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In the last few years in Europe and especially these days where the talk is of a world crisis, Europeans are travelling to other countries to obtain more economical dental services.
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13.08.2010 - This phenomenon is called dental tourism and consists of having dental treatments in other countries.
The high costs and ever increasing waiting lists encourage patients in the central countries such as the United States, Canada and the UK to look for dentistry treatment abroad.
Whilst the Americans are mainly worried about the exorbitant costs, the Canadians face the problems caused by long waiting lists for certain treatments. Approximately a million Canadians confirmed they were having problems obtaining specific treatments. And it is believed that over 50,000 people travel from the UK each year for treatment because of the high costs of treatment in their country.
The most attractive aspect of this phenomenon is that savings can total up to 70 per cent depending on the treatment and the country where it is carried out. Even taking into account the cost of the flights, hotels, travel insurance, car hire, shopping and eating out, many holidays which include dental attention are substantially cheaper than having the same treatment locally.
This means that those who choose dental tourism have the opportunity to be treated by some of the best surgeons in the world and at the same time enjoy a holiday. Patients can use the money they save on their dental treatment to turn their journey into a first class break. For millions of patients, it is the only way to get the dental treatment they need or want, without using a lifetime’s savings. What’s more the European Union explicitly support the transnational treatment of patients within the EU.
Many years ago, the main destination countries were in Latin America, Budapest and other Central European countries. Recently the Canary Islands have become the dental tourism destination for Europeans.
For example in Tenerife, the Clinica Dental Medical Implant is specially designed to receive foreign patients who are dental tourists.
The advantages which Medical Implant offer us are extraordinary. The clinic, which specialises in the delicate sector of implantology, implants and prosthesis, is fully equipped with the latest technology. Their multi-discipline team is completely prepared to treat patients from other countries, they speak English as well as other languages such as German, Italian and French.
The medical team is made up of professionals trained in Europe, a multi-discipline team of specialist dentists, maxillofacial surgeons and anaesthetists. Another advantage is that they have their own dental laboratory, which makes the client treatment quicker and easier, and avoids unnecessary delays. What’s more they offer free transport to take the tourist or resident who needs it to and from their accommodation to the clinic and Medical Implant has a chain of clinics across Europe which cooperate with them to ensure dental treatment continuity and cover for patients treated in the islands who live or travel frequently to Europe.
Their director, Aldo Della Schiava, explained to us how it works, “we see the patient from the first appointment and accompany them all the time inside and outside the surgery, offering an integral service with European professionals, guaranteed materials, good prices, free transport and a follow up when they return to their country”, and he added, “here, in my clinic, we offer a personalised attention and there isn’t one single patient who I do not see”.
This exclusive and high level of attention brings results and a positive success and popularity for the clinic which currently has an increasingly busy schedule of appointments for dental tourism. For more information call 922 749 742 or email: info@dentalturismo.es.
By Mario Rivera
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