Which Oral Surgeon for wisdom teeth? (Auck)

[Phurrball]

I'm going to be cheeky and hijack this thread (on topic though!)

Who's a competent (and hopefully not to expensive) dentist in Auckland? I'm a poor student - so I need a decent job done for a moderate cost (or good repayment terms)

It will be a while until my next dental holiday to the Dental School in Dunedin, and my cracked molar won't go away by itself - and every day I leave it I feel the potential bill growing larger...

Ross

[mynameis]

Ok here we go has anyones been this bad Scarying the shit out of me

[Street Gerbil]

I had my wisdom teeth pulled in USA and I say, don't sweat. It was *VERY* uncomfortable, but not painful at all. G.A. was the weirdest experience in my life. After the injection, everything started slowly sliding downwards in front of my eyes, while staying in place at the same time. I am still totally puzzled as to how it is possible. The surgeon meanwhile went on with the surgery and I got scared that he will start cutting before I am knocked out. He inserted a plastic thingy into my mouth to keep it open, then immediately removed it. I asked what's wrong and he answered - that's it, get up, we are done. 25 minutes have simply disappeared from my life. The surgeon gave me the House MD stuff for pain. I took one pill and still have the rest stashed somewhere. It just didn't hurt. At all. So get your teeth done and don't worry about it.
Actually I lie. It did hurt when I got my credit card statement the following month.

[Deviant]

Quick tip- I was between jobs when I got mine done, was supposed to start a new job the day of the op (the tooth removal kinda fucked that up...) so WINZ paid $400 towards it as emergency dental work.

Try that, unless you're full time employed like I am now (and have been ever since).

[jonbuoy]

I had mine hauled out by a little Asian fella - Michael Choy I think his name was in Browns Bay - big dental centre right by the lights. A1 job, I guess having small hands does have is advantages.