Dentistry News

One of the most important things in medical tourism for patients is transparency. Transparency in this particular case means the ability to see through what is going to happen, where ti is going to happen and who will be providing the service, and what their accreditation is. It is the ability to see from the top down, what kind of situation one will be arriving in. Without any sort of transparency, patients should not enter into a contract with a medical tourism company, dentist or clinic.

We are currently living in very challenging times. If someone in the future is going to be learning about this particular era, it will almost certainly be noted as a time of change and turmoil. Everything is changing, and the recent global monetary and financial crisis has forced a change that many did not want to think about. Recent ecological catastrophes have also hastened the need for change, as it turns out that the current economic model is simply unsustainable. Everyone is thus thinking about business differently, and this heavily influences the service industries as well, of which medical tourism is also not an exception.

Medical tourism specialist and hard going analyst Keith Pollard recently wrote an article quoting another great medical professional, professor Glenn Cohen of Harvard university. The quote goes along the lines of everytime you go to a medical tourism conference, you see a lot more business and marketing people then you do medical professionals. This surprises and confuses the good professor, who sees this phenomenon as the signs of an industry in crisis, and bemoans the fact that there are not enough medical professionals in the industry.

A main topic of interest in the medical tourism world is regulations across countries. Some products are legal some places and illegal in others, and some regulations are much more lax in certain countries. Aside from this, there is the question of aesthetics; what happens if it does not look good? Certain cosmetic dental procedures like veneers are non reversible, and may require quite a bit of dental work before they are complete. The problem of course is one of safety.

Stem cell is being unjustly and without thought villainized. The only thing that this results in is that this form of therapy, which is completely and utterly the next step in medical history, is being offered at fringe medical clinics and the procedures are not being funded enough. This presents a problem when trying to incorporate techniques for tooth restoration and cures for periodontal disease that involve stem cell therapies with treatment abroad.