230 zl for one tooth cavity filling

zionThreads: 20 Posts: 180 Joined: Dec 21, 07 ♂	Nov 6, 09, 19:49 #1
Here is the deal 230 for one cavity and then 500 for two is this a rip off or what I told this place was suppose to have cheap dentist. and yes the service was crap

Grzegorz_Threads: 81 Posts: 6,213 Joined: Nov 16, 06 ♂	Nov 6, 09, 19:58 #2
WTF ? When are you finally going back to your jungle ? I'm sure they have chaep and fantastic dentists there.

zionThreads: 20 Posts: 180 Joined: Dec 21, 07 ♂	Nov 6, 09, 20:04 #3
sure they do

pgtxThreads: 49 Posts: 6,327 Joined: Feb 14, 09 MEMBER ♀	Nov 6, 09, 20:06 #4
excellent dentist in Krakow - 120 zl for a filling...

ShelleySThreads: 18 Posts: 3,647 Joined: Jun 26, 07 ♀	Nov 6, 09, 20:11 #5
That is expensive (I pay less in the UK) - Id say you were ripped off, maybe "foreigners" rates apply.

frdThreads: 8 Posts: 1,956 Joined: Feb 3, 09 ♂	Nov 6, 09, 22:09 #6
My mum's a dentist and she prices 150-200zł for a filling, depending on the size of the cavity for a private visit.

polishcanuckThreads: 10 Posts: 583 Joined: Feb 11, 07 ♂	Edited by: polishcanuck Nov 6, 09, 23:57 #7
zion: 230 for one cavity and then 500 for two hahaha that's how much a filling costs in poland .... if you're a foreigner! I paid 500zl to get my wisdom teeth removed in wroclaw by "one of the best dentists"! You sir, got owned!

SzwedwPolsceThreads: 13 Posts: 1,915 Joined: Feb 21, 09 ♂	Edited by: SzwedwPolsce Nov 7, 09, 00:15 #8
It depends on how many surfaces of the tooth you need to reconstruct. But I think about 100 zl is normal for reparation of an average caries cavity (at a private practice).

frdThreads: 8 Posts: 1,956 Joined: Feb 3, 09 ♂	Nov 7, 09, 00:29 #9
SzwedwPolsce: But I think about 100 zl is normal for reparation of an average caries cavity (at a private practice). Standard prices for an insured person is 50zł - 100zł.. (these are after including the compensation from national healthcare fund) Private prices are twice that - for any person not just "foreigners".

SzwedwPolsceThreads: 13 Posts: 1,915 Joined: Feb 21, 09 ♂	Edited by: SzwedwPolsce Nov 7, 09, 00:55 #10
frd: Standard prices for an insured person is 50zł - 100zł.. (these are after including the compensation from national healthcare fund) Private prices are twice that - for any person not just "foreigners". I paid 150 zl for a routine examination of all teeth, and a reparation of a multi-surface caries cavity. It was in a private practice with very modern equipment in Białystok.

HarryThreads: 62 Posts: 8,508 Joined: May 2, 07 ♂ [Suspended]	Nov 7, 09, 01:06 #11
I pay between 100zl and 200zl for a filling but I go to one of the best dentists in Warsaw.

frdThreads: 8 Posts: 1,956 Joined: Feb 3, 09 ♂	Nov 7, 09, 01:38 #12
SzwedwPolsce: I paid 150 zl for a routine examination of all teeth Maybe Silesia's got different prices, I'm just telling you the information straight from the source. My mum's one of the cheapest dentists around, and these prices are common in Silesia. So whatever you have experiences, that's how reality looks like around here.

nauczyciel	Nov 7, 09, 09:47 #13
Harry: I pay between 100zl and 200zl for a filling but I go to one of the best dentists in Warsaw.

ukpolskaThreads: 51 Posts: 2,238 Joined: Oct 23, 06 MEMBER ♂	Nov 7, 09, 09:52 #14
lol serves you right!!! I paid 30zl three months ago for a filling with top class service, mind you that was down here in Pulawy.

tadozThreads: - Posts: 30 Joined: Oct 25, 09 ♂	Nov 7, 09, 10:17 #15
Just had two fillings done (in Jelenia Góra) at 70zl each...

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Nov 7, 09, 10:38 #16

Guys remember that salaries are different in biggest cities teeth whitening in Silesia costs 1000zł and in Warsaw it might cost 3000zł.

Also, there are different kinds of fillings, amalgamate fillings which are much much cheaper, light hardened fillings are more expensive. Prices will differ depending on the education of the dentist ( doctor, proffesor or not ) and the number workers working in the clinic.

Another factor is the gear and furnishing, if the equpiment consists of a stick on a string it's gonna be cheaper then if the dentists has got fully furnished modern clinic..

zionThreads: 20 Posts: 180 Joined: Dec 21, 07 ♂	Nov 7, 09, 11:06 #17
I did in a place called Dantex poor equipment ``consists of a stick on a string`` that is what they have so don't go there FRD can you get me a discount with Mom ? I still got one left to do ..

rjedenThreads: 1 Posts: 30 Joined: Feb 10, 08 ♂	Nov 7, 09, 11:06 #18
In Warsaw for one cavity is 120zł with painkiller. Service is very good.

frdThreads: 8 Posts: 1,956 Joined: Feb 3, 09 ♂	Nov 7, 09, 11:22 #19
zion: FRD can you get me a discount with Mom ? I still got one left to do .. you'd get probably between 150-200 per tooth depending on the size of cavity.. discunts only for family : p

AnniThreads: 1 Posts: 10 Joined: Nov 6, 09 ♀	Nov 7, 09, 11:41 #20
ukpolska I paid 30zl three months ago for a filling with top class service, mind you that was down here in Pulawy. Same here, although I got mine done in Ustrzyki Dolne, but the dentist is from Sanok. 30zl per filling I had 3 done. I wouldn't pay more than 60zl depending on the severity :/ You are all being ripped off in bigger cities, the service is just as good in our little towns.

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Edited by: frd Nov 7, 09, 12:04 #21

Anni:

You are all being ripped off in bigger cities, the service is just as good in our little towns.

Are you aware of that foreigners who come to Poland don't get the national healthcare fund refunds? For example government refunds half of the price for a filling.. so you pay twice less.. I don't think you do. We need to take that into consideration that natives will always pay less because of the healthcare fund. In UK people who are registered in NHS pay less too..

Anni:

You are all being ripped off in bigger cities

Beside prices of everything everywhere are bigger in bigger cities, there not much philosophy to it..

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Edited by: Anni Nov 7, 09, 12:14 #22

frd:

Are you aware of that foreigners who come to Poland don't get the national healthcare fund refunds? For example government refunds half of the price for a filling.. so you pay twice less.. I don't think you do. We need to take that into consideration that natives will always pay less because of the healthcare fund. In UK people who are registered in NHS pay less too..

I am aware of that, I personally made the choice to get the fillings done while I was in Poland for a number of reasons.

Through my own personal experience I have found the quality of service better in Poland as a private patient than in the UK as a patient on the NHS.
30zl is less than £10 pounds, a small price to pay for good service and a white filling.
In the UK as a patient on the NHS I would have to pay a significant amount, I think about £60 + for a white filling if I did not want a standard silver filling. However, in Poland you get a white filling straight away.
White fillings look much nicer than silver ones.

frd:

Anni:
You are all being ripped off in bigger cities, the service is just as good in our little towns.

I also meant this light heartedly, I wasn't making stabs at larger cities....I realise it didn't come out that way.

still_wisherThreads: 7 Posts: 186 Joined: Mar 9, 08 ♂	Edited by: still_wisher Nov 7, 09, 12:36 #23
actully i got punk'd ! as a foreigner ; here is the deal > 700 zł ,2 visits ,and one tooth cavity :) service was very good i can't deny it but for god sake 700 zł !! my wife did it before me for 150-200 ;) same effin dentist ! in Radzymin . fool i was not taking my wife with me :)

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Nov 7, 09, 15:27 #24

still_wisher:

actully i got punk'd ! as a foreigner ; here is the deal > 700 zł ,2 visits ,and one tooth cavity :)

Wow.. that spongy git of a dentist, you really were unlucky.. that's completely over the top.

Anni:

I also meant this light heartedly, I wasn't making stabs at larger cities....I realise it didn't come out that way.

I didn't mean to sound vicious.. sorry if I did. I just don't want guests from foreign countries to think that they are being ripped off just because some polish native says that he pays less (and forgets to mention that he's having a refund)

zionThreads: 20 Posts: 180 Joined: Dec 21, 07 ♂	Nov 7, 09, 17:35 #25
anyway it is a rip off even if locals pay that too in a place where people make 3500 gross if they luck paying 200 for a filling is rip off no wonder why so many Poles leave I have been here for 3 year really gave the place a chance but when my contract ends in few more months I am out had enough of Polish way of life plus the weather just not help Gibraltar there I go back

sledzThreads: 29 Posts: 3,202 Joined: Sep 19, 06 ♂	Nov 7, 09, 17:41 #26
zion: had enough of Polish way of life Man you been saying that for years now Werent you moving to Spain last time I see you?

scrappletonThreads: - Posts: 1,365 Joined: Apr 28, 09 ♂	Nov 7, 09, 17:55 #27
Dentists are rip offs where ever you go.

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Nov 7, 09, 18:02 #28

scrappleton:

Dentists are rip offs where ever you go.

Scrappleton, my dentist is great and certainly not a rip off. I just hope dental insurance doesn't change the fact that I can afford to go. Right now, the prices are reasonable and well worth it, because your gums are healthier and teeth look and feel better after getting them cleaned. I really like it when the hygienist scrapes off the tartar. I floss and all that but sometimes tartar happens anyway. They don't scrape it off everytime. Actually, there's one tooth that always has more tartar than the others and that tooth drives me crazy. It's great when I go in for a cleaning and it gets scraped off. Well worth it.

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Nov 7, 09, 18:14 #29

Anni:

In the UK as a patient on the NHS I would have to pay a significant amount, I think about £60 + for a white filling if I did not want a standard silver filling. However, in Poland you get a white filling straight away.

Just to correct you, white fillings are not NHS - they are considered "private" hence the price, £60 is about right. Also white fillings dont (aparently) have the same life span..so you have to get them done after a few years. I I only have my back upper molers (one on each side) done so I can live with sliver...

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Nov 7, 09, 18:23 #30

ShelleyS:

Just to correct you, white fillings are not NHS - they are considered "private" hence the price, £60 is about right. Also white fillings dont (aparently) have the same life span..so you have to get them done after a few years. I I only have my back upper molers (one on each side) done so I can live with sliver...

Here is some information about the dangers of silver (mercury amalgam) fillings.

http://www.toxicmercuryamalgam.com/

Most people would be shocked to discover that those “silver” fillings are composed of over 50% mercury - the most toxic non-radioactive metal known to man - More deadly than lead, cadmium or even arsenic.

In fact, as you read this, you are probably slowly poisoning yourself with mercury leaking from those “silver” fillings.

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