[complicit]

I'm not a dentist OP but
1. Aussie dentists are a rip off so forget about that
2. You may not need all of those fillings as dentists have been known to do unnecessary work
Thailand is fine as long as you pick your clinic carefully
But Irish dentists are a safer bet and better value than Australia .

All of this is just my opinions mind .

[dory]

Originally Posted by fitzgeme

OP if you wont drink the water from the tap done have medical proceedures done.

Racist much? I wouldn't drink the water in Spain, but that doesn't mean I'd insult their medical professionals.

OP, asking on this board is like asking a plumber if you should fix the tap yourself or call him out. As long as you're not rushing and trying to get everything done in a week I don't see a problem. I've lived all over the world. Haven't been to an Irish dentist since 2003. I gave up on them because of price/terrible quality. Couldn't be happier with my Hungarian dentist (who incidentally has a clinic in Cork once a month in case anyone would like to get anti-Hungarian).

[fitzgeme]

Originally Posted by dory

Racist much? I wouldn't drink the water in Spain, but that doesn't mean I'd insult their medical professionals.

OP, asking on this board is like asking a plumber if you should fix the tap yourself or call him out. As long as you're not rushing and trying to get everything done in a week I don't see a problem. I've lived all over the world. Haven't been to an Irish dentist since 2003. I gave up on them because of price/terrible quality. Couldn't be happier with my Hungarian dentist (who incidentally has a clinic in Cork once a month in case anyone would like to get anti-Hungarian).

Thats great, what would I know, only see about 50 cases a year personally of botched dental tourism. Only write about 10 legal reports a year. You cannot get quality dental work in a rush on holidays. Have about 10 documented cases posted here on boards. If he is one of the dentists that has done some of the terrible things I have seen then I would love to have a few choice words with him. Tell him to come on boards and defend himself against the archive of evidence I have on record, he can come to my clinic and I am sure I have one of two of his patients on file.

[helimachoptor]

Originally Posted by dory

Racist much? I wouldn't drink the water in Spain, but that doesn't mean I'd insult their medical professionals.

OP, asking on this board is like asking a plumber if you should fix the tap yourself or call him out. As long as you're not rushing and trying to get everything done in a week I don't see a problem. I've lived all over the world. Haven't been to an Irish dentist since 2003. I gave up on them because of price/terrible quality. Couldn't be happier with my Hungarian dentist (who incidentally has a clinic in Cork once a month in case anyone would like to get anti-Hungarian).

What happens if he leaves on the monday and you have a serious issue on the Tuesday?
Do you fly to Hungary or would he fly back?
This is a serious question btw

[dory]

Originally Posted by fitzgeme

Thats great, what would I know, only see about 50 cases a year personally of botched dental tourism. Only write about 10 legal reports a year. You cannot get quality dental work in a rush on holidays. Have about 10 documented cases posted here on boards. If he is one of the dentists that has done some of the terrible things I have seen then I would love to have a few choice words with him. Tell him to come on boards and defend himself against the archive of evidence I have on record, he can come to my clinic and I am sure I have one of two of his patients on file.

There are two things here. One is a quick - 5 crowns in a week holiday. The other is all dentists in other countries. I think we agree that No. 1 is bad. But to insult every dentist in a country in which you cannot drink the water (ie less well off countries) is just not on.

Myself and mother are two cases of botched dentistry in Ireland. I wouldn't tar you all with one brush. I will however avoid you for the rest of my life.

Originally Posted by helimachoptor

What happens if he leaves on the monday and you have a serious issue on the Tuesday?
Do you fly to Hungary or would he fly back?
This is a serious question btw

I have weighed up the pros and cons and for me having a dentist qualified outside of Ireland is worth not being able to go to them at the drop of a hat. I could go to an Irish dentist if I needed to. But I will not. Newry for orthodontic treatment, Budapest for all other dental work.

[fitzgeme]

Dory you sound like an ideal candidate for dental tourism. Best of luck with it.

[Big_G]

Originally Posted by dory

There are two things here. One is a quick - 5 crowns in a week holiday. The other is all dentists in other countries. I think we agree that No. 1 is bad. But to insult every dentist in a country in which you cannot drink the water (ie less well off countries) is just not on.

Myself and mother are two cases of botched dentistry in Ireland. I wouldn't tar you all with one brush. I will however avoid you for the rest of my life.



I have weighed up the pros and cons and for me having a dentist qualified outside of Ireland is worth not being able to go to them at the drop of a hat. I could go to an Irish dentist if I needed to. But I will not. Newry for orthodontic treatment, Budapest for all other dental work.

By saying you will never attend an Irish dentist again, you are tarring us all with same brush

[bladed]

Originally Posted by fitzgeme

Quality, quality, quality that's all that matters. A cheap, fast, root canal is far more likely to fail. I have seem patients with root canals from all over the world, USA, UK, Poland, Germany, Ireland, Northern Ireland, Spain, Italy, Russia.....the thing they all have in common is that the ones done fast (see cheap) especially while on holidays (times short, no interim dressing etc) nearly always then to have residual infection. This is most often found as an incidental when I am X-raying another tooth.

There are dentists that specialist in root canal, they cost more but I have rarely seen a specialist root canal going wrong. 375 for the above work is not much cheaper than the south. Infact is not far off my prices, depends on the root canal. The myth of cheaper NI prices still lingers in the Irish mind.

To be honest for every 100 euro you save today you will spend 300 euro when it goes wrong. Quality, quality, quality.

However Oz has the most expensive dentistry going at the moment, there is a boom on there...but the fundamentals are sound you understand

so according to you, the rep of ire is the only country capable of producing dentists to do this work properly?

this wouldnt just be scaremongering to try and stop ppl from going up North?

biased much...............

[fitzgeme]

This thread is nearly a year old.

There are good dentists everywhere and bad ones. The good ones tend to take longer and cost more. Dentistry is also very prone to complications so local treatment is always better.

Its also as cheap now to have treatment in the south as the north if you want to go down the low cost route. Australia is still very expensive.

So no its not scaremongering, people can go wherever they want and are comfortable going. I would rather somebody got a good job done in the UK than a poor job in Ireland and vice versa, however what most people do is think that a filling is a filling or a crown is a crown, this is simply not true no more than a meal is a meal, a car a car or a house a house regardless of who does it or how long it takes or what it costs. Price is only one variable, and its patients who are biased to price and put on the blinkers to everything else.

[res ipsa]

Originally Posted by fitzgeme

This thread is nearly a year old.

There are good dentists everywhere and bad ones. The good ones tend to take longer and cost more. Dentistry is also very prone to complications so local treatment is always better.

Its also as cheap now to have treatment in the south as the north if you want to go down the low cost route. Australia is still very expensive.

So no its not scaremongering, people can go wherever they want and are comfortable going. I would rather somebody got a good job done in the UK than a poor job in Ireland and vice versa, however what most people do is think that a filling is a filling or a crown is a crown, this is simply not true no more than a meal is a meal, a car a car or a house a house regardless of who does it or how long it takes or what it costs. Price is only one variable, and its patients who are biased to price and put on the blinkers to everything else.

As Warren Buffet says "Price is what you pay. Value is what you get."Would you buy a "cheap" parachute or cheap condoms from Hungary or Thailand ?

[ballsymchugh]

Originally Posted by res ipsa

As Warren Buffet says "Price is what you pay. Value is what you get."Would you buy a "cheap" parachute or cheap condoms from Hungary or Thailand ?

has that rash cleared up yet?!!