dental treatment abroad

rbuckley

tax back on dental treatment abroad

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i have been looking into getting dental treatment done in budapest and have been trying to find out if i can get tax back or not. i have read on various web sites incl here about people getting med form filled when getting dental treatment done abroad and claiming when they got home.
i rang the revenue and was told i could only claim for work done in this country and not anywhere else!!!???
are they correct? or do i have to "adjust" some details on the med form so i can claim? any advice please. also if anybody has had good quality treatment done abroad at good prices please pass on the clinic details.
i am currently in contact with "<snip url removed>" with a "dr" any one been there?

bill_ashmount

rbuckley wrote:

i rang the revenue and was told i could only claim for work done in this country and not anywhere else!!!???
are they correct? or do i have to "adjust" some details on the med form so i can claim? any advice please.

That's called fraud

btkm8unsl0w5r4

So you think the tax payer should reimburse you for money you spent in another counrty rather than buying irish. Well done.

Also use the search function to find the many many many thread on this subject.

Good luck with your health care tourism

eth0_

Afaik the furthest afield you can use the med2 form (to claim back dental expenses) is Northern Ireland, presumably because they have a reciprocal agreement with the Irish revenue.

lomb

from IDA website
Latest Article
13/12/06
Irish Times - Letter to the Editor
Webmaster


Risks of overseas dentistry

Madam, - Conor Pope's Price Watch article of November 20th dealt with dental treatment overseas.

The internet has made overseas dentistry an option for an increasing number of Irish patients. Attractive "deals", including holidays and pick-ups by chauffeur-driven cars, are on offer.

My experience over the past 10 years suggests that patients should be extremely cautious about accepting treatment from any dentist without first understanding exactly what is involved.

I have seen patients who received dental treatment outside the State and subsequently had serious problems. A recent patient at my clinic in the Cork Dental School and Hospital, who had extensive dental treatment carried out in Hungary, is a good illustration of my point.

She was referred to me following a number of episodes of severe pain, just two weeks after her treatment in Hungary was completed. Radiographs showed that the patient had been over-treated and had inappropriate treatment out by an incompetent dentist.

She had had some implants placed and every tooth in her mouth had been crowned. No attention had been paid to the normal biological requirements (correct shape of crowns, etc) or to the normal occlusion (bite). As a result she developed acute facial pain, requiring medication and the placement of a splint to correct the facial dimension. Some crowns will have to be replaced immediately.

In the longer term, this patient will require all of the crowns to be removed and replaced with either new crowns and implants or false teeth, involving further cost and discomfort.

If such treatment had been carried out in Ireland, the patient could have returned to the treating dentist, had recourse to civil action, or had the dentist's fitness to practise investigated by the Dental Council.

In my experience as a teacher of restorative dentistry for the past 30 years, complex crowns, bridges and implants cannot be carried out over a holiday trip of a week or two but require detailed planning, careful delivery and appropriate aftercare by suitably qualified dentists.

Yours, etc.
Prof ROBERT J McCONNELL
Professor of Restorative Dentistry
University Dental School and Hospital
Wilton
Cork

btkm8unsl0w5r4

toldidental wrote: »

We can give You a treatment plan, and some patients were by us in Hungary for dental treatment recently, and can tell You the experiences. I would ask for recommendations....

Again, good communication is important with a dentist :rolleyes:
Even Harold shipman can rustle up a few people that thought he was a great bloke and fantastic doctor.
Only a recommendation from somebody you know is any good. The internet if full of spammers, people making false claims and misinformation. I am saddened to say I feel the amount of spam here recently means my beloved forum is going the same way. I am going to come down hard on this from now on.
Toldidental - you are pimping for business here, you are on thin ice.

tbh

i rang the revenue and was told i could only claim for work done in this country and not anywhere else!!

If you go back to the revenue and they tell you something different, let me know and I'll re-open the thread. Otherwise, you're asking advice on how to commit fraud.

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