By Sheena Patel Laura Kirk Kunal Kotecha Going

By Sheena Patel Laura Kirk Kunal Kotecha

� Going abroad for cheaper dental services � Individuals seeking dental care outside their own health care system � Healthcare accompanied by a vacation

� Choice of destination Price Travelling back to ancestral home � Travelling from high income countries (UK) to low cost developing economic countries (Poland) � Access to healthcare � Rising costs and longer waiting lists/times � Inadequate dental insurance coverage (USA) � Added Differences in healthcare plans value of leisure and tourism

� Difference in prices and quality between locations: � Economic standings Difference in materials Difference in technical skills Difference in equipment / hygiene Concern is whether or not large scale dentist procedures can be safely completed abroad in the short holiday sized period (approx 2 weeks) High speed large scale treatment often require remedial work � Legal right in different countries are uncertain to the patient � Value for money

Countries Implants USA UK (Private) UK (NHS) Mexico Hungary Poland Czech Republic India £ 3, 119 £ 1, 000 - £ 618 £ 624 £ 561 £ 700 £ 374 £ 936 £ 300 - £ 309 £ 225 £ 281 £ 250 £ 137 £ 1, 248 £ 110 £ 45 £ 218 £ 37 £ 109 £ 70 £ 50 £ 1, 871 £ 350 £ 200 £ 309 £ 178 £ 312 £ 200 £ 50 £ 125 £ 90 £ 45 £ 31 £ 50 £ 45 £ 50 £ 50 Veneers Procedures Root canals Crowns Fillings

� Travel expenses and accommodation have to be taken into account � Finding a dentist RISKY Do research (Price, Qualification, references, duration of working experience, Reputation of the practice, Schedule of the clinics) � Recurrent visits from treatment done, requires secondary visits to the same dentist in their country

� Cheap � Vacation � Less waiting times � Exotic treatments

� Technical skills of dentist � Materials � Quality � Language � Laws and rights � Healthcare system in that country � Reputation of dentist and the practice � Value for money

� Any � What Questions ? ? your opinion? ?

� www. worldental. org (dental tourism) � www. wikipedia. org (dental tourism) � www. yahoo. com (yahoo answers – dental tourism) � www. whatclinic. com ( prices)