| I'm Brazilian, lived in Portugal, Germany and Australia for a few years each, and can attest that dental care in Brazil is at least 100x better in every way. It's much less bureaucratic. Many universities offer free-of-charge consultations, although in a limited fashion. In big cities, I've seen mobile clinics helping the homeless. It's just part of the culture now. I'll even risk saying that Brazilians don't smoke because it stains the teeth. Lots of people do drink black coffee but they'll brush their teeth afterwards. A private company called Sorridents has taken over dentistry in Brazil with more than 500 branches. It works like Subway/McDonald's. It's affordable. Yes, there are many more dental professionals in Brazil, but the population also spends more on it (relative to income), so it balances out. You can even get dental insurance through your energy company, but I believe the vast majority of the population doesn't have any [1]. As an anecdote, I've waited TWO YEARS for Bupa (Australia) to tell me that my wisdom teeth extraction would cost 7000AUD and they'd need to move an entire team to a hospital to do it, and I'd need to pay for general anesthesia too (some 1500-200AUD more), which is absurd. I've also consulted with three other top-rated dentists in Sydney who told me the same. I flew to Brazil, paid 500AUD in a top-notch clinic, and the procedure took less than an hour. In both Germany and Australia, dental cleaning felt rushed, polishing wasn't done properly, they always came up a thousand little things that added to the final cost. It's ugly, it's scammy. In Portugal you can get decent dental care due to the large amount of Brazilian dentists. [1] https://www.iess.org.br/publicacao/blog/brasileiro-ainda-tem... |