The Great 'Medical Tourism' Hunt

beingjdc

I have cranial cysts. No real problem just a bit annoying, so the NHS is very anti paying for me to have them removed. £500 privately in the UK, £80 in France. Given I have a half dozen to go, it makes quite a difference!

buna

greeneye wrote: »

Yea but thinking I might have been a bit cynical to start with.
There have been posts on this thread from people who do have affiliations with dental practices which they have admitted to. And I've had 3 PM's from people giving me their phone number to give them a call - they may be genuine, might give them a call next week.

But someone else posted on this thread about people joining the forum after recieving the newsletter. I imagine there's a lot of people who are on the weekly MSE newsletter email who have never bothered to join the forums before and post, which may well explain the newbies with reccomendations to make.

Wondering Toothsmith if your a little concerend about people getting quotations from you for major dental work establishing what needs doing and then going abroad to get the work done?
A bit like travel agents being in uproar a while ago about customers walking in working out where and which resort they wanted to go on holiday and then going to the internet to get the cheapest price.
If you are I wouldn't blame you for being annoyed.

Actually thinking of doing this myself got a dental appointment this week. So going to get him to reccomend a colleague for some implants etc. Thinking I'll just establish exactly what can be / needs to bo done and then go abroad. Unless of course he really sells himself to me - because I do take some of your concerns on board.

ive just joined this site.sorry if that upsets the old heads on here,NOT,do u own this site? i think not,
i go to thailand twice a year ,had dental work done in pattaya,£8 to have a temp filling done on a thooth,dentist in england thought it was 1st rate work,

srm1102

i have one word that will save you possibly thousands, don,t go to him, , i went to him also in nov 07. he promised me a place in his parish for cheap, it turned out to be a orphanage and the boiler broke down, that cost me 3000 rupees, i fired him after a month, i got one teeth cleaning, the only problem was, they were all getting extracted, so i left he called the police, i had already paid a big no no, so for a teeth cleaning he got 1500 u.s for his troubles he had a lawyer, he lied through the whole thing, the only thing that saqved me from him getting all the money was a very honest dentist that i found by another dentist a professor,please trust me email me, i don,t want one other person to get ripped off by this guy, you can email me or phone for all of the nightmare. i went to kovoordentalclinic.com tell him stephen referred you ask him what i went through he will tell you. oh did i tell you that i was there for 12 implants and in front of two priest,s he finally stated that he could only perform five. please don,t go there.

srm1102

listen i,m from canada, i got hosed by him at the exact time that i went over, please, don,t go to that dr ajit thomas, all i,m going to say is i,m not b.s if you email or phone i,ll tell you where he is going to put you exactly with picture,s where you will be living is a hell hole,he will say anything to keep you there and hopefully when he has your money, your visa will run out, and he has got money for nothing.]

debtfreeatlast_3

I have just returned from the first of my treatments in Budapest. I could not rate the service that I received higher - the dentist was wonderful and went out of her way to give me a pain free experience. It was lovely to be treated as a valued customer and they all spoke excellent English.
The quality of the technician's work is far superior to that I have had locally in the UK as well. I would not hesitate to recommend them - but everyone should do their research first in order to be sure of the treatment that they need/want.

helenjane57

Hello out there. First time I've done this, so apologies if i break any codes

Myself & husband are off to Thailand for 6 months, during which time hubby wants to get his teeth fixed. My worry is getting insurance cover. All the threads I've found have not covered this. Does anyone have any advice/thoughts. In the past we've just bought bog standard travel insurance but am pretty sure this wont suit. We dont have private health insurance
would be grateful for any feedback

mark2520

Dear: helenjane57

You can get a private insurance here in Thailand so you do need to buy one at home. But in my opinion, actually you do not have to get any insurance to do a dental treatment here in thailand i am so sure the dental cost still will be cheap without a insurance comparing to you home. I hope this is useful information.

srm1102

why hungary, first of all the most important things you can ask, both from your home dentist an the dentist your travelling to, 1) ask both dentist,s what is the preferred implant, ie nobell(1), in your home country, ask for references, ask if you can have the implants company rep, contact you, to make sure, and ask the dentist also what type of implant, there are so many, the problem in all of these countries is counterfeit part,s, so ask the dentist what type of implants call the rep in hungary, ask him if this dentist has all the tools, especially the torque wrench, in india they did none of these thing,s i ended up with three different types of zimmer implant,s (no good) and it just cost me 1000 u.s because the dentist in india did not have or use the special torque wrench that all these implant companies have, that,s similiar to having tires put on your car then just hand tighten the lug nut,s insane. so these and more if you want. i,m not affililated with any dentist, org, travel agency, just someone that,s hope,s he can help somebody not go through what i,ve been through, be very careful,if you don,t get the right answer,s go somewhere else, next time i will go o a legit hsopital, the one in bangkok was just selected as the best tourism hospital on the planet, or the appollo hospital group in chennai india, i found checking out the prices they are not that much more expensive and you can bet they won,t try any of the above stunt,s.

srm1102

are you insured through your employer, i went over i have a dental plan from work, and i contacted them and asked if i went to another country for dental work, would they cover it, not only did they say they would but at the price it would cost back home, get a detailed list what you got done, teeth # etc, film,s and bill,email me and i will tell you how to save money with the insurance company.

srm1102

yes i,m fairly new, but when i sen how many people are venturing into dental tourism and i saw one of those dentist,s name, and somebody is asking about that dentist, would you rather see me say nothing, i thought that this is why it,s money saving forum, so greeneye, sorry, but tough.