Need price for root canel and cap

[BigDUSA]

I just returned from a 15 night cruise where I broke a tooth biting into a chicken tender. Headed over to my family Dentist and he gave me a tempory filling for $92USD and informed me I need a root canal and cap done on the tooth and it would cost $1500USD. Cheap Charley that I am, I started to think I could fly to Pattaya using frequent flyer miles and stay for two weeks and come out ahead. What I need is the cost of having this work done in Pattaya and the name of a good local Dentist?

[ThaiLearner]

Hi

 

In June 2008 I went to B.K. Dental clinic on soi Buakhao (inbetween soi diana and soi Lk)

 

I had a steel pin put in and a crown for 10,000 baht approx the service was great and I had no problems if I need anymore work I would have it done there.

[short]

I just had a tooth capped yesterday here in the states. I have to wait two more weeks for the permanent cap to come in from the lab. How do you deal with issues like that on short vacations in Pattaya?

[Kev]

Last Sep I was in Pattaya and had a 4 tooth bridge (basically two caps over old teeth and two falsies) put in at Bangkok Pattaya International - cost me 33,000 bahts but back here in Australia was going to cost me $3,000 AUD just for the one tooth bridge.

 

It was all done over 3 appoitments within 10 days, great service and the appointment time was the ime you saw the dentist not waiting for hours after the appoitment time.

[xen]

I just had a gold crown done - approx 15,000 baht . The BG's love gold crowns cos if you have a heart attack in the middle of the action they can at least salvage something from the night .

 

I went to Royal Palace Dental Clinic - 2nd road , opp where the plane is nose diving into Sizzlers.

 

Ask for Boontha. She is so sweet and charming, and classy and beautiful and ..................and if you have ever fantasized about a beautiful lady dentist inserting her fingers into your oral cavity then this is the place for you.

[Guest anto1]

Dental Cafe ,Jomtien price is 8,000 baht for a root canal ,and 6,000 baht for a cap .

[som nam na]

I just returned from a 15 night cruise where I broke a tooth biting into a chicken tender. Headed over to my family Dentist and he gave me a tempory filling for $92USD and informed me I need a root canal and cap done on the tooth and it would cost $1500USD. Cheap Charley that I am, I started to think I could fly to Pattaya using frequent flyer miles and stay for two weeks and come out ahead. What I need is the cost of having this work done in Pattaya and the name of a good local Dentist?

 

I paid GBP 750 in the UK for root canal and gold crown. Seems UK prices are similar (xrate movemnts excepted) to US prices. Where possible I use the dentist in Pattaya International hospital. Not had anything major done but the clean and scape is the best I have ever had and at 25% of the cost in the UK

Edited November 20, 2008 by som nam na

[jacko]

Some chicken 'tender' that! Might want to change your restaurant and your dentist! Was the tooth so badly broken as to warrant a root canal? I have had teeth capped without ever needing a root canal. The old tooth was prepared in one visit and an impression taken, temporary cap fitted. New cap fitted at an appointment a week later. I think that week could have been reduced had I pressed. Total cost about 10,000.

[kaiser71]

Sorry to hear about your tooth.

 

If it's any consolation, $1500US is a good price. $900 Root canal ~ hour of work for a dentist = highway robbery, IMO. Take the 'medical vacation' just for the principle of it.

[Cookie Monster]

You might want to check out this German dentist. He's excellent, ultra professional and his charges are comparable to Thai dentists.

 

German Dental Co Ltd (Lab Technology International Co Ltd)

Thappraya Rd, Soi-9,

gdental@loxinfo.co.th

038-251289

038-251232

(Dr. Michael Schlatter)

[Guest anto1]

Sorry to hear about your tooth.

 

If it's any consolation, $1500US is a good price. $900 Root canal ~ hour of work for a dentist = highway robbery, IMO. Take the 'medical vacation' just for the principle of it.

 

 

A root canal takes 3 or 4 visits of one hour each .

[MM]

I just had a root canal and a crown put in. Took 3 visits and cost 5Kb for the root canal and 10K b for the crown. SMILE Clinic across from Tuk Com.

[Guest anto1]

I just had a root canal and a crown put in. Took 3 visits and cost 5Kb for the root canal and 10K b for the crown. SMILE Clinic across from Tuk Com.

 

 

Are you sure that it was not the other way around .The root canal cost me more than the crown .

[ThaiLearner]

Are you sure that it was not the other way around .The root canal cost me more than the crown .

 

 

When i had my crown done for 10,000 it was the best i could get they did have a cheaper one for 6,000bht.

[MM]

Are you sure that it was not the other way around .The root canal cost me more than the crown .

 

I was told it depends on the location of the tooth for the root canal. Mine was a front tooth, so it might vary.

[BigusDicus]

I was told it depends on the location of the tooth for the root canal. Mine was a front tooth, so it might vary.

 

Generally front teeth have two roots. Molars have three roots. 50% more labor and parts.

[jacko]

Generally front teeth have two roots. Molars have three roots. 50% more labor and parts.

What 'parts' are required for a root canal? I only ever had a tooth ground to a stump and then capped. The crown was the expensive item. Edited November 21, 2008 by jacko

[AWSAFM]

Just to (hopefully) help clarify, front teeth typical have 2 roots, corner teeth typically have 1 root, molars have 3 or 4 roots. Of course, dentists charge per root. There really aren't any parts, the root canal is mostly labor. A good mechanic could do it. The root is cleaned of tissue, abscess, and blood supply, and then packed with inert material. The "parts" are the cap (crown), which sometimes also requires a metal post.

 

I wish I didn't know all this, but I've had so many of em I've lost count (6... maybe 8...). And no, the painful part isn't the root canal, I've gotten so accustomed to them I fall asleep during the procedure (without gas). The painful part is paying. (That's the patient on the left)

Edited November 22, 2008 by AWSAFM

[Obsession]

Sounds expensive. I just had root canal work done in the uk. The NHS pay some of it, but the dentist doesnt tell you how much they charge them. My part of the payment was £97.50. ( 5,000bht)

[AWSAFM]

Obsession, I'm curious, which tooth? If it was a molar, that's an exceptional price. Did it include the cap? Of course, we don't have NHS here in the US, because NHS = Socialism and Socialism = Communism. (That's the American public on the left).

[kaiser71]

Sounds expensive. I just had root canal work done in the uk. The NHS pay some of it, but the dentist doesnt tell you how much they charge them. My part of the payment was £97.50. ( 5,000bht)

 

Wow, you get dental too! The cheapest here for a molar is $800-900 root canal, $550-800 crown.

 

A root canal takes 3 or 4 visits of one hour each .

 

One visit more than for a crown, one hour with the Endontist. I think the price is so high partly because it is surgery, and therefore opens them up to possible liability.

[Guest anto1]

Sounds expensive. I just had root canal work done in the uk. The NHS pay some of it, but the dentist doesnt tell you how much they charge them. My part of the payment was £97.50. ( 5,000bht)

 

 

I lived in the UK in the 80s and 90 s and dental treatment was almost free then on the NHS ( i know its more now ).That is why my teeth are not so bad now .

[BigusDicus]

QUOTE(BigusDicus @ Nov 22 2008, 03:08 AM)

 

 

Generally front teeth have two roots. Molars have three roots. 50% more labor and parts.

 

 

 

What 'parts' are required for a root canal? I only ever had a tooth ground to a stump and then capped. The crown was the expensive item.

 

 

'parts' was more of a joke Jacko. Actually there is a small filler unit that is sometimes placed in the canal after the root is bored out. Technically a part.....

[mbiggs]

I must say I have had dental treatment for a broken tooth that was fixed from a dentist in Soi 8, I forget the name but it is near the corner when you enter from the middle of Soi 7.

 

Excellent job and cost only 800 bhat. As far as the UK goes, I had a root canal done and it was almost free on the NHS. I met one Aussie guy of UK parentage who advised me that he was heading off to UK as he had a UK passport for dental treatment.

 

He advised me that the cost of the flight and acommodation with mates and family with a bit of spending money would work out cheaper than getting it done in Sydney and he gets a free trip in the meantime.

[nariad]

I must say I have had dental treatment for a broken tooth that was fixed from a dentist in Soi 8, I forget the name but it is near the corner when you enter from the middle of Soi 7.

 

Excellent job and cost only 800 bhat. As far as the UK goes, I had a root canal done and it was almost free on the NHS. I met one Aussie guy of UK parentage who advised me that he was heading off to UK as he had a UK passport for dental treatment.

 

He advised me that the cost of the flight and acommodation with mates and family with a bit of spending money would work out cheaper than getting it done in Sydney and he gets a free trip in the meantime.

 

 

Your mate won't get it for free on the NHS(unless he's over65)a crown costs £198 ,and its Base metal .Root Canal work costs £198.If he can find a NHS dentist,theres plenty here who can't.