Dentists

[chopperreed]

hi friends,

I have been smoking waaaaaay too long and would like to get my teeth cleaned (laser) and get a quote for any other work considered?? necessary by a dentist. Any thoughts, ideas, recommedations, personal experiences in regards to the phuket dentist scene.

I have a friend who has just had an xray done to reveal a problem with one tooth, he has been handed a quote for 42000Baht to repair the tooth. Sounds way over the top and very much western prices. He is now living on pain pills.

I have scanned these pages back to august last year. Not much in there about the dentists here in phuket (I live in town), so i thought i give it a go and possibly (hopefully) stimulate some new thoughts and/or discussion.

Any thoughts, help or personnal experiences and/or approx costs re; phuket town or at the beaches dentists for laser cleaning, quotes (do they charge for initial consultation), do they charge for putting a quote together.

look forward to responses, thnks, choppa

[Patong Bob]

Chopper, I thought you got your teeth fixed in the nick last time.

Isn't ear replacement what you're looking for ?

If you can be bothered coming to Patong there is a dentist highly recommended by several people, good prices, little pain. I can't remeber the name off hand, but she is on Song Roi Pee, about 20 meters north of Sawadirak Road, opposite the Hole In The Wall pub.

[Kiwi/Thai]

I have been to and taken a whole lot of friends to Karon Family Dentist. They have the nicest staff and most up to date technology I have seen anywhere. They are reasonably priced and seem to have a large farang client base. You can find them across the road from O'Mally's? eng pub in the Karon Plaza

[chopperreed]

Chopper, I thought you got your teeth fixed in the nick last time.

Isn't ear replacement what you're looking for ?

Gidday, thanks for the quick responses.

Now, patong bob yes the "broken" teeth were fixed, but back then "cosmetic" dentistry was'nt on the top of ol choppas "must do" list and if i was to get the bloody ears fixed then i reckon no buggar would recognise me, but i must say i would'nt mind wearing a pair of sunnies, without them falling off all the ###### time.

Any ways thanks again and any other info on dentists would be great, cheers

[sadman]

I had mine done at Phuket International Hospital a couple of months ago. They were outstanding and if I remember rightly, the full whitening biz cost 5,000 Bht and now I look like a film star (well I think so, anyway). The checkup was 1,000 including X-Rays and a clean, and my daughter had a small filling which costs 200.

PIH is almost directly opposite Tesco Lotus, before you get to Big C.

[kasi]

The dental clinic at the Bangkok Phuket hospital is very professional and reasonably priced.

[naka]

Try this as a guide.

http://www.silomdental.com/dental_bangkok/...e&duration.html

Naka.

[logbags]

There used to be a good dentist at the Phuket Mission Hosptital in town. Just act like Ned Flanders and you'll be right. It is run by the Seventh Day Adventists so wear your rosary beads and you'll be ok.

I went for a blood test for diabetes and was in an out in 45 minutes for a 400 baht charge. It is very cheap for most things so if you get really crook go there.

I had my teeth cleaned in Soi Nanai and it was 800 baht for a clean and polish. If you have any major work go out in the sticks. In Nakhon you can get a tooth pulled for 300 baht.

Mind you, like Dentists world wide they can ll give a different diagnosis. Laser polishing is 10,000 baht in Phuket.

Like all things I even negotiate at the Dentist for a discount. The Pharmacy at the corner in Soi Nanai gives me HUGE discounts as I just haggle and haggle. I get at least 30%-40% off.

Everything in Patong is negotiable as there is so much competition.

[logbags]

Chopper

I forgot to mention a clean and scale is about 300 baht in the Provinces. It really depends on how much time it will take and how dirty your teeth are. Most of the Dentists in Patong pay big rents or paid a big quid for the building so don't be too quick to condemn them as rip offs.

In Patong they usually want a monkeys hand for a cut and polish. I paid 800 as the guy had free internet in the waiting room and even some stick books to read.

I got my two front teeth capped in 1985 for 2000 baht and I still have them. They still look fine. The Dentist at the mission Hospital then was a old Dutch orthadontist.

She was telling me she actually identified two of Charles Sobraj's murder victims by their dental work as he had burned the bodies.

She had been in Thailand for years. She'd be dead now I guess. She was at least 70.

I have very crooked teeth. She mentioned braces for me but I had no money. I regret that.

[sonthaya]

Here is an other good one :

Patong Beach Dental Clinic 1990

Address: 132/2 Ratuthit Rd.

Patong, A. Kathu

Phuket 83150

Telephone: 076 344 096

Mobile: 01 891 4265

Fax: 076 344 096

Email: patong_dental.thaimail.com

[jts-khorat]

I never had such a problem with dentist work in Phuket before; maybe the quotre was for a very complex operation, but even then it would seem very high.

Pulling out a festering wisdom tooth cost me in the small dentist clinic just 100m upstreet from Patong Hospital around THb 1,000 (with extra injections against the pain). Operation time: 25 mins until the thing was pulled successfully.

[Patriot]

In addition to SONTHAYA's, my regular is the one about 50+ metres on the left up Sainamyen Road from the 200 Bpee traffic lights.

Dent.Care Clinic

76 Sainamyen Road

Patong

076 296 495

No Rip Offs !!