Daniella Modern Tux wrote: » With so many visits and their associated costs , would you not be better using that money to pay for a dentist here? I go to a dentist in slovakia when over visiting the in-laws but i certainly wouldn't fly over multiple times in a matter of weeks to see him. I'm over this month and wanted a check up and clean. He couldn't fit me in , not a problem. My wife had him do a crown, but again she was over for 2 months anyway with the kids and had time to return if she had any issues.
Daniella Modern Tux wrote: » i certainly wouldn't fly over multiple times in a matter of weeks to see him.
davo10 wrote: » Dental hospitals are always less expensive than private clinics, if you are having treatment in Trinity/UCC/Queens DH they are all cheaper. All clinics have itemised billing, root canal treatment is one price, an amalgam/composite filling another, why were you so offended by being asked to pay for the filling? If the standard of treatment is good, sounds like you are on a winner but if worst case scenario you need 10 RCTs and your bite needs to be changed, you are in for a hell of a lot of treatment. A bite between upper and lower front teeth is very tight, most often people who have filings in front teeth which subsequently chip have the next filling shape altered to allow for the load sometimes at the expense of lowering the cosmetic result. The necessity to do this only often only becomes apparent after the filling chips, not before.
Makood wrote: » I wasn't offended, price for root canal was displayed but I had guessed a filling was part of it. It was never made clear it was extra. edit.. can a RCT be done to completion without a filling? Yes I agree. The dentist made no secret of the amount of work involved. Am I on a winner? Only time will tell. I am confident though. I'm sure there will be a few hiccups along the way but hopefully they can be identified and treated at source and not become an issue when I get back. Again, I'm not turning this into an Irish versus Foreign debate!
Kynlee Glamorous Underachiever wrote: » OP - 10 root canals and I presume the associated crowns, and bite reorganisation is complex work. Indeed 10 root canals is an unusually large amount and suggestive of a hyper aggressive style of dentistry seen in eastern europe, that so often in my experience (which is extensive) leads to significant physical, emotional and financial problems for the recovering dental tourist. I would suggest you read my signature and think about it. This sort of a job is one that will have profound effects on your life if it goes wrong. I can assure you that standards vary wildly between dentists As the job gets more complex...the dentists needs to be better to achieve a good result. Its your mouth to gamble with, report back.
Stheno wrote: » I used have two root canals, and neither were crowned. About eight years later one of them completely crumpled and had to be removed. I'd be asking about crowns tbh
Kynlee Glamorous Underachiever wrote: » Shhhhhhhuuuush......dont spoil the fun
Makood wrote: » Yes, there will be crowns on two teeth. A photopolymer on another. Sorry to spoil your fun Fitz. For the record, the 2 root canals I had previously in Ireland had no crowns. Maybe that's part of the reason I am getting so much work done now. For you, as a professional, whether you agree with what I am doing or not, your comment above is disgusting. Makood
Oral Surgeon wrote: » Ah Makood, Fitz is being a prat because you have chosen to ignore the wealth of information on Boards about this very topic... The benefit of boards and chat rooms in general is to get advice and learn from others mistakes... You are doing neither and are trumpeting this treatment as deadly even before the dust settles. I hope that your treatment goes well but expect that it won't... I suppose that it is down to what you are satisfied with, we had a previous dental tourism poster who was delighted with treatment despite it falling apart after a few years and needing it all redone at his/her own cost!! A photopolymer eh??
Kynlee Glamorous Underachiever wrote: » The 6 stages of dental tourism. 1. Justifying the decision you already made. (after becoming the "knowledgeable mark" through research). Aggravation with anyone that hold a contrary opinion. 2. Overstatement of satisification with treatment in order to justify decisions already made. (YOU ARE HERE) 3. Happy phase where nothing is going wrong for a bit. 4. The realization phase of the scale of the issues, multiple opinions. (this is a private phase and get no done publicity) 5. Ignoring the issues. as they are too expensive to fix (this is a private phase and get no done publicity) 6. Acceptance and retreatment, this time with a knowledge that the disease processes that caused the issued need to be controlled through long term effort and monitoring. Prevention and oral care. In 10 years moderating this forum....I have seen it all before and am rarely proved wrong. Maybe this time you will get lucky, but the general tone and content of your updates does not fill me with hope.
larksinaspic wrote: » I suggest that people mainly post here when stuff goes wrong with their dental tourism. I'm sure that there must be plenty of success stories. Maybe people going abroad typically have to have loads of work done, so they are less likely to get desirable results. Is the suggested inference that the unfortunates from eastern Europe have no access to a reasonable standard of dental care in their home countries? My personal experience is that I got two root canals done in Ireland, with no crowns, and they were not successful. I went abroad and got them re-done. The dentist was able to show me photographs of the work in progress. It took them hours to do the work - although this may have been because they had to re-do work done by an Irish dentist. they showed me x-rays of the gaps left in the filling made in Ireland My conclusion? - not much I can draw from that. Maybe not all Irish dentists are good and not all foreign dentists are bad.
larksinaspic wrote: » I suggest that people mainly post here when stuff goes wrong with their dental tourism. I'm sure that there must be plenty of success stories. Is the suggested inference that the unfortunates from eastern Europe have no access to a reasonable standard of dental care in their home countries? My personal experience is that I got two root canals done in Ireland, with no crowns, and they were not successful. I went abroad and got them re-done. The dentist was able to show me photographs of the work in progress. It took them hours to do the work - although this may have been because they had to re-do work done by an Irish dentist. they showed me x-rays of the gaps left in the filling made in Ireland My conclusion? - not much I can draw from that. Maybe not all Irish dentists are good and not all foreign dentists are bad.
Stheno wrote: » I have a desperate fear of dentists, in most cases I have to be crying in pain before I go to one. I found a great one in Dublin (through reccomendation) and he was the business, took care of my teeth for years. Then I had to travel and couldn't get to him so went to another dentist, it was a horror. I've gone back to my old dentist and now block out that time work wise so I see him. My conclusion: Find a dentist you are comfortable with, who is close to you, and can establish a good relationship with you, my "normal" dentist used slag me a little to my OH about how nervous I was, but I appreciated that as he recognised it. I'm never gonna fly to Ukraine or Latvia to see a dentist tbh.
Makood wrote: » Stheno, I'm the same as you. I have always had dreadful fear of dentistry. No difference in the treatment I got here to Irish apart from prices which I have tried to explain. My Irish dentist was a nice guy-I just cannot afford it. Did I agree with his pricing-no. But this thread is not solely about pricing. Anything but. Did I agree with his diagnosis-How can i say accurately? I'm an engineer not a dentist. (I hope I'm not proved wrong here) But the reason I picked Ukraine, and the practice (medical hospital) is that it's my wifes home city. We have a kid who needs to see his grandparents-So it's two birds with one stone. I have seen the horror stories (fitz). I walked away from Hungarian dentists as stated before. If it goes wrong for me, I will at least admit it.
Makood wrote: » Stheno, I'm the same as you. I have always had dreadful fear of dentistry. No difference in the treatment I got here to Irish apart from prices which I have tried to explain. My Irish dentist was a nice guy-I just cannot afford it at the moment. Did I agree with his pricing-no. But this thread is not solely about pricing. Anything but. Did I agree with his diagnosis-How can i say accurately? I'm an engineer not a dentist. (I hope I'm not proved wrong here) But the reason I picked Ukraine, and the practice (medical hospital) is that it's my wifes home city. We have a kid who needs to see his grandparents-So it's two birds with one stone. I have seen the horror stories (fitz). I walked away from Hungarian dentists as stated before. If it goes wrong for me, I will at least admit it. If I have a negative about here, and it's maybe not a negative, it's that one dentist does not cure all. The lady for the last 2 days is a therapist. I meet a surgeon for extractions/implants. For cosmetics it's another man. I'd rather it otherwise but it is as it is.
Stheno wrote: » Good luck with it, key thing for me is being able to get to my dentist A month after a root canal I had to see him due to complications and saw him next day you can't do that if they are abroad
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