rumbletum

Hi Wheezy

Just saw that you are from our neck of the woods (well 8 months ago !)
Havent been to the dentist yet although my husband has been for a scale and polish which cost $120 if I remember correctly... so yeah a bit pricey. My youngest needs braces - told by our dentist in Sutton to have it when she is around 11 (she is 9 so we have started saving )

Good luck with the process.... seems like yesterday that we left drizzly old Midlands for our new life in Sydney... but I do miss the Streetly Balti and the Asian Grill... you guessed it, the Indian restaurants here are pretty shocking!

NickyC

Both my kids had braces in Sydney. $4000 each and a first-class job. You get billed over the whole 3-year (average) period so don't have to find it all at once and can claim against your health fund over the three years. We paid 8 instalments of $500 spread over three years. The fee includes everything, all checkups and the endless visits you have to have for adjustments, follow-ups etc.

By the end of it, I knew the orthodontist almost as well as I knew my own husband.

rumbletum

thanks for that Nicky, doesnt seem so bad after all... and it sounds as though it was worth it in your case. I have very crooked teeth which were never sorted as a child so I am prepared to pay for my little one whatever the cost.

jad n rich

When people have been quoted $4000 for braces was that recently? like in 2005? I mean three years is a long time inflation wise here, in 2001 my health insurance was $122 now its set to go over the $200 next month.

We have two quotes and the cheapest is $7600, which is similar to what people have quoted in other threads on orthodontics.


Mrs Dagboy
Dental van in qld operated in high school, but only until they were 16. No treatment after that.

melibeam

My oldest son started orthodontic treatment in London (free on NHS) but since coming to Melbourne, the new orthodontist has recommended that he restarts treatment here as they use different fittings. So the UK braces will be removed and Oz ones put on. If I had known this we would not have started orthodontic treatment in the UK as he now has to start over again. The quote for the work here is approx $6000.

My daughter has also just commenced orthodontic treatment here and the quote for her is $5000. I wanted to wait until older son had finished his treatment before she could start (so as to not spend so much money at once) but was advised against this, the orthdontist said it would not be in her best interests!

We took out private health insurance but this wont cover any of it as there is a waiting period and then it covers very little unless you have been paying into it for years.

I am now preparing myself to pay money to the orthodontist for a very long time, lets hope he takes installments!

Phoenixuk2oz

Get your teeth done in UK!!

If you aren't "Wheezy" when you go in...you certainly will be when you come out :scared: The cost of dentistry here is enough to take anyone's breath away

I had toothache a few weeks ago. Went to see dentist who advised X-ray and root canal filling for over $1,000 :scared:

I made do with X=ray..... and antibiotics...... and ran

jad n rich

Looking ahead again, What the hell would a set of false teeth cost here. :scared:

Since the orthodontic saga it crossed my mind, now I keep noticing older aussies have missing teeth or worse still just gums

Phoenixuk2oz

Lose the teeth, keep the gums..... and pay someone to chew for ya.

Would be cheaper

Quinkana

Try eBay or Estate Auctioneers.

MrsDagboy

Hey Janey, which dentist was that? Did you try the one just up on Preston Rd? Thats the one we use, he's good (for a dentist) :scared: .

Thanx jadnrich, I half expected it to stop at year 7.

Stormz

Hmmm, scary.

in 2000 we needed to get a couple of minor things done to our teeth, and got charged £30 each just for the initial consultation. We decided to wait till our holiday in Perth and see our old dentist there... Dr. Gaserowski (probably not the right spelling... he`s in the Carousel area of the Albany Highway).

It turned out MUCH cheaper (what with the good exchange rate) to have our teeth sorted out in Perth (inc getting one of my wisdom teeth out... that was fun ) than if we had done it in the UK.

jad n rich

Always wondered what happened to them (the teeth) once people well er, had no further use for them :scared:

Phoenixuk2oz

He's the one on Randall road, next door to bakery

MrsDagboy

Try Anthony Barrett, 172 Preston Rd it's the other side of the roundabout on Preston Rd (where Wondall Rd joins) from you, ph 3396 2985.

Give him a call & ask him how much for a root canal treatment, doesnt hurt to ask!

Phoenixuk2oz

Cheers Robyne. Will try yours when I pluck up courage to go back i.e when the sodding toothache starts again

My dentist was only a small guy. I was worried I'd hurt him if he hurt me