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Good morning, How many tooth extractions would be considered to be major surgery? And whree could I find this in writing for our dentists?

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Private answer Most carriers consider major surgery to consist of 7 or more contiguous teeth. Each carriers idea of major surgery is different, to get this in writing you will need to look up your carriers utilization review guidelines. Marked as spam Posted by Admin Answered on April 2, 2013 7:16 am Add comment Anonymous comment Cancel

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