Wisdom teeth/dental insurance question.?!


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Wisdom teeth/dental insurance question.?

I need to get my wisdom teeth taken out, and I just lost my job that gave me dental insurance to cover it. The Procedure costs 1,800 dollars...I could pay for it out of pocket but I was wondering if it would end up being cheaper to purchase my own dental insurance policy and get it done that way? any help would be great, also, does anyone know of cheap dental insurance for a 19 year old male? I don't know what matters with dental insurance....so I don't know if it would be cheap or not. Thanks!


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Are there any dental schools around your area? The reason I ask is because a few years ago I needed to have my wisdom teeth taken out immediately because they had developed cysts around them and they were in danger of rupturing. I had no insurance either mdeical or dental and I wasn't making much money so I called the dental school here in Dallas, Texas which is the Baylor College of Dentistry and I found out about a program that they had. I went to the college and filled out an application and a few days later someone from the college called me in. The school has this program in which dental students that are in their last year of dental school need patients to practice on. So the school screens patients and assigns patients to dental students who provide dental care at a very minimal cost. The students work under the supervision of several dental doctors who supervise them. I had an actual dentist remove my wisdom teeth. He was studying to get his certification in orthodontal surgery. The entire cost of the surgery including x-rays, anesthesia, and post op visit to the doctor was $750. It is worth a try calling around and asking. Plus the dentist was really nice and they did a really good job.




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