Flying to Croatia for dentistry help with COVID test

qwert10

Hi moneysavers we are flying to Croatia In a week or so's time. It is hard to get up-to-date entry requirements from UK.
The govt website says either fully jabbed or negative COVID test. But in September we thought we needed both. Anybody flown to Croatia recently and know the rules please.

Voyager2002

This is the official website. I understand it to mean that you are likely to be allowed in so long as you are fully vaccinated and have hotel reservations:
https://mup.gov.hr/uzg-covid/english/286212

Incidentally, how did you choose your dentist? You might care to respond to my thread about dental tourism in the Health section.

qwert10

Ok many thanks. Dentum in Zagreb from a recommendation. Pick you up from airport and you stay in flat at dentist all.included.  reasonable service lots of Brits go. Check up and stay for £40 last time. for daughter. Tooth cleaning is excellent.

Trouble is the Croat Ian site says EU Gard to find UK.

qwert10

responded to you in Health section. We would wholeheartedly recommend Dentum. Had implants, filimgs.cleans and extractions between us!

adindas

I read that both Croatia and Hungary are in rivalry when come to dental treatment abroad, especially the one which are not covered here by NHS dentist in the UK such as root canal, fitiing dental Crown, Implant.

In the past people prefer to travel to Hungary. But it seems the trend is now changing to Croatia.

Is there any reason for this trend? Is Croatia less expensive when come to dental tourism?

sheramber

I have had both root canal treatment and several dental crowns done by NHS dentist.

adindas

sheramber said:

I have had both root canal treatment and several dental crowns done by NHS dentist.

I have been told by my NHS dentists that root canal and/or crown should be funded privately. A few of my collegues have also been told the same.

It is done by NHS dentists but is it under NHS arragement or under private arragement (I mean no capping/subsidy from NHS like general dentist treatment ?).

sheramber

https://www.nhs.uk/nhs-services/dentists/what-dental-services-are-available-on-the-nhs/

Both are available on NHS.

 Crowns and bridges are available on the NHS (Band 3, £282.80).

Root canal treatment is a dental procedure to treat infection at the centre of a tooth (the root canal system). This treatment is available on the NHS (Band 2, £65.20).

Your dentist should be able to provide it for you or, where the treatment is complex, refer you to a practitioner with additional skills.

adindas

sheramber said:

https://www.nhs.uk/nhs-services/dentists/what-dental-services-are-available-on-the-nhs/

Both are available on NHS.

 Crowns and bridges are available on the NHS (Band 3, £282.80).

Root canal treatment is a dental procedure to treat infection at the centre of a tooth (the root canal system). This treatment is available on the NHS (Band 2, £65.20).

Your dentist should be able to provide it for you or, where the treatment is complex, refer you to a practitioner with additional skills.

Thanks. It is a very useful info. In the past I did my root canal abroad while I was on holiday as my NHS dentist told me that I needed to go private and it would cost me around £1,000+ to go private just for root canal and filing. Similarly with fitting crown which even would cost me more.

It seems this is typical to NHS dental practice with group of dentists in London which have a several commercial branches in London and other countries. They have very lucrative practice for overseas patients such as dental implant, whitening etc.

I am not the first people in London who have been told to go private for root canal, fitting crown. I have at least two other colleagues living in London have shared the same experience. Different dentists but similar feature, a group of dentists with overseas orientation for commercial dental practice. It seems they do not want to do root canal as It takes a lot of their time and NHS do not pay them enough ? I will avoid to get involved in argument with them.

I wonder anyone living in London with group of commercial dentists like I describe above could share their experience??

What is the best cause of action in your opinion ?, am I able to change the dentist?? It seems to me a practice with only one dentist (not a group of dentists) is more family orientation, less commercial and more accommodative??

Voyager2002

adindas said:

sheramber said:

https://www.nhs.uk/nhs-services/dentists/what-dental-services-are-available-on-the-nhs/

Both are available on NHS.

 Crowns and bridges are available on the NHS (Band 3, £282.80).

Root canal treatment is a dental procedure to treat infection at the centre of a tooth (the root canal system). This treatment is available on the NHS (Band 2, £65.20).

Your dentist should be able to provide it for you or, where the treatment is complex, refer you to a practitioner with additional skills.

Thanks. It is a very useful info. In the past I did my root canal abroad while I was on holiday as my NHS dentist told me that I needed to go private and it would cost me around £1,000+ to go private just for root canal and filing. Similarly with fitting crown which even would cost me more.

It seems this is typical to NHS dental practice with group of dentists in London which have a several commercial branches in London and other countries. They have very lucrative practice for overseas patients such as dental implant, whitening etc.

I am not the first people in London who have been told to go private for root canal, fitting crown. I have at least two other colleagues living in London have shared the same experience. Different dentists but similar feature, a group of dentists with overseas orientation for commercial dental practice. It seems they do not want to do root canal as It takes a lot of their time and NHS do not pay them enough ? I will avoid to get involved in argument with them.

I wonder anyone living in London with group of commercial dentists like I describe above could share their experience??

What is the best cause of action in your opinion ?, am I able to change the dentist?? It seems to me a practice with only one dentist (not a group of dentists) is more family orientation, less commercial and more accommodative??

Yes, you can very easily change dentist. However, finding an NHS dentist willing to accept you is not always easy!

Dentists are free to offer treatment on the NHS and/privately, and are free to decide that they will only offer certain treatments privately.