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aja21 · Joined: 27 Jul 2006

I have searched most of the posts on here..was going to respond to one post but now I cannot find it-doh!
I went to the dentist and she said I need to have 6 fillings replaced (th post I was looking for had the OP with the same situation but when they went home to North America they said the KOrean dentist was wrong)! OUCH!
So she pointed to the gold sample and I said that silver was ok. She insisted on me having the gold...then we went to talk about prices and she said that it was going cost 1.6MILLION! Cough cough... they quoted:
10,000 won for each silver and 200,000-ish won for the gold..and then said the white ones (supposedly stronger than the silver) were exactly the same price as the gold (But in Canada the whites are only $30 more than the silver)..I will ahve to search again, but what is the general cost of one gold filling in Canada?
I asked why the amalgam (silver) was not ok, and they said they will break very quickly..but we use them in Canada all the time.
So my options:
1. Fork over the 1.6 million won here and go for the gold
2. Just get the amalgam/silver ones instead
3. Wait until I get back to Canada

Any thoughts? I am leaving in 2.5 weeks and need to sort this out ASAP..thanks Smile

Novernae · Joined: 02 Mar 2005

Ekuboko · Joined: 22 Dec 2004 Location: ex-Gyeonggi

Go to a different dentist. There are sooo many of them out there.

I had a filling replaced last week in my town. They let me choose between amalgam (7000won) and gold (200 000won). I chose the amalgam, which was what was in the previous filling and they charged me 6200won.

Didn't have to make an appointment - I was the only patient in there on Friday afternoon, and I was out of there in 20 minutes.

Mea · Joined: 24 Mar 2006

I had a composite resin filling put in for 100,000 won. I hope I didn't pay too much... it's my first cavity so I don't know what is standard. The funny thing is, I need *three* more done at the same cost, which is a bit odd since at my check-up a year ago I had no problems and have actually cut out all acidic and sugary drinks since then! I wonder if I'm being screwed out of my precious won, especially since they only last a few years anways!

Sorry, no help here, I just want to rant. Sad

princess · Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Location: soul of Asia

It's been like a year and 2 months since my last routine dental cleaning and I am so scared to go to a dentist here. Last time I put it off for 3 years and when I went back to the states my dentist there told me not to do it again. He said I had major plaque build-up and I had to have a root scaling done on one tooth. Still, I have NEVER ha a cavity. It's time to go for the cleaning again and I am ehsitating about making an appointment. Because...I once had a dentist here lie to me saying I had a cavity when i really didn't. I called him on his lying BS, saw my dentist in the states a few months later, and guess what? No cavity. I have to go soon though 'cause I don't want a major plaque buildup or root scaling again. Crying or Very sad

princess · Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Location: soul of Asia

Mea · Joined: 24 Mar 2006

princess · Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Location: soul of Asia

Well, if you had a toothache, you must have really had a cavity then. That's how I was sure that dentist here was lying, because my teeth were not even bothering me. Watch out for that Dr. Choi dude in the Volovo building in Hannam. I saw him for the first and last time in 2000. No wonder I was the only one in his office that day. It was such a nice looking place, too. When I called him on his BS lie, he then asked me if I drank coffee. He said it could be just a stain. What dentist doesn't know the difference between a stain and a cavity??? Rolling Eyes

I actually heard this dude was good, too. So, now I am majorly scared of dentists here.

chris_J2 · Joined: 17 Apr 2006 Location: From Brisbane, Au.

http://forums.eslcafe.com/korea/viewtopic.php?t=86341&highlight=

I also got porcelain crowns, instead of the usual siver amalgrams.

jaderedux · Joined: 10 Jan 2003 Location: Lurking outside Seoul

Rhee Jong Hun
4floor Janh Bld. 233-6
Yongdap-Dong, sungdong-gu
Telephone: 02-2215-2875

on the purple line stop 543 janghanpyeong

The nurses don't speak much English but he is fluent. I originally went to kim min hee....so expensive I was ready to just let my teeth fall out. Said I had many cavities and needed a root canal which I did. But that was covered by insurance. Any way she quoted about 1.9 million for 1 filling and the crown.

I tried the above dentist. Had him finish root canal put on porcelain/amalgam crown. Total for crown, dental work and 1 complete filling was 250,000. That was less than just the one crown in the fancy dentist clinic.

He will replace old filling for about 50 to 30K depending on how many you have. And replace with the tooth colored fillings. There is no floride in the water here so you need to take care of your teeth and make sure you buy tooth paste with floride.

His office is clean and he autoclaves all his equipment. But no fancy coffee machine or computers to play on while you wait.

Again while he speaks great english his nurses don't so try to call and talk to him or get a korean friend to call. I have sent alot of people there and he does great work at much more reasonable price!!!! Once you are there and you need more work he will make the appointments for you.

Jade