Thread: The Best Bangkok Dentist

Siriraj Hospital
2 Prannok Road,
Siriraj, Bangkok Noi,
Bangkok 10700

After more than 20 years of being a total coward I was forced to face one of my greatest fears, the poxy dentist, for about 15 years I have needed two broken teeth pulled from the back of my mouth, and suprisingly I also needed a filling, so the last year or two I have kept an eye open for a dentist that will take his shoes off before standing on my chest whilst pulling my teeth out.

In the end I did have to travel to Bangkok to find this dentist, or dentists, I kept looking round Pattaya and they did have some nice looking dental places, but nice looking doesn't really inspire trust and confidence, plus also there are so many rip off places in Pattaya and you have basically no recourse against these cowboys when they extract the wrong tooth.

One thing I should mention, not one of these dental places does general anesthetic for dental surgery, personally I would have preferred that and got it over and done with whilst passed out, so local anesthetic it was.

So if your in need of dental work Siriraj Hospital is the place you need to go, at least 2 floors of the building are dedicated to dentistry, one for surgical and one for cosmetic, ie fillings and stuff, first up for me was the surgical, quick xray of the offending teeth, think that was 400baht, local anesthetic and out with the buggers, took about 5 minutes in total from sitting down to getting them out once the local had kicked in, no pain or discomfort, only feeling I felt was the first needle for the local, tooth extraction for the 2 was 400baht, now that is a bargain.

Next day was the filling, again no messing about, no pain and the filling was done, they did ask me if I wanted the local anesthetic, huh? Do I look dumb? Of course I do, although I realise the teeth outsides don't have any feelings, but what if she goes that bit too deep with the drill and gets the nerve, weren't taking risks like that.

Siriraj Hospital consists of 75 buildings, although a new one is nearly finished so I think that makes it 76, it is the largest and oldest hospital in Thailand, most of it is exceptionally nicely done out, on par with some of the private hospitals in and around Pattaya, can't compare it to the Bangkok hospitals as this is the only one I have been to in Bangkok.



Marble and granite flooring, recessed ceilings with nice lighting, yep some of the buildings were done out quite classy.



One of the waiting areas, got to admit this one wasn't very nice, those teak wood chairs really do hurt the bum, probably worth a fortune though.



One of the main attractions of Siriraj Hospital is the Mahidol University which is on the grounds, this is chokka block full of hot Uni students desperate to meet young well endowed rich farangs, obviously I didn't bother wasting my time with that, also there is the Siriraj Medical Museum, which includes a museum on forensic medicine and death and stuff, haven't been to that yet.


And if your really bored, here is the history etc.

History of Siriraj Hospital
In the reign of His Majesty King Chulalongkorn there was a big Cholera breakout in 1881. With his benevolence, he had established temporary hospitals in 48 community districts. The hospitals were closed when the occurrence of the disease was reduced.However, the establishment of a hospital was still in his mind and he appointed a committee to take responsibility.

On 22 March 1886 His Majesty King Chulalongkorn had appointed the committee to establish a permanent hospital at Kromphrarajawangboworn Sathanpimuk(Wang Lang)’s Palace on the west bank of Chao Phraya River. He also gave money from his private funds as the first donation for the establishment.

During the preparations, HRH Prince Siriraj Kakutabhundu, the King’s beloved
son died of dysentery on 31 May 1887. This brought him great sorrow and also a
strong will to establish the hospital. After the Prince’s cremation, HM The King donated the wood planks and everything else used in the ceremony to the hospital as well as donating the prince’s private fund.

In the early period, the hospital committee had built 6 patient wards and on 26 April 1888 HM King Chulalongkorn presided the opening of the hospital and named it “ Siriraj Hospital”, also called “Wang Lang Hospital” by the local people. The hospital was opened to render treatment to patients both in modern and Thai traditional medicine.

With an increasing demand for treatment and an inadequate number of physicians, a medical school was established in this hospital and teaching started on 5 September 1890. It was a 3-year curriculum, teaching was both in modern and traditional medicine. This first medical school in Thailand was named “ Pattayakorn School”. The medical degree was awarded to the first medical graduates on 1 May 1893.

While HRH Krommamuen Chainartnarendhorn was working as the Director of the medical school, he persuaded HRH Prince Mahidol of Songkla to study medicine. The first place he went to was Harvard University in the United States, where he studied Public Health and later on completed a medical degree. Furthermore, he was a representative of the government of the Kingdom of Thailand and negotiated with the Rockefellers to raise Thai medical education up to the degree level as well as improving the facilities of Siriraj Hospital in various aspects.

Siriraj Hospital has been sustainably developing until now with the generosity of every king and all the royal families in the Chakri Dynasty as well as the full support from the people of Thailand.

Siriraj Hospital is located at 2 Prannok Road, Siriraj Sub-district, Bangkoknoi District, Bangkok 10700. It is recognized as one of the biggest hospitals in Southeast Asia occupying 73 rais of land with 75 buildings. In 1996, it housed 2,600 beds, 1,200 physicians, 7,783 nurses and 1,974 nurse assistants as well as 1,117 additional personnel working wholeheartedly with their full strength for patient treatment.

Siriraj Hospital in the Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital is administered by Mahidol University. The administrative structure in the Faculty comprises the office of the Dean, office of the Director, Her Majesty Cardiac Center, 24 departments, including the office for Research and Development, the Medical Education Technology Center, as well as 8 paramedical schools, namely for Nurse Assistants, Physiotherapy, Medical Audio Visual, Medical Science Technicians, Nurse Anesthetists, Radio Technicians, Sports Science Medicine, and Transfusion Medicine.

Principal missions of the Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital are to produce qualified graduates, to promote research activities, to provide services to society, to develop medical services and manage resource utilization efficiently, including preserving and spreading activities to uphold the arts and culture of the nation.