A+ Dental in Howick are pretty good. Dr Fang(thats what he calls himself) has many international qualifications, has a prestigious award from Rotary for his many years as a Dentist in New Guinea or somewhere.
I have always felt that I got a good deal(money and treatment wise) from him.
I have had a little bit of follow up smoothing or something done on a filling after it was irritating me and he did it for free. He said that I had paid for the job and needed to be happy it was right.
Another time I had a minor chipp on a tooth that he did some filing to sort out and only charged $20, I expected $80-100.
Best of all, he is a Biker. Has a BMW 1200 or something.
Years back I went to a Dentist upstairs in Botany Town Centre. Absolutely worst experience ever. It was for an urgent root canal before I headed overseas. The female Dentist and Assistant/hygeinist were obviously having a bad hair day or something, they were snapping at each other, the assistant was taking too long to make the filling, the assistant made the wrong thing, handed the wrong tools over, the dentist was sighing and impatient. The Dentist said I didn't need pain relief because the root was dead, all good until she was forcing the Gutta Percha sticks down into the canal itself. Then she was pushing that metal loop with the sharp edges so hard down onto my gums that I was sliding down the chair trying to get away from her and she just kept doing it.
Then to top it off, she had told me one price and I got charged another, settled after a phone call and some explanations but frustrating to say the least.
Only bad experience I have had with dentists but not nice.
As has said here, bad teeth can have a bad effect on the health of the whole body, it pays to get them sorted.
I guess there may also be the possibility of financial help from WINZ, they seem to give out money for all sorts of things.
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