I am sourcing competent Doctors and Dentists in Chiang Mai for my people ( parents, friends, children).

Humanitarians, post your Testimonials here!

I will follow up with one of my own...

If you post, can you please distinguish between the type of experience that you had with a practicioner.

Heresay = second hand info

Witness = first hand info

There are situations where heresay in witness accounts blend, please see below for my account of a dental clinic in Chiang Mai

Background relating to the topic: I have been in the dentists chair for 1 root canal, 1 wisdom tooth extraction, routine work. I have reviewed the training procedures used by the University of British Columbia.

A friend of mine runs a clinic using state of the art (probably not found in Thailand?) techniques in implants (growth factors from bone marrow)...

Fortune Dental Clinic http://www.fortunede...c-thailand.com/

Heresay: I friend recommended this clinic, saying the work done was good, facilities and techniques used were modern.

Witness: I took my mother to the clinic for an initial consultation. Mother had a previous estimate from a dentist in Canada, a root canal and a crown. Estimated price was on the order of $7,000.

Mother and father were suitably impressed and signed on.

Findings = Positive

Facilities: met general western standards.

Staff: met or exceeded western standards

Techniques: met of exceeded western standards

Work done: Root canal and gold crown, 3 visits.

Results: Mother one year later is very satisfied with the results.

Cost: $1700