Warning on dental tourism - a case study

An ABC report on dental tourism highlights the risks people may face in seeking cheap dental work overseas.

Reporter Richard Baines gives a case study of a Darwin woman who travelled to South East Asia for crowns and root canal treatment, which cost $2400. Six months later, problems started because the crowns were poorly made and the root canal was not filled properly.

At home, to rectify the problems, the woman had to spend thousands of dollars more.

The Australian Dental Association warns that dental work carried out in some overseas clinics may be performed by under-qualified and unsafe practitioners.