Considering a dental implant in Cork

Do they charge for a consultation, or will they tell you the cost over the phone?

My own dentist doesn't do implants, and she recommended a place and said that sometimes they rather the tooth not be extracted in advance so they can do it all. The people she recommended rang me and said I'd need to see two consultants, one for the extraction and one for the implant. €200. I don't have money to burn so this kinda got me worried, as it looks like that was just talking about taking the tooth out and talking about the implant. That's why I wanted further recommendations. I don't want Dr Nick, but I don't want to be overpaying either

Dav010 wrote: »

The first appointment will be a consultation to examine the area where the tooth is to be replaced with an implant, take the necessary xrays, discuss the treatment with you, outline and risks and plan your treatment. The second will be to extract the tooth, graft if necessary or do an immediate implant placement. When you go to see a medical surgeon to diagnose a problem and plan treatment, you don’t usually expect to have surgery the same day.

Ah yeah, I totally get that, but my dentist had already told me I need the tooth extracted, so I thought would I be better off just go back to her and get it out, that would cost €100 and job done. Seems a waste to go to another consultant who is going to tell me the same thing and pay them €100 for them to tell me that, and then another €x to have it extracted by them at a future date, no?
Then I'd just see the one consultant with them to talk about the implant treatment etc. rather than seeing two consultants

Dav010 wrote: »

If you feel you want to save money, crack on, but if there is a defect in the bone when it comes to placing the implant, the additional cost of a graft will have to be accepted by you if you wish to proceed. Implant surgeons like to remove the tooth as they will be careful to ensure the buccal plate of bone is kept intact if possible and occasionally, if bone quality is good and no infection, they may be able to place the implant immediately. You are going to invest a lot of your time and money on this, you might save on the extraction, but pay more if the site needs to be grafted later. Your call.

That's what I thought myself, that they would rather pull it themselves and that they might be able to put the implant in at the time also, that's why I held on to it in the first place. But the receptionist at the clinic who phoned me said that it doesn't matter to them at all whether the tooth was there or not. I was surprised to hear it, as I had thought that what you were saying was correct, and I've no interest in saving money that would result in future problems, but at least from what you were saying the receptionist was incorrect in what she said - that makes me feel a bit better actually. I even asked her a second time as I was a bit taken aback, and she said it doesn't matter at all to them. Strange.
Also, why two consultants? Shouldn't one be able to do the job you outlined above?

Dav010 wrote: »

One places the implant, the other does the cosmetic phase.

So this would be the case with any implant process then? €200 and two consultations on the first day?