Mmmm, like you Inanna, I would be extremely wary of this sort of work. Especially the dental stuff. I've seen some shocking work come back from o/s.......patients who needed really exxy work, or wanted cosmetic work, couldn't afford it here, so had it done in Thailand/India. It ended up costing them all a fortune because it was so dodgy it caused them problems once they were home, and they had to pay someone here to fix it!!!! So a very expensive venture, and one that ruined their mouth as well.

As far as I know, there is no international dental qualification. To be brutally honest (sorry to all the brits out there) I wouldn't be keen on letting a UK dentist work on my mouth. And there is NO WAY I'd let an Indian dentist near me. I am in no way racist, that is merely based on their lack of quality training. I know an Indian dentist, lovely girl, who has been working for a few years in Melbourne as a dental nurse.......she came here hoping to undertake the necessary course and work as a dentist (overseas dentists have to take a course and pass exams before they are allowed to practice here). After working for a very competent dentist, as her nurse, she has decided that she won't do that, as there is no way she knows enough!!!! She'd never even performed an extraction in her Indian studies, yet she's a qualified dentist???? There are procedures that she'd never even seen, let alone performed herself. Craziness.

So yeah, that's my five cents, I'll get off my soapbox now. I won't continue on about the cost of dental treatment, and the incredibly long waiting lists......