Local dentists thread <merged>

?Cee?view

Try F.X. O'Brien on Forster Street next to St. Patrick's Church. I went to him having not been to a Dentist in ten years. He plays soothing classical music and has Art on the ceiling for you to look at while he's working away. He explains everything while he is doing it.

happyoutscan

biko wrote: »

Dr Asta Reddin
Bridge street
091-531531

Agreed. I made the decision last year to fork out and get my teeth sorted and find Asda Brilliant. No big lectures, she is extremely professional and sensitive to any issues people may have regarding pain/treatments/etc as are all the staff. In the last year I've had four hygienic sessions, an implant operation, denture, bleaching and fillings. The only discomfort I've experienced was a small bit of soreness AFTER my four hygienic sessions (as I've stated I wasn't doing an adequate job looking after them so they needed some work). There was not one iota pain for the implant (includes opening your gum, drilling a hole in your jaw, inserting implant, stitching up (7 stitches I think) and allowing heal for 4 months (with a denture of course) before continuing with the false tooth. I'm not telling you this to scare you in anyway, just to show exactly how painfree the dentist is nowadays.

Also, I think the older you get you are alot more inclined to look after your teeth when you have had some work done. Therefore, the cost of the work is worth it, as is looking in the mirror. Irregardless of the state of your teeth, anything can be done nowadays. May I also advise that if you are getting alot of work done, shop around as it is much cheaper in the north and in Europe.

Hope this helps (not even going to proof read, I know I flew off on a tangent somewhere!!)

Galwaaygirl

sgthighway wrote: »

I'd recommend Liam McGee on Merchants Rd. I let my teeth go after a few bad experiences. A friend refered me to Liam and I now go to him twice a year for check ups. Nice Bloke. The same Receptionist there for years too.

Agreed! I was starting to develop a dentist phobia before my sister told me about this guy. He is very patient and willl let you take a break as often as necessary. Seems to specialise in nervous patients!

skelliser

Fey! wrote: »

I started using Joe in JME on Middle Street after several people recommended them. They also have a surgery in Salthill.

im currently goin here too, really nice and friendly and no lectures

padi89

sgthighway wrote: »

I'd recommend Liam McGee on Merchants Rd. I let my teeth go after a few bad experiences. A friend refered me to Liam and I now go to him twice a year for check ups. Nice Bloke. The same Receptionist there for years too.

Id recommend this place too, they won't treat you like a child or force unnecessary work on you. Id avoid the place in <snip> Lr Salthill like the plague.

dilallio

padi89 wrote: »

Id recommend this place too, they won't treat you like a child or force unnecessary work on you. Id avoid the place in <snip> Lr Salthill like the plague.

Agree totally about that <snip> place - last time I went there (a while ago) he told me I needed 14 fillings (I only went there to have them cleaned). I declined the fillings, went to another dentist in Bridge St who confirmed that I did not need any fillings.

louisecm

Wow, thanks guys. No excuses now!

Bobeagleburger

dilallio wrote: »

Agree totally about that <snip> place - last time I went there (a while ago) he told me I needed 14 fillings (I only went there to have them cleaned). I declined the fillings, went to another dentist in Bridge St who confirmed that I did not need any fillings.

from 14 to zero??

banshee_bones

Also looking for new dentist in Galway as mine was in castlebar, way too much hassle to be going back to Castlebar all the time! Heard good stuff about The corrib dental practice across from GMIT on the Ballybane road, heard hes friendly and doesnt cost the earth...

jmauel

I would highly recommend Asta Reddin also, she is very kind and very professional. I used to hate going to the dentist, but not anymore.
Hopefully you will not need too much done. Best of luck.

gaillimhabu

What are the fore mentioned dentists like price wise?

I go to the Gate Clinic on Dock Road and find them fairly expensive. I've had a crown and bridge done there.
Very professional job though so you probably get what you pay for.

Thinking of moving to another dentist as probably need a checkup soon.
Also want to replace 4 silver fillings with the whiter ones.

dilallio

rarnes1 wrote: »

from 14 to zero??

Yes - he told me that 6 of the 14 would be fissure sealants which would be charged as fillings. I asked the hygenist who worked in the same practice, who was cleaning my teeth at the same visit, did I really need all of those. She was very nice, but wouldn't answer my question directly. She eventually said that if the dentist told me I needed them, then he must be correct. He hadn't taken any xrays, so I started to feel uncomfortable. Years later, I have only needed 1 filling since that diagnosis, and this was in a tooth which I had filled when I was a child, but the filling had chipped.

biko

Asta will charge aprox 150 for checkup, a clean and x-rays. Mind that was my first visit with her and found her really professional and careful.
Thankfully I don't need drilling (heh heh)

schween

jmauel wrote: »

I would highly recommend Asta Reddin also, she is very kind and very professional. I used to hate going to the dentist, but not anymore.
Hopefully you will not need too much done. Best of luck.

Same as that. Can't recommend Asta Reddin on Bridge St highly enough. I had a friend who was terrified of the dentist, but she developed an abscess so she had no choice. I told her to go to Asta and she was amazed at how little pain she had to go through and how nice she was.

Bobeagleburger

dilallio wrote: »

Yes - he told me that 6 of the 14 would be fissure sealants which would be charged as fillings. I asked the hygenist who worked in the same practice, who was cleaning my teeth at the same visit, did I really need all of those. She was very nice, but wouldn't answer my question directly. She eventually said that if the dentist told me I needed them, then he must be correct. He hadn't taken any xrays, so I started to feel uncomfortable. Years later, I have only needed 1 filling since that diagnosis, and this was in a tooth which I had filled when I was a child, but the filling had chipped.

Surely that Dentist should be reported? Thats crazy

buzz55

James McGovern, Francis St. is also good, thorough and seems quite conscious of price - will allow payment plans & give you loads of receipts to claim back from

banshee_bones

Hey guys, sorry to do this , but theres somthing a miss with one of my teeth and my gum aswell. Really need to see a dentist today methinks!

i know the emphasis here is on kind, but what i need now is a non judgemental CHEAP dentist here in the city,been way too long since i have gone, like a couple of years!but at my last checkup my teeth were fine so guess i keep telling myself whatever im doing works! T

he forster st dental clinic are across the road from me. But i cant chance going somewhere that will cost me a fortune!

Silly me left applying for med card bit too late!!

?Cee?view

If the Forster Dental Clinic is F.X. O'Brien (on Forster Street, next to St. Patrick's Chruch beside the modern ugly shop), I'd definitely go there.

I went to him last year, having not gone to a Dentist in ten years. He was great. Doesn't have the crap you get in most Dentists where they've a seperate hygienist who cleans your teeth, so they can charge you extra. He does the whole lot in one go and is reasonable priced (in my experience).

banshee_bones

great thats like a a minutes walk from my house. what are they like price wise?
My old dentist in Castlebar used to charge me 50e for a clean and checkup and he cleaned them not someone else.

heard the corrib dental practice is cheap for fillings but couldnt be bothered going out to renmore right now and dont even know what i need to get done

biko

Dr Asta is the best I've ever been to but they do have a separate hygienist and it wasn't cheap, close to a hundred.

If you ring them with your PPS number they will check how much you can get off as they claim the cost from the state.

?Cee?view

banshee_bones wrote: »

great thats like a a minutes walk from my house. what are they like price wise?
My old dentist in Castlebar used to charge me 50e for a clean and checkup and he cleaned them not someone else.

heard the corrib dental practice is cheap for fillings but couldnt be bothered going out to renmore right now and dont even know what i need to get done

I can't remember price wise, but I think he is one of the cheapest. He's not into all the modern dental "Surgery" crap, so you're not paying for interior decor. He has an approachable secretary that's been with him for years (my wife's going to him since she was a kid - how I know this) and if you're that close I'd be inclined just to go in and ask her.

banshee_bones

Really? wow that would be great, yeah i saw that you said she charged 150e for clean check up & xray.
An xray i would find a bit unnecessary but im hardly a professional so i dunno! I can only go on how much the guy i had in Castlebar charged me!

p.s iv lived in Galway 5 years, but couldnt tell ya what any of the streets are called! where is she located?

banshee_bones

churchview wrote: »

I can't remember price wise, but I think he is one of the cheapest. He's not into all the modern dental "Surgery" crap, so you're not paying for interior decor. He has an approachable secretary that's been with him for years (my wife's going to him since she was a kid - how I know this) and if you're that close I'd be inclined just to go in and ask her.

yeah might do that now, gonna finish my tea brush my teeth and run down, just incase he can see me on the spot, would not want to get caught out!

funnyname

happyoutscan wrote: »

an implant operation

Thinking of getting one done in London b4 I move back to Ireland, quote was about £2,200, did yours cost that much?

banshee_bones

Crisis averted! after going to ALL of the dentists sugested here in this thread! I ended up having to go elsewhere for various reasons- and might i add the attitude of some of the secretarys left me astounded-

Sorry but I am not to know that "apparantly" every dentist takes a half day on a Friday and all simultaneously give out their emergency appointments in the morning. They all also told me i wouldnt get a dentist that late on a Friday.

WELL they were wrong! I found one! and he was lovely! (easy on the eyes too if any women are reading this!!)
I found him in the Frank Cuddy & Associates dental surgery,his name is Niall Cronin. My teeth are all ok, and im fine now! and i have to go back on Thursday and i dont mind one bit!

midouri

Hi,

I can highly recommend Dr Mary Colbert.

When I first came to Galway I went to a total scammer who told me I needed approx. 16 fillings. I could smell a rat and asked around because I wanted to change dentist for obvious reasons!!

Someone told me to go to Dr Colbert. She told me that i needed one filling.
She is lovely and would definitely recommend her.
She is in Forster Court Dental Surgery 562223!
She wasn't available one time i went and a gentleman looked after my filling. He was sound aswell.
Good luck with it!!!!!!!

DRakE

my teeth are in a dire state..

i should really see someone

JIZZLORD

i may be in need of some work, i'm just wondering how the cost varies throughout the town?

banshee_bones

You should be able to claim a good bit of your PRSI.... i got charged 150e for a deep scale and clean and an xray and consultation all that jazz. Then my PRSI came through and they sent me a cheque for 84e! happy days! That was with Frank Cuddys Surgery with dentist Niall Cronin...he was really nice and helpful and not judgey in any kind of way!

Col200sx

I was in same position up til last year. Hadn't been in ages after getting butchered as a kid by dodgy dentists.

So finally plucked up the courage and went to Dr. Eilis O'Hagan out just off Fr. Griffin Road, opposite Hogan's pharmacy.

Couldn't recommend her enough. Fantastic she was, informative, re-assuring and of course very pain free.

I even got up the courage to get a much needed root canal I felt so confident.

Excellent she is:)