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Vietnam Implant Dentistry – the Good, Bad and the Ugly? - Vietnam
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I would to share my dental implant story I had...
GEGGDecember 17, 2013
WORTH IT$6,000
I would to share my dental implant story I had done in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. I am doing this because generally people don't think of Vietnam as a place for dental surgery.
In my childhood my teeth didn't look great. As an adult I had spent a lot of time and money to make them look better. About 5 years ago i had a upper left molar tooth removed, leaving an unsightly gap. With the high cost of implants in Australia and being extremely fearful of surgery, I didn’t think I would ever have the tooth replaced. I soon moved to Vietnam and found Westcoast International dental clinic.
They took a cat-scan (CT scan) and found I didn't have enough bone for the implants. So they did what they call a sinus lift bone graft and the implant placed all at same time while under sedation.
Months later everything healed and the new implant in grafted bone worked out well. After this I went on to remove a front baby tooth, removed and an implant placed. I had whitening of all the teeth, 2 front composite veneers and 2 other crowns in the front. I am so pleased with my new teeth and smile. I now, for the first time in my life, I am told often that I have really nice teeth!
So no bad or ugly components to this Vietnam story, the Iv sedation did leave me feeling a bit sick after each time. However, i was able to sleep most of the day. No complications and a really good result.
I highly recommend the Westcoast team.
In my childhood my teeth didn't look great. As an adult I had spent a lot of time and money to make them look better. About 5 years ago i had a upper left molar tooth removed, leaving an unsightly gap. With the high cost of implants in Australia and being extremely fearful of surgery, I didn’t think I would ever have the tooth replaced. I soon moved to Vietnam and found Westcoast International dental clinic.
They took a cat-scan (CT scan) and found I didn't have enough bone for the implants. So they did what they call a sinus lift bone graft and the implant placed all at same time while under sedation.
Months later everything healed and the new implant in grafted bone worked out well. After this I went on to remove a front baby tooth, removed and an implant placed. I had whitening of all the teeth, 2 front composite veneers and 2 other crowns in the front. I am so pleased with my new teeth and smile. I now, for the first time in my life, I am told often that I have really nice teeth!
So no bad or ugly components to this Vietnam story, the Iv sedation did leave me feeling a bit sick after each time. However, i was able to sleep most of the day. No complications and a really good result.
I highly recommend the Westcoast team.
Replies (16)
December 31, 2013
How long did you stay in Vietnam? Did you stay there until the treatment was completely finished or did you travel back to do some follow up? Do you have their contact information?
January 15, 2015
Wow! Glad to hear of your successful results and affordable cost. I recently had three crowns, bone grafting, and 2 dental implants. I had nitrous oxide; and live in a Midwestern USA town of 100,000 Cost: $18,000! Further, I had tons of complications, infections, etc. that lasted about a year.
January 15, 2015
Have you done a review of your procedure yet? I think there are a lot of people out there who'd like to know about all of the difficulties you've had and whether or not they've been resolved to your satisfaction.
January 19, 2015
I haven't reviewed the dental implants and bone grafting. My complications arose because my chin implant became infected during the bone grafting. I had dental implants placed on the lower left with no bone grafting, and my chin implant emerged just fine. My dentist thought the dental implants were infected which is why he kept prescribing antibiotics for almost an entire year. Finally, he sent me to another surgeon who diagnosed my problem. My dentist did refund my $18,000, although he did keep the $5000 paid my dental insurance carrier.
January 19, 2015
That's great he refunded some money, though what a bummer you had such a long healing process. Is everything good now?
January 21, 2015
Yes, the dental work is fine now and I am still seeing this dentist. Thank you for your reply.
January 21, 2015
Thank you for yours! Hopefully you won't have to go through anything like that again!
January 31, 2015
I can't believe these prices( the amounts shown at the top of the articles. $14,000 $7,000 When you can have them all pulled and implants done for $3,000
April 9, 2015
Thank you for sharing, my mom had her eyes surgery done in Vietnam for $300, and she had to paid $3000 in the United state California San Diego- she will go back there for another surgery, way cheaper there. The plan ticket approx $1000 so you can saved $
Wow. The results really speak for themselves! And I never, ever would have thought to go to Vietnam for dental surgery. For others who may be interested in the future, could you please share a bit about how you managed to find this doctor, and how long the entire process took, from start to finish? Also maybe you could also explain a little bit more about the bone graft. Most of the time, it has to heal for many months before it's able to be used. What is different with this technique that that is not the case? And what was the recovery like?
Thank you so much for thinking of writing this review. I'm sure it will be extremely helpful to others around the world who find it!