just to add some food for thought

3 years ago I had my teeth xrayed. the first wisdom tooth(which was what i had gone to the dentist for) had already emerged, but the other 3 were lodged horizontally underneath the gum(they call this IMPACTED). So I extracted 1 and surgically removed another 2 for about RM550 each(surgery).

this year, the 4th tooth finally emerged, it seems to have righten itself up. So sometimes the teeth won't grow horizontally. Although it might have been because I did braces and there were gaps between my molars and canines.

I had all my 4 wisdom teeth impacted. Had to remove them surgically because my dentist didn't was scared she might hit the nerves.

So yeah, got this maxi-surgeon from Sunway Medical to do it for me. But the surgery was done in Pantai Hospital though. I was referred to him. Forgot his name though, but it was a Malay doctor.

Cost wise very expensive :\ Everything cost about RM8k. Includes stay in the hospital though.

Surgery was alright. It's the part after the surgery. Hahhaha. Can't eat properly because mouth feels weird with all the stitching there. Swollen cheeks. Medication. Thick liquid antibiotics injected into your hand

But I'm all fine now. Well I should be. It's be about 7months since I took it out hehe.

This post has been edited by swks26: Feb 26 2010, 11:01 AM

ure rich bro...had mine removed for around 400++

Just got my wisdom tooth removed a few days ago for RM200. But didnt need surgery though.

sure or not ?

i saw the vid damn gross cannot talk for a month apparently. I want to remove the wisdom tooth too f***ing annoying

I had one of my wisdom teeth removed as well (it was growing horizontally) cost me rm600. It hurts for a a week, can't eat with that particular side. After removing the stitches, there'll still be a hole where the tooth was. Best to gargle with warm salt water every night to make sure nothing gets stuck in the hole and eventually gets infected.

do we really need to remove wisdom teeth?

last time i plucked out teeth myself when i was small . just few months ago i went to doctor to do scaling (RM2 at general hospital, ) plus doctor says my teeth no problem. All teeth in correct position + wisdom teeth.

^then no problem.

Just got mine done today. After months of research, i got it done at Penang GH at the cost of RM 55 for the surgery. It took 5 injections for it to numb the area and 1 hour to dig the teeth out, enlarge the cavity and extract the tooth. I receive 5 stitches and 4 day MC.

Reason why i did it at gomen hospital, is because of the relative experience that they have. They are practically doing this daily compared with clinics doing it once in a while.

Another factor is the price.The cheapest price that i found for private clinic is RM 500 compared to the RM 5 for registration and RM 50 for the surgery. Comparing Lam Wah Ee Hospital which is charging RM 1200 for this surgery. there is no competition

I am glad i went to GH to get it done. They were professional and give good service for their price.

how was the experience? was the surgeon gentle?

Wisdom tooth removal is free @ UM.... but done by undergrads... RM100 if done my postgrad students.... RM250 is done by surgeons.....

extraction ur wisdom tooth only will solve ur problem once for all. i just remove it for past 6 month as my wisdom tooth is not going up straight instead its going sideway....

i still remember the painful day.....anyway, i only remove 1 only, the other side....waiting it to grow pain....

either gov or private, gov sure cheaper yet their service is not bad nowadays ....u decide.

do not wait for pain.... remove it as soon as possible... you wouldn't want the tooth in front of it to go bad would you.....

actually depends how your wisdom tooth is coming out..

I had both my bottom wisdom tooth taken out cause it was growing inside my gums horizontally.. Cost like RM350.00 6 years back.. U can check out Sunway Mentari, there is a specialist there..

He will do xray and give u suggestion on how do u want to do it.. If you cannot take pain, he will suggest that u go to sleep using pills or something else..

RM350 for surgical removal by a specialist?? that's CHEAP!!

First of all, there shouldn't be any pain during surgery.... the pills he suggested is most probably a sedation pill and you are not suppose to sleep! some docs use it at high dosage so that the pt will sleep but that's not 'right'.

if the surgery includes seadtion, then RM350 is very good bargain...

Btw whats the use of a wisdom tooth??

wisdom teeth are 3rd molars... they are meant for chewing... for the past 50 years, incidence of impacted 3rd molars are on the rise... reasoning is that our diet have changed.... we are on processed and softer diet.... therefore our jaw is not growing longer than b4, hence the limited space cause the 3rd molar to get 'stuck'......

impacted wisdom teeth were rare 100 years ago......

Wow...nowonder so painful,the teeth pushing itself through your gums

that is 6 years back.. in 2004.. now i dont know how much it is..

I fall asleep during the operation. he use some sort of clamp to keep my mouth open.. Good thing, I dun feel a single pain until 6 hours later.. was on ice cream diet (doc order) for 4 days.. )

This post has been edited by Frosty-Snowman: Jul 28 2010, 04:37 PM

frosty... you MAY not have been asleep... the sedation is very potent in the first hour... you could be awake and talking.... but you won't remember a thing!!

Tamsin.... the pain comes from gum infection surrounding that particular tooth... not from the tooth 'pushing' out....

It depends if u need surgery or not..
normally is RM500 each