Dental Work Abroad

Toothsmith

Turkey really is one of the WORST places you can go!

misgrace

littlereddevil wrote: »

I believe Turkey is excellent and good value. There was an article in our local paper about dentists in Fethiye a few months ago

Not just for dentistry either, there seems to be loads of people going over there for cosmetic work as well.

jackieblack

If you're travelling abroad and having any kind of medical/dental treatment, PLEASE be very careful that your travel insurance will still cover you - some policies will be invalidated by the fact that you're travelling to have this done.

Nordictat2

I went to Poland (Warsaw) last year and had 5 fillings done. Cost me 60% less than to do it here!! I was quite happy with the result and my teeth are in gooddddddddd condition now

littlereddevil

Toothsmith wrote: »

Turkey really is one of the WORST places you can go!

http://www.eveningexpress.co.uk/Article.aspx/1052317


Oh sorry it was only what I read

Toothsmith

“The training they get in Turkey is even stricter than dentists in the UK.”

This is just rubbish

She had 18 teeth filed down and replaced, and six white filling put in.

I'm willing to bet that the amount of tooth she had taken off would mean that in 10-15 years (To be generous) when this work fails - as all dental work eventually does - there will not be enough tooth left to be able to do anything with. Turkish dentistry is notorious for being a bit over enthusiastic with the drill.

With a decent dentist in the UK, tooth preparation is done by taking off as little tooth as possible, and using modern ceramics to achieve a good look. This means that when this work needs replacing, there is a lot mre tooth left to be able to do the next thing with. It also means that teeth are less likely to die, and that teeth are less likely to fracture off level with the gum.

You can also get a good result with older technologies by whacking off most of the tooth so that the technician can build a lot of colour depth into the porcelain. This really can look fantastic, and be absolutely fine for quite a few years. BUT - when it fails, it fails suddenly and catastrophically - either whith the crown breaking off or an abscess flaring up.

Unfortunately there are a lot of people who just judge the result on what it looks like in the mirror, and how little they paid for it.

The real judge of quality is measured in how long it lasts, and how much tooth there is left to be able to do the next treatment when it eventually does fail. Not an easy thing for the patient to judge.

Donnie

My dentist in Thailand seems quite decent. She is the head dentist at a hospital. Charges me around £600 for a implant including a porcelain crown.

Treats a bone graft as a routine treatment without even mentioning extra cost. A throughly decent woman it appears.

Of course this kind of treatment is not for anyone. She prefers for me to stay in country for a minimum of three weeks, so that she can administer aftercare if necessary.
Also, you need to return three to six months later to continue the treatment, so one needs to have the time.

wannaberichbtch

I wouldn't consider undertaking any non emergency medical procedure outside the UK as there have been many press reports recently of post op disasters for "cheap" cosmetic surgery carried out overseas which the NHS are reluctant to fix unless life threatening.

Donnie

People should do their research.... looking for quality of work at a reasonable cost, rather than the cheapest.

There is certainly no guarantee that a British practitioner will be better. In fact the first British dentist I visited was absolutely awful. His technique and manner were abysmal.
The position in which I was placed, together with the instruments used, produced a 'gagging reflex' to which he did not appear to have a solution. So he blamed me. No treatment whatsoever performed. Quoted £2000 plus for a Dental Implant. He wasn't to have been the Implantologist. Thank goodness. Happy to escape.

Went to a second British dentist. No problems whatsoever. She understood that you just have to seat the patient in a different position to avoid the gagging reflex. Funny isn't it? Frightening really.
Had a good manner and obviously appeared to understand what she was doing.
Quoted £2500 for a Dental Implant and £150 for a visit from a Oral Surgeon to check bone density.

As I was going to Thailand on holiday, I decided to wait and see what was on offer.

Found a Dental Hospital in Bangkok and was quoted £1000 for the Implant. Had a consultation and a 3D XRay. £13.
Decided not to go ahead, as I really didn't like the manner of the dentist. Even though she wasn't the one doing the Implant, she seemed altogether too businesslike.

After much more research, I found a dentist and maxillofacial surgeon at a another hospital.
Excellent, manner, good English and altogether a positive experience to far.

Price is around £800 for new patients(because of the currently poor exchange rate).

Phyathai Sri Racha

Robo00

Nordictat2 wrote: »

I went to Poland (Warsaw) last year and had 5 fillings done. Cost me 60% less than to do it here!! I was quite happy with the result and my teeth are in gooddddddddd condition now

anyone tried other cities in poland? I found clinic in szczecin (very close to german border) and I'm going to check them out. It's called dentus ( poland-dentist.co.uk - cant insert working link :doh: ) . They are doing implants since 1958.. :think: