Newry Dentist info ? (bridges needed)

iMax

Hi All...

Anyone here from Newry (or thereabouts) could recommend a dentist to do two bridges for me (& roughly how much they cost there)...

They're spectacularly expensive in the south... - looking at €2400 per bridge down here......

btkm8unsl0w5r4

Taken from another thread in this forum I thought it was well put. I am getting a bit tired of answering the same questions fot the Bargain Hunters. "John Daniels" posted this reply talking about implants but its the same for all dentistry.

"You are getting a body part implanted which you hope will last you a lifetime and are shopping around like it`s an item of clothing. Not every implant is the same, not everyone placing them has the same success rate and not every one will look as good or last as long. If there is a problem do you want to have to travel hundreds or thousands of miles to get it fixed? Do you want your dentist to put the cheapest implant and crown in your mouth or the best one available. If you were getting a new heart/ leg/ arm/ face would you also loook for the cheapest?? I would think that price is the least important thing on something this important. If you get a cheapo implant for €1000 and it lasts 5 years or one for €3000 that lasts a lifetime which would you go for.

If a dentist is really cheap he has to cut corners somewhere, either he uses a less expensive metal for the crown, a less expensive implant that isn`t FDA approved or properly researched and tested or he rushes the job to get it over asap. If I was getting an implant I would do a bt more research than price. Save money on other things, get the best for your body..."

You get what you pay for. If you cant afford to get the job done really well the get something temporary and reversable untill you can get it done the best it can be. Specialists in the north cost just as much as the south. How about the Dublin Dental Hospital.

kippy

fitzgeme,
Few things,
1. The OP isn't intending on going a few thousand miles to get the job done.
He, like many others is looking across the border for the service in order to save money.
2. I think you'll find that specialists in the North in Dentistry cost considerably less than they do in the South-an I doubt they are any less regulated nor "talented" for that matter.
3. The OP has decided to go to Newry for the job to get done and is now looking for a recommendation (s) from people on dentists there-thus making sure he does not go to an unkown and possibly unscrupulous one........

Not to knock dentists in the South, as I believe that their overheads (tax) etc are far higher.....hence the more expenssive rates.


Kippy

btkm8unsl0w5r4

kippy wrote:

fitzgeme,
Few things,
1. The OP isn't intending on going a few thousand miles to get the job done.
He, like many others is looking across the border for the service in order to save money.
2. I think you'll find that specialists in the North in Dentistry cost considerably less than they do in the South-an I doubt they are any less regulated nor "talented" for that matter.
3. The OP has decided to go to Newry for the job to get done and is now looking for a recommendation (s) from people on dentists there-thus making sure he does not go to an unkown and possibly unscrupulous one........

Not to knock dentists in the South, as I believe that their overheads (tax) etc are far higher.....hence the more expenssive rates.


Kippy

1. I posted it directly from another thread as stated at the top of my post. I realise the north is not thousdands of miles away:rolleyes:
2. Specialists in the north are not cheaper. As a specialist myself I guarantee this.
3. The OP has made a decision to get dental work based on price rather than quality. I am pointing this error out.

kippy

Okay,
Here is an "impartial" article on the subject-where the pros and cons are weighed up. (It also outlines the price differences, but mentions the cons as well.)
http://www.irishhealth.com/index.html?level=4&id=2373&var=print


There is one here as well but it is a bit out of date at this stage-some of the comments are interesting though:
http://www.irishhealth.com/index.html?level=4&id=2280



Anyay, back to the original post:
I think a few of my friends have gone here:
[FONT=Verdana,Arial]O'Farrell and Staunton Dental Surgery, but I am not sure of the prices......
The quality is good though.
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DublinWriter

Ironic, considering that many ROI dentists (including my own) use cheaper-costing dental labs up in Belfast to get crowns made for their patients.

btkm8unsl0w5r4

That Lab in Belfast is very expensive actually.

eth0_

To the OP -

Don't feel bad about not paying the extortionate prices in the republic, I swear it's some sort of cartel here!

I have *all* my dental work done in Ballybot clinic in Newry. I live in Dublin but i'd rather drive up to Newry for even a check-up than pay over the odds to a dentist here when they will sometimes 'invent' work that needs to be done. Such as the dentist last year (on that street where the gardens of memorial are) that I went to when I had a bad toothache who told me i'd need a root canal and a crown - that'll be 400 for the root canal and another few hundred for the crown! I went to my dentist in Newry the next day and all it needed was a simple filling. The dentist had LIED to me about what was on the x-ray she took.

I had crown and bridge work done in Ballybot, and 4 amalgam fillings replaced and it cost me around 2000 euro. She's had a lot of good write-ups in the press and is pretty highly regarded.

kippy

Seeing as my post above was edited by the moderator (unjustly in my opinion), I will phrase what I said differently.

As a specialist myself I guarantee this.

How?

kippy

Eh cause I talk to my collegues...

Fair enough.......

btkm8unsl0w5r4

kippy wrote:

Seeing as my post above was edited by the moderator (unjustly in my opinion), I will phrase what I said differently.




How?

Eh cause I talk to my collegues, general dental treatment prices can vary but specialist treatment always cost more and dont fluctuate much from country to country...also I will edit out anything which liabliously infers illegal activity. If you would rather I can delete your whole responce and lock this thread

kippy

Eh cause I talk to my collegues, general dental treatment prices can vary but specialist treatment always cost more and dont fluctuate much from country to country...also I will edit out anything which liabliously infers illegal activity. If you would rather I can delete your whole responce and lock this thread

Again, fair enough......

kippy

I like the way you have modified some of your previous posts based on some of my comments after you had orignally posted them.
A very good way of doing things.

Mountjoy Mugger

iMax wrote:

Hi All...

Anyone here from Newry (or thereabouts) could recommend a dentist to do two bridges for me (& roughly how much they cost there)...

They're spectacularly expensive in the south... - looking at €2400 per bridge down here......

I got one bridge about four weeks ago. I went to O'Farrell & Staunton in Newry. The bridge I got was a Maryland Bridge as I haven't a full bite, and I paid £350 for it. You can ring them at 048-3262322.The chap I went to is Mr. G Daly.

btkm8unsl0w5r4

Kippy 2 week ban. Anyone can go where ever they want for dental treatment I dont really care however I will not have you claiming price fixing or that I care enough about you opinion to edit my post because of you. Look at Mountjoy Muggers post...informative and concise thank you.

eth0_

Landyn Bald Dunce wrote:

Kippy 2 week ban. Anyone can go where ever they want for dental treatment I dont really care however I will not have you claiming price fixing or that I care enough about you opinion to edit my post because of you. Look at Mountjoy Muggers post...informative and concise thank you.

That's a completely unfair and undeserved ban. He's perfectly entitled to say he thinks there is price fixing happening, that's his OPINION. If he said YOU or X practice and Y practice are working together to fix prices, *then* I could see the logic in banning him.

I think you're being very over sensitive with this subject, Landyn Bald Dunce!

DublinWriter

eth0_ wrote:

That's a completely unfair and undeserved ban.

Here Here. The dental forum being 'presided' over by two ROI qualified dentists who are quick to ban anyone advocating cheaper treatment outside the 26-counties?

Turkies voting for Christmas in my opinion.

You might as well ban my ass too. I won't be back into this forum. Ever.

eth0_

Well in fairness they haven't banned me for what i've said and i've been pretty damning of Irish dentists!

I just thought fitzgeme's over-sensitive reaction to a suggestion of price fixing in Irish dentistry a little odd.

btkm8unsl0w5r4

DublinWriter wrote:

Here Here. The dental forum being 'presided' over by two ROI qualified dentists who are quick to ban anyone advocating cheaper treatment outside the 26-counties?

FYI this is the first ban ever given on this forum. I banned Kippy for saying that I changed my posts in retrospect to make him look bad. I will not ban anyone for advocating treatment cheaper or otherwise outside the 26 counties however I will not stand for people claiming that I am trying to maintain a cartel because I try to point out that dental treatment is more complex than cost alone. This is all I am saying on this matter, I moderate this forum in my own time to give advice to people about dental issues not argue with people about the cost of treatment, infact I think I may ammend the forum rules. Etho as a mod yourself you sould know better in one of your posts you claim gross professional misconduct from a dentist inventing work needed to be done, this is a serious alligation. How would you appreciate if I came onto the tatoos forum claiming that irish tatoo artists are spreading hep C.This thread is now locked.