Initially there wasn't a huge flurry of press activity but I guess that's because we get a lot of business through recommendations and word of mouth (so to speak). Recently though, with the new NHS contracts now in force in the UK and with more and more people making the trip to Budapest, we have had quite a bit of interest shown us by the media. Still it's always a pleasant surprise for us to see our company's name in print, (or these days on TV!). A big thank you to all the journalists who took the time to write about us.

24/08/2008 - The Sunday Time's journalist Jessica Bown here tracks a potential shift in policy that could allow people travelling abroad for dental treatment to claim back some of their costs from the NHS. Good news for our clients as there is even some suggestion that money can be claimed back retrospectively. The article also featured Smile Saver's client Linda Williamson who saved an estimated £20,000 on extensive implant treatment at The Implant Center in Budapest. Even Linda's dentist back home commented that the materials and workmanship were of a 'very high standard.'

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08/04/2008 - Health writer Sally Brown tells of her experience at our clinic in Budapest for Eve Magazine. Sally was quoted £20,000 in London so contacted us where she got just what she wanted - a great looking natural smile for just £2500.
Note: The editor managed to change the sex of Dr Juhasz in the article from she to he - a small typo but we thought we should point it out!!

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17/04/2008 Louise Webb, interviewed by Shane O'Connor on BBC Radio Derby breakfast show, answers questions on her experiences in Budapest. You can listen to the interview here by pressing the play button above.

21/07/2007 In a story reporting on the lengths people go to get good dentistry, the BBC's One Show followed Nicola Lewin to Budapest for her final checkup after extensive treatment that saved her somewhere in the region of £35000. Also covered was a man travelling down from Aberdeen in Scotland to Fulham in London for a routine check up.

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18/04/2007 The BBC Look North News team followed Lindsey Barnett to our clinic in Budapest for a full mouth makeover. The results were amazing. Many thanks to everyone at the BBC especially Vicky and Mandy for capturing the moment so perfectly.

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01/11/2006 Nicola Lewin has now successfully completed her treatment at the Implant Center with spectacular results and this edited report from BBC1's Real Story, which was originally released in June, follows Nicola to Budapest for the second of her visits there.

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14/10/2006 Word has spread across the channel and France 2 produced this report following our client Peter Collins to the Implant Center in Budapest where he was completing extensive treatment.

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01/06/2006 ITV reporter Patrick O'Hagan visited Budapest and our clinic the Implant and Aesthetic Center for a two part news piece on the rising trend of dental tourism in the UK sparked by the sudden exit of 2000 dentists from the NHS.
Many thanks to Patrick and ITV News West for a truly informative piece.

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02/06/2006 The second report from Patrick O'Hagan's ITV news report where he follows one of our clients, Thomas Kempster, to Budapest and our top clinics the Implant and Aesthetic Center.
Thomas was quoted over £15,000 in the UK and managed to save £10,000+ by travelling to Budapest with us.
Many thanks to Thomas for agreeing to be filmed and again to Patrick and ITV News West for a great piece.

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31/05/2006 The BBC interviewed Nicola Lewin live on their Five Live breakfast show along with the producer of the documentary due to be aired later that evening on BBC1's The Real Story. You can listen to the interview here by pressing the play button above or alternatively in a standalone player click here (Windows Media Player required).

29/07/2008 - "Britain's Favourite Newspaper" covered Smile Savers with a double page center spread in their money section. The story covered three of our clients' stories including Emily Mayer, Ernie Whittle and Linda Williamson. A big thank you to them for taking the time to speak to the journalists and to the journalists for such a great piece.

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Emily Mayer's story was covered seperately on the same page.

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12/04/2008 - The Scotsman newspaper covered the ways to deal with the cost of UK dentistry covering NHS, dental insurance and dental tourism. Our client Shirley Norton was featured after she travelled to Budapest for cosmetic and implant work saving herself an estimated £13,500.

“I’m the last person you would expect to go abroad and get anything done at all,” Shirley told The Scotsman.

“But I looked at a lot of feedback and did a lot of homework before I went and thought - I’ll go for it.”

“You’re so well looked after, they pick you up from the airport, take you to all your appointments - I can’t fault them and I’m so pleased with the outcome,”

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Read what Shirley had to say after completing her treatment in Budapest here.

26/08/2007 - The Mail on Sunday Financial section ran a center page spread titled 'Budapest: City of bridges, fillings and root canals' and featured our client Emily Mayer pictured here with her dog Iris. Emily travelled to Budapest for extensive work after suffering from severe gum disease for years. Not only did Emily receive the best possible treatment but also managed to save over £40000.

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Read what Emily has to say about her experience in Budapest here...

21/08/2007 - Smile Saver's client Russell Fraser completed extensive dental work at our top clinic in Budapest, the Implant and Aesthetic Center, after a combination of home teeth whitening kits, bought on the internet, and acidic soft drinks reaked havock with his previously healthy teeth. The Daily Express covered his story in this full page article.

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On 09/04/2007 our client hit the front page in The Sentinel. The story reports Louise Webb's journey to get treatment in Budapest after she was denied the treatment she wanted on the NHS. Louise was absolutely delighted with the results, which can clearly be seen in the photographs, and managed to reduce her dental bill down from the UK quoted £60,000 to a much more reasonable £12,000. The treatment has clearly changed her life. Louise is now more out-going, has more confidence and feels 15 years younger!.

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On 09/05/2006 the Daily Mail ran this piece, entitled 'A Patients Guide to Health Tourism', based on a recent book written by David Hancock, covering the options people have when choosing to go abroad for treatment. The heading reads 'No Waiting Lists. Spotless Hospitals. Brilliant after-care. Why more and more Britons are choosing surgery abroad'. Hungary came out top as the place to go for high quality low cost treatment and they very kindly included us as a recommended operator though tragically listed a disconnected phone number. Fortunately they got our web site address right!
As a side note we should point out that the usual time for the first phase of implant surgery can be completed in just 3 days and not 12 as stated in the article. Read more here

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With a real stir in the media over the NHS reforms on 01/04/2006, the day the new NHS dentists contracts came in to force, Angus Watson of the Financial Times ran a great piece in the weekend edition titled 'How To Cope With Dental Care Reform'. The people at the FT seem to know a thing or two about how best to treat money so we were delighted to be included in the short-list.

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On 22/03/2006 we hit Page 4 of the Daily Express going national with the Yorkshire Post's article of Nicola Lewin who will have saved between £20,000 and £30,000 when she finally completes her treatment at one of our clinics in Budapest, the Implant and Aesthetic Center. Nicola, despite always being very fastidious about dental hygiene, contracted serious gum disease and was told her only option was to have all her teeth replaced by dentures. Like so many she was not prepared to wear dentures at her age and was quoted in the UK up to £50,000 for the implant work necessary to avoid this. Nicola contacted Smile Savers and we were more than happy to book her in to the renowned Implant Center in Budapest. Nicola loved the picture and has become quite the local celebrity having also been interviewed live on BBC Radio Sheffield.
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We made front page with this great article on 21/03/2006 about one of our clients, Nicola Lewin who saved between £20,000 and £30,000 visiting one of our clinics, the Implant and Aesthetic Center. Nicola, from Sheffield, was delighted with the treatment she received and also with the article which created quite a stir in her hometown. So much so that she went on to be interviewed live by Antonia Brickell on BBC Radio Sheffield the following morning.

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Amy Williams from the Evening Standard used our services to arrange a weekend in Budapest with teeth whitening at the Implant Center. She wrote 2 articles. This is the second, released on 11/01/2006. Please note that Amy states in the article that we provided a package including flights. This is a small error on her part as we assist in the booking of flights and can recommend the best options.

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Amy Williams from the Evening Standard used our services to arrange a weekend in Budapest with teeth whitening at the Implant Center. She wrote 2 articles and in this one recommends to her readers to have teeth whitening done in Budapest rather than in the UK. This is the first, released on 04/01/2006.

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A small piece from The Times dated 03/09/2005. The piece runs through the basics of what we do plus they gave us a great cartoon.











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