In Pictures: Roadside Dentists In Asia

Published by djmick on June 11th, 2009

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If you have a fear of dentists then this gallery of street side surgeries from across Asia will have you thinking your local dental practice is paradise.

These photos are mainly from India, China and Pakistan where there’s no appointment necessary when you have toothache. Just pull up a seat and open wide – on the street.

Sit back and watch the world go past as the roadside tooth doctor prods around your mouth with a dirty old pair of pliers.

Come on now, you didn’t expect sterilised instruments did you? You’d be lucky if the probes, drills and tweezers had be dipped in a bucket of filthy water after being in the last patients mouth.

Most treatments are performed without anaesthetic with charges ranging from eight US cents to $3 for their services.

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