digidad:

What makes oral surgery so expensive? Our 16yo needs to have his wisdom teeth removed due to a lack of room for them. Fine! Unfortunately, our health insurance does not cover this. Not so fine! So, my wife set out to find an oral surgeon to do the dirty deed. She called around trying to set up a…

What’s even more ‘confusing’ is our dentist said no big deal.  Simple extraction, and he can wait until summer or even later in the year if we want to do it over Thanksgiving break or something.  But this guy wants us to schedule right away?  Who do I believe?  The guy that wants our $2500 dollars right NOW, or the dentist with nothing to gain?  I don’t know…