Friday, January 02, 2015

Doug does the Dentist in Saigon




I've been back in Saigon for a couple weeks but a couple months before that my teeth starting falling apart. It all came to a head about three weeks before I flew out to Vietnam.  I had spent over $2,000.00 on dental work and needed more stuff done, so they said.. So convinced the dentist in applying a temporary $400.00 fix thinking I would check out some off shore dental work. Oh and the quick fix lasted about 3 days and fell out.
                                     
Thailand is famous for this kind of thing, with slick, state of the art dental clinics/hospitals.  In the past I had used  Bangkok Hospital Dental for a checkup and cleaning and it was satisfactory but wasn’t sure a trip to Bangkok from Saigon was in my budget. So got on the internet and looked at having some work done in Saigon.

Found Dr, Vu Thi Thanh Tuyen who was billed as having a small practice but a loyal following.  We exchanged e-mails regarding her practice but I was still unsure until receiving a call from her in Vietnam reassuring me of her abilities and it worked for her, the next day I booked an  appointment.

After arriving in Saigon she contacted me again, offering to pick me up saying “it is a very complicated place to get to” and it was. Though in fact I'm thinking the real reason was that she was afraid I would chicken out.  I have a motorbike guy who is great at this kind of thing and even he got turned around a couple times.

A real low key operation, works in her bare feet, not even an assistant and if
the job requires a specialist she has a friend who is one, who on her request will stop by and do the specialist thing. For x-rays she sends you to x-ray place in the back of a shop house about 15 minutes away by motorbike. You have to go by motorbike because the alley is too narrow for a taxi.

What it costs:
             Examination
             Tooth extraction
              Full mouth ex-ray-from the ex-ray shop
              Motorbike guy – 3 hours
                                             Total cost    900,000 dong = $41.00 (US)
  
 Dr, Vu Thi Thanh Tuyen DDS
 Golden Smile Dental office
 123/19 Nghia Phat Ward 6
 Tan Bin District,  Saigon
    0903 014 680
                                                   
Thanks for stopping by,,,  Doug
           

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