Dentists should display prices, consumers say

CONSUMERS called on the Government yesterday to force dentists here to display their prices after it emerged that they are charging almost four times more for certain orthodontic treatments than their colleagues in other countries.

This followed the revelation that one Irish man had four major orthodontic treatments carried out while on holidays in South Africa for €6,500.

When he returned to Ireland he showed the work to his orthodontist who complimented it and said the same procedures would have cost around €20,500 here.