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Public healthcare in general is good, once you get past the first level to the actual specialists. Public dental care sucks. For regular checkups and maintenan
by jusssi 6y ago
Public healthcare in general is good, once you get past the first level to the actual specialists.
Public dental care sucks. For regular checkups and maintenance, go for a private clinic. Yearly checkups, cleaning, occasional minor patching cost me around 200-300 € (edit: if you shop around you can likely find cheaper; I didn't), and I've been much more happier with the whole process. Never got that "we haven't opened our next year's calendar yet, try calling us again in 3 months" from them I got used to at the public side.
For something more expensive, go to a private clinic for diagnosis and get a referral to a specialist at the public side (never had to, but I hear it works).
- eliseumds 6y agoIsn't it the case in most countries? As a Brazilian, it's shocking to see the lack of dental care in virtually any other country (I've been to many and lived in a few). In Australia they were charging me 7k AUD for wisdom teeth extraction, and they wanted to take me to a hospital to do general anaesthesia... nuts! In Germany the cleaning procedures were super basic and the doctors were not very careful. Beyond being very expensive, the dentists are scared of doing certain procedures. I wonder if it's due to liability, improper education, or something else. Unfortunately many countries still don't treat dentistry as a vital part of your healthcare.