Dental Work

[marmite]

I am needing to get a couple fillings done and since I am heading over to Thailand in February was wondering approximately what I can expect to pay over there and if it would be worth it for me to hold off till i get there.

I am in Canada and getting this done over here will cost me approx. $300 CAD so around 9000BHT Also....if it is a better deal can anyone recommend any reputable dentists

Thanks in advance!

[tracker]

It's cheaper here for sure, but you have to know where to go. In the middle of bangkok it might be even more expensive then in Canada.

Example: I needed a crown: rootcanal treatment, insert of a pin, attachment of crown to pin.

A dentist somewhere in uptown bkk wanted to charge me 12000 baht for rootcanal treatment only. It's been done by a dentist 30km outside bkk and the whole thing cost me 10.000 bht, incl the crown. that also included 4 rootcanal treatments.....

but what do you do when your fillings get problems afterwards? go back to thailand to claim something??

bytheway, stay away from amalgam fillings: 50% mercury, use composite stuff

[marmite]

but what do you do when your fillings get problems afterwards? go back to thailand to claim something??

bytheway, stay away from amalgam fillings: 50% mercury, use composite stuff

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Yes that is true. That is why I am looking for someone reputable so hopefully I dont have any problems afterwards. Getting a filling is a pretty simple procedure. I don't think that i would get anything more than that done Any idea what fillings cost over there?

And yes....i would definitely get the composite stuff.

[tracker]

never above 1000 bht/filling, assuming it needs to be filled only from one side. If however a tooth is missing sides/broken, then it might go slightly higher. They charge per side/filling. so, your mileage might vary.

Opposite of mahidol (pronounced "mahidon") university in salaya (45min taxi trip from bkk) are a couple of dentist I know of. No idea about the name though, it is all thai written on the window. Dentist speaks english... good luck

[karazyal]

I am needing to get a couple fillings done and since I am heading over to Thailand in February was wondering approximately what I can expect to pay over there and if it would be worth it for me to hold off till i get there. 

I am in Canada and getting this done over here will cost me approx. $300 CAD  so around 9000BHT  Also....if it is a better deal can anyone recommend any reputable dentists

Thanks in advance!

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I needed a cracked tooth fixed, top and 2 sides price was under 1000 baht ($25 U.S.) Six months previously I used the same dentist to check a minor gum infection (Xray and antibiotics was around 500 baht if I remember correctly.) The dentist was located in Pattaya on Central Pattaya Rd. In January I'll be going back to for another filling or two (different teeth.)

A lot of the dentists are trained in Australia, Britain or the U.S. The dentist and his assistant spoke English pretty good. The dentist I used was recommended by some "full time" Pattaya expats. There are lots of dentists in Pattaya!

Al