Looking for a recommended dentist on the North side of Dublin

zeusnero

Hi! I've just recently moved to the North side of Dublin and was hoping that I could get some recommendations on quality Dentists. Had been considering going the Eastern Europe route for some what is sure to be expensive treatment (esp. crowns) but, having done my due diligence, think it would be best to stay and get treatment here that I can be sure is high quality

And this is where fellow boardsies come in

Any help would be much appreciated!!!

zeusnero

also, I would like to have a more even shaded smile - should I be looking to see a prosthodontist as well as a dentist? dentist first presumably?

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What area are you in.

zeusnero

Lyla Strong Briefcase wrote: »

What area are you in.

currently living on the Malahide Road (have car, will travel!)

namoosh

There's a guy over the Drogheda lodge pub in the main street in Finglas who's good and not that expensive, can't remember his name, I'm sure if you rang the pub they'd tell you.

I went to Macedonia two years ago, stayed in a lovely hotel for a week, had 20 crowns done, total cost including flights, accommodation, dental work and taxi was €2,000. A colleague had similar work done in Malaga for about €3,500 excluding accommodation (his in laws have an apartment there). Neither of us had any problems. i wouldn't recommend Hungary or bulgaria.

btkm8unsl0w5r4

20 crowns in a week :eek:.....jesus thats not going to turn out well. 2 years is very early days there namoosh wouldnt be throwing out recommendations just yet. 10 euro says a fair few of them are joined together if not them all?

namoosh

Drew Broad Workaholic wrote: »

20 crowns in a week :eek:.....jesus thats not going to turn out well. 2 years is very early days there namoosh wouldnt be throwing out recommendations just yet. 10 euro says a fair few of them are joined together if not them all?

Hmmm, what makes me think your an Irish dentist? I didn't recommend just recounted my own experience. The surgery in macedonia was better equipped than most I attended here, the dentist and his nurse were trained in the US and spoke perfect english, I was quoted between 18 and 24 k here for the same work, I'm quite happy with the work and the 16k in my arse pocket as opposed to some greedy Irish dentist's. Yes it was a lot to get done in a week and yes it was painful and uncomfortable and yes it was worth it.

Oral Surgeon

namoosh wrote: »

Drew Broad Workaholic wrote: »

20 crowns in a week :eek:.....jesus thats not going to turn out well. 2 years is very early days there namoosh wouldnt be throwing out recommendations just yet. 10 euro says a fair few of them are joined together if not them all?

Hmmm, what makes me think your an Irish dentist? I didn't recommend just recounted my own experience. The surgery in macedonia was better equipped than most I attended here, the dentist and his nurse were trained in the US and spoke perfect english, I was quoted between 18 and 24 k here for the same work, I'm quite happy with the work and the 16k in my arse pocket as opposed to some greedy Irish dentist's. Yes it was a lot to get done in a week and yes it was painful and uncomfortable and yes it was worth it.

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btkm8unsl0w5r4

namoosh wrote: »

Hmmm, what makes me think your an Irish dentist? I didn't recommend just recounted my own experience. The surgery in macedonia was better equipped than most I attended here, the dentist and his nurse were trained in the US and spoke perfect english, I was quoted between 18 and 24 k here for the same work, I'm quite happy with the work and the 16k in my arse pocket as opposed to some greedy Irish dentist's. Yes it was a lot to get done in a week and yes it was painful and uncomfortable and yes it was worth it.

Sounds like you got what you paid for alright......20 crowns in a week that hilarious. Anyone reading this use the search function about dental tourism.

namoosh

Drew Broad Workaholic wrote: »

Sounds like you got what you paid for alright......20 crowns in a week that hilarious. Anyone reading this use the search function about dental tourism.

As I said in an earlier post I am only recounting my own experiences, I have no axe to grind unlike the above poster. I have had no problems, nor has my wife and a number of our friends who have had work done in both Spain and Macedonia over the past decade.

btkm8unsl0w5r4

namoosh wrote: »

As I said in an earlier post I am only recounting my own experiences, I have no axe to grind unlike the above poster. I have had no problems, nor has my wife and a number of our friends who have had work done in both Spain and Macedonia over the past decade.

Sure throw up an (infocus picture with the gums) of what 20 crowns in a week looks like and an X-rays from one of your biannual reviews, if its good I will say so. The only sharp tool I grind is the one I get paid to use to remove shoddy crowns, and I have to sharpen it a fair bit these days.

namoosh

Drew Broad Workaholic wrote: »

Sure throw up an (infocus picture with the gums) of what 20 crowns in a week looks like and an X-rays from one of your biannual reviews, if its good I will say so. The only sharp tool I grind is the one I get paid to use to remove shoddy crowns, and I have to sharpen it a fair bit these days.

I think that as an dentist here you are bit resentful of Irish people forced to travel abroad because they cannot afford the exhorbitant prices charged by dentists here. No one wants to do it, its a miserable experience, they do it because they have to. It shouldn't cost 8 times more to have the work done here!

Sure there are some cowboys abroad, there are plenty here too as I have found to my cost! How many of the shoddy crowns you remove were the work of your colleagues in this country?

I think that as a moderator you should be more objective in your posts. I am not a dentist, I don't work or have any association with any dental clinic here or anywhere else. I had a positive experience with a dental clinic abroad which I related on this site.

You clearly are a dentist or a PR for a dental clinic, you should state this in posts you make to protect your vested interest.

Oral Surgeon

[QUOTE=namoosh;80021734 No one wants to do it, its a miserable experience, they do it because they have to.

I had a positive experience with a dental clinic abroad which I related on this site.
[/QUOTE]

So is it miserable or positive- I'm confused...

namoosh wrote: »

I think that as an dentist here you are bit resentful of Irish people forced to travel abroad because they cannot afford the exhorbitant prices charged by dentists here. No one wants to do it, its a miserable experience, they do it because they have to. It shouldn't cost 8 times more to have the work done here!

Quite the opposite I'm sure, it will cost a multiple of the original quote to fix extensive porrly planned and rapid treatments like we see from abroad... It saves patients money (and discomfort among other things) in the long term to avoid these great deals...

namoosh wrote: »

It shouldn't cost 8 times more to have the work done here!

Good treatment costs proper money in any country. The problem is that they go abroad and buy a Lada and come home and laugh at the idiot who bought a BMW for 5 times the price.... They did not get the same car...

namoosh wrote: »

Sure there are some cowboys abroad, there are plenty here too as I have found to my cost! How many of the shoddy crowns you remove were the work of your colleagues in this country?

Same with every job and profession, there is good and bad everywhere. Difference is that to get the savings by going abroad, patients have multiple high value treatments done in a very short period of time and minimise hotels stays and flights. This limits the quality of work greatly. The best prosthodontist in the world would not do a good set of 20 crowns in a week regardless of how much money you paid so I really can't see how you got a good job in one week nevermind for €100 per crown...!! Local dentists can space treatment and do treatment in stages as it should be done.

namoosh wrote: »

How many of the shoddy crowns you remove were the work of your colleagues in this country?

A few are Irish but most are foreign. If an Irish crown fails, it tends to be a crown or two, but when a foreign job fails- it tends to be a full mouth, I take no pleasure in saying that I see this in your future...

namoosh wrote: »

I think that as a moderator you should be more objective in your posts. I am not a dentist, I don't work or have any association with any dental clinic here or anywhere else. I had a positive experience with a dental clinic abroad which I related on this site.

You clearly are a dentist or a PR for a dental clinic, you should state this in posts you make to protect your vested interest.

Fitz is a dentist and says this all over the forum as am I (as you can see from my user name). We post from experience, you have limited experience of this, sorry if it sounds one-sided to you but we see this stuff everyday...

btkm8unsl0w5r4

Namoosh, I never shill here as many will testify. Also I warn people despite my ability to get financial reward from people getting work done abroad. Of course I Am a dentist,never hidden that fact,and if you search the forum as I recommended before you would see my position.

You have received what I have seen any times, all the teeth are joined together or in big sections, your gum bleed,you can't floss, there is probableylittle pain for the moment, there may be a few chip off the ceramic, they look a bit weird and not really like teeth.

I am sorry to put you down, and me or somebody like me will be seeing you at some point, but I will not allow you to promote dangerous, poor quality dental work the forum.you no nothing about the quality of the work, but I bet you know it looks off and that something is not quite comfortable. Advanced dental work is not something you need, it's something you wanted and couldn't afford. Now unfortunately you baugh low quality, that the biggest rip off of all.

Iopenly offer you a free consultation in my clinic to asses your work ( I am a crown and bridge specialist) I will x-ray it and take photos, if you allow me to put them up here.then at least you will know what wrong with it, and what your recommending to others.

namoosh

Drew Broad Workaholic wrote: »

Namoosh, I never shill here as many will testify. Also I warn people despite my ability to get financial reward from people getting work done abroad. Of course I Am a dentist,never hidden that fact,and if you search the forum as I recommended before you would see my position.

You have received what I have seen any times, all the teeth are joined together or in big sections, your gum bleed,you can't floss, there is probableylittle pain for the moment, there may be a few chip off the ceramic, they look a bit weird and not really like teeth.

I am sorry to put you down, and me or somebody like me will be seeing you at some point, but I will not allow you to promote dangerous, poor quality dental work the forum.you no nothing about the quality of the work, but I bet you know it looks off and that something is not quite comfortable. Advanced dental work is not something you need, it's something you wanted and couldn't afford. Now unfortunately you baugh low quality, that the biggest rip off of all.

Iopenly offer you a free consultation in my clinic to asses your work ( I am a crown and bridge specialist) I will x-ray it and take photos, if you allow me to put them up here.then at least you will know what wrong with it, and what your recommending to others.

They look fine, they feel fine, I've no pain and no bleeding, no missing chips, no swollen gums, no abcesses. Mouth feels good, I can bite and chew.

I didn't go for cosmetic dentistry, the work was necessary. My colleague went to Spain, an EU country, had similar work done there for 1/6 of the price here, are you saying that your EU counterparts aren't up to scratch either?

If standards are so high here and prices so reasonable why don't we have dental tourists?

I'm not promoting anything, just relating my experience, its up to each individual to make their own mind up. You on the other hand .......

Oral Surgeon

namoosh wrote: »

Drew Broad Workaholic wrote: »

Namoosh, I never shill here as many will testify. Also I warn people despite my ability to get financial reward from people getting work done abroad. Of course I Am a dentist,never hidden that fact,and if you search the forum as I recommended before you would see my position.

You have received what I have seen any times, all the teeth are joined together or in big sections, your gum bleed,you can't floss, there is probableylittle pain for the moment, there may be a few chip off the ceramic, they look a bit weird and not really like teeth.

I am sorry to put you down, and me or somebody like me will be seeing you at some point, but I will not allow you to promote dangerous, poor quality dental work the forum.you no nothing about the quality of the work, but I bet you know it looks off and that something is not quite comfortable. Advanced dental work is not something you need, it's something you wanted and couldn't afford. Now unfortunately you baugh low quality, that the biggest rip off of all.

Iopenly offer you a free consultation in my clinic to asses your work ( I am a crown and bridge specialist) I will x-ray it and take photos, if you allow me to put them up here.then at least you will know what wrong with it, and what your recommending to others.

They look fine, they feel fine, I've no pain and no bleeding, no missing chips, no swollen gums, no abcesses. Mouth feels good, I can bite and chew.

I didn't go for cosmetic dentistry, the work was necessary. My colleague went to Spain, an EU country, had similar work done there for 1/6 of the price here, are you saying that your EU counterparts aren't up to scratch either?

If standards are so high here and prices so reasonable why don't we have dental tourists?

I'm not promoting anything, just relating my experience, its up to each individual to make their own mind up. You on the other hand .......

Post a picture so.... (a good picture)

btkm8unsl0w5r4

namoosh wrote: »

If standards are so high here and prices so reasonable why don't we have dental tourists?

I'm not promoting anything, just relating my experience, its up to each individual to make their own mind up. You on the other hand .......

Dental tourists come for price, we have good dentistry not cheap dentistry. I have a good few patients that travel to see me as do many other dentists. However I don't recommend people have treatment with me if they live far away for all the reasons I said before. If I was doing 20 crowns, it would take about 3-6 months over 10-15 visits, can't be traveling for that.

I have seen maybe 300 cases of dental tourism now, I am just relating my experience that is 300 times greater than yours. I know for a fact that 20 crowns in a week is impossible without terrible quality. I also know what I am looking at which you don't (hence the dental tourism clinics can get away with heinous work). When you use words like the look fine and feel fine its hardly a rousing recommendation of the thismiserable experience

My offer stands, if you really are recommending other do this then post pics or allow me to take pictures for you.

People no Names, recommendations by PM only thanks.

namoosh

I doubt your objectivity. if I run into problems I'll post here, unlike you I have no agenda.

lorriemac

Very nervous patient looking for a kind and gentle dentist in Dublin north area. The dentist I had for 28 years has retired and I'm lost without him. Any advice or help greatly appreciated. Thank you. Lorraine

SVI40

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