It seems resin dentures are old technology, unstable and prone to infections.
I have two teeth (back upper jaw) supporting the stellite with some hooks, one on each side.
One of these teeth broke.
Went to AEK Udon to check on options had X-ray full mouth (300 baht for X-ray, not too bad) and was told both supporting teeth need to be extracted and a new denture to be made, on top of that need gum cleaning (i have ?) or to avoid gum infection. 8k baht gum cleaning, 15k baht new denture, extraction 2k, sterilization 1k, total around 25K.
Total cost 1k: 600 for dentist including ful X-ray and for 400 orthodontist advise (gum cleaning and new denture)
Now the25K money is not the problem, the pushing is.
I called my home town dentist who said:
OK, broken tooth need to be removed.
OK for gum cleaning, good idea, 8k not expensive, can't do here.
Remove tooth #2 for what? because 6 month from now or 1 year he will need to go? Who knows?
Advise: remove bad tooth, cut hooks denture right side, try denture.
Clean gum.
denture hold good, end of story, problem with denture, call me. might need to take out tooth #2, make sure they make stellite denture, not resin, she wonders if AEK Thailand dentists/technicians master stellite manufacturing, also thinks stellite denture can not be made for 15K baht. Orthodontist AEK also told me "see denture you have no good!" And that is bullshit, easy talking, pushing again.
I tend to follow advise home dentist, might run into conflict with AEK dentists.
Need to ask AEK if they make resin or stellite or both.
Might need to go somewhere else, removing broken tooth is urgent, I take blood med and need to wait 5 days before extraction.
Any experience/advise helpful. Don't really trust Thai dentists too much
Thanks
