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by kalleboo 3386 days ago
In Sweden, dental is treated separately. There are public dentists, but they're only free of charge up to age 19, and after that there are only a couple rebates available (IIRC the government will pay 30% of procedures over a certain cost, and every other year you get a check that covers one checkup)

In Japan, basic dentistry is covered the same under national health insurance, but for instance if you want a ceramic crown instead of metal, you have to pay for that yourself. Dentists and general medicine are completely separate institutions though.