Dental trip to Phuket

Sea Smile Dental Clinic
www.thaidentalcenter.com
We were able to arrange the appointments with Sea Smile through email and they provided us with quotes for services that we though needed to be done.  Once we had arrived, I found out that I will need additional work done (legitimate, they were not trying to create work).  Sea Smile was thankfully able to fit in three more appointments for me over the next 9 days.  Luckily, we were booked to stay in Phuket for 9 days, otherwise I would not have been able to get all the work done there.  Pheww!!!

They have at least three dentists working there (maybe more but I could not tell who was who) and are open Mon-Sun.  On one occasion, they were working on me at 10pm, as they had to fit all my procedures in 9 days.  It was really nice of them to stay couple of hours later to get everything done for me in time.

Every time I went to the dental clinic (I was there a lot as I had six appointments) I would meet Aussies and Kiwis getting dental work done.  No locals were using this clinic as it must be pricey by local standards, but by Western standards it was a steal!  The costs for procedures were at least 50% less than those in Australia.

The clinic was very clean, they used all the same equipment and procedures as in the West (I know as I've been to a few dentists in my time) and were very professional in their dealings.

A lot of people were getting dental implants, crowns, teeth whitening and other work done, at fraction of the cost.  Most big jobs (implants) required a couple of trips so people would come twice in a year to complete a procedure for $12,000 when the same procedure would cost them $25,000 in Australia.  Crazy!

Carla and I ended up spending AUD 2,000 for the work that would have cost us over AUD 5,000 in Australia.

Sawasdee Dental Clinic
http://www.phuketdentalclinic-patong.com/
This dental clinic has only one dentist but they are very friendly and accommodative.  Dentist's husband is Australian, which helps with communication and dentist's understanding of Western culture.  The clinic is very clean and organized.  The clientele was all Australian and very happy with the work that they've had done.

Their prices are a bit cheaper that those at the Sea Smile Dental Clinic.

We saw at least two more dental clinics in Patong but are unable to comment on their quality and reliability.  We would not recommend going to a clinic that has not been reviewed through independent sources.