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)
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| Thanks for stopping by,,, Doug |
