Get a Winning Smile with Dental Veneers

Are Dental Veneers the Right Choice?

Dental veneers are becoming an increasingly popular cosmetic surgery procedure for those who want to improve their smiles.  During the procedure, practitioners bond ceramic or porcelain material to the front surface of the anterior tooth to cover up discoloured, worn, or chipped teeth.  However, even though dental veneers have the advantage of being translucent which enables them to mimic the light handling characteristics of dental enamel, they also have their disadvantages, which makes them not suitable for all patients.

One such disadvantage is the fact that they are prone to breaking off, which in most cases forces the patient into another trip to the dentist where he or she has to endure the cost of having another veneer made.  Not only this, but extra time is needed for the new dental veneer to be fabricated and finally bonded back into place.

However, the world of dental cosmetic surgery is a vast arena, which requires thorough research before deciding on what fits the patient’s needs.  There are nonetheless many sites which are designed to help dental patients choose what is right for them.

"Medical Tourism not Healthy"

If, however, dental veneers are indeed the right choice, a popular and ever increasing medical tourist destination to visit is India; a destination with a strong reputation for world class quality in varies dental procedures, such as dental veneers, dental implants, and dental crowns.  According to The Peninsula, in 2007, there were 450,000 medical tourists being treated at Indian hospitals, compared to 10,000 at the start of the millennium. 

However, according to The Star, "overall quality of healthcare in [India] will suffer if medical tourism is allowed to sap medical staff in public hospitals."  Professor Trude Bennett added "there must be some guiding principles and not just wealth creation."

Medical Tourism Hub in India  

Whether or not medical tourism will begin to see a decline in the number of foreign patients travelling to India for cosmetic surgery or dental surgery is not known.  But India’s healthcare industry is expected to grow to nearly $40 billion by 2012 by some estimates.  Not only that, but India’s hospitals plan to recruit 30,000 people by 2012 in a bid to beat the financial crisis, continuing India’s health and tourism markets growth.  If these predictions are true, affordable health will continue to be widely available to medical tourists in India saving millions of dollars for Americas, as they opt for dental veneers in India’s medical tourism hub.