What the heck? My tooth broke/cracked.

[kokopup]

The Dental school referred to in a previous post may be different but I have to have my dental work done at the UAB school of dentistry. I have found the rates are no cheaper than at a regular dentist. In fact my old dentist was a school friend and I got much better rates there. I have to go to UAB because I have had Radiation to the mouth area and special care has to be given in how my dental work is done. I require a cleaning and checkup every 3 month. I have to pay because when I turned 65 my company dental insurance stopped. I hope this school is different than UAB on pricing.

[Lilith Cherry]

I just got new upper and lower partial dentures and five repaired teeth (one cap at the very front) plus nine extractions ; here in China it only cost me $675US for the whole lot!! The dentist was very gentle and careful which is good because I was terrified!

Not all dentists here are so good though ... a couple of years ago one made me a partial denture and put it in over several decayed and broken teeth I am still getting used to these new ones so don't feel too comfortable yet but all in all it wasnt as horrifying as I expected.

About fifteen years ago when I first came to China I saw "dentists" in the park using drills powered by bicycles to fix people's teeth and no anaesthetic either NO THANKS!!

I hope you can get at least a tempory fix for now until the tooth can be repaired properly.

[pomtzu]

If you can find a dentist that has a dental lab on the premises, you can save a whole lot of money, since the work doesn't have to be sent out to another lab to be done. I go to a dentist in Md that has it's own lab and technicians, and all the work is done there without a third party lab being involved. It's a 2 hour drive from here, but it's worth it, considering that these local dentists charge an arm and a leg for crowns, partials or full dentures.

[Anikaca77]

About fifteen years ago when I first came to China I saw "dentists" in the park using drills powered by bicycles to fix people's teeth and no anaesthetic either NO THANKS!!

If I would have seen that I would have ran away screaming. Oh my goodness. Well I'm glad you had a nice dentist, that's the most important thing I think to find is a caring dentist and gentle one.