Are Dentists in Ireland more expensive than other Similar Euro Countries

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You seem to have answered your own question!!! Although that's not the one you first asked!!

It's much cheaper in parts of Europe, to answer your original question

They even call it Dental tourismh

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Specialun wrote: »

Why so expensive?

One major overhead is insurance cover for any medical practioner in private practice. The joys of living in a litigious society or at least insurance companies using this as an excuse to load premiums. My aunt retired as a consultant obstertician as to cover her insurance would have meant really crazy fees (and she hadnt any case taken against her). Ok its a particularly 'high risk' discipline when things go wrong but this would influence premiums in other medical areas including dentistry.

High levels of water usage in dentistry for example is a big overhead + equipment (especially xray) are major costs certainly in relation to say a GP/physio practice. So bit of a vicious cycle occurs in that dentistry practice running costs in an expensive country means pricey fees meaning suppliers of equipment feel they can load their prices and so on and the patient carrys a good proportion of the burden....the dentist is hardly going to be happy with a net income of 30k or there abouts to keep their fees down...

Definitely --- Spain's really cheap.

Nesta99 wrote: »

One major overhead is insurance cover for any medical practioner in private practice. The joys of living in a litigious society or at least insurance companies using this as an excuse to load premiums. My aunt retired as a consultant obstertician as to cover her insurance would have meant really crazy fees (and she hadnt any case taken against her). Ok its a particularly 'high risk' discipline when things go wrong but this would influence premiums in other medical areas including dentistry.

High levels of water usage in dentistry for example is a big overhead + equipment (especially xray) are major costs certainly in relation to say a GP/physio practice. So bit of a vicious cycle occurs in that dentistry practice running costs in an expensive country means pricey fees meaning suppliers of equipment feel they can load their prices and so on and the patient carrys a good proportion of the burden....the dentist is hardly going to be happy with a net income of 30k or there abouts to keep their fees down...

It's still cheaper in the north. They'd have comparable insurance costs.

There's a dentistry forum or something like it on boards. I stumbled across it looking for reviews of foreign dentists. The mod automatically slaps down anyone who has anything good to say about foreign dentists. According the that forum everywhere else in the world has substandard dental care and we should be grateful we don't pay twice as much as we do here.

There was one thread where someone replied and said that the supplies they use in Eastern Europe are substandard. One poster found out what they use and showed that it's the exact same stuff as here. Just here there's something like an 800% markup here.

Because we like closed shops and cosy professional cartels in this country.

Another reason prices are high is down to the fact that it was largely the professional classes (lawyers, bankers, doctors and dentists) that invested heavily in property and 'partied' the hardest during the boom years. This is why I reccomeded both my folks to visit the dentist while abroad on holidays after both were reccomended expensive and largely unnecessary treatments for dental problems. That second opinion was invaluable in saving them thousands.

Here are the recommended prices in Holland, roundabouts what it should cost:

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