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Suicide is not generally performed in panic.

Just about impossible to kill yourself from an overdose of prescription medicines. Who is going to choose poison as a means of ending it all given how painful that is too? If he died of self inflicted gunshot wounds, why would the family question that and why do it in a car park rather than a hotel? I don't blame the mother for questioning the police verdict.

I was questioning it because I did not know he was at the foot of a high building. Having said that, I would question the many reported suicides of foreigners jumping from high buildings. It's not easy to do and if he had hopped across to Cambodia could have found a much more pleasant way to finish off his life.

Wouldn't you prefer to do any of these in your hotel room as your final act in life? Also if serious about suiciding, you're not going to do it in a place where people might find you and call for medical assistance.

Yeah, obviously, but what method of suicide other than leaping from a high rise would result in you dying in a car park?

If you suicided in Bangok, why would your body be found in a carpark?

If he got the PM post he wouldn't have needed to resign.

I reckon a long jail sentence would be more effective than any of the over the top suggestions here.

Gee you people take things the wrong way. The original point of my post was that I need an endodontist and and the Dental hospital was mentioned. I checked reviews and found a lot of negative comments about the organisational side of the place but said I would still go there for the availability of specialists and microscope equipment. Reviews are a useful guide to the quality of services - I always read 100s of them when choosing a hotel, an airline, an insurance company or a restaurant. My concern here is the quality of dentistry and the equipment availability for complicated procedures rather than whether I am going to be likely to wait an hour or two for an appointment or 25 minutes for my bill. I totally agree that generally a small clinic with an ongoing relationship with a single dentist would suit me far better long term - but not for two root canals.

The criticism of poor communication relates largely to that between the dentist and staff (resulting in the wrong kind of dentist being assigned to a case), including when it come to making up the bill, but also includes the difficulty of making an appointment because no one picks up the phone. I accept your good experience as the norm. I take the criticism on board and plan around the worst happening, but ultimately it's the skill of the practitioners with which I am concerned.

There are over 150 reviews and only a 3.2 average, which is way below any other dental establishment. The poor reviews are largely concerned with poor communication, administration, waiting times rather than the dentists, though even they don't escape criticism with a few names mention (who I would avoid or be wary of). The move to On Nut really seems to have expose some of the flaws. There is actually a really good apartment place in which to stay nearby, and I like the situation of On Nut, but I would definitely book myself to stay in the area a week beyond the appointment time, such was the negativity I read in the comments about the organisation rather than its practitioners.

No one puts sugar on fries.

(They actually have 6 microscopes) I understand you and appreciate your advice and opinions. The onus is on me to then do my own research and not blame anyone but myself if I make the wrong decision. With Thailand's harsh defamation laws I can fully understand you not wanting to be critical of other practices. Your information actually helps me select a dental option in my own country, such as selecting an endodontist over a dentist for a root canal on a tooth where there is not much back up in my mouth if anything goes wrong. Keep up the good work. I find this thread really useful.

I asked about root canal and also read on the BIDH website that they only have one endodontist and appointments are very difficult. However, having read all the reviews of the Dental hospital, if I was flying in and out of Bangkok for booked treatment, I am not sure I could trust the dental hospital. The vast majority of bad reviews are of management and reception as well as deceptive pricing, though there are several that are critical of the dentists too. The most negative reviews are post 2018 since their move to On Nut. Many people complaining about long waits for treatment and for their bill, as well as treatment not being completed within the planned time frame. On the basis of the many reviews I read, I could not trust this place if I was not a resident of Bangkok.

It's not very well reviewed.

I assume that by dental hospital you are referring to is the one in Silom not the BIDH in Sukhumvit. The former doesn't get reviewed very favourably and there are few reviews compared to BIDH. Personally, I find hospital or clinic recommendations a bit difficult to truly observe because it's the individuals working within those places in whom I need to have faith rather than the overall reputation of the establishment. With hospitals and clinics that have different people for different roles, it's almost impossible to truly establish the worth of a place as you could be dealing with so many different people. I have used BIDH in the past for simple procedures such as teeth cleaning and am suspicious of their methods. For root canals and implants you need to have some knowledge regarding the competence of the person performing the task.

He said it was an Australian restaurant that put sugar on fries, something which as an Australian I have never come across.

I lived there 6 months in 1995 after 5 years in Bangkok and found it much more expensive than Bangkok. I had a car too which meant I did not have to deal with the transport mafia. I couldn't get out of Phuket quickly enough.

So long as the Russians largely confine themselves to Phuket I don't particularly care as it's an area of Thailand I have no desire to ever again visit.

Are there good endodontists in Thailand? May need a couple of root canals on back lower molar and wisdom tooth. Given the jaw has lost about 50% of the bone, I'd be paying for root canals on teeth that may not last long enough to justify a high cost. Not much chance of an implant with so little bone, but the bone has been stable for 4 years, the teeth are firm and perform a vital function. I need to keep them. Someone mentioned a relationship between jaw bone quality and other bone areas - I started getting osteoporosis at around 40 yrs of age. I am going for a 3D scan of the area next week.

Are you saying that bone grafts to provide more bone for an implant is useless because bone does not grow? If so, why do so many people have bone grafts before implants?

That was then, this is now.

I think you missed some key points. You need to reread the article and the charges he is facing. And if you think it is OK for a mid 20s teacher to film himself having sex with a 16 perhaps 15 year old student and remove her from her home against her parent's wishes, you are clearly deluding yourself regarding the implications of this situation for the ticktocker.

Do your research. It does not matter. Don't know why you are defending this sleaze given the video he made, the age at which he recruited her, the fact he is her teacher and the parents' complaints. Not to mention the complaints and dismissal from a previous school.

America can take action against any citizen having underage sex overseas as can Australia.