Dentist Advice Please- Wisdom Tooth Extraction

[Ice White Socks]

Bit of help please as I can't make any sense of any information online.

I have had a partially erupted wisdom tooth in the lower jaw for quite a few years now- was a bit of a PITA to keep clean and periodically got inflamed but I have never really got round to sorting it out. Its now partially crumbled away (I guess half the tooth above the bone line has gone).

Went to dentist to get it seen to- expecting him to whip it out in the chair like the first one I had removed. Instead I got a bit fobbed off- it doesn't sound like its something they do very often and he suggested I might need to go to a place that does that kind of work all day long. I must have been pretty knackered that day and for some reason never challenged it or asked for my options..

I pay privately for treatment- I can't remember paying any kind of offensive amount for the last one I had removed but some of the prices I have found online are nuts (£1000 plus).

Anyway question is- how much should I be paying for the extraction and if my dentist thinks its a tricky job then can I not just get referred to a hospital for an NHS removal. Cheers

[Ice White Socks]

Thanks Chaps- all very helpful replies. I'll get myself referred to the NHS- its going to be a tricky job as already pointed out given the poor state of the tooth. If it abscesses then its going to get nasty very quickly so I'll get it sorted ASAP. Cheers