Treatments and prices
Everything we do, what it costs, how many visits it takes, and — the column nobody publishes — what would make it cost more than the lower figure. If a price is going to change, we tell you why before we start.
Checks and cleaningThe first examination is free. The X-ray, if you need one, is not.
First examination and consultation
Price: ฿0Visits: 1Chair time: 30–45 minNo injectionWhat would make it cost more: Nothing. It is free whether or not you go on to treatment. The X-ray, if you need one, is not free.
Check-up, returning patient
Price: ฿300Visits: 1Chair time: 20 minNo injectionWhat would make it cost more: Nothing.
Scaling and polishing
Price: ฿1,000–1,500Visits: 1Chair time: 40–60 minNo injectionWhat would make it cost more: How long since the last one. Past about two years it takes longer and costs the upper figure.
Single X-ray
Price: ฿300per filmVisits: —Chair time: 5 minNo injectionWhat would make it cost more: Number of films. Each is ฿300.
Panoramic X-ray
Price: ฿1,200Visits: —Chair time: 10 minNo injectionWhat would make it cost more: Fixed. Taken once, and we tell you before we take it.
Fillings and extractionsPriced per tooth. We tell you which price applies before we start.
Composite filling
Price: ฿800–1,800per toothVisits: 1Chair time: 30–50 minLocal anaestheticWhat would make it cost more: How many surfaces of the tooth are involved. One surface is ฿800; a corner that has broken away is nearer ฿1,800. We tell you which before we start.
Simple extraction
Price: ฿1,000–1,500Visits: 1Chair time: 30 minLocal anaestheticWhat would make it cost more: Whether the root is straight.
Surgical extraction / wisdom tooth
Price: ฿3,500–6,500Visits: 1Chair time: 60–90 minLocal anaestheticWhat would make it cost more: How deep it sits and how close it lies to the nerve. The panoramic X-ray decides this, and it is why we take one first.
Root canal and crownsSeveral visits, several weeks. The lab is in Bangkok.
Root canal, front tooth
Price: ฿6,000Visits: 2Chair time: 60 minLocal anaestheticWhat would make it cost more: Number of canals. A front tooth normally has one.
Root canal, premolar
Price: ฿8,000Visits: 2Chair time: 60–75 minLocal anaestheticWhat would make it cost more: Usually two canals.
Root canal, molar
Price: ฿12,000Visits: 2–3Chair time: 75–90 minLocal anaestheticWhat would make it cost more: Three or four canals, and whether a previous filling has to come out first.
All-ceramic crown
Price: ฿12,000–16,000Visits: 2Chair time: 45–60 minLocal anaestheticWhat would make it cost more: Which tooth. A back tooth takes more material. The two visits are about two weeks apart because the lab is in Bangkok.
ChildrenA child's first visit is free and involves no treatment.
A child's first visit — look only, no treatment
Price: ฿0Visits: 1Chair time: 20–30 minNo injectionWhat would make it cost more: Nothing. Bring them to look at the room and go home. Many children need this twice before anything happens.
Children's check-up with fluoride
Price: ฿800Visits: 1Chair time: 30 minNo injectionWhat would make it cost more: Nothing.
Fissure sealant
Price: ฿700per toothVisits: 1Chair time: 15 minNo injectionWhat would make it cost more: How many teeth. Usually four.
Children's filling
Price: ฿900–1,500Visits: 1Chair time: 30–40 minInjection only if wantedWhat would make it cost more: Size of the cavity, and whether the child wants the injection. Some don't need it.
OtherFixed prices. Where the result varies, we say so first.
In-clinic whitening
Price: ฿8,000Visits: 1Chair time: 90 minNo injectionWhat would make it cost more: Fixed. The result varies; we will tell you honestly what to expect before you pay, and for some people the honest answer is "not much".
Take-home whitening trays
Price: ฿5,500Visits: 2Chair time: 15–30 minNo injectionWhat would make it cost more: Fixed. Two weeks of wearing them at home.
Night guard
Price: ฿4,500Visits: 2Chair time: 20–30 minNo injectionWhat would make it cost more: Fixed. Made in the same Bangkok lab; about ten days.
Three real totals
A list of individual prices still does not answer “what will this actually cost me”. So here are three whole answers.
“I haven't been in three years and nothing hurts”
- First examination and consultation฿0
- Scaling and polishing฿1,500
Total฿1,500
One visit
“One back tooth hurts when I drink cold water”
- First examination and consultation฿0
- Single X-ray฿300
- Composite filling (two surfaces)฿1,300
Total฿1,600
One or two visits
“A dentist in Bangkok said I need a root canal on a molar and a crown”
- First examination and consultation฿0
- Panoramic X-ray฿1,200
- Root canal, molar฿12,000
- All-ceramic crown (back tooth)฿16,000
Total฿29,200
4–5 visits over about six weeks
What we do not do here
Referring you somewhere else is not us failing. It is the job.
We will tell you roughly what it costs there before you go, so you are not finding out in someone else’s waiting room.
Orthognathic (jaw) surgery
Goes to: A hospital oral-surgery department in Bangkok
Roughly, there: ฿180,000–400,000, and a hospital stay
Full-arch or multiple implants
Goes to: An implant centre in Bangkok or Hua Hin
Roughly, there: ฿45,000–90,000 per implant
Complex oral surgery
Goes to: Hospital
Roughly, there: Depends entirely; they will quote you
Full orthodontics
Goes to: An orthodontist in Hua Hin
Roughly, there: ฿40,000–70,000 over 18–30 months
Things we would rather you heard here
- A root canal can turn into an extraction. Sometimes a tooth turns out to be cracked below the gum once we are inside it. The work already done is already paid for. It is not common, and it is not never.
- A crown takes two weeks between visits, because the lab is in Bangkok. There is no same-day crown here.
- Whitening may not do much for you. We will say so before you pay.
- We do not direct-bill insurance. We give you an itemised receipt and you claim it yourself.
Instruments
Every instrument used today is sterilised today. Nothing is left until tomorrow. The pouch is opened in front of you and the indicator strip on it is dated.