So, your wisdom teeth have decided they wanna think out of the box. One wants to grow through your cheek, another wants to head bang into your innocent molar. When a simple extraction can’t cut it, what can? A dental saw and dental pliers and dental needle and dental thread of course, it is bone y’know.
The icing on this morbid cake
If you are a Singaporean or a Permanent Resident (PRs have a different rate altogether so do inquire at the respective places you visit), you are entitled to a subsidized rate for wisdom teeth surgery. And you can use Medisave to pay for it.
The subsidized-medisave route
1. Find out the subsidized charges for wisdom teeth surgery at your preferred hospital and ask about using Medisave for payment. These are the 3 that I know of. Decide which hospital you’d like to have your surgery done at, let the doctor at the polyclinic (step 2) know this so he/she can indicate it in your referral letter.
2. Make an appointment to see a dentist at any National Healthcare Group Polyclinic that offers dental services. This visit is just for consultation (approximately $14) to get the referral letter to present to the hospital. Walk into a hospital without this referral letter and you will be charged a private rate for the surgery.
3. Once you have your polyclinic appointment date, try to secure an appointment on the same day (but at a time after your polyclinic visit) with your preferred hospital for a consultation and X-ray (approximately $60). This will shorten the wait time till the actual surgery but of course, it is up to you.
4. After you have done the X-ray at the hospital, you will be given another date for the surgery. That’s it.
My 2 trouble makers bagged! (The decayed one broke in 3)
Moments of Mom 