A
new survey of dental clinics and dental prices in Asia by the Royal Hong Kong
Dentist Association noted that a board certified dentist in Asia with 2-4 more
years of specialist training often costs the same as a general dentist for the
same advanced dentistry treatments. The problem is – general dentists as a rule are only been trained in dental basics such as cleanings, drillings, fillings
and pulling (teeth). Not dental implants, cosmetic dentistry, root canals or
veneers.
Not everyone knows there is a great difference in the quality of
work between a general and specialist dentists. Patients from more
developed nations searching for affordable dentistry fly to Asia to see a
dentist in the Philippines or Thailand dental clinics each year. Most patients
come from Australia and Europe with a growing number coming from the US and
Canada according to the survey.
This
situation of general dentists attempting specialist dentistry is pervasive in
less-developed nations and is often the source of the many scary dentist
stories that Western dentists love to point out to patients contemplating
taking a dental vacation.
