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While going abroad for dental care can cost less, dentists have raised concerns over the quality of work carried out in foreign clinics, writes FIONA REDDAN

WHILE IRISH students have been availing of the E111 or the European Health Insurance Card (EHIC) for years to get their teeth fixed for little or no cost while working or studying in Europe, the rise in dental tourism is a more recent phenomenon.