{"id":2917,"date":"2014-06-30T13:50:47","date_gmt":"2014-06-30T13:50:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.medic8.com\/news\/?p=2917"},"modified":"2014-06-30T13:50:47","modified_gmt":"2014-06-30T13:50:47","slug":"growing-awareness-of-dental-tourism-in-the-usa-8611","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.medic8.com\/news\/growing-awareness-of-dental-tourism-in-the-usa-8611\/","title":{"rendered":"Growing Awareness of Dental Tourism in the USA-8611"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dental<\/a> and medical tourism is a common phenomenon in Europe with many people travelling from the UK to get treated abroad. Some people even combine it with a holiday.<\/p>\n

In America there is a similar trend with around 750,000 people travelling to Mexico and even further afield for dental treatment.<\/p>\n

Despite Obamacare, which was finally implemented at the start of this year, health treatment is still expensive with many ordinary families not having sufficient insurance to cover the cost.<\/p>\n

For instance, Raife Nopson recently investigated the cost of 2 implants and 2 crowns<\/a>. She was told by her clinic that the cost would be $15,000 (about \u00a313,000). However, her insurance would only cover $1500 (about \u00a31000) of the treatment cost.<\/p>\n

On learning this, Nopson, 58, from Williamsburg, decided to travel to Cancun in Mexico. By comparison to US charges, the cost in Mexico was still $5,000 (about \u00a33,000) but as the patient told reporters, it is still a huge saving.<\/p>\n

Luckily, Nopson happened to have a holiday home in Cancun, so in her case she could combine her treatment with a holiday.<\/p>\n

For most people in the USA however, they are not so lucky.<\/p>\n

In the case of Raife Nopson, she is seemingly well served by dental practices, but the USA is known to have a dental crisis with a shortage of around 9,000 qualified dentists.<\/p>\n

Universities across the nation are beginning to address this situation, and hopefully in time they will ease the growing dental problems faced by people.<\/p>\n

But it isn\u2019t just the shortage of available dental practices that is causing problems. Dental health, like general medicine, is a big business in the USA. Therefore, growing numbers of individuals are struggling to pay for treatment at home.<\/p>\n

However, travelling abroad can be problematic unless you take precautions.<\/p>\n

Although aimed at American health tourists, the following advice from the US Centre for Disease Control (CDC) is valid for everyone.<\/p>\n

Before travelling abroad for any medical or dental treatment, visitors should consider water safety, take care about taking the proper medication<\/a>, check blood is screened, properly follow after-care instructions, check out the clinic and staff (including their qualifications) before travelling, get a written agreement defining treatment and obtain copies of any reports.<\/p>\n

The general advice is to take care and do your research before going to any medical or dental practice abroad.<\/p>\n

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