Dental treatment abroad

Some time ago, I talked to an Irish patient who asked me for an extra extended guarantee. Not for the dental implants and veneers, but for the treatment environment.




He had heard about dental clinics in Eastern Europe, advertising with beautiful photos and stunning treatment results. Patients were picked up from the airport in a Hollywood-style limousine and then brought to..... a poorly equiped backroom, only accesible through a butcher's shop.

I had to repeat several times that our treatment rooms would really, really look much better. Finally, still with some resistance, he booked his dental holidays in Bulgaria.

The day after his arrival in Varna, he had his first appointment in the clinic. I called the reception. His head was in our '3D digital volume tomograph NewTom 3G' so he could not talk to me, but the dental assistant told me that he had said that everything was above expectation...