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Some dental tourism, comprising of unethical, financially driven dental intervention, causes permanent and irreversible damage that ruins lives and brings our profession into disrepute.
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Such practices are not endorsed by most of our profession. We must educate patients into thinking hard before committing to such interventions and to consider the longer-term biologic and financial implications of their decisions. We must dissuade colleagues from doing this kind of ‘treatment'.
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Patients that have undergone such interventions must be treated sympathetically, without judgement, and with sound diagnosis and treatment planning for long-term predictable rectification. This will create a huge burden on public healthcare services and is more likely to require private sector treatment at substantially greater cost.
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23 February 2024
A Correction to this paper has been published: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41415-024-7125-1
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Feran, K. How do we manage the aftermath of maximally invasive cosmetic dental treatment? Addressing the clinical and ethical dilemmas facing dental teams following extensive dental treatment elsewhere. Br Dent J 235, 802–803 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41415-023-6552-8
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41415-023-6552-8