schedule it now, and apply for the leave for the scheduled date which should be no later than a week after your 30 days. be prepared to take unpaid time off. You should be back in a week. Schedule the surgery for a friday, and take off the entire next week, then go back to work the following monday. granted you loose 6 days pay... but at least you TRIED to do it their way first.

Also, everyone reacts differently to having their teeth pulled. I had all four of mine pulled at once on Monday morning, and I was fine to go back to work Wednesday. Of course, Thursday night I began feeling like my face was going to explode and I ended up with dry socket in my left and right lower jaw. DON"T SUCK THROUGH A STRAW, they don't give you that advice for nothing.

Insurance and sick time suck.

I just re-read my post. I had all four of my impacted wisdom teeth removed. Not all four of my teeth. I have more than four. I swear.

@ Lugh: I tried to do that Lugh and was was flat out denied time off, both unpaid leave and FMLA, and any time off like that must be approved so they can find coverage. The only way for me to do any of this is to wait until June

@Ameila: I had surgery before and had extra tooth material removed, and I was out for a week and a half because my mouth doesn't heal right. Also I need the time off because I don't know if a client will have a fit and smack me in the mouth. If it was just an extraction I wouldn't mind, but since it's going to involve stitches and the like, I need time for the stitches to fall out, or at least for the wounds to semi-heal. Also, I was going to say I hope you have more then four teeth

I had my 4 wisdom teeth taken out 11 years ago next month,,,, doesn't seem that long ago. Mine were not impacted and the surgeon said in his 30 years of pulling teeth mine were the easiest. I was fine later that day.

FMLA can be hard to get... do your home work on the subject. I just googled FLMA and it says time is 1 year, says nothing about full time or part time. Normally FMLA is done by a separate insurance provider not through your company, unless you work for an insurance company. You can talk with them and they would know what you are covered under. Last year a friend who is an HR professional told me its only 1 year with company and doesn't matter part-time or full time.

Do some research and don't let the company push you around. Most companies will do just that when they think they can get away with it.

My wisdom teeth came out fairly easy. I had them all removed at seventeen, and I was fine after a day of recuperating.