Dental Costs Australia

boreds11

How does the cost of dental work in Oz compare with Ireland is it cheaper or more expensive. I may need to get root canal done in a few months.

mandrake04

My friend had a root canal done a few years back and it was cheaper to buy a return flight back home and get it done for next to nothing.

This is what amazes me when comes to threads like this Irish people coming here for 4 or more years and reluctant to even consider health Insurance. I got a whole heap of work done last year ...not as extensive as a root canal and the bill was $680. I think I paid a gap of $70 and the insurance paid the rest.

Skittlebrau

I'm in the middle of root canal treatment although it's actually getting an old one redone and repaired which I think is usually more expensive.. The total cost will be around $2000 and my insurance will have covered about half of that.

Mate of mine in work got a root canal last year and was quoted $1500 by his usual dentist. He shopped around and eventually got it done for $800 (although he's had a load of problems with it since.)

So basically, they're not cheap..

spunkymunky

I dont think its that cheap either. Now im only here a couple of months so not dental cover for me!
I have chipped 2 teeth and went to see a dentist and my jaw nearly dropped! She straight up said i need 2 crowns at 1700 EACH!!! Couldnt believe it! And she only looked at those 2 teeth!
Girl in work said try this group. I went over, full exam, no crowns and a quote upfront 800 ish for the lot (including another tooth the 1st one didnt comment on!!)
So first procedure today
Its done differently here aswell. You rock up for a consultancy, pay for that (generally with x-rays) and then come back a few weeks later. Not like home, where (for me) its in, check up, fix it and out!
So ive had 4 weeks thinking about the filling im getting removed and refilled!! not been nice i tell ya!

kdevitt

mandrake04 wrote: »

This is what amazes me when comes to threads like this Irish people coming here for 4 or more years and reluctant to even consider health Insurance.

Maybe something to do with it being ridiculously expensive for health insurance for 457 visa holders? A $3800 family policy with austhealth covers no more than the reciprocal for Irish people except for GP fees, and has no dental cover.

With IMAN, its $6480 for a family policy which has dental cover.

mandrake04 wrote: »

I got a whole heap of work done last year ...not as extensive as a root canal and the bill was $680. I think I paid a gap of $70 and the insurance paid the rest.

$680 for a 'heap of work' is reasonable enough though I would have thought?

I've been told a check up is roughly $200 - which does sting considering the free treatment I used to receive under the PRSI scheme, but with that now gone its much of a muchness I suppose.

mandrake04

Well I know a German guy on a 457 who was paying IMAN $84 pm for himself, I consider that pretty good but then thats for 1 person not a whole family.

I was paying HCF $92 per month for myself, as was the mrs. I got a new job lately and get a special with MBF cover with same benefits for both in a joint policy $154 pm and then of course it saves me getting hammered in 1% MLS. Not too bad $1848 for the year if I didn't have it we would have been handing over $1700 to the ATO for nothing.

The $680 was over 2 visits for checkup, X-ray, 3 fillings and an incisal pin. Not bad for a reputable practice and not a cheap Chinese chop shop.

daftdave

i have not used this service but i came across it a little while back ,


http://nobledentist.com.au/

boreds11

mandrake04 wrote: »

My friend had a root canal done a few years back and it was cheaper to buy a return flight back home and get it done for next to nothing.

Unfortunately the days of getting it done for next to nothing are long gone. A root canal and crown would start from €1000 upwards in Ireland

Thanks for the info, Lets hope I dont need the root canal done

mandrake04

boreds11 wrote: »

Unfortunately the days of getting it done for next to nothing are long gone. A root canal and crown would start from €1000 upwards in Ireland

Thanks for the info, Lets hope I dont need the root canal done

He is from the North