Dentists
Sep 13th 2007, 10:50 pm
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Dentists
What are the dentists like in NZ? How expensive are they? I've just cracked a filling on a chicken nugget (of all things) and am booked in for this afternoon...
Sep 13th 2007, 10:58 pm
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hi jacky g here
i think you are roughly $200ish for a filling.....
i got tooth ache 3 days after arriving
had to go to dentist....ended up having to get root canal treatment at a cost of $1,500
apart from the cost the dentists are, imo much better than back home....
i even got a face massage from dentist when she was finished
i think you are roughly $200ish for a filling.....
i got tooth ache 3 days after arriving
had to go to dentist....ended up having to get root canal treatment at a cost of $1,500apart from the cost the dentists are, imo much better than back home....
i even got a face massage from dentist when she was finished
Sep 13th 2007, 10:59 pm
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Si-I'm with you brother! One of my teeth has cracked,died and gone to the bi spit-sink in the sky,but it aint sore,so I aint going. Good luck though mate. If I told you about the bills I don't think you'd go!!
Sep 13th 2007, 10:59 pm
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You'll pay somewhere between NZ$100-200 if you have the filling replaced. My last filling a couple of years ago cost NZ$130.
Sep 13th 2007, 11:18 pm
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Cheers guys, i know i don't need root canal as that was down back in the UK, the tooth is dead, it's just still in my mouth for cosmetic reasons...
Sep 13th 2007, 11:31 pm
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If you want a recommendation, my mother goes to the dentist at North City Plaza.
Yep, North City. Above the shops there is a floor of offices and there is a dentist office in there.
My mothers description of the dentist was “very good, no fuss, didn’t try to convince you to have work done you didn’t want/need” . I think she also said he didn’t talk much. But personally, I think that’s ok.
She got a filling done last week because she bit into a piece of chocolate. It cost her $145
Yep, North City. Above the shops there is a floor of offices and there is a dentist office in there.
My mothers description of the dentist was “very good, no fuss, didn’t try to convince you to have work done you didn’t want/need” . I think she also said he didn’t talk much. But personally, I think that’s ok.
She got a filling done last week because she bit into a piece of chocolate. It cost her $145
Sep 13th 2007, 11:37 pm
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If you want a recommendation, my mother goes to the dentist at North City Plaza.
Yep, North City. Above the shops there is a floor of offices and there is a dentist office in there.
My mothers description of the dentist was “very good, no fuss, didn’t try to convince you to have work done you didn’t want/need” . I think she also said he didn’t talk much. But personally, I think that’s ok.
She got a filling done last week because she bit into a piece of chocolate. It cost her $145
Yep, North City. Above the shops there is a floor of offices and there is a dentist office in there.
My mothers description of the dentist was “very good, no fuss, didn’t try to convince you to have work done you didn’t want/need” . I think she also said he didn’t talk much. But personally, I think that’s ok.
She got a filling done last week because she bit into a piece of chocolate. It cost her $145
Sep 13th 2007, 11:45 pm
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If you want a recommendation, my mother goes to the dentist at North City Plaza.
Yep, North City. Above the shops there is a floor of offices and there is a dentist office in there.
My mothers description of the dentist was “very good, no fuss, didn’t try to convince you to have work done you didn’t want/need” . I think she also said he didn’t talk much. But personally, I think that’s ok.
She got a filling done last week because she bit into a piece of chocolate. It cost her $145
Yep, North City. Above the shops there is a floor of offices and there is a dentist office in there.
My mothers description of the dentist was “very good, no fuss, didn’t try to convince you to have work done you didn’t want/need” . I think she also said he didn’t talk much. But personally, I think that’s ok.
She got a filling done last week because she bit into a piece of chocolate. It cost her $145
Sep 13th 2007, 11:51 pm
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I take it they do take EFTPOS?
Sep 14th 2007, 12:12 am
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Sep 14th 2007, 12:20 am
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I also have to have some kind of sealant on some back teeth, a clean and polish, and a couple of little fillings, total estimated cost, $2600. But I think that must include the replacement root canal so it should be quite a bit less than that.
Thankfully, they will accept installments!
Sep 14th 2007, 12:55 am
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Where's this dentist Jude? I cracked a tooth just before coming out here, on a pizza 
and want something done as it's near the front of my mouth
and want something done as it's near the front of my mouth
Sep 14th 2007, 1:12 am
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Simon, whatever you do, do NOT get the tooth pulled! Even if the root canal has been done, headaches, neckaches and backaches have all been linked to something as simple as having a tooth pulled. Two of my wisdom teeth have never "erupted" (love that word for teeth!
) and my dentist is leaving them in as they're straight. He said it would be very detrimental to take them out.Just ask for gas and you'll be fine, I never go to the dentist without getting gas now!
