cavity and spending money

[nathanp 6]

my wife was told for her medical she will have dental done and it could affect her process simply because of a cavity..i said no it wont and i doubt they do dental check..can anyone confirm this?also how much money would she need to do her medical(not the actual 11300 PHP fee but for whatever else)?she lives in Paranaque and ill give her money for travel for 2 days.she plans on doing her medical on tuesday.already registered online...and if possibly can anyone tell me what list for the paper work needed we should follow...the K visa list or other immigrant visa list..we didnt do a K visa but just want to make sure im following correct list..thanks everyone

[NikLR 13,227]

~~moved to Philippines regional forum for regionally specific answers on prices of medical from IR1/CR1 process and procedures~~

No they do not check your teeth and you cannot be denied for a cavity, or false teeth for that matter.

[arken 4,197]

People with lots of missing teeth can immigrate to the US, your's wife just has a small part of teeth missing. They don't care about the dental.

you can look at the following link for the requirements..

http://www.slec.ph/us-visa-applicants.shtml#immigrant

[Calasiao_Ben 1]

Actually, my fiance has really nice teeth, but had one visible cavity on her back molar..so before we went to Manila, we decided to go to the dentist to fix it.

Turned out she had a total of 13 small cavities. We repaired them all for 3500..

At the medical exam, the doctor asked her about her teeth and whether or not they are false. When told," no they're all real" the doctor seemed to nor believe her and asked again,"are you sure they're real"?

" yes mam, I'm sure "..

Still not believing, she asked her to open her mouth and proceeded to pull on them to check if they'd remove...

They didn't of course, but the doctor still asked," you have all your teeth still?"

Hellooooo? "Yes, I still have them all mam"

Haha

[Greenbaum 12,259]

Actually, my fiance has really nice teeth, but had one visible cavity on her back molar..so before we went to Manila, we decided to go to the dentist to fix it.

Turned out she had a total of 13 small cavities. We repaired them all for 3500..

At the medical exam, the doctor asked her about her teeth and whether or not they are false. When told," no they're all real" the doctor seemed to nor believe her and asked again,"are you sure they're real"?

" yes mam, I'm sure "..

Still not believing, she asked her to open her mouth and proceeded to pull on them to check if they'd remove...

They didn't of course, but the doctor still asked," you have all your teeth still?"

Hellooooo? "Yes, I still have them all mam"

Haha

Reasoning for the questioning is most Dentist would remove a tooth hat had a cavity. That's why the doctor at SLEC was surprised that you had your teeth, even though you had cavities. My wife wears a bridge because of that thinking.

[NikLR 13,227]

Reasoning for the questioning is most Dentist would remove a tooth hat had a cavity. That's why the doctor at SLEC was surprised that you had your teeth, even though you had cavities. My wife wears a bridge because of that thinking.

So they don't normally fix a cavity there? Just replace the whole tooth?

[Hank_ 9,174]

my wife was told for her medical she will have dental done and it could affect her process simply because of a cavity..i said no it wont and i doubt they do dental check..can anyone confirm this?also how much money would she need to do her medical(not the actual 11300 PHP fee but for whatever else)?she lives in Paranaque and ill give her money for travel for 2 days.she plans on doing her medical on tuesday.already registered online...and if possibly can anyone tell me what list for the paper work needed we should follow...the K visa list or other immigrant visa list..we didnt do a K visa but just want to make sure im following correct list..thanks everyone

Nope they don't do a dental checkup during the medical.

Fee for the medical is all inclusive, no additional costs.

For the medical here is some info with links: http://visaconnection-philippines.com/index.php/2-visa-process/4-slec-medical

Here is the embassy instructions letter w/required documents, etc listed: http://photos.state.gov/libraries/manila/1178798/Instructions%20Packets/iv-interview-preparation-instructions-english-feb-2016.pdf

[nathanp 6]

awesome..thank you everyone..seems i have everything in order and done it rite so i can assure my wife no reason to worry..again thank you much

[Calasiao_Ben 1]

So they don't normally fix a cavity there? Just replace the whole tooth?

no, they do repair cavities, but probably, more often than not, by the time they get to the dentist, the tooth cant be saved.

Ive paid for my fiance and two of her siblings dental problems.. Her bros teeth were saved.. But her sister's had to have 2 extractions.

[Greenbaum 12,259]

NLR, on 15 May 2016 - 09:13 AM, said:

So they don't normally fix a cavity there? Just replace the whole tooth?

Early dentistry in the Philippines entailed to remove the tooth and not repair. Especially when the tooth maybe to far gone to repair. So, they would pull it. If you see the older generation many are missing teeth and for that reason. By the time wife was growing up they began to do repairs then remove but she wasn't so lucky with a few of her teeth.

Filipino's can't afford the Dentist so many go without proper treatment till it's too late. My stepson arrived here (12 yo) with 14 cavities. Spent two years getting them all repaired.

For anyone who is working on their visa I highly recommend that you have them see the Dentist before they leave and pay the highly reduced rate of getting them fixed there in the Philippines unless you have excellent dental insurance. There are many good Dentist's now in the larger cities.

[russandraquel 86]

My fiancee broke a tooth biting a mango seed. The dentist was very affordable and did a nice job fixing. Just look at our pictures!