I can recommend the 'Seubsiri Dental Clinic' on 360/4 Seubsiri Rd.
Thanks Roger! I'll give her a try
That dentist is called Dr. Wannarat Thatsanai, nicknamed Dr. Apple. She is a kind lady, she speaks a little English (not really enough IMHO). She has been my dentist for the past 4 years but mainly for easy stuff like cleaning or small fillings. She is the one I referred to in the last paragraph of
this post. The clinic's card in my possession shows 2 phone numbers:
083-7959636 and
044-353399.
Until now I was happy enough to recommend her to my friends. I even accompanied there personally 4 friends until now, all foreigners. These 4 friends were treated for different needs and, to be fair, results were mixed: not all 4 of them were 100% satisfied with treatment received. Myself I was a bit disappointed last time I went as:
(1) She wanted to remove, quickly on the spot, a broken dead tooth; she tried hard to convince me but I preferred to take my time as I didn't feel any pain at all. That was 2 months ago and now I can say I was right to wait: that broken tooth is holding well without any problem and I intend to keep it as long as possible.
(2) She did some quick cleaning on her own initiative, probably unnecessary as she had done a regular full cleaning just 3 months earlier (normally I do once a year). She worked less than 10 minutes on this quick cleaning. Yet, she charged me for it the same amount she always charges for a full cleaning: 500 THB. Now, considering also that I had just been taking 4 new customers to her in previous weeks, I think you can understand my annoyance.
Wizard, try her out for easier stuff (fillings). If you feel good with her, go ahead for the rest. If you feel you need extra anaesthetic, tell her at once. If you don't like covering your face, just tell her so. I've heard of dentists who insist covering the face of patients even against their will: I don't know if that's true, I never met one, but anyway that's not the case here, not to worry! One of my friends who was treated by her have this problem that, like Roger, he cannot stand his face to be covered: we just asked her to renounce covering the face and that's it. She is a very gentle woman indeed.
She has one more default common to many professionals here: she is not always punctual. Keep that in mind when taking an appointment: avoid being the first one in the morning; but if you have to, tell them clearly you expect the dentist to be on time.