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Re: Dentist visit
Originally Posted by budcolin
(Post 8592222)
I had root canal done last week:thumbdown: for $900:eek:
Next time I go I'm going to ask the dentist to put a bigger mask on while he's robbing me:rofl: |
Re: Dentist visit
My wife is a dentist so I dont care :rofl:
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Re: Dentist visit
Originally Posted by Edo
(Post 8593699)
My wife is a dentist so I dont care :rofl:
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Re: Dentist visit
Originally Posted by dbd33
(Post 8593746)
A dentist in Canada?
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Re: Dentist visit
Originally Posted by Edo
(Post 8593776)
Not in Canada yet, but she'll have to get herself registered once we move over. I know she'll have to pass exams etc for that purpose. Thats whats she tells me
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Re: Dentist visit
Originally Posted by The4BellsLondon
(Post 8592728)
I am sorry, but why do people need to have their teeth cleaned by the hygienist - can you not clean and maintain them yourself??
I have never had to have mine cleaned or scaled and polished! I suppose it depends a lot on your teeth too. If you have perfectly arranged teeth and a brush/ floss reaches all the corners you might get away with it. Mine are not exactly straight inplaces, and there are spots where plaque / tartar builds up that escape the attention of both brush and floss. Its like night and day before and after the hygenist, who of course is also on the look out for other problems too. I think of it as an insurance policy against far more expensive problems years down the line. Dentistry here is certainly better than I experienced in the UK, but thank God for benefits to pay for it! |
Re: Dentist visit
Originally Posted by HPJOS
(Post 8592088)
I went to the dentist today to have a couple of "minor" fillings done. The whole process was (almost) completely relaxing apart from the drilling. I was highly impressed with the patient care and the actual photographs taken of the teeth to see the beginning, middle and end were very interesting and much easier for the untrained x-ray reader like me to understand what they were actually doing.
The damage - $888!! Luckily my work health plan covers just about all of this but I almost fell over, I though she said $8.88 to start with thinking she had put the claim through my insurance already. And this was with the new dentist I have not the old one... So a snap shot of potential minor work costs for you if heading to the Calgary area. So keep brushing, flossing and avoid sweetened & fizzy drinks:) Helen . |
Re: Dentist visit
Originally Posted by dbd33
(Post 8593784)
Rather more than that. Search on biiiiink's old posts, her husband is a dentist. Getting him reformatted for Canada involved them having to live in Winnipeg.
My dentist is from Casablanca and trained in France. She only had to do one exam when she came to Canada. We discussed this a few weeks ago. Bestest dentist I ever had. And the prettiest. |
Re: Dentist visit
Originally Posted by dbd33
(Post 8593784)
Rather more than that. Search on biiiiink's old posts, her husband is a dentist. Getting him reformatted for Canada involved them having to live in Winnipeg.
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Re: Dentist visit
Originally Posted by Edo
(Post 8593861)
Thanks dbd. I'll get her to have a look at that. I hope its not extremely tough to work in Canada as a dentist for new immigrants
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Re: Dentist visit
Originally Posted by el_richo
(Post 8593817)
Wow, i think you have been ripped off with that. My last visit to the dentist in Vancouver set me back ~$300 if i recall correctly for 2 fillings and all the trimmings that come with it.
. I really do think they treat the plan you have rather than the patient, but as I said in my first post the palative care was fantastic and I would rather see this dentist whom I actually like and is professional. The first one I had spent half the time in the room discussing his new car with the hygenist!! |
Re: Dentist visit
Originally Posted by Souvy
(Post 8593836)
Really?
My dentist is from Casablanca and trained in France. She only had to do one exam when she came to Canada. We discussed this a few weeks ago. Bestest dentist I ever had. And the prettiest. - qualifications to be converted by taking a course (one year, two? long enough that they bought a house near the school anyway) - course covered only stuff he already knew - some issue about residency being required and hardly any places being available making it difficult to get in Maybe it was problematic that his qualification was from the UK, perhaps he could have gone to France, requalified there and challenged the Canadian exam. Perhaps the rules have changed. Perhaps it's different in Quebec. |
Re: Dentist visit
Originally Posted by Souvy
(Post 8593836)
Really?
My dentist is from Casablanca and trained in France. She only had to do one exam when she came to Canada. We discussed this a few weeks ago. |
Re: Dentist visit
Originally Posted by dbd33
(Post 8593879)
I'm not claiming to be an authority but my memory of the story is:
- qualifications to be converted by taking a course (one year, two? long enough that they bought a house near the school anyway) - course covered only stuff he already knew - some issue about residency being required and hardly any places being available making it difficult to get in Maybe it was problematic that his qualification was from the UK, perhaps he could have gone to France, requalified there and challenged the Canadian exam. Perhaps the rules have changed. Perhaps it's different in Quebec. Either way, I asked her a very direct question and got a very direct answer. "mmmmm mmmm gag mmmm gag mmmmm" "I just had to sit one exam". |
Re: Dentist visit
Originally Posted by Edo
(Post 8593881)
On here? Could you send me the link to that post please? Dont mean to hijack this thread but we have just started our research on how can my wife get registered in Canada so we'll appreciate any sort of help or would like to hear from people who have done it
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