DeadVim

The job as proof reader fell through then?

lesleys

I'm part way through a dental implant - I have the titanium implant but not the tooth yet. You have to wait for the bone to regrow around the implant before the tooth can be attached. My implant is being guaranteed for 30 years but I have to have it checked annually to comply. Cost is just short of $6K before Medibank makes a contribution. It's not something to undertake without easily available support, IMHO.

eugene43

Just remember it is the dental technician who does 85% of the work & gets paid about 10% of the over all cost.

lesleys

Then why doesn't this technician retrain as a dentist?

fish.01

Ouch...my crowns in oz totalled $1150 each. I guess that's around 520 quid on a cost of living basis.

Amazulu

Tough titty. Go back to school and become a dentist.

eugene43

I did forget to say it still leaves me with a £76,000 take home pay after tax so you see what the dentist gets.

roaringmouse

Wish my wife who is a dental technician (though currently on a break from that) would get that much! She used to work in the Newbury area last time we lived in the UK.

eugene43

Whats her name ? I used to work for broughton & tyrell. I have now stared up my own Lab for the last 9 years.

Kooky.

Yes, I had 16 crowns done in Singapore (that's not a typo, I do mean sixteen) when I lived there. They cost me under A$6k in total, done by a UK-trained dentist. They're fab. (They'd cost more these days though, am sure.)

I'll be seeing him next week when I stop over No hygiene worries in Singapore, and he's also an implant specialist so let me know if you want his details.

gillianskeoch

I would love his details . x

roaringmouse

She worked for Precision in Thatcham - although being Australian, most of her experience has been with Qld Health when she lived up there.

spuddyo

Dentists fees seem to vary a lot too depending upon where you are. I used to go to a surgeon in Sydney when I was working down there ( because it was close to work ) but then found up here on the coast it's way cheaper. It might be worth contacting a surgery in a nearby smaller town / suberb and compare prices.

I also worked with a bloke who needed lots of work doing, and was quoted $5000 after the initial consultation . He offered the dentist $4000 cash, and he agreed - so there's no harm in asking.

Margaret3

Funny enough was gonna mention singapore as my friend here is from there and told me she would make an appointment there with her dentist for me

Kooky.

There are tons of good dentists in Singapore - much as there will be in most other asian countries I'd say, including Thailand. Bangkok has some world-class hospitals and dental facilities. A lot of the surgeons will be western-trained.

The issue to me is, if you need major work doing, are you prepared to stay for an extended period or make multiple trips there, and what happens if something goes wrong and you need emergency treatment? (I've made the same point on cosmetic surgery threads, especially having been through that myself in good old England.)

I can give you several names of Singapore-based dentists that my friends use for routine work, root canal work, wisdom teeth, etc. Most of them are in "local" surgeries, not the expatty ones where they charge you a fortune because they know your company provides insurance.

I go to mine because he was my routine dentist when I was there, then did my major cosmetic work, and I trust him and his lovely staff to look after me. I always stop over on the way back from the UK so it doesn't cost me a flight but, if I needed more major work, it would be worth paying. Koala Kim goes to him too, at my recommendation. drstevenang.com

(And on a whole other topic, I'm getting my eyes checked out there next week too. I have a slight bleed in the back of one eye and my friend's dad is an eye surgeon, so I'm getting a second opinion )