Dental work in Eastern Europe

[dandywarhol]

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I had my teeth done in Turkey.When I got off the plane at Heathrow the security guards thought they had found Shergar.

[A Quiet Monkfish]

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One of the boys in the pub went to Turkey to get his teeth seen too.

£7K lighter, 2 weeks home and they’ve started moving around his mouth

Bit like this ?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lTMiQsMH1g

[tforturton]

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I was in Istanbul recently, and we saw a lot of people (mainly men) with the classic tell-tale signs of hair transplants. The hair is shaved very short, and they always wear a headband, but with the 'new' transplanted hair clearly visible. Very straight rows of implants, with the skin very red. It was odd - once you noticed one, you were spotting them everywhere. I don't think it's exaggerating to say we must have seen dozens of men, all with the same giveaway signs - and that's just the ones who crossed our path. Not just in the airport, but around the city as well. We also saw a few women with the old plaster across the nose - where they'd had their nose 'fixed'.
Seems it's big business over there at the moment.

[jimmyscoular]

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I was surprised to find out recently that the United States does not accept British dental credentials. British-trained dentists wishing to practice in the United States may get a restricted practice license or else undergo extensive additional training. Canadian dentists are good to go, however.

The U.S. does accept British physician licenses. So, that's good.

[Heathblue]

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Just coming back to this, my implant treatment starting with tooth extraction began before Xmas 2022 in December i think it was, might have even been November, I was back in again today for the scan which is used to make the implanted tooth, the socket was inserted a couple of months ago, i have an appointment in two weeks for the implanted tooth to be fitted, which will mean that the whole process for one implant will have taken circa 7 months, the guy doing it has been very very good IMO with no pain at any time, it does make me wonder how you could get a full set of knashers in a couple of weeks going abroad, there must be some short cuts going on? or UK dentists are stretching it out to justify the cost !!!!

[MacAdder]

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Just coming back to this, my implant treatment starting with tooth extraction began before Xmas 2022 in December i think it was, might have even been November, I was back in again today for the scan which is used to make the implanted tooth, the socket was inserted a couple of months ago, i have an appointment in two weeks for the implanted tooth to be fitted, which will mean that the whole process for one implant will have taken circa 7 months, the guy doing it has been very very good IMO with no pain at any time, it does make me wonder how you could get a full set of knashers in a couple of weeks going abroad, there must be some short cuts going on? or UK dentists are stretching it out to justify the cost !!!!

As Neil Diamond says, money talks.

I'm sure that if all parties involved in the process were available and under one roof they could sort it out in a matter of days, if not hours.

Still a bit of a risk but depending on your financial situation, it might well be one worth taking.

[jon1959]

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Just coming back to this, my implant treatment starting with tooth extraction began before Xmas 2022 in December i think it was, might have even been November, I was back in again today for the scan which is used to make the implanted tooth, the socket was inserted a couple of months ago, i have an appointment in two weeks for the implanted tooth to be fitted, which will mean that the whole process for one implant will have taken circa 7 months, the guy doing it has been very very good IMO with no pain at any time, it does make me wonder how you could get a full set of knashers in a couple of weeks going abroad, there must be some short cuts going on? or UK dentists are stretching it out to justify the cost !!!!

I had an implant fitted at the end of January - almost 12 months after my first visit to the specialist dentist and 16 months after the broken tooth was extracted. It could have been done quicker, but there was a first consultation and x-ray, two visits to put a bone graft in (cow bone!) to ensure there was enough bone to take the peg, a four month wait whilst the graft fused with my own bone, a three month wait to ensure the peg was fully secure and the bone had grown around it, then an impression (and colour match) and manufacture of the implant, and finally fitting - with a further appointment for adjustment if needed (it wasn't) and then 3, 6 and 12 month check up appointments. Apart from the stitches for the bone graft, it was fairly straightforward and comfortable. I can't see how that process can be reduced to a couple of weeks (even if no graft is needed).

[dandywarhol]

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My daughter had to have five teeth extracted before having her brace fitted
She’s 23 now so it was seven years ago
The private dental clinics in Cardiff quoted £16-1800 for the surgery
Luckily l knew the receptionist who told me about a private dental clinic on Chepstow Rd Newport
I gave them a call and after a consultation was quoted £600
Apparently it would have been the same dental surgeon who works out of Moriston Hospital
Google the clinic it’s bound to still be there if you want another quote

What's the name of the dentist? Please.

[chrisp_1927]

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I'm sure there are many great dentists out there. My teeth were absolutely destroyed mind by a polish butcher (can't refer to him as a dentist) based in a surgery in canton.

I'm sure he's not representative though. Difference in price is crazy

[Des Parrot]

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Just a single gap halfway back. Got used to it now, by gum.

Brother had his done in Poland, where the technology is meant to be top notch, he says.

I think the service in Poland varies as with anywhere else. My wife’s had work done whilst we were living there, the first guy she refused to go back too. The second, female, dentist was excellent.

Just on the comment about doctors in North America, we met a British doctor during our recent tour, now working in Canada, specialising in leg trauma, told us his salary is 6x what he was getting in the UK and that he’s just moved hospitals in Vancouver, and a they paid a transfer fee for him.

[Forest Green Bluebird]

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My daughter had to have five teeth extracted before having her brace fitted
She’s 23 now so it was seven years ago
The private dental clinics in Cardiff quoted £16-1800 for the surgery
Luckily l knew the receptionist who told me about a private dental clinic on Chepstow Rd Newport
I gave them a call and after a consultation was quoted £600
Apparently it would have been the same dental surgeon who works out of Moriston Hospital
Google the clinic it’s bound to still be there if you want another quote

Good deal

[life on mars]

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I'd go to Llanrumney, piss someone off , ones dental problems solved.

[Heathblue]

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I had an implant fitted at the end of January - almost 12 months after my first visit to the specialist dentist and 16 months after the broken tooth was extracted. It could have been done quicker, but there was a first consultation and x-ray, two visits to put a bone graft in (cow bone!) to ensure there was enough bone to take the peg, a four month wait whilst the graft fused with my own bone, a three month wait to ensure the peg was fully secure and the bone had grown around it, then an impression (and colour match) and manufacture of the implant, and finally fitting - with a further appointment for adjustment if needed (it wasn't) and then 3, 6 and 12 month check up appointments. Apart from the stitches for the bone graft, it was fairly straightforward and comfortable. I can't see how that process can be reduced to a couple of weeks (even if no graft is needed).

This has been the exact sequence of events for me but didn't require the bone graft.

[pipster]

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I know someone that went to Hungary - and like you said it was a hotel with a hospital above, thermal springs, health spa type place etc
22k quoted in the UK, 11k quoted in Hungary. He took his laptop and worked 'from home' over there

[Keyser Soze]

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Poland’s health standards are good. Cheap, too. They are really good on sports science too. I used to pay £170 for a cryo-chamber visit in London back around 2014. In Poland, £50.

I had my tooth extraction done in Peru. £150 it cost me back in 2006 in my six months travelling South America. Not the most confident going in, given how ropey the rest of the country is. Dental standards were far better than the UK and dentist’s English was perfect, although I could natter away in Spanish with them.

Cuba I had some minor tooth work done as well as a top third of my front gnasher split when I accidentally bit on a mango stone - dental service is part of their health service. Unbelievable health standards there, although rest of country’s services is rickety as Steptoe’s shop.