Loose tooth extraction cost?

[scarkner]

Pull it yourself. We never had a problem doing it on the farm. Gravol works great on dogs if you need to quiet it down a bit.

I am sick of vets hugely inflating not just the price but the complexity of everything! Two years ago they convinced my family that we were irresponsible pet owners for not paying $300 to have our 2 year old cat's teeth cleaned. We stupidly agreed to the proceedure which included sedation.

An hour after dropping the cat off at the vet I got a call that the cat had died. They claimed it was a reaction to the sedation, but the drug they used was exactly the same as the one used a year earlier when it was spayed. When I went in to pick up the cat's remains they actually presented me with a bill for the proceedure costs up to the point where it died, the vet took one look at my face and quickly said "well, maybe we won't worry about any charges on this one" (which was the right move since that was the only action that prevented me from starting some court action against them!).

Certainly we do take our pets for complex stuff, tests, etc. But pulling loose teeth, treating cuts, etc. we handle ourselves.

Anyway... rant over!

[C.A. in TO]

Dental costs vary widely amongst vets. Do some research. DrHale's website is a good place to start. We switched vets two years ago based on an overinflated dental extraction estimate. First vet -- $1100 Second (current) vet $550. Both included general anesthetic, pre-surg blood work, X-rays, cleaning, extraction of broken tooth, meds and recheck.
Two weeks ago we took our other dog to have two lumps removed and biopsies, tooth cleaning and found out he has a rare dental problem. He lost 28 teeth that all had to be surgically excised and the total bill was $2600 -taxes included. Fee guide rate was just shy of $6000. Two dentists worked on him for eight hours. All by way of saying that they aren't all in it to scam you. In fact most aren't.

[JUDGE]

Brought my dog in a few years ago for regular check up , and check out a lump.
Doc said the tumor has to be removed immediately . Said the cost would be $1600.00
If were me I would not of had him operate , but you know wives she insisted we have it done.
Three days later the vet calls and says we can pick up our dog.
I asked him if everything went ok . He told me he did not find the tumor .
I told him , well then you won't find the $ 1600 dollars either, and walked out with me dog.

[delmer]

A couple years I noticed our dog gingerly trying to eat her hard food. Upon examination, I noticed that she had some loose teeth (canines, not molars). After a trip to the vet, she was a few teeth lighter. I think they removed 4 or 5. Don't think it was more than a few hundred to get it done.

[Longgun]

Why don't you do what you would have with your kids, give them an apple. Or maybe something a little harder light a chew bone.
deb

[vom Dufenshmirtz]

coincidentally, one of my dogs (5 yo) broke an incisor, we found couple day ago.
My regular vet (which I like and they're not greedy like most vets today) quoted almost $500 for just the extraction, and $600 if they were to clean and polish all the teeth too. Most of the cost is the pre-op, blood work, anesthesia. The actual tooth extraction is $36!

I got a quote from the specialist Terry mentioned - much much more, but the thing is regular vets can't do things he can, like root canal. Removing some teeth in dogs is highly risky - the roots are too big (in some molars and pre-molars and canines).

The way I look at it - the vets are doing those things by the book - blood work etc. The prep is there to protect the dog (cat). Sometimes despite the precautions poop happens, but than they can say - we did everything by the book. It sucks when it happens, but it does, even in human medicine.

Diagnostic mistakes happen too. I brought my b1tch for an ultrasound to confirm pregnancy and they tell me - no pups, but she's got pyometra, we have to spey her. OK, tough luck - go ahead. After they start surgery - sorry, we feel like idiots, but the uterus is OK! Would you like to leave it or take it out? I know the vet. She's good, but she made a mistake and she admitted it.

BTW, it's perfectly possible to have an allergic reaction to something that didn't cause it before, happens all the time.

[OUTCAST]

I got some sedation med's from our vet because my dog had a hard time traveling in the vehicle, he has now over come that but I still have half bottle of the med's left, last yr he had a loose tooth so I gave him 2 of these sedation pills and in an hour he was almost out and I pulled the tooth. Ask your vet for this med and pull yourself.

[GreyTech]

BTW, it's perfectly possible to have an allergic reaction to something that didn't cause it before, happens all the time.

Yup, sudden allergy to vet bills as soon as I see the total.

[woody1948]

Can you go to a Vetinary School? That would be a lot cheaper

[Sharon]

Several posts on here about using anti histamines, gravol etc. Not saying it isn't good advice , BUT be very careful about dose amounts and timing. Do your homework first.