Sharon B

Hello, I live in Ayamonte and I could do with some advice. My husband and I ventured to Vila Real to visit the dentist for the first time since we moved here. We had been told that Portugal would be cheaper. I paid 60€ for a check up and polish and my husband paid 120€ for a check up and 1 filling. That`s a total of 180€!! Don`t get me wrong the dentist did a good job. But we were left reeling over the price. Is this the norm? We paid a lot less in the UK. Can anyone recommend any other dentists in the vicinity or have any other suggestions. At this rate I can`t see us going to the dentist for regular checkups!!

Mitzyboy

I paid about €120 for one filling and root canal work iirc which took 2 appointments

A filling is €40 , and a visit is €15 if you need a cap tightening - shes Spanish

davidpayne

Which one did you go to as I need to go, I didn't think it would be that expensive/??

What about the one in Ayamonte just up from the BP garage has anyone been there?

Margaret and Derek

A friend of ours went there last week and had an x ray and filling cost 50 euros. She was very pleased with treatment and said they speak a little english.

nelliemoo

Hi Sharon, I have been to the dentist ' Davico' next to the Mercadona and commercial centre in Ayamonte. Check ups were free and i went back to her on my next visit and as one of my fillings broke off, she repaired it and only charged me 42 Euros, when in England the same job was £125.

Very friendly, speaks little English. But well worth the visit.

03630

I previously posted this:

I don't suppose I am allowed to name and shame but let me share my experience.

I broke a large filling which I knew would most likely require a crown.

1st visit inspection and x ray. 30 minutes late and 30 Euros
2nd visit Hygienist 30 minutes late 43 Euros
3rd visit 30 minutes late. I asked about the treatment and eventually discovered that the dentist was proposing 5 brand new fillings and 2 crowns. When asked about price he was very evasive. We agreed a knockdown rate of 600 Euros for 2 crowns, (starting from 800 Euros) but he was reluctant to start. Eventually he revealed that unexpected complications (like root canal work) could double the cost. It took me another 15 minutes to convince him I just needed a repair to my broken filling. He agreed but tried to anaesthetise the opposite side. Again when questioned he wanted to put fillings in teeth previously unfilled and do the repair at a later date. Another 10 minute conversation and I finally got my repair. A hastily smeared blob of amalgam across two teeth. Cost 100 Euros.
Total cost 173 Euros and I now have to seek more treatment because I cannot floss the gap.

Obviously I am prepared to accept the language-cultural thing but this really was low grade treatment and hardly the price that I was led to believe.

I have since had a second opinion in the UK. The UK dentist stated that the work I received wasn't great but was OK. He agreed the 5 small fillings were unnecessary.

With the pound/euro rate as it is there is definitely not much to choose in the price. Maybe as in everything there is good and bad everywhere.

Sharon B

I hadn`t ventured to the one mentioned in Ayamonte because I had been told not to by a couple of Brits. But next time I think I will. I am hoping that my Spanish will get me by. Its worth a try at those prices!!