(Picture taken from google so it's blurry)
This month has been full of visits to the doctor's office. My dentist check up was due for another visit to the dentist. A good rule of thumb, every 6 months, it is best to check up with the dentist for potential cavities and good oral hygienes. I had a cleaning done with Kang's Dental Clinic in Seomyeon. It cost about 18,500 won (about $17 USD or less) with my insurance provided by my school. I have to say the cleaning is not comparable to the states. I had an x-ray and it took about 3 tries because they had some sort of malfunction with the machine. I was getting worried because of the radiation from the x-rays but it finally worked on the 4th try. I was than proceeded to the dentist rooms, which are divided with screens. When I had my teeth cleaned, they were polishing my teeth without any teeth polish (red/green paste). My teeth were grinding against metal, it was a disturbing sound. There is no flossing, mouth rinse, or any sort of tingling minty freshness...which I was looking forward too. After the cleaning, the dentist assistant poked around my teeth for potential pain from cavities. I had two cavities..yikes..I also had two crowns done from my previous root canals done in the states. It took about 4-5 visits to finish up my two root canals but I have to say it was way quicker than the states.
Here is the break down for the root canal and the crown included:
Porcelain- 600,000 won (about $550 USD)
Gold- 500,000 won (about $450 USD)
Porcelain with metal- 400,000 won (about $350 USD)
My experience at the Kang's Dental Clinic has been great and I'm sure I will go back for any other problems with my teeth. He is very throughly with the procedures and he doesn't rush which I found reassuring and that I was in good hands. I also took pictures but I can't seem to find them. I will take pictures of the place when I go back to Kang's. Here is some info about Kang's (for more pictures google kang's dental clinic):
http://busanhaps.com/dir/kangs-dental-clinic/
Dental Thread: http://www.waygook.org/index.php?topic=879.200
