A Tooth

[corkscrew]

The other day I chipped a tooth.

I immediately drove over to Bumrungrad Hospital to have it tended to. Bumrungrad is a private hospital that feels more like a 5 star hotel than a place where you go to get yourself fixed. It greets you with valet parking. The atrium lobby rushes you with at least half a dozen restaurants in case you feel more 'peckish' than ill (*) ... [but there is no stand alone bar for someone who wants a little bracing before facing the needle or knife]. ... Best of all, there are no long tedious forms to fill out: one swipe of your American Express card performs miracles. The nurses are all svelte and beautiful. There are no long waits before a doctor or dentist will see you (**). And, when you do see him (or her) you will be confident that you are in competent hands: he'll be an Asian Dr. Kildaire or Rex Morgan MD. From start to finish you are treated like a pampered guest. Check-out is simple; your medication is in the same envelope as your credit card receipt.

Watcharee reminded me that most of the local people have their dentistry done on the street ... almost literally. Just two blocks away from River Garden a street ('soi') dentist has set up shop on the sidewalk right next to the entrance to our local 7/11. He has choppers to go!

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(*) OK, most people don't make this a destination for food.

(**) The waiting area is devoid of people who look really sick. Moaning children or old ladies coughing up gobs of blood ... well, that would take a star or two off the five that the place deserves.

[cooL_guY_corY]

The other day I chipped a tooth.

I immediately drove over to Bumrungrad Hospital to have it tended to. Bumrungrad is a private hospital that feels more like a 5 star hotel than a place where you go to get yourself fixed. It greets you with valet parking. The atrium lobby rushes you with at least half a dozen restaurants in case you feel more 'peckish' than ill (*) ... [but there is no stand alone bar for someone who wants a little bracing before facing the needle or knife]. ... Best of all, there are no long tedious forms to fill out: one swipe of your American Express card performs miracles. The nurses are all svelte and beautiful. There are no long waits before a doctor or dentist will see you (**). And, when you do see him (or her) you will be confident that you are in competent hands: he'll be an Asian Dr. Kildaire or Rex Morgan MD. From start to finish you are treated like a pampered guest. Check-out is simple; your medication is in the same envelope as your credit card receipt.

Watcharee reminded me that most of the local people have their dentistry done on the street ... almost literally. Just two blocks away from River Garden a street ('soi') dentist has set up shop on the sidewalk right next to the entrance to our local 7/11. He has choppers to go!

 

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(*) OK, most people don't make this a destination for food.

(**) The waiting area is devoid of people who look really sick. Moaning children or old ladies coughing up gobs of blood ... well, that would take a star or two off the five that the place deserves.

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what did you get done to fix it? how much was it? did they cap it or have to do more extensive shit to it? just curious cause my gF chipped a TOotH when she was drunk a couple days ago

[corkscrew]

The other day I chipped a tooth.

I immediately drove over to Bumrungrad Hospital to have it tended to. Bumrungrad is a private hospital that feels more like a 5 star hotel than a place where you go to get yourself fixed. It greets you with valet parking. The atrium lobby rushes you with at least half a dozen restaurants in case you feel more 'peckish' than ill (*) ... [but there is no stand alone bar for someone who wants a little bracing before facing the needle or knife]. ... Best of all, there are no long tedious forms to fill out: one swipe of your American Express card performs miracles. The nurses are all svelte and beautiful. There are no long waits before a doctor or dentist will see you (**). And, when you do see him (or her) you will be confident that you are in competent hands: he'll be an Asian Dr. Kildaire or Rex Morgan MD. From start to finish you are treated like a pampered guest. Check-out is simple; your medication is in the same envelope as your credit card receipt.

Watcharee reminded me that most of the local people have their dentistry done on the street ... almost literally. Just two blocks away from River Garden a street ('soi') dentist has set up shop on the sidewalk right next to the entrance to our local 7/11. He has choppers to go!

  

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(*) OK, most people don't make this a destination for food.

(**) The waiting area is devoid of people who look really sick. Moaning children or old ladies coughing up gobs of blood ... well, that would take a star or two off the five that the place deserves.

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

what did you get done to fix it? how much was it? did they cap it or have to do more extensive shit to it? just curious cause my gF chipped a TOotH when she was drunk a couple days ago

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1200 baht covered it all....temporary tooth and new one later.