In Reply to: teeth implants question for curlydamo posted by kirra on Thursday, 28. June 2007 at 16:16 Bali Time:
My wife has endured dental plates in her mouth since early teens.While holidaying in bali in may 2005 we were chatting to a older Italian gent from the Gold Coast.My wife complimented him on how nice his teeth/smile were and he proceeded to tell her how he visited Bali 1-2 times ayear to see his dentist and the savings more than paid for his trips.He described how he used to have dental plates but had found that implants were much better.He gave us his dentists card,we called and made an appointment that afternoon. at 4pm.On arrival she was consulted within five minutes.He told her that he could fit six implants at US$300.He told me to go back to our hotel as she would be there for 4-6 hours for xrays and moulds to be taken,they would fit temporary implants and to go back four days later for 5 hours for final fitting and adjustments.When she come back from her first visit,she was almost in tears of joy from the realisation that the very uncomfortable and sometimes painful dental plates were gone forever.I joked that the temporary teeth looked great,they'll do,dont go back(we hadnt paid yet.)She went back four days later for the second and last visit,it took three or four hours and she was extremly happy with the results.She said that the procedure wasn't that painful when they were inserting the anchors or pins in her jaw,it was done under local.She said that the pain afterwards was minimal.and very worth it.She has been told by a dentist in Sydney that same work in oz would be $15,000 plus.The only downside if you could call it that was that she was not covered by her private health cover but that would have been a bonus anyway.She hasnt ahd any problems at all with them and on our last trip this year in april/may she never got around to making an appointment for a checkup.(too busy shopping),Her regular dentist here is amazed with his work and says theyre fine.Hope this answers some questions for you,let me know if you have any more.
cheers