One in 10 UK adults travel abroad for dental treatment

Canada Life research shows

Jaskeet Briah
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Research by Canada Life has found that nearly one in 10 (9%) UK adults have travelled abroad for dentistry.

The provider surveyed 2,000 UK adults and found that respondents spent an average of £3,780 each on dental treatments outside of the UK. The most common treatment for those travelling overseas was dental cleaning (32%), followed by teeth whitening or fillings (24%), crown procedures (20%), root canals (19%), extractions (18%) and veneers or composite bonding procedures (11%). The news comes as 13% of adults said they have not seen a dentist for more than five years, with nearly half (48%) having been put off, citing issues with affordability (13%), fear of the dentist (12%) or lack of...

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