'A trip to the dentist' Medical

Lee from Pocitos (Contact Member) - 01/15/10 08:01

My first trip to the dentist in Montevideo, years ago was a terrible experience. I had some pretty serious tooth pain. Of course my first action was to ignoring hoping it would just disappear. That of course was a complete failure so when it got unbearable, I found a dentist.

The dentist was covered by the membership plan I had with one of the ambulance companies. She did a quick examination and told me that my pain was a result of not cleaning suitable. Now, for a few days I'm sure she was right because the pain kinda kept me from wanting to touch my teeth at all.

I was sure the source of the pain was based on something more serious and something that really needed professional attention. I found another dentist, I suppose from the yellow pages or some other random method.

He did an exam and then sent me to another place to get an x-ray. When I returned with the x-ray the real problem was apparent. A wisdom tooth try to come out sideways and take over all the space in my mouth for teeth! No kidding that I had a bit of pain!

The extraction was very much less than pleasant. It took a long time (hours), lots of hammering an chiseling. As well some of his chemicals got on the outside of his rubber gloves and burned my lips a bit and tasted bad (as if I could taste anything).

He was obviously tired by the end of the procedure and ended up chipping a front tooth slightly. He patched that up at no cost, but his patch work lasted a week at best.

There was another dentist I had replace some mercury based fillings with resin. Unfortunately a few of those he seemed to dig out half the old filling and cover it with resin.

I found another dentist at random again and he did a great job patching the front tooth... 4 or so years later I've had no problems with is.

About a year ago I went to his office and was surprised to find he had retired! He wife referred me to another dentist:

Dra. Alessia Molinari

OralMed

Odontologia Especializada

Bvar. Espana 2819, Apto 102 (Near corner of Espana y Benito Blanco)

Montevideo

Phone: 706-5626

I've been going there for over a year now and have been satisfied. Alessia also speaks very good English.

Comment #1 Elaine (1) from Ireland (Contact Member) - 01/15/10 10:17

"English Speaking Dentist in Montevideo"

I've recently been to Alessia (in November 2009) and she was really lovely.

She speaks perfect English, her offices are clean and professional, they have an official list of all the costs (as regulated by some dentistry body here) and they will show them to you no problem so you know you're paying a fair price.

I had a large chuck fall out of one of my back molars near the root and it was very sore. Turns out it was a result of grinding my teeth in my sleep and the pressure caused the softer root to crumble. She explained the whole thing to meet and then cleaned the area and did a partial filling. It has been a few months and I've had no problems at all with it.

From my experience I'd definitely recommend her to expats who need an English speaking dentist.

Comment #2 Patrick from Rural east Colonia departmento (Contact Member) - 01/16/10 10:18

"Dentista"

I use a local dentist (Myrna) here in C Valdense. She speaks no English but does a better job and charges me less than my former NHS (state funded) dentist in England. We seem to have two types of dentist down here... the mega-gentle sort who spread a filling over three visits and the Myrna variety who just get on with it :-)

If I lived closer to MVD I'd give Alessia Molinari a try.

Comment #3 Jorge & Florence (1) from FLORIDA USA (Contact Member) - 01/20/10 13:27

"Dentist in Uruguay"

More good information from you guys, thank you. Nothing like word of mouth.

I love the official list of prices. Overhere Dentist , make more money than Astronauts and why do I need the fish tank in the ceiling if I close my eyes. I hate Dentist cheep or expensive.

When we are going to be vacationing in Uruguay, the dentist will be a place that we would go to visit and maybe half of the Airline tickets will be saved. Thank you

Comment #4 Elaine (1) from Ireland (Contact Member) - 01/21/10 07:02

"Dentist and health services"

"why do I need the fish tank in the ceiling if I close my eyes"

haha! good point Jorge! I was always amazed at the CRAZY prices for dentists in America, but then again everyone there seems to have perfect white straight teeth so they must be doing something right.

Thats one good advantage of Uruguay, health services are most definitely cheaper than in the US, and the insurance to cover them is much less. However to get an English-speaking doctor or dentist usually means a higher price. Alessia charges the same price as everyone else (what is on the official price list) but for doctors or specialists you have to seek out an English speaker and they usually work at the more expensive clinics.

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