Not enough UK Dentists

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A catastrophe will overtake the National Health Service on August 1, the Daily Telegraph warned today: after that date, dental patient safety will be on a knife-edge, UK dentists will not be properly trained, dental clinics will be closed and soon, patients will lose their teeth unnecessarily. This apocalyptic prediction was issued by none other […]

Dental Hygiene saves lives!

During my weekly online research for ways how to better our dental treatment abroad clinic in  Slovakia, I came across this wonderful study: Tel Aviv University nurses in Israel have developed a new clinical approach to help patients that are confined to their beds. The nurses discovered that simply using a toothbrush as part of […]

Why are mercury fillings problematic?

metal fillings vs white

Two European countries have now banned mercury amalgam fillings, and America’s health regulator recently issued new advice about how they may harm pregnant women and developing children. So why do British officials seem unconcerned? Apart from the health issues, metal fillings do not look nice. You can get those fillings changed over to new white […]

To seek dental treatment

the best dental treatment abroad

The new phenomenon of dental tourism has received a good deal of attention in the press recently. While one newspaper tells about the benefits and savings of dental treatment abroad, another issues warnings about filthy clinics, bad treatment practices, and procedures gone wrong. As with most things in life, I believe that the truth lies […]

UK patients abroad

Record numbers of British patients are travelling abroad for dental treatment because of the high costs and long waiting time for treatment in Britain. The growth in dental tourism is being fueled by cut-price private treatment, offered in combination with spa breaks. Hundreds of people traveled abroad to our clinic for treatment in 2007. High […]

Large Savings and High Levels of Satisfaction

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PIESTANY, Slovakia — a Dental Treatment Abroad survey, carried out by www.dentalholiday.co.uk, reveals high levels of satisfaction among the hundreds of dental tourists questioned. Patients who had travelled abroad to receive treatment revealed an average satisfaction rating of 97%, along with an average cost saving of £3,200, or 65% of the cost of their treatment […]

How many complaints are made against UK dentists?

The number of patients’ complaints against UK dentists is on the rise – The General Dental Council (GDC) dealt with 69 conduct cases against UK dentists in 2007 and 14 dentists were erased from the register. These figures have been climbing in recent years: • In 2004 there were 31 cases and five dentists were […]

Treatment Abroad Medical Tourist Survey

We were one of the medical tourism providers who agreed to invite patients to participate in the Treatment Abroad Medical Tourist Survey. The survey, which generated 648 participants, closed at the end of December. The final draft of the survey report is being reviewed. A PR agency is preparing a plan to release the report, […]