Dental treatment abroad

Many danes choose to go to a dentist abroad, with the expectation that the total cost of the treatment will be less than if the treatment was made in Denmark. If you are thinking about getting carried out dental treatment abroad, you should pay special attention on a number of factors before you pack your suitcase.

We will in this guide try to illuminate some of these conditions, which you should be particularly aware of before you decide to find dentists abroad.

3 percent of danes looking for dental treatment abroad
According to a consumer report from 2005, made by the national Consumer agency, travel approx. 3 percent of danes abroad for dental treatment. The reason for danes looking for a dentist abroad is usually an expectation that save money on dental treatment.

Subsidies for treatment abroad
In Denmark know the majority of grant on the bill from the dentist. The Public Health care provides grants for a wide range of treatments from dentists in Denmark. The grant will be automatically deducted from your bill at the dentist, before you pay.

This grant from the government, you can in most cases deal with, for treatment at a publicly licensed dentist abroad. The method is, however, a second, and the public contribution will not be deducted automatically. You must first pay the full amount for treatment abroad, and then, you must make sure to search your municipality to get the amount of the grant for the treatment abroad will be refunded.

See what treatments there are subsidies to

After finishing the dental treatment abroad, you must make sure to get a detailed bill from tandklinikken, so that you can accurately document what you've got carried out the treatment abroad. It can be a good idea to contact the municipality before you take place to get more information on what documentation your district requires in order to pay the subsidy after the completion of treatment abroad.

Risks of dental treatment abroad
It is impossible to say something general about the quality of dental treatment abroad in relation to the treatments in Denmark. But it is so also does not mean that there are no risks associated with dental treatment abroad.

The first thing you should be aware of before you seek dental treatment abroad, is that you are not covered by the the Danish complaints systemand you also can not get compensation from the Danish patientforsikring.
If you choose to have dental treatment abroad, do you belong instead under the rules that apply in the country in question. Here you must especially be aware that klagereglerne and the possibilities of compensation can vary widely from country to country. In some places you could be without coverage if you are a model or get awarded some damages in connection with a treatment abroad, or if you simply are dissatisfied with the quality of the dental treatment in that country.

You should also be aware that something as basic as language difficulties can be a risk in itself. The possibilities for follow-up treatments and the control, are also factors you should consider and investigate before you decide to get teeth abroad. In some cases there is a need for adjustments or further treatments, thus requiring extra travel abroad.

Some Danish dentists offers to make a follow-up treatment and control of dental treatments performed abroad. But the Danish tandlægeforening recommend, that you should always stick with the same dentist, if you need a greater treatment or multiple treatments over a longer period of time.

As a general rule, you will be well received by a Danish dentist, after completion of treatment abroad. But you must also be prepared, to the Danish dentist refuses to repair the damage, which may have come in connection with the treatment abroad.

If it goes wrong with the dental treatment abroad
All people can make mistakes. And it also applies, of course for both Danish and foreign dentists. But you will be a model of a dentist in Denmark, you are covered by the Danish the complaints system. And you also can not get compensation from the Danish patientforsikringfor fejlbehandlinger abroad. You simply have no opportunity to complain in Denmark over a foreign dentist, or a dental treatment you received abroad. Instead, you need to complaint in the country where the dental treatment is going on, if there is a complaints system in that country.

There can be a large difference in the remedies provided from country to country, if you need to complain about a dentist. But if you want to complain about a dentist within the EU, Norway or Iceland, you can contact The European Consumerthat is the Danish branch of a network of european forbrugerkontorer. The European consumer can help you to find out if it will be possible to complain about treatment in the country in question, and if so, how you do it.

Consumer Europe website worth a visit before you decide to seek a dentist abroad.

After completing the visits to the dentist abroad
In Denmark you can freely choose which dentist you want to treat your teeth (Fritvalgsordningen). And it also applies, of course, after you have been with a dentist abroad.

Tandlægeforeningen in Denmark recommend that if you need a major dental treatment or multiple treatments over a longer period of time, to keep the same dentist. Thus, one can best achieve optimal results, since the same dentist can constantly monitor the developments and continuously make necessary adjustments if it is necessary. You can always plan the treatment with your dentist, so that it ensures your dental health, while at the same time it also suits your finances.

As a general rule, you will always be taken good care by a dentist in Denmark, regardless of whether you have got carried out comprehensive dental treatment abroad. But in the case of damage occurring after treatment, or poorly done tandlægearbejde abroad you must be prepared that you can be rejected by the Danish dentist, and be asked to take back to the dentist abroad to get repaired the damage or made adjustments. The dentist in Denmark is in its right – unless you have pain and urgent need for treatment – to refer you back to the dentist abroad.

You must also be prepared that the dentist in Denmark will carry out the necessary steps to ensure that documentation for possible defects and damage is done, before you start treatment with him or her. It may, for example. be a letter on your tandstatus, which you must sign, or x-rays. The reason is that the dentist thus ensuring themselves against being held responsible for the faulty work done by the dentist abroad. You must also expect that the dentist would charge for the collection of the documentation, which the dentist is within his rights to.

Useful information before you choose a dentist
The price is usually one of the main reasons for danes seeking a foreign dentist when it comes to major dental procedures. But before you choose a dentist, you should among other things consider the fact that consistency in the treatment, complaints and redress systems as well as communication with tandplejepersonalet at the clinic.

If you want to use a dentist abroad, you should pre-examine the klageforholdene thoroughly. It is recommended that you contact the European Consumer, before you decide to travel abroad.

The European Consumer
Tel. 32 66 90 00
www.forbrugereuropa.dk

You can search for dentists in several of the european tandlægeforeningers websites. However you must be aware that there can be no guarantee of the quality of the individual dentists. You can find more information about the various tandlægeforeninger at the FDI World Dental Federation website.
www.fdiworlddental.org

For more information on funding possibilities by treatment abroad, you can contact your municipality or the ministry of the Interior and the ministry of Health.
www.sum.dk

You will also find useful information about the complaints system, and the possibility of compensation in the Danish Forbrugerstyrelses website.
www.forbrug.dk

Bad breath is often constipation

Recent Danish research shows that the explanation of bad breath, often to be found further down than in the oral cavity. The culprit may be constipation, which is the case in up to every fourth patient complaining of bad breath. The solution is usually a healthier lifestyle.

Senior physician at the Surgical Department at Hillerød Hospital Tarmlaboratorium in Elsinore, dr.with. Dennis Raahave estimates that 5-10 % of all danes suffer from chronic constipation, while approx. 20 % of them also have bad breath due to the accumulation of digested food. He experiences most often it is the patients ' spouses, who must go to confession and tell the patient that he or she has bad breath. But it comes often as a surprise to both parties, there is a connection between intestinal problems and bad breath, as most people associate the symptoms with the oral cavity or the stomach.

Western lifestyle will get the blame
When many danes suffer from constipation, this is because according to Dennis Raahave very much our western lifestyle, with sedentary work, wrong eating habits and our perverse relationship to the restroom. If the patients with hidden or chronic constipation needs to be the bad breath rid, it requires that they get a well-functioning bowel. In the quest for good breath helps exercise, high fiber and low fat diet, and intake of fluid each hour.

Tarmspecialist instead of the Dentist
Dentists who can't find the explanation for the bad breath in the oral cavity of their patients, are advised to ask whether the patient has digestive problems, stomach ache or feel bloated, uncomfortable, tired and lethargic. If the patient can recognize some of these symptoms, should he or she be examined by a tarmspecialist.

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Read more in Tandlægebladet no. 11 2009 or on www.tandlaegebladet.dk.

The free choice of the child and youth dental services contacted

With a new law from 2004 that opened up for greater choice and flexibility in child and ungdomstandplejen. All children and young people under 16 years are entitled to free dental treatment in the municipal dental care. But in 2004 introduced a so-called fritvalgsordning which made it possible to choose freely among the municipality's tandplejetilbud or to receive municipal dental care in private dental practice of your choice.

The law of 2004
The local councils are by law obliged to provide free of charge dental treatment in the municipal dental care to rådigheder for children and young people under 16 years of age. With the amendment to the act was given access to children and young people under 16 years of age, that wants a different treatment than the municipality makes available, free to choose to receive treatment in the private dental practice of your choice, or by another of the municipality's dental clinics.

This change in the law from 2004, also opened up to the municipalities got the freedom to outsource the municipal dental care, so that one or more practicing dentists in the future can carry out the municipality's child and youth dental services contacted.

Economy
Children and young people under 16 years
The children and young people under 16 years of age who elect to receive another offer on dental treatment than the municipality, free of charge, make available, can be charged a co-payment and reimbursement for the treatment, if there is talk about the choice of dental care in another member of the municipality's dental clinics.

If you require dental treatment from a private dentist, there is a self-payment of 35% of the cost of both investigation and treatment. The municipality may impose additional requirements for particularly expensive treatments, about that one must first apply to get the treatment approved.

Young people of 16 and 17 year
For young people aged between 16 and 17 years old have a free choice among the municipality's tandplejetilbud and private dentists without any form of user fees. However, there are also to make an agreement with the municipality prior to processing.

Fritvalgsordning in your municipality
Information about the scheme with free choice of dental care in your municipality, should at any time be found on the municipal website. The easiest way to your municipality's website is via region websites, as there is a overview of on www.regioner.dk

You can also contact the local dental office or the municipal dental clinic one already attached.

Dental Fair trade fair 2009

Dental Fair held at the DGI-huset Vejle, and is thought of as the place of meeting for the entire dental team.
The exhibitors get the opportunity for a serious and effective presentation of the products and know-how. The purpose of the fair is to create a professional showcase for equipment, instruments, inventory, technique, apparel, service, COMPUTER, dentifrices and training m.m.

Dental Fair will be visited by the entire dental team – dentists, dental assistants, dental hygienists, dental technicians and depotindkøbere.

Dental Fair trade fair 2009 will be held on Thursday, 24. september and Friday 25. september

At the Dental Fair 2008, 78 manufacturers/depots and the fair was visited by approx. 2500 pers. from the dental team.

Read more on Dental Fair

Children in Kalundborg, denmark has more holes than the average

A lokalsamarbejdsudvalg within the municipal dental care warns against a money-saving lifestyle, which puts up to the children first must be summoned to the dental examination at two years of age, instead of as now by a year of age.

Every seventh child lives in a socially deprived home
Lokalsamarbejdsudvalget states that every seventh child in the Kalundborg municipality comes from a socially deprived home, and that this can be read on the cariestallene, writes Nordvestnyt. Staff in municipal dental care in Perth to find more holes in the teeth of local children and young people than the average in the region.

Prevention is the way forward
The committee points out that the latest research shows that prevention is the way forward and the sooner the better. And that it is especially important with an early effort, when there are children from socially deprived home. The works council considers that the adverse developments with the children's dental health will be enhanced, if tandsynet postponed by a year.

Parents do not take responsibility for the children's dental health

Two out of five parents defying Tandlægeforeningens recommendations, and does not help their children to brush their teeth, shows a new study carried out by Codan forsikring. In the following the study has almost every fourth child under 11 years of age in day one or more holes in the teeth. While 44 percent of all children eat candy, two to three times a week.

Parents do not help with the brushing
“Our customers are generally very good at reporting their children's dental injuries and are actually worried about something happening with their children's teeth, which is very positive. Therefore, it can be wonder that many parents have lost interest in brushing their children at a time, where children have the greatest need for it,” says Codans press officer, Jens Nüchel, and refers to, that children get permanent teeth from 6 years of age.

A child's baby teeth will be replaced when the child is between six and twelve years. And the child's fine motor skills are not developed enough, so that it can deal with brushing until the child is about 10 years. Therefore, the recommendation is for all parents that they must help the child with brushing until the child is at least 10 years. In the 12-14 years of age comes the child's tolvårstænder, which sits behind the seksårstænderne. And until the child can hold the teeth properly clean, the parents should assist with brushing at least once a day.

In Tandlægeforeningen you are aware of the problem and one that the parents in the so-called “zero-gaps-generation, has put the responsibility for their children's dental health from the himself, when the whole 40 percent of the parents does not help children to keep the teeth clean.

“The so-called ‘zero-gaps-the generation that has grown up with a flour-rinses in the school, has been adult. In the generation, there is a tendency to put the responsibility for their children's teeth on to the dentist; the dentist, who makes sure that the kids don't get holes. A portion parents in this generation do not look brushing as something they must perform for their children, because so few of them even have experienced to have gaps in the teeth. Dental care is still often placed in schools or going to schools, but the intervals between the children's visits to the dentist in recent years has increased. It is therefore all the more important that the parents assume their responsibility to help the children with brushing until children are 10 or 12 years,” says odontologisk consultant in Tandlægeforeningen Birthe Cortsen.

The parents do not know what it is that threatens their children's teeth
“Over 60 percent of the parents cares about the kids falls and strikes the teeth, while the real risk of tandskade lies in the fact that the parents actually fill their children with candy. There is an exaggerated fear of children fall and hurt himself,” says press officer Jens Nüchel, Codan.

The kids eat sugary cases several times a week
Codan Insurance is started with a general survey on child health, which among other things has a focus on the problems with rising obesity and poor dental health. One of the reasons seems to be that the children will be fed with candy from they are quite tender.

In the following study get three percent of all children between 0 and 2 years of candy daily. While 32 percent of this age group being fed with sweets, cakes or other sugary cases, two to three times a week.

1 out of 10 children between 10 and 12 years eat sweets daily. And for the 13 to 15 year old children, the figure is 11 percent, while 12 percent of the 16 to 17 year-olds eating sweets every day. Overall, eat 44 percent of all children sweets two to three times a week.

The survey is conducted in the period 16. – 18. June 2009. And the 1018 respondents participated in the study.

Aarhus shedding 70 percent of the skoletandklinikkerne

The great shortage of dentists, and the children's improved dental health, get now Aarhus municipality to change the current structure of the tandplejeområdet. Skoletandklinikkerne be reduced by approx. 70 percent and dentists must be in a storklinikker.

The city council of Aarhus municipality decided Wednesday evening to gather skoletandlægerne on 10-16 storklinikker, instead of the current 43 less skoleklinikker distributed on the city's 49 public schools, writes jyllands-posten. At the schools which in the future will be without a dentist, there will instead be clinics with dental hygienists and dental assistants to provide preventive dental care.

The new structure of the tandplejeområdet will be implemented over the next 10 years, and the reason is, besides the fact that it is difficult to get dentists to the municipality, to the children in Aarhus have fewer and fewer holes.

The previous structure dating back to the 1970s, where a dentist only treated 400 children and young people, where they today must take care of around 1,500 children and young people. In the 1970’s got children and young people in Aarhus in the average drilled in the five teeth per year. Today the average is small with 0.7 wells per year. The expectation is that in the future only will need 30 dentists in municipal dental care in Aarhus.

The new development on the tandplejeområdet in the municipality of Aarhus is also a consequence of the increasing tandlægemangel. And that trend goes towards fewer and larger clinics where there are more dentists working in teams. Many young dentists prefer the community they find at a clinic with several dentists.

The social democrats and the SF are skeptical about structural change
“We are in favour of the setting, but we will have a security that you place a part of the future of the dental clinics, where there is a need. They must not be added after a spredekam, but where the need is greatest,” said Steen B. Andersen (S), to the Danish newspaper jyllands-posten. Steen was so worried for the new model, that he also wanted an evaluation after the first year.

One of the greatest challenges facing the new model on the tandplejeområdet is the so-called socially disadvantaged groups, who typically get more tooth decay than their peers. They must have a positive discrimination in relation to where the future storklinikker must be placed in the municipality.

Claus Thomasbjerg (SF), says to jyllands-posten that he is concerned that the children in the future need to spend time on transport to get to the dentist.

“Many parents have to take time off at work to get their children to the dentist. It can mean that they pull tandlægebehandlingen out, until it fits with their work”, argued Claus Thomasbjerg on.

SF suggested that the soft change up, so that the larger units should be supplemented by four mobile tandlægeenheder, which can run around to the clinics.

Gert Bjerregaard from the liberal party (venstre pointed out, like For Steen B. Andersen, that the clinics should be in areas where there is the greatest need, and that there also needs to be easy access to public transport in the areas.

“So we avoid that children spend too much time on transport, and it takes time from the teaching,” said Gert Bjerregaard to jyllands-posten, and highlighted that the main objective of the new structure is that dentists need to work in larger units in order to learn from each other and gain experience.

The location and cost of the big clinics
There is yet to name the schools that will house the new storklinikker. But in Aarhus municipality's report on the new structure are the following schools are referred to as commandments in the schools, which in future will house the large clinics, Møllevangskolen, Vejlby School, Moscow School, Tovshøjskolen, Kragelundskolen and Vestergårdskolen.

The major dental clinics must have three to five tandlægehold, and the cost of establishment of a single storklinik is expected to be around 8.5 million. kr. The total cost for the new tandlægestruktur is expected to reach 100 million. kr. as well as an unknown amount in transportation costs of vulnerable children.

We are ready to fight obesity

Tandlægeforeningen interfering in the current debate about whether dentists should measure and weigh the children in order to prevent obesity.

”In Tandlægeforeningens the executive committee we find it natural that dentists are to prevent the problem of obesity among children and young people. Dentists in some municipalities already involved in multi-disciplinary advice on diet and healthy lifestyles. However, this should be done in accordance with the health visitors, doctors, dietitians. Tandlægeforeningen don't want to assume the task which others think they have a better educational foundation for that promise,” says a member of the Tandlægeforeningens company executive Inge Marie Behrndtz, in the magazine's leader.

Danish dentists happier than Swedish
Publicly employed dentists in Denmark have greater job satisfaction than their colleagues in Sweden. It highlights the preliminary results of the Swedish research project ”The goda arbetet”, which is underway, on. Despite the stress and other negative factors at work shows the preliminary figures so that 69 percent of the Swedish and 77 percent of the Danish dentists experience of job satisfaction in the high or very high degree.

Are redheads more tandlægeangste? ... and other research results, Tandlægebladet not brought
If you are born with a long and a short leg – you get more often krydsbid? Are true redheads more tandlægeforskrækkede than the other? Form herbal tea a special risk for patients with braces?

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Read more in Tandlægebladet no. 10 2009 or on www.tandlaegebladet.dk

Regionsrådsmedlem excuse the mess in the North tandlægevagt

The president of the Tandlægenævnet in the north of Jutland, Regionsrådsmedlem Marian Geller (V), report himself personally ready with an excuse for a German tourist, who at the weekend in vain tried to get treatment for a severe and acute toothache.

The German tourist who stayed in a cottage at Grønhøj Beach in north Jutland, was hit by a violent toothache in the night between Saturday and Sunday, writes Nordjyske. The tourist contacted the holiday house operator, immediately tried to contact the Tandlægevagten in north Jutlandwhich had telefontid between the hours of. 9 and 10. But in spite of the uninterrupted phone call for nearly an hour, she came never further than vagttandlægens answering machine.

Apology from Tandlægenævnets president
The unfortunate episode has now got the president of the tandlægenævnet in the north of Jutland, regionsrådsmedlem Marian Geller, who has responsibility for tandlægevagten in the Region Nordjylland, to go into the matter. “Under normal circumstances, it is not how it works in northern Jutland,” says Marian Geller to the North.dk. And announces that she is personally ready with an apology to the German tourist, who at the weekend in vain tried to get hold of tandlægevagten.

The dentist, who had the weekend's tandlægevagt in the north of Jutland, is, according to Marian Geller, even unhappy over the episode.

Technical error
Carsten Rabe Kvist, head of department at Region Nordjylland, says to the North, that there was a technical error. The dentist from the Hanstholm there had the warden at the weekend, had been coupled vagttelefonen over at its own facility, when he was admitted of conversations with people who have got toothache and want to have it sorted immediately.

The north denmark Region will now teach the technical procedures for dentists, who are in the vagtordningen, in order to avoid that history repeats itself.

Complaint against the dentist or dental treatment

Private practice dentists in Denmark has approx. 8 million. patientkontakter annually. And the vast majority of dental treatments carried out without problems. In some cases there arises, however, problems, which the patient then may have a wish to complain about.

Try to solve the problem with the dentist first
It is a very good idea to try to talk with the dentist about the problem, before you decide to complain. Many of the problems can be resolved in an amicable way in the community, and the solution is the most preferable for both parties. It is in no way a requirement, that one must first try to resolve the issue with the dentist. But it is a good option, as you should test in the first place.

The difference between professional and non-professional
Instead of professional malpractice, there may also be disagreement between the dentist and the patient, whether it was the agreed treatment was carried out, arise disagreement about the price of the treatment, or in any other way arise a dispute between a dentist and a patient who did not have any with the professional treatment to make.

This guide deals primarily with the circumstances in which a patient wishes to make a complaint about the professional part of the treatment from a dentist.

Difference between public servant and private practice dentist
It can in worst case be a very distressing affair, if a dentist has treated you wrong. Not least for the wallet, as there is generally not any guarantee for the work you've got done at the dentist.
But where should you go if you are of the opinion that the dentist has a model you? It depends in the first place, whether you have received treatment by a private practice dentist, or the dentist is public servant.

Complain about public dentists
If you feel a model of a dentist at a public clinic, or a hospital, then you must within two years, send a written complaint to the Health service Patientklagenævn.
It applies to all complaints of public servants, dentists, dental hygienists, dental technicians, and dentists who have not entered into an agreement with the Regions, Wage - and Takstnævn (ex. The health insurance).

At Patientklagenævnet you get a consumer complaint form that you must complete. You can read more about on the Patientklagenævnets website.

On this page you will find all the necessary contact information, if you will a complaint about a dental treatment.

If you are under 18 years of age
Are you under the age of 18 years, you must always complain to the Health Patientklagenævn. Here you get a consumer complaint form provided, that you must complete. You can read more on Patientklagenævnets website.

Here you will find relevant contact information in connection with the complaints against dentists, dental hygienists or dental technicians.

Complaint about private dentist
If you have a complaint about a private dentist, hygienist, or dental technician, who has an agreement with the Regional Wage and Takstnævn (ex. The health insurance), you can follow this guide which provide information on the klageforløbet.

The complaint must be sent to the region
Do you want to complain about a private dentist, you should submit your complaint to the region you live in. You can also send your complaint to the health service in your municipality, or your dentist's kredsforening. But no matter which of the above options you use, your complaint will be forwarded to the region you live in, as the complaint proceedings are administered by the regions.

It is free to complain about the dentist
It costs nothing to complaint about a private dentist. And there is also no lower limit for the amount, the complaint shall apply.

You must pay for the treatment, even if you complain
The appeal has no bearing on your obligation for the treatment. Payment may, however, require deposited in the region before the complaint is processed.

Complaint
There is a difference on the complaint by the complaints of the professional treatment, and complaints about other matters. If there is talk on other matters than the professional part of the treatment. It may, for example. be, if you believe that you have got a treatment or service you have requested or to the price of the treatment is different from the agreed price with the dentist. So you have a deadline of six weeks after you have become familiar with the relationship.

For the professional part of the treatment, which applies both to the study as the treatment, you have a deadline of two years after that you are – or should be – aware of the problem. The complaint shall also be filed no later than five years after the day on which the klageforholdet took place.

What the complaint should contain
The complaint must be in writing and dated. Thus, there is no doubt about what you are complaining about, and when you complain. In addition, should your complaint include the following information:

The dentist who complained of;
what is complained of;
when it is gone;
what in your opinion is agreed (if there is a violation of this agreement);
what you want to achieve with the complaint

In order to achieve a faster processing, you should also enclose a copy of the bills and other relevant information about the dental treatment you are complaining about.

Many of the regions have a form for use in appeals. So you should first contact your region for further information, or if you want help and guidance to formulate the complaint.

The complaint will be dealt with in the region
The complaint will be dealt with in the region, where the dentist, as your complaint include, have clinic. As the first your complaint will be dealt with by a Visitationsudvalg, which assesses what type of complaint it is. The committee can choose to reject the complaint, with the same as unfounded, but usually, the committee will only pre-treat the complaint and forward it to Tandlægenævnet or the works council in the region you belong to. It depends on what you are complaining about:

1) If your complaint deals solely with matters other than the academic part of the treatment, it is the works council in your region, hearing the case on.

2) Deal with your complaint the dental treatment alone or both the dental treatment and other facts, it is Regionstandlægenævnet, who deals with the complaint on.
Regionstandlægenævnet decreases as a committee to carry out surveys and estimates of the professional in-office work. In connection with this vision, and the discretion can the dentist, you are complaining about being summoned to identify his work. The dentist does not have the right to participate in the actual assessment of the work.

Appeal
Reject Visitationsudvalget your complaint, you can appeal this decision directly to the works council in your region. You must do this within six weeks after the decision is taken.

You can also appeal against a decision from both Regionstandlægenævnet and the works council in your region within this six week period. It must be made to the Landstandlægenævnet or Landssamarbejdsudvalget, depending on how your complaint was dealt with in the first place.

All of the boards and committees that get with your complaint to make, is composed of an equal number of tandlægekonsulenter from the region and representatives from the regional council. The appeal body Landstandlægenævnet also has a high court judge as chairman.

Compensation for malpractice
Tandlægenævnet in your region and Landstandlægenævnet can decide on a dental practitioner must pay an amount of coverage that a dental treatment is being made on the new. Nævnene can not, however, impose the dentist's liability for the following:

– Increase in expenses as a result of an injury
– Loss of earnings
– Permanent injury, pain or pain
– Other expenses incurred as a result of an injury

If you want compensation for one or more of these cases, you must contact the Tandlægeforeningens Patientforsikring, which covers behandlingsskader according to the same guidelines as for the hospitals.

Read the evs. more about compensation for the dental treatment

You have, of course, also the possibility of bringing a civil action is brought against the dentist by the court. In such a case should seek the guidance and help of a lawyer.

Complaints about foreign dentists and dental procedures
You will be a model of a dentist in Denmark, you are covered by the Danish complaints system, and have the opportunity to get compensation from the Danish patientforsikring. It is not you, if you choose to receive dental treatment abroad. So you will hear instead, under that country's rules on the area. Here you should be aware that klagereglerne and compensation can vary widely from country to country. In the worst case you risk to be completely without any form of cover, if there is an error or damage in connection with a treatment, or if you are dissatisfied with the quality of the treatment.

Read the evs. more about Treatment abroad

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