Dental treatment abroad

iain_60

Hi Just thought I'd add my opinion this thread as I have to say I disagree with quite a few of the comments made.

The people going abroad CAN afford treatment in the UK. They are spending thousands abroad. They could have spent the same money getting more basic treatment in this country

Not in my case and a number of other people I know as well. I went to 3 or 4 consultations in the UK and ALL of them quoted me over £10,000. If I could have afforded the work in the UK I would have had it done in the UK.

Definitely don't gamble your teeth away, no matter how cheap or tempting it seems abroad, especially in poorer countries.

If your husband is getting such complex problems, they may need to be referred for a Specialist opinion, perhaps to a Dental School, but going abroad may be cheaper initially somewhere, but the quality and/or outcome will not be the same!

I find this comment very un-educated. I had my Implant treatment with a company called Kreativ Dental.
Now if you bother to do a bit of research you will see that the dentists are highly trained specialists. The equipment and Implants they use are World Class and I can tell you from my experience that the "outcome" is superb. They have an extensive Guarantee which I would say is far from "gambling".

You are right though DownintheMouth " the quality and/or outcome will not be the same!" It will be equal too, or better than what you would get here in the UK.

You only have to look at the establishment they are running; their new clinic is jaw dropping.

I think you are tarnishing the whole industry with the same brush. My advice to you would be to try it... You may be surprised... I was!

Good luck

Iain

Toothsmith

You completely missed my point.

How did your mouth get into a state where it needed £10k of work doing?

Unless you understand that, then all this superior quality work you've had done will go down the tube in exactly the same way that your own teeth did.

Even abroad, I would guess this £10k of work would have cost £4-5k?

So you DID have money to spend on your teeth.

You would have been much better off spending it on less advanced treatment that would not put the rest of your jaw at risk when it fails.

How often do you visit the dentist now to get all this excellent work checked and maintained?

donteatthat

"You are right though DownintheMouth " the quality and/or outcome will not be the same!" It will be equal too, or better than what you would get here in the UK."

Sadly not with the implant systems they are using.
One I have never heard of, but doesn't look good on the website, and the branemark implants have been pretty much supseceded due to an inherently poor design.

Not sure what qualifies these dentists as specialists either.

tomstickland

I spotted this at the weekend:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/health/healthmain.html?in_article_id=483744&in_page_id=1774

jac59

I'm not selling anything. I know nothing about this but I went to Hunmgary and had a bad experience there. I've since found a uk dentist called dentalcare plus in Plymouth which claims to have relatively cheap service for implants, especially when set against the cost of travelling to Hungary etc. Does anyone know anything about this company or what it claims. The prices are higher than Hungary but look significantly cheaper than the rest of the uk

nina197

I'm from Croatia and have been working as a dental treatment coordinator in croatian dental clinic for couple of years (I have also spent some time in UK and Australia, so the following post is very sincere...).
Maybe you do not know or believe this(!), but our dental practice is just as the same quality as yours (which is something that I honestly wouldn't say for most of the polish and hungarian dentists) and is up to all western european dental and ethical standards! Actually croatian dentists have been known to practice western dentistry at eastern european prices (Croatia is a beatiful Mediteranian country on the very border with Italy and the rest of W.Europe, our patients are mostly Italians).
You can visit one of our clinics sites, this one I would sincerely reccommend (it's an excellent clinic with more then thirty years of experience in all fields of modern dentistry, it has it's own radiology and lab which reduces the time of your treatment. They also organize your accomodation and airport/hotel or private app/clinic transport. You can email, call or Skype them, and you can also send your Xray or macro photos for free treatment plan estimation. They are highly specialized, but also very kind and they speak good English. After treatment they do free chekups and give 2 to 5 years guarantee, depending of the treatment). Croatia is only 1,5 hour away from UK (the bill+the low cost plane ticket will still cost you less then a UK dental treatment)! :j
See it for yourself:
www.dentaladriatic.com

nina197

I'm from Croatia and have been working as a dental treatment coordinator in croatian dental clinic for couple of years (I have also spent some time in UK and Australia, so the following post is very sincere...).
Maybe you do not know or believe this(!), but our dental practice is just as the same quality as yours (which is something that I honestly wouldn't say for most of the polish and hungarian dentists) and is up to all western european dental and ethical standards! Actually croatian dentists have been known to practice western dentistry at eastern european prices (Croatia is a beatiful Mediteranian country on the very border with Italy and the rest of W.Europe, our patients are mostly Italians).
You can visit one of our clinics sites, this one I would sincerely reccommend (it's an excellent clinic with more then thirty years of experience in all fields of modern dentistry, it has it's own radiology and lab which reduces the time of your treatment. They also organize your accomodation and airport/hotel or private app/clinic transport. You can email, call or Skype them, and you can also send your Xray or macro photos for free treatment plan estimation. They are highly specialized, but also very kind and they speak good English. After treatment they do free chekups and give 2 to 5 years guarantee, depending of the treatment). Croatia is only 1,5 hour away from UK (the bill+the low cost plane ticket will still cost you less then a UK dental treatment)! :j
See it for yourself:
www.dentaladriatic.com

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sheilavw

I had my dental bridge done in Turkey last august. Lovely dentist, spotlessly clean. Saved £1200 which paid for the hols and bit towards the spends/,

nina197

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