Anyone had a dental crown done in the last couple of years?

[konisaan]

I'm looking to get a crown for one of the middle back teeth. Quoted 15,000 for ceramic or 8000 and 12,000 for different metal grades from Elite Smile near Pantip. I was wondering if these prices are reasonable. It's not a complete implant, but a crown (where they reshape what's left of the tooth and put a cap on it).

 

I've heard some people get their dental work done at various hospitals. Don't know if there are any pros and cons to this.

[lopburi3]

Seems reasonable per current price list here

http://www.bangkoksmiledental.com/prices.php#prices_prosthetics

 

Most hospitals have dental clinics within but price will normally be inline with the general costs of the facility.  So cheaper in a government teaching hospital to more expensive in top private hospital.

 

Larger dedicated dental clinics should be fine - what you want is someone who does this work as their primary job as medicine and dental is specialist here. 

[CaliTransplant]

The prices you were quoted sound vaguely like what I paid a year or two ago at Dental4You for a crown. They did a good job and rather quickly, too. One day they did the impression and prepared the stump. The crown was ready a day or two later. On the next visit they popped it in, spiffed it up, and sent me on my merry way -- 30 minutes, tops. I've been going there for 5 years. http://www.chiangmaidental4you.com to view their current prices. 

[Peterw42]

I paid around 10,000 for a ceramic crown a couple of months ago, variables would be if root canal is required, size and type of crown etc.

[amexpat]

1 hour ago, CaliTransplant said:

The prices you were quoted sound vaguely like what I paid a year or two ago at Dental4You for a crown. They did a good job and rather quickly, too. One day they did the impression and prepared the stump. The crown was ready a day or two later. On the next visit they popped it in, spiffed it up, and sent me on my merry way -- 30 minutes, tops. I've been going there for 5 years. http://www.chiangmaidental4you.com to view their current prices. 

Me too.

 

FWIW ceramic crowns (less expensive usually) are ok for front teeth - hence "cosmetic" but metal is better for the hard grinding molars. 

 

 

[lopburi3]

Porcelain fused to metal with quality of gold under making seal with tooth the cost difference factor would be normal (higher quality gold is softer so should seal better).  

[elektrified]

The prices are pretty much the same from clinic to clinic. If you get a full metal one made (non-nickel), then it will be made locally and there may be a little room for negotiation. But if you get a metal/porcelain crown, or full porcelain one, then it has to be made at one of a few labs in Bangkok and the price is fixed. Gold crowns are sold by the Baht weight so the price fluctuates. They are also made in Bangkok as well as the palladium crowns.

 

FWIW my dentist told me that the full metal or full porcelain crowns are better than the metal/porcelain ones. He showed me one and the porcelain layer is quite thin. He said he has seen quite a few in which the porcelain layer breaks off.

[Puwa]

Chiangmai Dental Hospital on the superhighway has the best price/quality/service for crows. Had one done last August but don't recall price.

[amexpat]

CAW! CAW!

[gk10002000]

I think the 15,000 for ceramic is high.  I just had two done here in the USA and my dentist is top of the line and has the machine right there.  He electronically measures the tooth with a probe thingy, sends the data into the machine and while I sit there for about 30 minutes the crown comes out.  he does a few trial fits and final shaping then cements it int.  I used to have a "discount" dental plan and I payed about 850 bucks for the root canal and crown.  I just had an old crappy metal crown replaced as a small cavity had developed and I switched that one to a ceramic crown also.  Sorry I don't know the cost as my dental plan covered everything.  But ceramic should be cheaper and quicker so the prices you quoted seem a bit off

[gk10002000]

16 hours ago, amexpat said:

Me too.

 

FWIW ceramic crowns (less expensive usually) are ok for front teeth - hence "cosmetic" but metal is better for the hard grinding molars. 

 

 

I used to believe that and I always got Gold, not just metal crowns in my back molars.  But those new ceramic materials where they make the crown right there in the dental office are the way to go.  No more sending an imprint out to get made.  The dentist makes the ceramic crown in like 30 minutes, and the novacain is still in effect. I just had a crown replaced and it was a thing of beauty.  He pulled the old gold crown off.  Fixed a small cavity that was developing, touched a few things up, electronically measured the crown, the machine mills it out and he puts in after a few last minute bite and grind tests.  Go ceramic and go to a dentist that has that proper ceramic machine in his office

[lopburi3]

They are not common here AFAIK so would cost more to pay for machines.  Dental work here is not very cheap in any case, unless you use a soi clinic with questionable sanitation.