Thread: Getting a tooth pulled

I need to get a back tooth pulled out this year. Never done this before so was wondering what the down time was. Do they need to stitch up the skin afterwards or what?

What's the normal cost for an extraction?

Subject close to my heart at the moment, lost a filling, which now has a big lump under the tooth, lots of pain. Off to the Dentist tomorrow in Det Udon. Think I will be on some pills until the infection has gone.
Anyway don't get the tooth pulled, get a crown or root canal done. Out here around 3,000 for a crown and 5,000 for a root canal. Better to keep your teeth in your mouth than in a jar. Jim

takes 20 mins, dosent hurt, and in thailand shouldnt cost no more than a thousand baht

Originally Posted by boloa

Total bill was 1000 baht,

bingo, i cracked a far back one on a stone in some peanuts in ampawa before the last one, cost a lot more than 1k baht in the uk, robbing cnuts

I had one out in a private dentist in Si Chiang Mai some months back, 900bht with a clean.

Ended up in the Dentist at Hospital at Sang Khom a couple of days later getting the hole sowed up.
The Hospital would have been a wiser choice,better job and about half price.

Originally Posted by boloa

Originally Posted by jamescollister

Out here around 3,000 for a crown and 5,000 for a root canal. Better to keep your teeth in your mouth than in a jar. Jim

My Dentist in Surin wanted 10,000 for a crown and Root canal and it would have be 3 or 4 visits, as it was a back tooth, I said take it out for 400 baht.
If it was a front tooth I would have had it done.

Should have driven up to Ubon or Det Ubon, had 4 crowns last year done. Prices are written on the wall for all to see.
Farang price I guess, like every thing ask around, Jim

Of course it hurts , the frigging anesthetic needle prick hurts a little to start with with,
then if the tooth is stubborn coming out, you jaw muscles might start to ache from having your gob open for a long time .

I had a few backs out , never had one stitched up ,
but if its broken and the dentist is a lazy bastard make sure there are no bits left in before you leave .

Originally Posted by waradmiral

I need to get a back tooth pulled out this year.

what you mean this year ? get it sorted this week !
down time ? you'll be ok next day

A tip waradmiral.....get stocked up with Ibuprofen and whist your in the Chemist get some Clove-Oil.It comes in a small box labelled M.16...Patar75. You get a small bottle of Clove-Oil, some Cotton Wool and some plastic tweezers in the Kit.....Just in case you dislodge the blood-clot in the hole and you get a Dry Socket .

Originally Posted by blue

Of course it hurts , the frigging anesthetic needle prick hurts a little to start with with,
then if the tooth is stubborn coming out, you jaw muscles might start to ache from having your gob open for a long time .

I had a few backs out , never had one stitched up ,
but if its broken and the dentist is a lazy bastard make sure there are no bits left in before you leave .

Originally Posted by waradmiral

I need to get a back tooth pulled out this year.

what you mean this year ? get it sorted this week !
down time ? you'll be ok next day

it half fell out last year more since has crumbled. it's not painful or swollen which is why i havent done anything

Originally Posted by boloa

A tip waradmiral.....get stocked up with Ibuprofen and whist your in the Chemist get some Clove-Oil.It comes in a small box labelled M.16...Patar75. You get a small bottle of Clove-Oil, some Cotton Wool and some plastic tweezers in the Kit.....Just in case you dislodge the blood-clot in the hole and you get a Dry Socket .

thanks for the tip

Originally Posted by boloa

Originally Posted by jamescollister

Out here around 3,000 for a crown and 5,000 for a root canal. Better to keep your teeth in your mouth than in a jar. Jim

My Dentist in Surin wanted 10,000 for a crown and Root canal and it would have been 3 or 4 visits, as it was a back tooth, I said take it out for 400 baht.
If it was a front tooth I would have had it done.

it's the last tooth so i dont think i'll miss it. 400 baht sounds great. that will do. fuck paying 10,000 baht and 3-4 visits.

Originally Posted by jamescollister

Out here around 3,000 for a crown and 5,000 for a root canal.

blimey

the cheapest crown is about B7000 in CM; the root canal sounds about right

In the unfortunate event of having a tooth embedded in the old chap, how much would a decent dentist charge for an extraction once the knob was laid upon the chair le dentiste?

Originally Posted by withnallstoke

In the unfortunate event of having a tooth embedded in the old chap, how much would a decent dentist charge for an extraction once the knob was laid upon the chair le dentiste?

if the dentist was female and it was her tooth, maybe free

You might not miss it now, but should the opposing tooth over erupt, then you will, in the future have problems with that tooth and its neighbour. Discuss with the dentist the probability of over eruption, he/she can tell quite easily by a cursory examination of your occlusion and lateral excursive movements.

If you lose a back molar, then you may find you do more chewing on the other side of the jaw, if those teeth are heavily restored then they may start to suffer the consequences of having to work harder.

The teeth are like a precision gear set meshing together. Lose one cog in the wrong position and the whole shebang can become unbalanced, sending unacceptable loading to a possibly weaker area, necessitating more dental work and expense later on.

If it is a wisdom tooth, then ignore this post, you dont need wisdom teeth.

There is a reason 7/11 give straws and bags with everything.

Teeth should be fucked off into the bag, and straws employed henceforth for the dual employ of supping soup and felching.

Down time ??? I had 2 teeth pulled out in my lunch hour then carried on working.

Came back from the Dentist a few hours ago. Had one filling, 5 year old had a check and the fluoride thing, 400 Baht all up. Prices still the same, no change from last year. 3,000 Baht for a crown and 5,000 for a root canal and that includes the crown. Prices stuck to the wall.
My nearest neighbor, about 14 km away just happened to be in Det at the same time. When I said been to the Dentist and only 400 Baht, he said why the hell don't you just go the the twice weekly dentist in the local hospital, it's free.
No farangs out this far, so they just treat you as Thais, too much paper work otherwise. Jim

That sounds a deal Jim ,, do you have worries about HIV transmission ?

I am having a back tooth removed this week.

Will give details here when I return from the dentist.

Originally Posted by boloa

in case you dislodge the blood-clot in the hole and you get a Dry Socket .

Here is an answer to the part about stitching. They should not have to stitch unless the cut into your gum. And they should only have to do that if it's a wisdom tooth which is difficult to extract.
The blood clot which forms in the socket protects the bone underneath. You should try to not do anything which will dislodge this clot. If you do, the dry socket exposes bone underneath. Bit of a problem then with potential infection.