Treatment

Bobbyfan · Sep 6th, 2005, 17:57

Hi doctor!I will be travelling to Goa next month and will need some quite extensive work done.My Spanish dentist has fitted a temporary front tooth for me but has told me that I will need a plate for permanence.Is this something i can get done in Goa?
Please excuse my ignorance but I have not visited Goa before and know noyhing of the standards or cos costs I can expect.
Many thanks.

shanthi · Sep 6th, 2005, 18:15

I've no personal experience of treatment in Goa, but my Sister goes every year for holidays and always get her teeth work done there, as well as reading glasses and the odd minor operation at a fraction of the cost. For two enamel teeth last year, including the root canal work etc..it cost her a little more than $25. The hygene in the surgery where she attended was extremley good and the dentist spoke perfect English. The only thing she abhors iare the contraptions that are put into your mouth to keep it open. They've actually been known to give people lock-jaw and that's a fact, but the dentists always insist on using them! I don't think you'll have any problems finding a dentist in Goa, as there are many Brits and other nationalities living there who also need that sort of treatment every now and then and the doctors are well used to Westerners by now!

PRIYA · Sep 6th, 2005, 18:32

Dr. Ambert Pimenta
International Dental Centre Calangute/Margao
Goa-India
www.goadentist.com is now online !

I'm not sure whether goandentist has visited IM lately, but his details are as above. Good luck!!

shanthi · Sep 6th, 2005, 18:52

Priya, that's a great website - though the dental plan treatments are a little expensive !! If you shop around, you can get much better deals for less than a third of the price! Still, everyone to their own!

PRIYA · Sep 6th, 2005, 19:00

I try to avoid dentists like the plague Shantibhen..........

but I thought Bobbyfan may want to take a look.

shanthi · Sep 6th, 2005, 19:04

Oooh me too Priya! But I'm afraid, as I get older - even if I don't want to, I have to visit these people!! Ha HA HA HA

traceyam · Sep 6th, 2005, 19:41

You can try getting a referral to a dentist from your country's embassy or consulate.

Sep 6th, 2005, 17:57	#1
Bobbyfan Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Vitoria Spain Posts: 13	Treatment Hi doctor!I will be travelling to Goa next month and will need some quite extensive work done.My Spanish dentist has fitted a temporary front tooth for me but has told me that I will need a plate for permanence.Is this something i can get done in Goa? Please excuse my ignorance but I have not visited Goa before and know noyhing of the standards or cos costs I can expect. Many thanks.

Sep 6th, 2005, 18:32	#3
PRIYA Discombobulated Elsewherean! Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Zimbabwe Posts: 1,143	Dr. Ambert Pimenta International Dental Centre Calangute/Margao Goa-India www.goadentist.com is now online ! I'm not sure whether goandentist has visited IM lately, but his details are as above. Good luck!! __________________ Happiness is for those who cry, those who hurt, those who have searched and those who have tried. For only they can appreciate the importance of people who have touched their lives. (Anon.)

Sep 6th, 2005, 19:41	#7
traceyam Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 426	You can try getting a referral to a dentist from your country's embassy or consulate. __________________ "Don't you sometimes wish the arctic was strawberry flavoured?" -- Thermoman

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Sep 6th, 2005, 18:15	#2
shanthi Account closed on user's request Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: South India Posts: 785	I've no personal experience of treatment in Goa, but my Sister goes every year for holidays and always get her teeth work done there, as well as reading glasses and the odd minor operation at a fraction of the cost. For two enamel teeth last year, including the root canal work etc..it cost her a little more than $25. The hygene in the surgery where she attended was extremley good and the dentist spoke perfect English. The only thing she abhors iare the contraptions that are put into your mouth to keep it open. They've actually been known to give people lock-jaw and that's a fact, but the dentists always insist on using them! I don't think you'll have any problems finding a dentist in Goa, as there are many Brits and other nationalities living there who also need that sort of treatment every now and then and the doctors are well used to Westerners by now!

Sep 6th, 2005, 18:52	#4
shanthi Account closed on user's request Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: South India Posts: 785	Priya, that's a great website - though the dental plan treatments are a little expensive !! If you shop around, you can get much better deals for less than a third of the price! Still, everyone to their own!

Sep 6th, 2005, 19:00	#5
PRIYA Discombobulated Elsewherean! Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Zimbabwe Posts: 1,143	I try to avoid dentists like the plague Shantibhen.......... but I thought Bobbyfan may want to take a look.

Sep 6th, 2005, 19:04	#6
shanthi Account closed on user's request Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: South India Posts: 785	Oooh me too Priya! But I'm afraid, as I get older - even if I don't want to, I have to visit these people!! Ha HA HA HA

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