I can get it done free. Thanks Kristi!

you can try their website. I had read that over the age of 30 they will not pay anything. Prior to that they will pay 60% and you pay 40% which usually ends up being anywhere from 100-140 per tooth you pay out of pocket depending on what your dentist charges

ETA if your military hospital has an oral surgery clinic you can get it done for free


:yes

ANd as far as recovery time...it will be different for everyone. Ofcourse the older you the longer it may be.
Best advice I can give is to follow all their directions to the T no matter what.

If you go to get them out you can PM me anytime for questions and/or concerns prior and after :hugs

I'm 26 and I heal pretty quickly. I was back at work a week and half after breast reduction a couple years ago. I have a high tolerance for pain as well. I'm hoping I can take a long weekend and get it done and be back at work on a tuesday. I have to wait til DH gets back and Eli has surgery anyway.