Dentistry Today: Polish Dentists Swedish Teeth

The reception at the new City Dental in Stockholm 24 November 2005. The clinic, staffed by Polish dentists, opened earlier this month and sees a continious streem od Swedes who are searching for a cheaper alternative to the expensive Swedish clinics. The Polish dentists will leave after six months to avoid paying taxes and will be replaced by new.

AFP has Polish dentists and Thai doctors a toothache for Swedish model.

Sweden’s oft-criticized healthcare system has become the arena for competition from low-cost countries which are offering high-quality services at cut prices, challenging the Scandinavian country’s famous social model. Foreign health professionals are giving Swedes frustrated with long queues and worsening service in public healthcare the cheap private-sector alternative many have been looking for.

Like “the Polish plumber”, who in France has come to symbolize the challenges of low-cost services from new EU members, Swedes are grappling with the phenomenon of Polish dentists and Thai doctors, who are offering services at half the cost of their Swedish competitors.

While Stockholmers with toothaches are flocking to “City Dental”, which opened earlier this month in the heart of the capital and is staffed entirely by Polish dentists, not everyone is happy.

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Hard to keep capitalism down…….

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