Does medicare (Australia) cover wisdom tooth removal under general anaesthetic?
Under a general anaesthetic, Medicare will cover part of the aneasethists charge, but nothing else. I had 3 unerupted, impacted wisdom teeth removed not too long ago. I had them removed in the chair with a local, and it wasn’t too bad. I had friends who had had it done under a general and a few of them had had severe bruising and swelling. One even had a bruise on her chest where she thinks the dentist leaned to pull the teeth out. My logic was, if I am awake at least I know that the dentist has to be careful, because I could see everythin he was doing!
