Be very careful about treatment abroad

[whatamug]

I have just had a very bad experience from a Hungarian company. I am still in shock to find that after a year ago of having 7 implants placed and continuous pain, I now have to under go extensive remedial work. Three of my teeth need to be removed I have a cyst infection and decay. I had spent £9,000 for my treatment. I kept writing to the agent that I was in pain I went to see them twice in London. Nothing was done. I then paid to have a scan done elsewhere. Then when I got back to them they sent me an email telling me that, I had NEVER complained of pain!! My god, what liars. I have so much proof to the contrary that I can't see how they hope to get away with this. Other customers I have met have not been happy.

Which brings me to this: Be very wary of websites, forums when they a praising dental companies abroad. How genuine are they? Yesterday I tried to post on a forum that helps people to decide where to go for treatment. My post was turned down. I wondered why. it was obvious there were only good things on there so people will carry on using these dentists because they have not been told the truth they only read the good comments the bad are held back. This is so wrong, where can anyone get a proper review good and bad. (they must be paid for advertising) I used BHMS and I will make sure that everyone knows what liars they are and how they try to take more money off you for their mistake.

[brit]

Whatamug
We tend to work on mainly 'white info' on recommended dentists but always delete the spam for 'dental tourism' since we tend to think it is fraught with dangers and downsides and would not recommend that people do it as a general rule. Caveat emptor....

There is nothing wrong with travelling within your own country however to find a dentist able to make a dentally anxious/phobic patient feel more at ease.

So we do have recommendations for dentists listed all over the world but we keep an eye out for 'false reviews' and those promoting dental tourism.

Sorry to hear about your bad experience..hope you get things sorted out.

[turan]

Originally Posted by Frank H

I think going abroad still requires the good "word of mouth" before choosing a dentist. If you know the language, maybe you could hit local message boards not related to dentist recommendations and see what the locals think.

Simply you can ask to a dentist from all overthe world , his/her education details, experiences, knowledge and the technologies using as well as some patients contacts from your near local to be clear in the metter....

There are many very good dentists and the dental clinics in the world.. just compare them....

[turan]

Originally Posted by danielshaw

I am sorry to hear about the bad experience with the dental treatment in Hungary. I have been running a British dental clinic abroad through www.dentalholiday.co.uk in Slovakia for 4 years now and I am shocked by the amount of "false" patient reviews that are out there. It's big business for many central European dentists and many will go to any extreme to get new patients, including providing false reviews.

I recorded this video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kiC1Wj-1ZJc) on youtube in which I talk about how patient reviews and feedback is collected from dental patients having their dental treatment abroad, and how to find reviews and patient stories that are reliable, true and can be trusted.

In summary, I would advise seeing scanned letters and reviews from patients, checking out review forums, and getting a number of a former patient that you can chat directly with beforehand.

All the best,

Daniel
http://www.dentalholiday.co.uk

As you will to know well as a dentist that Hungary is the most famous dental treatment destination since decades...This gave the advantage to the dentists overthere to improve their knowledge and the equipments along theamount of their patients ...And to be still affordable cost dentist if compare the otherpart of the World kept them always up!!

But used to be many false reviews even as they are not true...But this webforum is not showing the reality or the lies....Sorry...

Just one of our patient informed us for a review which appeared here about us which is absolutly false and even direct attact!!! The person who wrote most probably a man who was trying to rubber our credit card details and wanted by the interpol all over the europa.. Our unluck is just to treat him but at the same time to understood and to let him to judge....
Thanks,
Turan

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