1. By Sheena Patel Laura Kirk Kunal Kotecha

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

3.  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)  Differences in healthcare plans  Added value of leisure and tourism

4.  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

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

6.  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

7.  Cheap  Vacation  Less waiting times  Exotic treatments

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

9.  Any Questions ??  What your opinion??

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