Dental tourism - an expensive break?

Dental tourism - an expensive break?


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Access through your institution Buy or subscribe DR HAYLEY LLANDRO, Director of External Relations for the British Orthodontic Society, considers the landscape from an orthodontic


perspective Globalisation has had a significant impact on healthcare generally but particularly in the rise of dental tourism. As economies become ever more interconnected, individuals may


look to seek out what seems to be affordable dental care overseas. Dental tourism has gained popularity due to the perception of the high cost of treatments in many developed nations,


leading patients to travel to a myriad of countries including Turkey, Hungary, Mexico, Thailand and India, to name just a few. This is a preview of subscription content, access via your


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* British Dental Association. News release: Dental tourism: Patients need to know the risks. 2022. Available online at:


https://www.bda.org/news-and-opinion/news/dental-tourism-patients-need-to-know-the-risks/ (accessed March 2025). Download references AUTHOR INFORMATION AUTHORS AND AFFILIATIONS * British


Orthodontic Society, Sunderland, United Kingdom Hayley Llandro Authors * Hayley Llandro View author publications You can also search for this author inPubMed Google Scholar CORRESPONDING


AUTHOR Correspondence to Hayley Llandro. RIGHTS AND PERMISSIONS Reprints and permissions ABOUT THIS ARTICLE CITE THIS ARTICLE Llandro, H. Dental tourism - an expensive break?. _BDJ In Pract_


38, 122–123 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41404-025-3089-3 Download citation * Published: 07 April 2025 * Issue Date: 07 April 2025 * DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41404-025-3089-3 SHARE


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