Korean Job Discussion Forums

discostar23 · Joined: 22 Feb 2004 Location: getting the hell out of dodge

what's the deal on dentists in south korea. I've read mixed tales of good and bad. I need general work done, re-doing old fillings, caps maybe...a pull or two, that's about it. Any ideas on the costs or cleanliness of the offices?

anyone visited a good dentist in Kwangju?

peppermint · Posted: Wed Mar 03, 2004 7:39 pm Post subject:

Well, I know the costs here are much lower than in Canada, but I think the cleanliness varies from one office to another. I can't speak for ones in Gwangju, but you might try asking Wylde, Katydid, Rudyflyer, Kwangju Chicken or the Lemon. I believe all of them are or were in Gwang ju recently.

wylde · Joined: 14 Apr 2003

i haven't been for nearly 3 years..

when ya find out share the news please.. i should go for a checkup too.

which gwang ju? Chonnam Gwang Ju or Kyoungi Kwang ju?

Stunted Wookie · Joined: 06 Feb 2003 Location: Sound Studio

I had a wisdom tooth (go figure) pulled about 3 weeks ago.

I had 3 shots of novocane, x-rays, and the pull for a whopping 20,000won.

The seats were older, but the dentists and assistants were professional IMO.

When I was home last I was quoted pver 300$ CDN for the same service.

batman · Posted: Wed Mar 03, 2004 10:58 pm Post subject:

Stunted Wookie, damn that's cheap.
I had all four wisdom teeth pulled (at the same time - what was I thinking!) and it set me back about a grand back home.
Also looking for a dentist in the Seoul area.
Anyone know of a good one?

desultude · Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2004 1:10 am Post subject:

I'll be getting dental work done in Thailand this summer. My neighbor had a ton of work done last summer. The dentists at the good hospitals in Bangkok and Chaing Mai are excellent and cheap. I'm also getting a complete health examination while I am there.

Imbroglio · Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2004 2:13 am Post subject:

Samsung Dental hospital in 1998. Excellent dentists, excellent work.

rudyflyer · Joined: 26 Feb 2003 Location: pacing the cage

I spent the better part of the past 2 years in dentist chairs in Gwangju having fillings, root canals, crown lengthening and crowns done. Chonam Univ hospital downtown did an adequete job for a decent price albeit at an older facility. Chosun nearby looks OK though I wasn't there

I did go to a new facility out in Sangmu-ji-gu near the airport and the last stop on the soon to be opened subway line the Mir Dental Hospital, this place was brand new with top rate facilities tv screens at every chair etc.

Prices were about the same as chosun and the staff spoke good english. I had a tooth pullled for 6000 won. I think the nat'l health insurance sets the cost for the basic stuff but the crown prices were higher though.

Only problem Mir was they seemed to be going the route of some US dentists that of pushing expensive cosmetic work. You may need to be careful of that

bundangbear · Joined: 03 Feb 2004 Location: www.youtube.com/bundangbear

My co-worker just went to the dentist and said it was all clean and nice and as good as if not better than Western standards. She paid something like 13,000 for a bunch of fillings or something. She was happy.

the_beaver · Joined: 15 Jan 2003

Removed an old filling, gave me a root canal, filled up the hole in my tooth over several visits, filed it down, popped on a gold cap. Cost around 280,000 total.

just because · Joined: 01 Aug 2003 Location: Changwon - 4964

I also got the gold tooth treatment for about 250 000 won plus a few extras.

My friend got his wisdom tooth pulled for 6 000 won. I couldn't believe it but thats how much it was.

wylde · Joined: 14 Apr 2003

is it just me or do others think a gold cap/crown looks tacky or like it belongs on ones grandparents?

whats the difference in price for a white cap/crown or a gold 1?

i dont know much about root canals or caps/crowns as i have none but i would be sure to make my teeth all white if i ever had the need for that work.

iiicalypso · Joined: 13 Aug 2003 Location: is everything

SarcasmKills · Joined: 07 Apr 2003 Location: Seoul

Snatch · Joined: 01 Jan 2004

Had two wisdom teeth removed recently at the dentist in the same building as my hagwon. Not too bad, actually quite good, but I had a brilliant dentist in South Africa, so I'm biased. Very clean, even had a little Dooley dinosaur mounted on the kiddy chair.

Except for when the Korean dentist injected me, it ended up halfway through my palate with the stuff all spraying around in my mouth and all I could say was haaaghh. The pills I got beforehand to clear the inflammation was pretty good stuff.

Cost me about 15 000 won, each time.