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It might be a good place for a stag party or cheap weekend away but would you go all the way to Hungary just to get your teeth seen to?

One company reckons it is the answer to shelling out hundreds or even thousands of pounds on treatment in the UK.

The Hungarian Dentist Travel Company is spending the next week touring the country with a tent as their consultation room.

Their first stop is a farm in Lincoln, where the company is based.

Patient Malcolm Bramell said: "If I had a tooth implant it would cost £2,100 privately in Lincoln. I am with the NHS but they don't do implants here. I'm here to see how much it would cost if I went to Hungary.

by Fran (fran at eurotrib dot com) on Fri Sep 5th, 2008 at 03:07:33 PM EST
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Of course it is cheaper ,,,We come from Australia ( air ticket about $ 2500) to do our teeth in Serbia ( among other entertainment, ha-ha).I mean really if you have some mayor dental work to do even coming from Australia will save you money. I don't know about implant now but I remember when implant was here in Australia $5000 and friend did it in Serbia for 500 Euros. Problem with implants is that you should stay too long there if you want to do it and one thing we lack is time. For other dental works it will all take few days. There are all kinds of dentists in Serbia, some have modern surgeries (technologies), some not. But they are good dentists because Belgrade University used to be respected all over the world... I suppose it's similar with Hungary and other Eastern Europeans.
They have mobile dentists here in Australia (state service for school children) in trailers but I've never heard about tents...
by vbo on Sat Sep 6th, 2008 at 04:17:39 AM EST
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'Dental tourism' is pretty strong here for two decades now: first Austrians, then Germans too, then Italians and French. That now Britons are part of it only means that the travel sphere grew further. I am guessing that the transport (and customs) integration of the EU and low-budget airlines had the main roles in this.

*Lunatic*, n.
One whose delusions are out of fashion.

by DoDo on Tue Sep 9th, 2008 at 05:19:32 PM EST
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