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Go to the North For Dental Treatment?

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  • 25-05-2015 9:02am
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    creeper1
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    I haven't needed any dental care for 3 years approx.

    I remember the last time I felt it was worth it to travel to Derry to get the work done (I am in Donegal).

    Do you guys think it would still be cheaper to go to the north to get dental work?

    Or do you think the relatively weak Euro makes getting it done in the republic makes more sense?


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    davo10
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    creeper1 wrote: »
    I haven't needed any dental care for 3 years approx.

    I remember the last time I felt it was worth it to travel to Derry to get the work done (I am in Donegal).

    Do you guys think it would still be cheaper to go to the north to get dental work?

    Or do you think the relatively weak Euro makes getting it done in the republic makes more sense?

    At the risk of asking the obvious, did you find out what work you need done and get a quotation from both?


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    creeper1
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    No. I haven't had a check up in a long time.

    I suspect it may be time for a crown in one of my teeth or at least a very large filling.

    I am just talking on a general level. Do people generally go to the north for treatment.

    Is it generally still cheaper?


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    keithclancy
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    creeper1 wrote: »
    No. I haven't had a check up in a long time.

    I suspect it may be time for a crown in one of my teeth or at least a very large filling.

    I am just talking on a general level. Do people generally go to the north for treatment.

    Is it generally still cheaper?

    I thought the Exchange rate would have made it less attractive


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    Oral Surgeon
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    keithclancy wrote: »
    I thought the Exchange rate would have made it less attractive

    The exchange rate is a big factor

    The other big factor is that people generally don't end up comparing like with like. For example, a crown done by a specialist down south vs a crown done by a general dentist using NHS labs up north or a specialist root canal here vs a NHS root canal... Or just different treatments, the patient may have been quoted for a crown here but ended up just having a cheaper large filling up north instead.

    Or just like in this post, the patient has not had an examination here yet and queries going north on the presumption that it is cheaper....

    ** I'm not making any judgements on you or what you have or may do op just what I see regularly.....**


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    creeper1
    Registered Users Posts: 694 ✭✭✭creeper1


    This thread hasn't really went anywhere.

    However I did find this link (though it is somewhat dated) -

    http://www.thejournal.ie/poll-do-you-travel-to-northern-ireland-for-cheaper-dental-work-1435526-Apr2014/

    It seems prices are way higher in the republic.

    I guess it will be Derry for me.


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