CJAD 800AM at 8:40am – Dental Clinics
Q1: Dental work is expensive, it’s one excuse that many people use to put it off ( besides the pain part of course!).
One way to keep costs down is to use the residents’ clinic at our teaching hospitals. Prices will be 10%-30% off regular dental costs. You do need to sign up first and be accepted.
Q2: What does resident’s clinic mean? Do they know what they are doing?
Graduating students who have been trained and need more experience before they go out and hang up a shingle, work in this clinic. Their professors are following their every move to make sure all is done correctly. They are all making sure their work is quite good and their conduct professional – remember, they’re trying to get good mark.
Q3: What kind of dental work can they do?
Check ups, fillings, bridges, crowns, gum problems and even orthodontic work.
Q4: Where are they located?
Jewish General Hospital – For less expensive dental care, you can use the residents’ clinic at this hospital. They do all types of dentistry, and you only have to wait about a month or two for an appointment. Prices vary between 10% – 30% off (exam $50-$90, cleaning $100, fillings approx. $65 for single surface to $215 for 5).
Location: 5750 Cote des Neiges, room A024
corner: Cote Ste-Catherine
Tel: 514-340-7910
Hours: Mon-Fri 8:30-12 and 1-4:15
Montreal General Hospital/McGill Teaching Clinic Affiliated with McGill University has both emergency dental care (514-934-8063) for temporary fillings or abscesses and a residents’ clinic (514-934-8063) for dental care, as well as bridges, crowns and gum problems. There is also a separate, unassociated clinic (McGill University Undergraduate Teaching Clinic, 514-934-8021), which offers about 40% off the QDSA fee guide on dentistry and minor orthodontic work. The treatment is provided by students who are supervised by McGill’s Faculty of Dentistry, and patients are screened by application (514-934-8042) and evaluation.
Location: 1650 Cedar Ave.
Royal Victoria Hospital Dental is affiliated with McGill University. This clinic is referred to by Quebec dentists for medically compromised patients (coumadine, HIV, mulitple medications). Make an appointment for a screening (Tuesday 8:30-4 or Fri morn) to assess your problems. The graduates can do bridges and dental surgery too, at their residents’ clinic (514-843-1609).
Location: 687 Pine ouest, room E3.18
corner: University
Tel: 514-843-1680
Hours: Mon-Fri 8:30-4 (closed lunch 12-1)
Universite de Montreal The Faculty of Dental Medicine has dental students offering a full range of treatments. You must fill in an application to get into the program, and there is at least an 8-12 month wait. An Orthodontic clinic is available at 514-343-6056.
Location: 2900 Edouard Montpetit
corner: Louis-Colin
Tel: 514-343-6750
Hours: Mon-Fri 9-12 and 1:30-4:30 (closed summer)
http://www.medent.umontreal.ca/en/dental
Queen Elizabeth Dental Services is affiliated with the McGill Dental Residency Program. You can come here for a bit of a price break for dental work. All prices are 25% less than a dentist except for implants. A cleaning, for the first time with panorax x-ray is $160, but next time with regular x-rays it’s $125. A regular consultation (exam) is $23. They also do cosmetic work, implants, laser and emergency service.
Location: 2100 Marlowe suite #244
corner: Sherbrooke
Tel: 514-369-1999
Hours: Mon, Tues, Thurs, Fri 8:30-5:30, Wed 8:30-7
Q4 What about periodic teeth cleaning, can you get that done at these places?
Halfway through their dental hygiene program at John Abbott College Dental Hygiene Clinic, students are ready to see patients. About 30 a day can be seen for a $25 fee ($10 for kids 4-15), which includes exam, cleaning and x-rays (if you need them). Teeth can be filled for $15 or $20 by a dentist, sealants are $5 a tooth and sport guards $15. Expect to spend at least 2 1/2 hours here, perhaps coming even twice, since the students go slowly and carefully while being supervised by a dentist.
Location: 21275 Lakeshore, Stewart East Ste-Anne de Bellevue
corner: ch. Ste-Marie
Tel: 514-457-5010
Hours: Sept-Dec Mon-Wed 8:30-4:30 (changes in Spring)