The Great 'Medical Tourism' Hunt

ashu_2

tinny_lizzie wrote: »

I have been recommended to visit Dr Thomas, Doctors Dental Clinic in Trivandrum, Sth India. Have planne to visit in November. Has anyone any experience? His emails seem very very genuine with a 15 yr promise on Crowns or replacement if they break.

Hello!

A word of advice:

Do not get treatment done in clinics. They are private, small time businesses. If something untoward happens, who is there to protect you? Nobody....irrespective of what you might have been told.

Go to a place like Delhi or Bombay in India ....famous for good hospitals.

Go to recognised hospitals, like Indraprastha Apollo (locations: Delhi, etc) or Fortis (locations: Noida (suburb of Delhi), Mohali, etc).

I dunno abt hospitals in Bombay...have heard abt 'Breach Candy' being an excellent hospital......but do not know whether they undertake dental surgeries or not.
Check it out.

Regards
Ashu

ashu_2

Hello!

A word of advice:

Do not get treatment done in clinics. They are private, small time businesses. If something untoward happens, who is there to protect you? Nobody....irrespective of what you might have been told.

Go to a place like Delhi or Bombay in India ....famous for good hospitals.

Go to recognised hospitals, like Indraprastha Apollo (locations: Delhi, etc) or Fortis (locations: Noida (suburb of Delhi), Mohali, etc).

I dunno abt hospitals in Bombay...have heard abt 'Breach Candy' being an excellent hospital......but do not know whether they undertake dental surgeries or not.
Check it out.

Regards
Ashu

Lara

I would seriously like to get my teeth whitened and ny amalagram fillings changed over to white fillings. I have about six teeth with these in.
Would welcome any suggestions re costs etc either home or away.
Incidentally our dentist changed over to Denplan but as I don't usually need anything done I decided to opt out of the £20 a month charge. Seemed silly to pay £240 a year when I usually only pay £15.00 x 2 = £30.

mandy_44

greeneye wrote: »

Anyone else a little dubious about the recomendations on here from people who've never posted before and/or only joined today?? :rolleyes:

But I am interested in dental implants in hungary so if anyone else who doesn't have a vested interest (not suggesting those who have mentioned it fall into the above catergory) wants to share their expierience be good to here how you got on.;)

I guess you and I are alike, the first thing I noticed were the posts from new people or people that have only written that one post. Worried these are adverts and not genuine!!

Toothsmith

Lara wrote: »

I would seriously like to get my teeth whitened and ny amalagram fillings changed over to white fillings. I have about six teeth with these in.
Would welcome any suggestions re costs etc either home or away.
Incidentally our dentist changed over to Denplan but as I don't usually need anything done I decided to opt out of the £20 a month charge. Seemed silly to pay £240 a year when I usually only pay £15.00 x 2 = £30.

It's not going to stay at £15 x 2 though.

What's his new private check-up charge? And how much extra for a clean & polish? That's the fee you have to x 2 and then look at how that compares to £240 pa. Bearing in mind that you will also be covered for accidents and emergencies on the Denplan cover. Also, as and when fillings wear out, you will be able to have them changed for white ones.

I would never recommend having perfectly good fillings drilled out and replaced just for the sake of it.

Lara

Hi Toothsmith
I now go to another NHS dentist just round the corner from the private one. The Hygienist there is excellent whereas at the private one she is a monster :mad: . Private dentist hygienist charges £30 and NHS one charges the same. So no difference there. Hygienist charges are NOT included in the private plan.
Private dentist charges £65 check up fee every six months. So you see it doesn't pay me to go back to him. We have however kept our Uni son there as he had to have all four wisdom teeth out in one hit exactly one year ago next Wednesday and we felt it better to keep him there so any further problems could be sorted. Dentist is a very nice man but our wallets are not overflowing. Therefore paying out £60 a month for three mouths is not an option espeically as we do not have a regular income anymore.

curly92

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Toothsmith

Lara wrote: »

Hi Toothsmith
Private dentist hygienist charges £30 and NHS one charges the same. So no difference there.

NHS one SHOULD be included in with the band 1 NHS charge of £15.65 ish.

Your original dentist has decided he can't stick with the NHS contract and has gone private. Your new one has decided he can't make the NHS contract work either, so breaks it.

Was your original dentist charging 'privately' for hygienist appointments as well?

If so - he was probably pulled up on it by his PCT and told he MUST offer hygienist on the NHS - as that's what it says in his contract. That's probably what made him go private properly.

The same thing will probably happen soon at your new dentist if the PCT get wind that he's defrauding the NHS.

amabel

theredfox wrote: »

What clinic in Chiang Mai did you use?

Apologies for the delay in replying. We used the Grace Clinic with Dr Korakot in charge. They're web site is: http://www.gracedentalclinic.com/

Lara

Toothsmith wrote: »

NHS one SHOULD be included in with the band 1 NHS charge of £15.65 ish.
Your original dentist has decided he can't stick with the NHS contract and has gone private. Your new one has decided he can't make the NHS contract work either, so breaks it.
Was your original dentist charging 'privately' for hygienist appointments as well?
If so - he was probably pulled up on it by his PCT and told he MUST offer hygienist on the NHS - as that's what it says in his contract. That's probably what made him go private properly.
The same thing will probably happen soon at your new dentist if the PCT get wind that he's defrauding the NHS.

NHS dentist quite happily will clean teeth etc but you have the option of seeing the Hygienist for a 30 min thorough appointment. Going privately is still not worth it for me.