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lulu144
Joined: 31 Aug 2006
Location: Gwangju!
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 Posted: Sat Apr 21, 2007 8:20 pm Post subject: teeth whitening in korea |
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Has anyone had their teeth whitened in Korea, or can recommend a good dentist to go to?
Also what would be the approximate cost....
I think I want to get it done before I go back to Canada and I assume it's a lot cheaper in Korea as well....
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caniff
Joined: 03 Feb 2004
Location: All over the map
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| Posted: Sat Apr 21, 2007 8:40 pm Post subject: |
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I was also thinking about this. Is it really cheaper here?
Plus, I had my front teeth half broken in a car accident  . The repair job (in the States) was perfect, but I wonder what would happen during a whitening process. Would the difference in substance show up? |
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annabel
Joined: 12 Jun 2006
Location: Daegu
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| Posted: Sat Apr 21, 2007 9:10 pm Post subject: |
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| I had my front teeth half broken in a car accident . The repair job (in the States) was perfect, but I wonder what would happen during a whitening process. Would the difference in substance show up? |
What did you get done to repair your teeth?
I had a chip in one of my front teeth and got it fixed here by a specialist dentist. He filled it in with some kind of special "resin" using a laser, and it cost me W200,000. But it kept breaking when I'd go to sleep! By bottom teeth would knock against it and break it off. He would replace it at no cost but after the fourth time I had to ask him what else I could do about it- maybe a mouth guard like those people wear when they grind their teeth at night? The dentist lost a bit of face about it I think but finally agreed to do it and it worked for about a year- until I fell asleep one night forgetting to wear it. I'd love to know what would be more permanent without having to remove too much of the original tooth...
Anyways, before getting the work done I asked about whitening too, and he said I should get the tooth repaired with the resin first before getting them whitened... and I don't remember how much he said it would be, sorry. I do remember thinking it was expensive though. Compared to back home? Dunno. |
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penguin
Joined: 16 Aug 2003
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I just called a couple of dentists advertising in the Groove. One was $650,000 (including teeth cleaning) for Zoom office bleaching, the other was $800,000 for office and home bleaching (or $500,000 for only home bleaching).
What does it cost in Canada? |
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spliff
Joined: 19 Jan 2004
Location: Khon Kaen, Thailand
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| Posted: Wed Jul 04, 2007 5:16 pm Post subject: |
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Dentistry is sub-optimal in Korea and overpriced. Thailand is much better in terms of quality and, prices are less than a 1/4 of what you'd pay here.
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| I had a chip in one of my front teeth and got it fixed here by a specialist dentist. He filled it in with some kind of special "resin" using a laser, and it cost me W200,000. But it kept breaking when I'd go to sleep! By bottom teeth would knock against it and break it off. |
In Thai you'd pay around 50,000 and the reason it keeps breaking is cause it wasn't grounded w/ precision....sub-optimal!
Last edited by spliff on Wed Jul 04, 2007 5:22 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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kermo
Joined: 01 Sep 2004
Location: Eating eggs, with a comb, out of a shoe.
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| Posted: Wed Jul 04, 2007 5:17 pm Post subject: |
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| penguin wrote: |
I just called a couple of dentists advertising in the Groove. One was $650,000 (including teeth cleaning) for Zoom office bleaching, the other was $800,000 for office and home bleaching (or $500,000 for only home bleaching).
What does it cost in Canada? |
$ = won
right? |
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buffygrrl1
Joined: 05 Jun 2007
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Wed Jul 04, 2007 5:22 pm Post subject: |
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| i think thats still pretty expensive...ive seen it for that price here in the USA |
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JJJ
Joined: 27 Nov 2006
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Wed Jul 04, 2007 5:32 pm Post subject: |
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| That's too much money I think. I got the custom fitted mouth tray for both upper and lower teeth and a home bleaching kit (some new rembrant dentist only type,not store), takes only 30 min. once a day for a week or so and after that once every 2/3 weeks. Total, about $200 for the trays and $200 for like 2 years of tubes. |
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matthews_world
Joined: 15 Feb 2003
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| Posted: Wed Jul 04, 2007 5:36 pm Post subject: |
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Yet another thread about bleaching on this board, but I and many others would recommend not to bleach.
I've heard most celebrities get some kind of ceramic?? veneers that keep their teeth white.
Anyone heard about veneers in Korea? |
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spliff
Joined: 19 Jan 2004
Location: Khon Kaen, Thailand
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| Posted: Wed Jul 04, 2007 5:39 pm Post subject: |
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| I'm thinking about them in Thai next month. |
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buffygrrl1
Joined: 05 Jun 2007
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Wed Jul 04, 2007 5:46 pm Post subject: |
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| you could always get crest whitestrips or gosmile from ebay...they both work really well. |
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penguin
Joined: 16 Aug 2003
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| Posted: Wed Jul 04, 2007 5:48 pm Post subject: |
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| kermo wrote: |
| penguin wrote: |
I just called a couple of dentists advertising in the Groove. One was $650,000 (including teeth cleaning) for Zoom office bleaching, the other was $800,000 for office and home bleaching (or $500,000 for only home bleaching).
What does it cost in Canada? |
$ = won
right? |
oops, yeah, right! |
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