Dentist In Colombia

Forgot to mention she lives in Bogota.

Many dentists in Colombia are really good and relatively inexpensive compared to the states.  Usually the cost is around 100,000 pesos or about thirty dollars.  Your friend needs to ask around to find out who is really good.  We have a fantastic dentist in Pereira.

Naturally prices are going to vary somewhat by location, by dentist, by tooth problem.  But scroll down about halfway in this article to see some estimates:

https://www.finanzaspersonales.co/consu … mbia/57515

Here you can see a breakdown of costs at a dental school in Bogotá, by very detailed procedure or service or device, just scroll the document down to see:

https://www.unicoc.edu.co/red-de-clinic … ef=Tarifas

Although the procedures are done by student dentists, they are overseen by expert instructors and you are liable to get first-class work as well as an honest breakdown of prices and services.

Overall you can expect the cost of dental services to be half or less than in most places in the more developed world.  Often the quality is just as good - Colombians place a high premium on their smiles - but there are many who cut corners, too.

Great info.

Thank you

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Its hard to find a good dentist

You have to be kidding, some of the best dentists in the world are in Colombia and most of them pay a lot more attention to the needs of the patient unlike some of the pure money grubbers you see everywhere in the U.S.

I'm not sure what you are looking for, but not only does Colombia has some of the best dentists in the world just like the eye doctors, perhaps you need to do some research and maybe ask for some recommendations, stay away from dental chains, not because they are bad but because you are not going to get personalized attention, you should go for a regular private dentist, and there are plenty to go about.

My girlfriend's brother is an orthodontist in Medellín.... I had some work done by  him recently , at a fraction of the cost , had I done it back in Canada  .....  I can send you his info if you need ....   Cheers , Les

I had a quotation from my U.S. dentist for some bridgework that would cost me $15,000.  I ended up doing it in Colombia for $1,200 and the dental professionals in the U.S. are amazed at the quality of the work I had done there.  My local dentist in Pereira, regularly has customers coming to her from places like Canada.  They get the work done at a much lower price and have a tropical vacation thrown in for nothing.

I can confirm this .... I had put up with 2 cracked molars for the past 6 years , because it was just too expensive to have them properly repaired back in Canada ...   the procedure cost me about 10% of the cost back home , and the work is exceptional ...  I wouldn't hesitate to recommend him to friends and family ...

Dentists are expensive anywhere in the world. You should probably just google it, and you’ll find a local place. I wish I understood my parents when they were telling me about the importance of teeth. I kept on skipping teeth brushing, and I ate a lot of sweet food. Eventually, I had a lot of problems that were still going on. Not too long ago, I decided to try out aligners from https://smiledoctors.com/treatment/invisalign-aligners/ which were terrific. They are comfortable and effective.

The quality of dental work varies in Colombia.

In Ipiales several years ago a new crown was made for me and installed.  Months later, in Lima, the crown had to be replaced and the Peruvian dentist told me the crown from Ipiales was the quality of a 'temporary' crown.

In Armenia, an excellent dentist sent me to a root canal specialist as part of the treatment.  A couple of years later, in the States, I had to have the root canal work redone and enhanced .. as my Nevada root canal specialist said the job in Armenia had not been done completely and properly, resulting in infection over time.

cccmedia in Santander (sahn-tahn-DEHR)

I am sure there are bad dentists in Colombia and the public generally knows which ones are bad.  I have only gone to dentists in Colombia that have been personally recommended to me and it has worked out fantastic and much better than the dental chain practices of the U.S.

Are dentists expensive?

I disagree with Silencok's assertion that dentists are expensive all over the world.

I have been treated by dentists in my home country (the USA), in Thailand and in four countries here in South America.

The costs for dental services, in my experience, in the foreign countries has been typically one fourth to one third of what I was charged in the States for similar services (in 2021).

cccmedia in Bucaramanga, Santander

As I mentioned in a previous post I have found the cost of dental work to be about ten percent of what it costs in the U.S.  One other situation that was a big dental lesson for me had to do with my wife.   She has a severe dental problem relating to the chemistry of her teeth.  About ten to fifteen years ago we were going to one of the U.S. chain dentists, who saw the problem with her teeth.  He then referred her to a dental specialist who works for the chain.  He recommended that all of her teeth be pulled and be replaced with a set of false teeth which would cost about $7,000 at that time.  My wife takes great pride in her teeth and actually spends a half hour to forty five minutes cleaning them nightly.  After she cried for a couple of days, we called our dentist in Pereira who recommended she do nothing until she had a chance to look at them.  The result was my wife did not have her teeth pulled and still has her originals and is obviously super happy that she did not have them all pulled as was recommended by the U.S. dental specialist.  Conclusion many of the Colombian dentists care a lot more about the patient than is generally the case in the U.S. and at a much cheaper price.