Ich lebe seit mehreren Jahren in der Schweiz und war hier noch nie in einem Zahnarzt. Jedes Jahr gehe ich im Urlaub nach Hause, wo ich eine regelmäßige Zahnarztuntersuchung mit einer Reinigung und einer erforderlichen Behandlung habe. Neulich fiel mir eine sehr alte Zahnfüllung aus meinem Zahn, und leider werde ich in den kommenden Monaten leider nicht nach Hause gehen, um es zu behandeln. Und der Zahn wird nicht warten. Ich habe viele verschiedene Horrorgeschichten über die Zahnbehandlung in der Schweiz gehört. Dass Schweizer Zahnärzte für Zähne mit Hohlräumen bevorzugt, besteht darin, sie herauszuziehen, oder wenn sie sie mit zahnärztlicher Füllung füllen, ist dies nicht immer mit hoher Qualität erfolgt, und diese Zahnbehandlung im Allgemeinen kostet wie ein Flugzeugflügel … Ich lebe im Grunde genommen von Gehaltsscheck bis Gehaltsscheck, sodass mir der letzte Punkt am meisten erschreckt. Wie viel sollte ich damit rechnen zu bezahlen? Und vielleicht kann mich jemand einen kompetenten Spezialisten im Kanton von Zürich im Winterthur beraten? Vielen Dank im Voraus.
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What to expect from a dentist in Switzerland?
byu/Background-War7518 inSwitzerland
Von Background-War7518
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expect rape on your wallet
Do you live near the border by any chance? Go in Germany or Italy.
You can go for getting an objection first and they create a „Kostemvoranschlag“ so a predicated cost, which will be +/- 10% of the endprice usually.
Last time I paid for 2 new fillings around 1000chf
Dentists are usually good but it cost way too much for my budget and of course it s not covered by the health insurance mafia …
I just came back from Brazil, I got 2 wisdom tooth taken out by a dental surgeon of top class for at least half of what I would have pay in Switzerland. I now get all my dental care and glasses made there.
I hope you get a way to get treatment for a cheap price.
Go to germany, hungary or something else if possible, dentists in switzerland are only worth it if your parents thought about an insurance while you were a child or if you are rich, if you live paycheck to paycheck don‘t even think about visiting a dentist here if you‘re not in an emergency situation. My left side of my face has swollen once because a dentist made a mistake and only filled one of two holes and i had to pay 1800 fr. to get it right again.
You can expect to be legally robbed. Frankly I don’t have too many good experiences with dentists in Switzerland, lots of them are judgmental and very arrogant.
That being said, if you need to do it around here, I’d personally go to a University clinic as there you can have it a bit cheaper if students do it. You can usually also have it done there by professors and such, then you pay a normal price. My one good experience with dentists in Switzerland has been at the University clinic in Bern, there is one in Zurich too, with rather good reviews if you search for it.
That being said, always ask for a Kostenvoranschlag.
Try one of the dental clinics in Jestetten or Gottmadingen.
There are dozens of threads asking the same thing, you can use the search button
See if there is a dentist school near you, the prices are anywhere between 25 to 70% less expensive (at least that’s the case in Geneva).
My wife didn’t go to the dentist for some time, in the years she just arrived in Switzerland. Then she went for a check, and they wanted to do some work for more than 2000CHF, nothing major, mostly problems with old fillings.
I told her to wait, cause we could pass by a family member of mine in the Netherlands. He did it for free, but would normally charge around 400chf for what he fixed. Many things listed were also not necessary.
So be aware, and if you really have to do something big, maybe better go outside of Switzerland.
Go to the University Of Zurich Dental Centre:
https://zzm.uzh.ch/en.html
They have a walk-in clinic.
I had severe dentist anxiety for years. I went there and told them about my fears. These people are trained to deal with such patients. Took my anxiety almost completely, they are very empathetic during procedures.
Since then I only go there. You can also be upfront about your financial situation.
A filling cost me like 250 per tooth.
And the treatment here is way better than I was used to even from Germany.
A large bill!
You can expect a bill lol.
Avoid using Swiss Dentists. When I lived in Geneva I went to a dentist and she said I had around 3000 CHF worth of fillings to do. I then had vacations planned in Ireland, so I decided to get a 2nd opinion while there. The dentist there said 1 filling needed to be done, it cost me 75 Euros. One year later, I did the same but in Portugal, and she said I had 2 filling that needed attention, it cost me 80 Euros for both.
So yes, expect to be robbed in Switzerland.
If you can’t go to Germany to a dentist, I can recommend Martin Nguyen at the Zahnärzte am Central Praxis in Zürich. He is Hungarian, that’s why I also went there (after not setting foot in a dental praxis in Switzerland for 15 years) and not only did he explain everything very well to me, he also told me the cost of everything that would have to be done. I still won’t go there to take out my wisdom teeth probably, because doing it with full anesthesia would cost a whopping 2000 francs, but if that was less expensive here in Switzerland, I would let him do it. Another Hungarian friend of mine recommend him originally and he was also very happy with him.
It’s expensive and no insurance will help you. Maybe u have a special one which I’d assume not
Good service and high bills
I always go to france for dentists, for some reason france always has beautiful blonde dentists in every praxis that i was going to, this helps tonrelax and smile even tho all dentists are sadists who enjoy giving pain. Just be able to speak a bit of french, miscommunication in dentistry isnt something you want
The quality will be great, but it probably will be very expensive.
For a normal filling to replace, probably between 300 and 500 for, if there are no issues.
> That Swiss dentists‘ favorite treatment for teeth with cavities is to pull them out
Never heard of such a thing. Always filled, never pulled.
> or if they do fill them with dental filling, it is not always done with high quality
Can’t complain so far. I have a few fillings that have been done about 20 years ago and so far none of them fell out or made any problems.
I don’t exactly know what material is used for the fillings, but as far as I understand it, it’s a white, „modern“ and non-toxic kind of filling. (Unlike those metal-coloured „amalgam“ fillings containing toxic mercury that are still used in some countries today and where there are concers about negative impact on health.)
Of course Swiss dentists work for Swiss prices. So don’t expect your filling to be done for 50 bucks 😉
Look I think you can write to some Dentist in advance and ask a range of price for your problem. I recommend to check outside the city centers. Dentist are expensive yes, more than in other countries. But i honestly went for something minor in Zurich and at the end it wasn’t all that bad. I think the key is to inquiry before hand.
> That Swiss dentists‘ favorite treatment for teeth with cavities is to pull them out, or if they do fill them with dental filling, it is not always done with high quality
To what kind of dentists do you guys all go?!
Never had a bad experience at a dentist in Switzerland.
Like everything here it’s not cheap tho.
Extreme high quality with and extreme high cost, my experience at least. Never heard of anyone having bad treatments just that it was way too expensive for them. What you need I would not surprised if it’s in 600-1400 range depending exactly on what you need
Price list:
https://zurichdental.ch/en/preisvergleich-zahnarzt-dentalhygiene/
A high invoice? Just kidding, depends on the individual doctor in question: like everywhere on this earth, there are good and bad! Good luck with your visit.
Either nice teeth or money
Man it took me a lot of time to find one to trust. Sadly the price is always high, at least now I get good quality. There are some who do deals with friends, but you gotta know a guy, and sadly that is not me.