Well when I was a kid in The UK in the swinging sixties the seventies, dental treatment was free. Back then we took for granted a trip to the dentist now however with prices varying greatly people are flying to exotic destinations for Dental work. British people facing a huge wait for treatment and the British Government admitting to around 2 million people who wanted NHS (National Health Service) treatment could not get it. Dentists in particular have increased the prices year or year since Dentists became a private service in the UK with smaller subsidies from the NHS. Alas when NHS registered dentists do actually open the queues are said to be blocks long and they can only serve a small number of each community
dental fillings
Adding to this the most expensive dental amalgam filling price in the world at around 150 pounds (approx 7000 THB) compared to say Hungary which charged 8 Euros (approx 300 THB). Spaniards pay 125 Euros for a filling and Italians 135 Euros whereas Germans paid around 50 Euros and on the beach in Thailand…15 USD (approx 450 THB) not surprising why around 770,000 people who traveled abroad from Britain for various medical treatments, of that number around 45% of them decided to look elsewhere for dental care and would add a visit to the dentist to their holiday Itinerary.
So widespread is the challenge of the NHS dentist that the UK government initiated this research and its findings to examine the options of actually sending Brits abroad to say Hungary and the home country covering the cost of travel, as they open more trade borders of the 27 member states.
Dental work abroad
