News on Advancements in tooth prothesis

The health, eye and dental care that we receive here in the United Kingdom is one of the best in the world, the NHS allows for all who live and pay into the system to gain benefit from the superb health facilities within the walls of England.  Not every country is the same, most countries including America and Germany have to pay a high percentage of their pay into a health scheme, and proof that they have paid this is needed before any treatment (including emergency treatment) is administered by any doctor or dentist.
 
Iran which can be located in south western Asia, and is situated between Pakistan, Afganistan and Iraq, does have its own NHS system for dentistry but it differs somewhat from the one which we have in the United Kingdom.  In the UK people are only asked to pay towards prescriptions and the costs which are incurred through medication, in Iran patients are expected to pay up to 25% for an initial consultation with a consultant or a dentist, this cost applies also if the patient should for example need an x-ray as a result of what is found in the initial consultation, then another 25% would be payable.  If the patient was admitted as an in-patient at a hospital then 10% of the cost would be required from the patients.  This payment is usually expected before any treatment can be administered, although if the patient is brought in as an emergency this rule does not apply in Iran.  Also unlike the UK there is no discount for say pensioners or students.  Whereas in the UK a patient over the age of 60 would legally be entitled to free prescriptions, dental and eyecare.

Iran is a huge country though and not everyone gets the same treatment as others, and it usually comes down to affordability.  In rural parts of Iran there are many health centres and dentists who are working around the clock to see patients, Iran’s population is over 60 million and it is thought that over 23 million of these people live in rural areas where poverty is at a premium, and  medical supplies and doctors are few and far between.  Little investment over the years has been put into these outback areas and it shows.  Although money is now being ploughed into dentists and medical centres in rural areas, it will be along time before the patients start to reap the rewards. 

As in other countries (Lake Constance, Germany and the United Kingdom) Iran also had a private sector when it comes to dentistry and healthcare. 

If you take Dentist's who use tooth prothesis (Zahnimplantate) for example, who now offer these much wanted objects with Zahnersatz ohne Zuzahlung. These usually have to be paid for privately and cost a lot more than you would expect to pay on the NHS for a set of dentures, but the results of these implants is outstanding.  Iran has the same sort of private sector as you would expect to find anywhere else in the world, which also offers dental implants as to all private patients.