Archive for the ‘Dental Tourism’ Category

Britons fly east for discount dentistry

Sunday, March 23rd, 2008

As the cost of dental and cosmetic treatments rises, patients are taking package trips to a Polish city escaping its industrial past.

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Dentists get their teeth into globalisation

Thursday, March 20th, 2008

Cosmetic dentists want us to stop getting our teeth done in Europe. But then they would, wouldn’t they?

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Hungary is top of ‘dental tourism’ league

Sunday, March 16th, 2008

Hungary is the most popular destination for Irish people going abroad for dental work, according to a survey of so-called ‘dental tourism’.

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High costs and long waits force patients abroad

Tuesday, March 11th, 2008

Record numbers of British patients are travelling abroad for medical and dental treatment because of the high costs, long waits and infection risks of care in Britain.

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Greek dentist hopes to solve shortage

Thursday, March 6th, 2008

A GREEK dentist believes he may have the answer to a shortage of affordable dentists in the Great Yarmouth area.

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Dentists Flee U.K. Health System, Patients Pay More

Wednesday, January 16th, 2008

A rebellion by U.K. dentists against the latest government contract has led more than 7 million Britons to avoid state-subsidized dental care in the past two years.

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‘I flew to Hungary to have my teeth fixed.’

Sunday, January 13th, 2008

My teeth were in fairly good health but crooked and stained. I had veneers but they were past their best. So it was time to visit the dentist.

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