Oral Surgery in Canberra?

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have a look at the GE Credit card which when used at participating health care providers you will be able to pay the sum over 12 or 24 or 36 months interest free, or a buy now pay later scheme is available too.

54-11 said :

What I like with the Asian choice is that sooner or later is it will put some price pressure on the exhorbitant fees that are charged here.

I just cannot understand how they can charge so much. I understand about the amount of training they do, the cost of equipment and insurance and so on, but that explains only part of it.

I guess the Audi, kids’ private schools, the ski trips in Europe, et al all take their toll on the poor dentists income.

A dentist who works for wages gets less than an EL2. The dentist is also more skilled than most EL2s I know and also has to pay about $40K HELP while at uni.
A dentist who runs his own practice, employs people and takes risk may earn a lot more but that is what risk is all about.
Instead of induldging in class envy, why don’t you try a business venture yourself then you can maybe get an Audi etc.

What I like with the Asian choice is that sooner or later is it will put some price pressure on the exhorbitant fees that are charged here.

I just cannot understand how they can charge so much. I understand about the amount of training they do, the cost of equipment and insurance and so on, but that explains only part of it.

I guess the Audi, kids’ private schools, the ski trips in Europe, et al all take their toll on the poor dentists income.

I also go to Thailand for dental work. No fluoride where I grew up, so my work is never minor. The standard of work is excellent. The cost is competitive even with air fares and accommodation costs. No contest. I next fly out on 1 September as I’m in need of a couple of crowns and bridges, and I think a repair to some work I just had done in Canberra.

A dim-wit mate of mine decided to try out the reduced price dental services in Thailand but when he got off the plane he got drunk and confused.
He ended up having a root and then fell in a canal so he reckons he had a “root canal” treatment and it was OK.

I too can share this pain in the pocket. My daughter has to go in for day surgery on two of her upper molars next month. We have had to postpone this surgery twice due to lack of funds, the Anesthesiologists wants his fee paid in full a week before the surgery, the Orthodontic surgeon wants 40% paid a week before as well and the rest on completion. All up over $2k and guess how much our private health care insurance with dental extras gives us in refunds? A whopping $20.00 thanks for nothing BUPA.

I received some great oral in Fyshwick recently and….oh, nevermind.

Oh, and when we went, airfares were $620 return on Malaysian Air

Hmm, I saved $1600 over my wife’s costs on the root canel

The full treatment including the crown circa $1200 in bangkok, circa $4300 in Australia and that’s each. No marginal cost savings there. That’s a free five star holiday

mezza76 said :

rosscoact said :

54-11 said :

Go to South-East Asia. There are many, many dental surgeries that cater to the health tourism market, in Thailand, Vietnam and other places.

The risk is very low – their standards are as good as you can expect here. Just get some references first.

The cost is a fraction of what it is here and you get a holiday thrown in. I did it and came out way, way ahead financially and no problems whatsoever.

Agreed. I go to a dentist regularly in Thailand. Better equipped, better trained, no waiting lists, a 25% of the cost.

I recently had a root canal done in Thailand and coincidently within a few weeks of arriving back home so did my wife.

Mine cost about $380 and was all good (damn painfull but still competently done). My wife’s cost $1700 in Canberra, wasn’t done properly and so got infected and cost another $700 to get fixed.

Needless to say that we both got the crowns done back in Bangkok.

I assume you are pricing in the $900-$1300 airfare + subsequent accommodation into your calculations? The cost-benefit looks shaky for anything small but might pay off on something like wisdom tooth extraction.

davo101 said :

dungfungus said :

Catch a boat from Indonesia to Christmas Island and it will be done for free.

Given that it cost $2000~$10000 for the boat trip it might be cheaper and safer (the current death rate is supposed to be running at about 4%) to just pay for it to be done here.

You are probably right. Only genuine refugees with the arse out of their pants can afford the travel costs you are quoting.

rosscoact said :

54-11 said :

Go to South-East Asia. There are many, many dental surgeries that cater to the health tourism market, in Thailand, Vietnam and other places.

The risk is very low – their standards are as good as you can expect here. Just get some references first.

The cost is a fraction of what it is here and you get a holiday thrown in. I did it and came out way, way ahead financially and no problems whatsoever.

Agreed. I go to a dentist regularly in Thailand. Better equipped, better trained, no waiting lists, a 25% of the cost.

I recently had a root canal done in Thailand and coincidently within a few weeks of arriving back home so did my wife.

Mine cost about $380 and was all good (damn painfull but still competently done). My wife’s cost $1700 in Canberra, wasn’t done properly and so got infected and cost another $700 to get fixed.

Needless to say that we both got the crowns done back in Bangkok.

I assume you are pricing in the $900-$1300 airfare + subsequent accommodation into your calculations? The cost-benefit looks shaky for anything small but might pay off on something like wisdom tooth extraction.

Ate said :

Mr Ate recently had his wisdom teeth and 1 molar removed at the surgery in Braddon, they weren fantastic. The cost was extremely painful – over $3700. Unfortunately you do only get part of the anaesthetist fee back by medicare – around $150. You can however claim the rest on tax if its over $2200. Not much help, dental work is expensive. Th

You can claim a rebate agist tax already paid. If one is unemployed the rebate = zilch.

54-11 said :

Go to South-East Asia. There are many, many dental surgeries that cater to the health tourism market, in Thailand, Vietnam and other places.

Seems to be the go for boob jobs and stem cells, so why not teeth?

The fact that health insurance wrt dental is a complete debacle in this country is the reason I refuse to buy health insurance. Except ambulance cover – the one aspect of health insurance that isn’t utterly broken.

I went with Carmello Bonnano after reading good things about him on a previous similar post to this on here. I can confirm he was pretty damn good, and a lot cheaper than the other quote I had. I got two wisdom and two molars removed. worth going in and talking to him at least.

You are 100% crazy or stupid if you have dental work (that isn’t an emergency) done in this country.

Thailand has many private hospitals which cater for patrons from around the globe. Equipment and skills of the staff are far superior to anything which you will find here. Plus they are friendly, run on time and will go out of their way to help you with things.
I had a wisdom tooth taken out this year on my birthday, plus having the impacted tooth repaired. Multiple x-rays, sutures etc. Because of their superior skills you will have less pain and recover quicker, they aren’t butchers like the local dentists I have sampled here.

Mr Ate recently had his wisdom teeth and 1 molar removed at the surgery in Braddon, they weren fantastic. The cost was extremely painful – over $3700. Unfortunately you do only get part of the anaesthetist fee back by medicare – around $150. You can however claim the rest on tax if its over $2200. Not much help, dental work is expensive. Th

54-11 said :

Go to South-East Asia. There are many, many dental surgeries that cater to the health tourism market, in Thailand, Vietnam and other places.

The risk is very low – their standards are as good as you can expect here. Just get some references first.

The cost is a fraction of what it is here and you get a holiday thrown in. I did it and came out way, way ahead financially and no problems whatsoever.

Agreed. I go to a dentist regularly in Thailand. Better equipped, better trained, no waiting lists, a 25% of the cost.

I recently had a root canal done in Thailand and coincidently within a few weeks of arriving back home so did my wife.

Mine cost about $380 and was all good (damn painfull but still competently done). My wife’s cost $1700 in Canberra, wasn’t done properly and so got infected and cost another $700 to get fixed.

Needless to say that we both got the crowns done back in Bangkok.

Go to South-East Asia. There are many, many dental surgeries that cater to the health tourism market, in Thailand, Vietnam and other places.

The risk is very low – their standards are as good as you can expect here. Just get some references first.

The cost is a fraction of what it is here and you get a holiday thrown in. I did it and came out way, way ahead financially and no problems whatsoever.

If you could avoid hospitalisation for the anaesthesia and it was a procedure that was able to be done in the dentist’s chair you could contact Carmelo Bonanno in Woden. I had a couple of teeth removed this way and it was much cheaper than going to hospital for the procedure. Not sure whether that helps or not. His number is 6282 7633.

dungfungus said :

Catch a boat from Indonesia to Christmas Island and it will be done for free.

Given that it cost $2000~$10000 for the boat trip it might be cheaper and safer (the current death rate is supposed to be running at about 4%) to just pay for it to be done here.

Catch a boat from Indonsia to Christmas Island and it will be done for free.

Ugh. I have no helpful suggestions, but I share your pain. When I was young, I had some horror impacted wisdom teeth that needed the services of a maxillofacial surgeon to extract. I (naively) thought my private healthcare would cover it. I even rang and asked them and was assured it would, although having not undergone the surgery yet, I didn’t have the item numbers. They didn’t cover it. “Oh, no, sorry. Those *particular* item numbers aren’t covered.” Grrrrrr.

If you have a health care card, the public system will do it, but you might need to wait two to three years ( or more)
If you have a chronic disease like arthritis, mental illness, diabetes you might be eligible for the chronic disease dental scheme which pays for $4,250 in out of hospital dental items (if you can swap your admission to an in-chair procedure, you could access this.
But, you need to meet the eligibility criteria, you need to find a dentist who participates in the scheme and you need to know that the fed gov is determined to close the scheme ASAP. More info here: http://www.health.gov.au/internet/main/publishing.nsf/Content/Dental+Care+Services

Good luck