How Australians Can Save More Than 60% on Their Dental Care


by Nick Oz - Date: 2007-05-21 - Word Count: 376 Share This!

We are very lucky in Australia to have a medical health system that takes reasonable care of us.

Unfortunately, the same cannot be said of our dental system. If you are lucky enough to be in a private health fund, you may get just a small amount of the scheduled fee back. But it never covers the full cost of dental procedures.

If you do not have private health insurance, your only alternative is to pay full price or join the dental hospital waiting list.

Anyone knows that the dental hospital waiting lists are crazy...necessary procedures and check-ups are taking 2 or more years to be seen, and people who may be suffering will have to wait months. There are over 650,000 Australians on the public dental waiting list.

If you are considering cosmetic dentistry, such as teeth whitening or veneers...you can forget it! The dental hospitals do not do these types of procedures unless there is a medical reason for doing so.

So what alternatives do you have? Believe it or not, there is a smile on the horizon.

Dental Tourism is becoming very popular with the Australian people. Our neighbouring friends have highly skilled dental practitioners, and yet they only charge a fraction of the cost of Australian dentists.

Countries such as Thailand and the Philippines have dentists that are trained in Australia, the USA and the UK. Many clinics are accredited to international standards, ensuring the dentists' skills are modern and current.

Dentists in Thailand maintain a high clinical and professional standard, yet the laboratory costs and wages are much lower, making Thailand a very appealing alternative for Australians seeking dental help.

So what could you expect to pay?

In Thailand, a new crown would cost $400 to $500 AUD, compared with $1500 AUD in Australia. Implant surgery with a titanium prosthetic starts from $2800 AUD, compared with $4000 AUD locally.

So...with so many dentists in Thailand, where is the best place to get information?

www.DentalTravelAustralia.com has listings for dental clinics in Thailand and beyond. All the information you need is on one site, making it easy to research and decide which dental practitioner is right for you.

Add to that hotel, flight, travel and health insurance tips and resources, and you have all you need to get your Dental Holiday underway.

Here's to your new smile.


Related Tags: holiday, travel, value, cheap, teeth, tooth, cosmetic, tourist, save, whitening, dentist, whitener, best price

The Dental Travel Resource Australia has all you need for information on Australian dental holidays. Visit us at http://www.dentaltravelaustralia.com

Your Article Search Directory : Find in Articles

© The article above is copyrighted by it's author. You're allowed to distribute this work according to the Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs license.
 

Recent articles in this category:



Most viewed articles in this category: