Slightly offtopic but I used my mother in law's dentist for a simple filling. It was £15 for the xray and ~£6 for the filling. He persuaded me not to use any anesthesia.
When I got back to the UK the tooth started hurting. I went to my usual dentist, private because my work is too irregular to use the NHS.
They had a look at the xray and felt it didn't have the detail and we needed to see it anyway as the filling may have moved. Turns out it had. They drilled it out and found that there was no 'glue' used between the filling and the tooth. They were also amazed that I was able to go through a procedure that was drilling directly into the root canal without aesthetic.
Both the 'glue' and the aesthetic are very expensive when you're paying £6 for a filling (the dentist at home told me (~30ml?..small in the hand...) bottle is about £100). The glue was particularly important as the tooth was very close to cracking in this case.
Also, the 'glue' and aesthetic may well be hard to get hold of as I've heard shortages of some medical supplies due to the protectionism in Arg.
So, be a little bit more careful if it's a very cheap price. To be honest mine might have been ok if it was a more straightforward filling and they had more exact xray equipment.
The dentist at home also disagreed regarding wisdom teeth. The Argentine suggested getting them out ASAP but decided no as I was flying soon. The Brit said leave them be unless they cause trouble.
Nothing wrong with Argentine dentists in a sense, especially for simple work... just the equipment I've seen has been about 15 years behind the times and working in difficult conditions for incredible prices. You have to be clued up, unafraid and friendly with those questions.
I'm very happy with the British dental work though - £90 but the quality shows.
The Argentine dentist works directly opposite Alto Palermo.
When I got back to the UK the tooth started hurting. I went to my usual dentist, private because my work is too irregular to use the NHS.
They had a look at the xray and felt it didn't have the detail and we needed to see it anyway as the filling may have moved. Turns out it had. They drilled it out and found that there was no 'glue' used between the filling and the tooth. They were also amazed that I was able to go through a procedure that was drilling directly into the root canal without aesthetic.
Both the 'glue' and the aesthetic are very expensive when you're paying £6 for a filling (the dentist at home told me (~30ml?..small in the hand...) bottle is about £100). The glue was particularly important as the tooth was very close to cracking in this case.
Also, the 'glue' and aesthetic may well be hard to get hold of as I've heard shortages of some medical supplies due to the protectionism in Arg.
So, be a little bit more careful if it's a very cheap price. To be honest mine might have been ok if it was a more straightforward filling and they had more exact xray equipment.
The dentist at home also disagreed regarding wisdom teeth. The Argentine suggested getting them out ASAP but decided no as I was flying soon. The Brit said leave them be unless they cause trouble.
Nothing wrong with Argentine dentists in a sense, especially for simple work... just the equipment I've seen has been about 15 years behind the times and working in difficult conditions for incredible prices. You have to be clued up, unafraid and friendly with those questions.
I'm very happy with the British dental work though - £90 but the quality shows.
The Argentine dentist works directly opposite Alto Palermo.
