Dental Treatment Abroad

Stephb1986_2

its been a while since ive been to be honest last time i went he told me i needed 4 fillings and now i think i need 1 more as i asked him for sedation and he wouldnt give it me so wasted my time sending me to this other clinic where this other bloke wouldnt sedate me so ive been too scared to go back and now next week its a different dentist than i had last time so im being brave if they did a silent drill i wouldnt be as bothered.

Will they do all 5 fillings while im there or ask me to come back?

Steph xx

Toothsmith

No idea.

If it's an NHS place, they'll probably need to get it done as soon as they can.

If it's private, they really should centre it more around your needs, so it'll probably get done in more manageable chunks.

Stephb1986_2

its NHS im terrified

I cant even eat chocolate because i get toothache when i eat it (only sometimes)

Steph x

Got2change

Phew - I have just read this entire thread; it interested me because I too had considered Budapest for treatment (actually you'd think that I would know better, having had cosmetic sugery in South Africa - and having real issue with the outcome... but that's another story) but am definitely having second thoughts - and besides, nothing's in my budget at the moment so I don't know what to do.
I have good - alebit weak - teeth. That and a fear of dentists from age 4 (first visit was with an abcess) means that fair enough I have a mouth "full" of mercury (?) fillings and some gaps towards the back.
On my 21st birthday, I had a nerve removed from the tooth behind my canine and gradually the tooth gave way and I ended up having a bridge and crown from the tooth behind (no idea of names and numbers) to fill the gap. Not that it's a factor now but this cost £55 in 1986 - the year I got married (no way was I going ahead with the gap....). The fixture lasted until last year when the tooth supporting the crown (and therefore bridge) started to give way. By now I had lost my place with the NHS dentist but still went to the same one on a private basis. She stuck it back in twice but I never even ate on that side for fear of eating the bridge and crown. Lost loads of weight though!
Then this year it came loose again and detached itself, leaving me with what I call a gap in my smile. It may not be immediately apparent until I smile - but I like smiling and it's making me sooooo self-conscious. Problem now is that I can't afford ANYTHING (bullied out of my job just before Christmas) other than having had the remains of the tooth that supported the crown extracted at a NHS dentist that I had never been to before (he was OK but not English and tbh I wouldn't hurry back), so now I have a two-tooth gap and one very-filled tooth right at the back and my virgin canine tooth to the front. My lovely dentist ('s nurse) has been calling me to see what I want to do because they don't know my financial circumstances (i.e. can't afford private any more) and nor do they know that I had the extraction elsewhere.
I certainly look after my teeth but have been cursed with weak ones (does a mother giving a child a dummy with syrup on do any damage as my grandmother said?); they are white and a little gappy but I would give anything to have this one tooth gap filled in some way - I just don't know the best course of action any longer. (Toothsmith?)
Any suggestion gratefully received (apart from telling me to live with it....).
x

Toothsmith

Pursue your employer for constructive dismissal, and spend the money on fixing your smile.

Employment law is a complete minefield for employers, and if you leaving was not completely by-the-book, then you will almost certainly have a case they will find very hard to defend.

Unfair dismissal or constructive dismissal is extremely hard to defend against if the paperwork isn't completely up-to-date and according to current law.

Even if the employee who left was the worst employee in the world - you still have to follow fair proceedures to get rid of them.

Got2change

Toothsmith wrote: »

Pursue your employer for constructive dismissal, and spend the money on fixing your smile.

Employment law is a complete minefield for employers, and if you leaving was not completely by-the-book, then you will almost certainly have a case they will find very hard to defend.

Unfair dismissal or constructive dismissal is extremely hard to defend against if the paperwork isn't completely up-to-date and according to current law.

Even if the employee who left was the worst employee in the world - you still have to follow fair proceedures to get rid of them.

I hadn't been in the job long enough to make any claim against them (just under six months). Part of the bullying was to manufacture so many faults with me that in the end even I believed that I was incompetent, rule-breaking and stupid. I initiated the grievance procedure (post-departure and with thoughts of taking them to a tribunal) but halted it at the 11th hour and never really did intend to go through with it. I had not one ounce of support in the company and had to leave the matter with my health intact if not my self-esteem. The ripple effect has been dreadful.
Thanks for the advice though.

HOLLY

I haven't read the whole of this thread but i think it does debate Hungarian Dentists. Well i feel i must add my experience on the matter.
I thought i had researched extensively when i chose Vital Europe a dental agency in Budapest. They recommended using a Dentist called Profident also in Budapest. To cut a very long story short ,the outcome was the loss of all my top teeth. I now wear a denture, which has caused no end of misery and depression.
This was caused by having a one piece bridge fixed attached to nine teeth and an implant at one end. So my English Dentist tells me that you cannot have a one piece bridge of twelve teeth which is bad enough but attached to an implant. Reason being if one tooth has a problem whole bridge has to be drilled off. More importantly teeth are not ridged as are implants so any normal movement of teeth of teeth against the solid implant makes the bridge unstable. My eventual outcome was that the bridge snapped off taking with it several of my teeth ,of which most are still stuck in the solid cement .
O.K now i have some teeth left beyond repair because the dentist left a gap between tooth and gum when fitting allowing infection. My dentist advised me to have all remaining removed and implants inserted. This i did placing nine implants.
I informed Vital Europe of this who guarantee a refund should new crowns fail. Because i had not returned to to the same dentist who had caused such trauma in my life,to finish me off completely by taking everything out and fitting a denture , my refund or even a complimentary gesture was ignored. With such an outcome ,who would return to the same hangman.
I have sent reports, letters , emails, photos, asked for my notes and,x rays. All i received was a letter in Hungarian. I rest my case.
I still intend to fight for some justice ,but when i am not feeling so down.
So the moral of the story is when you think you have researched extensively ,do some more .

Toothsmith

My heart always sinks when this thread reappears.

Reading your story HOLLY is much worse than trying to explain to those recommending such options (but not having them done themselves) that there is a reason that dental treatment is cheaper abroad.

A recent WHICH? report had it as high as 1 in 5 medical/dental tourists were unhappy with their treatment.

The problem with dental treatment is that it's generally such huge treatment plans that are done in the 'fortnight's holiday' that when things do go wrong - they really are disfiguring, and life-changing.

I fear that with the way eastern european countries regulate their dental practices, seeking redress may well be throwing good money after bad.

Thank you for posting this though.

HOLLY

Did you have your treatment with Dentistsabroad

alison999

i always thought implants took weeks to do properly.