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Dentist in Northern Ireland

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  • 17-06-2014 10:35am
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    Nappy
    Registered Users Posts: 329 ✭✭


    I have to get 6 fillings and want to see is there a possibility of fixing a chip in my front tooth. I have also noticed my bottom set of teeth are becoming mis-aligned. I imagine this is going to be very expensive and want to get a quote from Northern Ireland.

    Every time I go to the dentist in Ireland I feel like I'm being robbed. I am never given any quotes, I am just asked to get on the chair, open my mouth, pay a lot of money and to come back next week.

    If anyone has journeyed up or lives in Northern Ireland I would really appreciate a PM as it is urgent for me to sort out my dental issues.

    Thanks all


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    btkm8unsl0w5r4
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    There is no longer a price differential on basic dental work between the north and south, unless you compare the cheapest dentist in the north to the most expensive in the south or vice versa. I would get an estimate from a local dentist first as multiple days off work and multiple travel expenses (not to mention to terrible sterling conversion at the moment) will wipe out any potential minor savings.


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    Dianthus
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 933 Mod ✭✭✭✭Dianthus


    Nappy wrote: »
    Every time I go to the dentist in Ireland I feel like I'm being robbed. I am never given any quotes, I am just asked to get on the chair, open my mouth, pay a lot of money and to come back next week.
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    All dental practices in the ROI are obliged by the Irish Dental Council to display their prices. There is some onus on you as a consumer to check prices beforehand. No one forces you to sit in the chair& have treatment.
    Ask for a verbal or written quotation before having treatment. Pointless complaining about price afterwards; like going for a meal without asking for the menu!


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    tooth_doc
    Registered Users Posts: 130 ✭✭tooth_doc


    Pointless complaining about price afterwards; like going for a meal without asking for the menu![/QUOTE]

    i would add eating the meal and only then worrying about the price :D


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    scano001
    Registered Users Posts: 26 ✭scano001


    I was going up north for a while as I to felt that every visit to my southern dentist was costing a couple of hundred euro. After a crown and an insert, I needed a filing in a back tooth. It was filled but became painful, I went back and had it redone, still painful. They took an x-ray and said my tooth was cracked and they recommended root canal and a crown, mega money. As it happened sterling and euro went the wrong direction and I postponed the work. After a couple of months in pain I went to a local dentist who replaced the painful filling and I'm brand new again. The practise in Newry seemed to have a different set of dentists every time i went there and maybe this should have been a warning to me. So, caution if you plan to go north get stung in sterling is much more expensive.


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