After the first expansion, each team had nine rivals rather than seven, and the 154-game season made for bad math, MLB's official historian, John Thorn, explains. To play 22 games against each rival would require an 198-game season, so MLB settled on 18 games per rival for nine rivals, for a total of 162 games. (Thorn clarifies that yes, in 1961, after the AL had expanded but the NL had not, the leagues played seasons of different lengths.
Sometimes called sleep dentistry, IV dental sedation provides moderate to deep sedation, and can cost $250-$900 or more but is typically $500-$700, depending on the dentist, length of the appointment and location. Dentists must meet specific board requirements to do IV sedation.
1 Surgical extraction of a tooth can cost $150-$650 or more, depending on the type of anesthesia used (IV sedation typically costs $250-$500 more than local anesthesia), the local cost of living, whether the appointment is on an emergency basis and the type of extraction. Tooth extractions may be performed by a dentist or a specialist known as an oral and maxillofacial surgeon. 2  Often the cost of pulling a tooth includes a follow-up office visit to check healing or remove sutures.