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We sometimes wonder why people opt for dental tourism, when they have all the dental facilities in their home town. Dental tourist travel from high income countries to low cost countries, in order to find high quality dental care at a low price or sometimes it may be because of their access to health care service.
Up to 30% of Australian adults suffer from the wide-spread gum disease, which causes gums to bleed and teeth to fall out. The condition has also been linked with heart disease, stroke, adverse pregnancy outcomes, dementia and cancer. Australia’s leading biopharmaceutical company, has today announced that a vaccine to treat severe gum disease is being developed.
With many Australians facing the silent epidemic of poor oral health, a new program known as Healthy Smiles for Life is providing free dental work for people in need across the country.
“Tooth taxi” brings free dental work to kids
A DENTAL scheme, funded by increased taxes and costing up to $5 billion annually, would be set up to allow every Australian for the first time to access affordable preventive and restorative treatment, including the provision of dentures.
HEALTH Minister Nicola Roxon has criticised exponential increases in dentists’ fees, warning that costs are so high that having healthy teeth is becoming the new indicator of personal wealth.