[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":956},["ShallowReactive",2],{"magazine:verify-a-dentist":3,"magazine:verify-a-dentist:related":901,"city-stats":909},{"id":4,"title":5,"author":6,"body":7,"cities":869,"description":876,"draft":877,"extension":878,"format":879,"meta":880,"navigation":881,"path":882,"published":883,"readingMinutes":884,"related":885,"section":888,"seo":889,"services":890,"sitemap":896,"sourcesVerified":897,"standfirst":898,"stem":899,"__hash__":900},"magazine/magazine/verify-a-dentist.md","How to check a dentist abroad, and what nobody can check",null,{"type":8,"value":9,"toc":838},"minimark",[10,14,17,20,25,28,31,36,39,43,46,50,61,64,68,71,75,78,81,85,88,92,95,99,107,115,119,122,132,136,139,143,146,159,165,171,177,181,184,195,200,205,211,215,218,229,239,244,249,254,258,261,272,282,287,292,296,299,309,314,319,324,328,331,342,347,358,363,367,370,381,386,391,396,400,403,559,562,565,568,571,575,621,625,628,661,681,685,688,691,695,698,706,709,712],[11,12,13],"p",{},"Most people researching treatment abroad start with reviews. Online reviews are unverifiable, they are gameable, and they measure the reception desk more than the actual clinical work.",[11,15,16],{},"Everything below is verifiable. It comes from state registers, professional chambers, licence files and EU law. Some of it takes two minutes. Some of it requires an email.",[11,18,19],{},"One warning before the detail. Verification tells you a person is entitled to work and a clinic is entitled to operate. It does not tell you the work is good. No country in Europe publishes outcome data for dentistry, and that includes Switzerland. What verification does is remove a category of risk entirely, so that your remaining judgement is about clinical quality rather than about whether you are dealing with a real practice.",[21,22,24],"h2",{"id":23},"what-eu-law-already-fixes","What EU law already fixes",[11,26,27],{},"The training floor is identical in all six countries and in Switzerland. Under the Professional Qualifications Directive, a dental degree recognised across the EU requires at least five years of full-time study amounting to at least 5,000 hours, covering a defined curriculum. A degree from Budapest, Kraków, Seville, Milan, Freiburg or Athens is recognised automatically in every other member state. It is not a lesser qualification that happens to be cheaper.",[11,29,30],{},"Three further pieces of EU law matter to you directly.",[32,33,35],"h3",{"id":34},"specialist-titles-are-narrow","Specialist titles are narrow",[11,37,38],{},"Only two dental specialties get automatic EU recognition: orthodontics and oral surgery. That is the whole list. There is no EU specialty in implantology, in prosthodontics or in aesthetic dentistry. When a clinic calls someone an implantologist, that is a description of what he does, not a protected title, and this is equally true in Zurich and in Athens. Some countries have additional national specialties. You can check which titles exist in a given country in the Commission's Regulated Professions Database.",[32,40,42],{"id":41},"amalgam-is-finished","Amalgam is finished",[11,44,45],{},"Since 1 January 2025 dental amalgam may no longer be used in the EU except where the dentist judges it strictly necessary for a specific medical need. Manufacture and import end in 2026. If you are quoted an amalgam filling anywhere in the EU today, something is wrong.",[32,47,49],{"id":48},"the-device-rules-now-have-a-public-database","The device rules now have a public database",[11,51,52,53,60],{},"Implants, membranes, bone grafts and prosthetic components are regulated medical devices. Since 28 May 2026 manufacturers must register devices in ",[54,55,59],"a",{"href":56,"rel":57},"https://health.ec.europa.eu/medical-devices-eudamed/udidevice-registration_en",[58],"nofollow","EUDAMED",", the European database, and the public site lets anyone look up a device by its identifier and see the manufacturer and its certificates. Devices already on the market before that date have until 28 November 2026 to appear, so coverage this year is still incomplete. From 2027 this becomes a genuinely reliable consumer check.",[11,62,63],{},"What EU law does not give you is visibility of enforcement. When a country bans a practitioner, it must alert the other member states through an internal system called IMI. Those alerts go to regulators, not to patients. There is no European list of struck-off dentists that you can search.",[21,65,67],{"id":66},"the-five-things-worth-checking","The five things worth checking",[11,69,70],{},"Run these in order. The first two are the ones that actually catch problems.",[32,72,74],{"id":73},"the-person","The person",[11,76,77],{},"Every dentist practising legally in these countries holds a registration number in a national or chamber register. Ask for the treating dentist's name as it appears in the register and the registration number, then look it up yourself. A clinic that will not give you a name for your case, only a clinic name, has told you something.",[11,79,80],{},"The register entry answers three questions: is this person entitled to practise, is the entitlement current, and does the specialty they advertise appear in the record.",[32,82,84],{"id":83},"the-clinic","The clinic",[11,86,87],{},"The dentist and the practice are licensed separately. The practice licence is what covers the premises, the equipment, the X-ray unit, the hygiene requirements and, in most countries, the named clinical director who carries responsibility. Spain and Poland publish this in full and free. Ask for the licence number and the issuing authority.",[32,89,91],{"id":90},"the-claims-beyond-the-diploma","The claims beyond the diploma",[11,93,94],{},"This is where most of the noise sits. Fellowships, diplomas, memberships and certificates from implant academies are real training and they are also unregulated marketing. Two questions separate them: who awarded it, and does the awarding body examine or only attend. A university master's degree, an examined national specialty and a weekend certificate may all read the same on a clinic website.",[32,96,98],{"id":97},"the-products","The products",[11,100,101,102,106],{},"Ask for the ",[54,103,105],{"href":104},"/services/implants","implant"," brand and system by name before you commit, not after. The material is rarely the risk. Titanium grades and zirconia are standardised commodities and the major systems are all made to the same ISO standards. The risk is orphan hardware. If the system is a small regional brand and it disappears in six years, a dentist in Basel cannot source a matching abutment or screw when something loosens, and a working implant becomes an extraction. A brand with global distribution and twenty years of documented components is worth more to you than any marketing claim about surface technology.",[11,108,109,110,114],{},"For crowns, bridges and dentures, the relevant document is different. These are ",[54,111,113],{"href":112},"/magazine/quality-control","custom-made devices under the Medical Device Regulation",", and the maker must produce a written statement identifying the device and the manufacturer, which is to be made available to the patient. That statement is what tells you which laboratory actually made the work and in which country.",[32,116,118],{"id":117},"the-paperwork-you-take-home","The paperwork you take home",[11,120,121],{},"Ask, in advance, what you will be given at the end. The list should include your radiographs in digital form, a treatment record naming what was done at each tooth, the manufacturer labels with lot and reference numbers for anything implanted, the custom-device statement for laboratory work, and the warranty terms in writing with the name of the entity that owes them. A Swiss dentist handling a complication in three years needs the first four. You need the fifth.",[123,124,126,129],"mag-panel",{"title":125},"The one document that settles the professional question",[11,127,128],{},"Every EU regulator issues a certificate of current professional status, also called a certificate of good standing. It is the document a dentist needs in order to register in another country, and it states that the person is registered, entitled to practise and free of disciplinary restriction, as of its issue date.",[11,130,131],{},"Any dentist can request one from their chamber or authority. Asking for it is normal, not hostile, and it is the only single piece of paper that covers registration and standing at once. If a register is not publicly searchable, as in Germany and Greece, this is the substitute.",[21,133,135],{"id":134},"country-by-country","Country by country",[11,137,138],{},"Switzerland first, as the reference point you already know.",[32,140,142],{"id":141},"switzerland","Switzerland",[11,144,145],{},"Baseline for comparison",[11,147,148,152,153,158],{},[149,150,151],"strong",{},"The dentist."," ",[54,154,157],{"href":155,"rel":156},"https://www.bag.admin.ch/de/medizinalberuferegister-medreg",[58],"MedReg",", the federal register of university medical professions, run by the Federal Office of Public Health. Public and searchable. It shows the diploma, postgraduate titles, the cantonal practice licence, and any conditions or restrictions attached to that licence. Registration has been compulsory for everyone practising since 2018.",[11,160,161,164],{},[149,162,163],{},"The clinic."," Cantonal. Practice authorisation is issued and supervised by the canton, and there is no single national register of dental practices.",[11,166,167,170],{},[149,168,169],{},"Oversight."," Cantonal health authorities, with disciplinary measures recorded in MedReg. The full disciplinary detail is available to authorities; the public view shows restrictions on the licence.",[11,172,173,176],{},[149,174,175],{},"Not visible."," Complaint volumes, inspection reports, outcomes, prices actually charged.",[32,178,180],{"id":179},"hungary","Hungary",[11,182,183],{},"Budapest",[11,185,186,188,189,194],{},[149,187,151],{}," The operating register, működési nyilvántartás, held by the National Directorate General for Hospitals. It is ",[54,190,193],{"href":191,"rel":192},"https://enk.okfo.gov.hu/",[58],"publicly searchable online",". Independent practice is lawful only with a valid entry, and the cycle has to be renewed with continuing education points, so a current entry also tells you the CPD obligation has been met. For doctors and dentists the base registration number, the operating registration number and the stamp number are the same number, which makes cross-checking easy.",[11,196,197,199],{},[149,198,163],{}," Practices require an operating licence, működési engedély, from the competent government office, with the equipment inventory and a named responsible professional in the file. Ask for the licence number and issuing office.",[11,201,202,204],{},[149,203,169],{}," Public health authority inspections of premises and hygiene, plus the ethics jurisdiction of the Hungarian Medical Chamber's dental section.",[11,206,207,210],{},[149,208,209],{},"What you cannot see."," Inspection reports and disciplinary outcomes are not published in a patient-facing form.",[32,212,214],{"id":213},"poland","Poland",[11,216,217],{},"Kraków",[11,219,220,222,223,228],{},[149,221,151],{}," The ",[54,224,227],{"href":225,"rel":226},"https://rejestr.nil.org.pl/",[58],"Central Register of Physicians and Dentists"," at the Supreme Medical Chamber. Public, searchable by name or by licence number, and it shows the licence number, the specialisations, the date of entitlement, the chamber, and the status of the right to practise, including whether it is limited or suspended. That status field is unusual and valuable. Note that this register belongs to the professional self-government rather than the state, and it is updated monthly from the regional chambers.",[11,230,231,152,233,238],{},[149,232,163],{},[54,234,237],{"href":235,"rel":236},"https://rpwdl2.ezdrowie.gov.pl/",[58],"RPWDL",", the register of entities performing medical activity, run by the state e-health centre. Public and complete. You can pull the register book for a clinic or an individual practice and see the scope of services it is entitled to provide.",[11,240,241,243],{},[149,242,169],{}," The voivode or the regional chamber as registration authority, sanitary inspection for hygiene and premises, and chamber professional liability proceedings for conduct.",[11,245,246,248],{},[149,247,209],{}," Disciplinary rulings are not published in a searchable patient-facing form.",[123,250,251],{},[11,252,253],{},"Poland is the most transparent of the six. Both halves of the check, the person and the entity, are online, free and complete.",[32,255,257],{"id":256},"spain","Spain",[11,259,260],{},"Barcelona",[11,262,263,265,266,271],{},[149,264,151],{}," Two routes. The state register of health professionals, ",[54,267,270],{"href":268,"rel":269},"https://www.sanidad.gob.es/areas/profesionesSanitarias/registroEstatal/ciudadanosREPS.htm",[58],"REPS",", run by the Ministry of Health, is publicly consultable and shows the name, the official qualifications and the centres where the person works. The provincial colleges of dentists hold the membership register, and membership is compulsory in order to practise.",[11,273,274,152,276,281],{},[149,275,163],{},[54,277,280],{"href":278,"rel":279},"https://www.sanidad.gob.es/estadEstudios/estadisticas/sisInfSanSNS/ofertaRecursos/regCess/home.htm",[58],"REGCESS",", the general register of health centres, services and establishments. Public and national. It shows whether a clinic is authorised, the date of authorisation and the list of services it is authorised to provide. Clinics are also required to display their registration number in their advertising, which gives you a number to check before you even ask.",[11,283,284,286],{},[149,285,169],{}," Regional health authorities license and inspect. The colleges handle professional conduct.",[11,288,289,291],{},[149,290,209],{}," This is the important caveat for Spain. The public view of REPS deliberately excludes the right-to-practise data: college membership, professional liability insurance and any disqualification are not accessible to ordinary citizens. So the state register confirms the qualification but not the standing. For standing you need the college, or the certificate of good standing.",[32,293,295],{"id":294},"italy","Italy",[11,297,298],{},"Milan",[11,300,301,222,303,308],{},[149,302,151],{},[54,304,307],{"href":305,"rel":306},"https://portale.fnomceo.it/cerca-prof/",[58],"national register of dentists",", maintained by FNOMCeO, the federation of the 106 provincial medical and dental orders. Public and searchable by surname and province. Registration is compulsory and practising without it is a criminal offence. One current limitation: since 18 March 2026 the national register publishes only the data fields required by law, so complementary training such as masters and doctorates has moved back to the provincial registers pending new rules. If you want the full record, go to the provincial order.",[11,310,311,313],{},[149,312,163],{}," Dental practices operate under health authorisation from the local health authority and must have a named clinical director who is himself registered. Ask who the director is and check that name in the register.",[11,315,316,318],{},[149,317,169],{}," Local health authority for premises and authorisation, the provincial order for professional conduct and advertising, which Italy polices comparatively actively.",[11,320,321,323],{},[149,322,209],{}," Disciplinary proceedings are handled by the order and are not published as a searchable record.",[32,325,327],{"id":326},"germany","Germany",[11,329,330],{},"Baden-Württemberg",[11,332,333,335,336,341],{},[149,334,151],{}," This is the surprise. Germany has the strictest licensing regime of the six and the least public register. The licence to practise, the Approbation, is granted by a state authority after verification of the degree, the criminal record, health fitness and language competence, and since 2026 non-EU graduates must also prove certified radiation protection training before it is issued. But there is no public national database in which you can look up a dentist. The state chamber runs a ",[54,337,340],{"href":338,"rel":339},"https://lzk-bw.de/zahnarztsuche/",[58],"patient-facing dentist search"," and it is opt-in: practitioners appear only if they have consented to publication. Absence from it proves nothing.",[11,343,344,346],{},[149,345,163],{}," No public register of dental practices comparable to Spain or Poland. Practices are subject to chamber professional rules and to state hygiene and radiation supervision.",[11,348,349,351,352,357],{},[149,350,169],{}," Germany compensates on the back end, and this is where it is genuinely stronger than the others. The state chamber operates an expert opinion system with appointed, independent assessors, and it is open to private patients and to patients who have had private treatment. There is a neutral, chamber-funded ",[54,353,356],{"href":354,"rel":355},"https://zahnmedizinische-patientenberatung-bw.de/",[58],"patient advice service"," with a free hotline. If work is disputed, there is a defined route to an independent second assessment that does not require going to court.",[11,359,360,362],{},[149,361,209],{}," Registration itself, unless the dentist consents to publication or supplies documents. For Germany, ask for the Approbation and the chamber, then request the certificate of good standing.",[32,364,366],{"id":365},"greece","Greece",[11,368,369],{},"Athens",[11,371,372,374,375,380],{},[149,373,151],{}," Registration with the regional dental association is compulsory before practising, and has been since 1980. Each member holds an association register number. There is no public national online search. Verification is by request to the regional association, which for Athens is the ",[54,376,379],{"href":377,"rel":378},"https://www.osanet.gr/",[58],"Dental Association of Attica",".",[11,382,383,385],{},[149,384,163],{}," Since 2012 the operating certificate for a dental practice is issued by the dental association itself. The application file includes proof of the premises, the full equipment inventory and evidence of title to that equipment, and every practice must have a named scientifically responsible dentist.",[11,387,388,390],{},[149,389,169],{}," The dental associations combine licensing and professional discipline, and they prosecute unlicensed practice, including by dental technicians working directly on patients.",[11,392,393,395],{},[149,394,209],{}," Almost everything, without asking. Greece has the same substantive rules as the others and the least visible paper trail. Everything here is verifiable, but only by email or telephone to the association, and effectively only in Greek.",[21,397,399],{"id":398},"where-reliable-information-exists-and-where-it-does-not","Where reliable information exists, and where it does not",[11,401,402],{},"The same check yields very different results depending on the country. This is the map.",[404,405,406],"mag-table",{},[407,408,409,434],"table",{},[410,411,412],"thead",{},[413,414,415,419,422,425,428,431],"tr",{},[416,417,418],"th",{},"Country",[416,420,421],{},"Dentist register, public",[416,423,424],{},"Practice licence, public",[416,426,427],{},"Licence status or restrictions visible",[416,429,430],{},"Specialty verifiable",[416,432,433],{},"Discipline or inspections published",[435,436,437,456,472,490,507,525,542],"tbody",{},[413,438,439,442,445,448,451,453],{},[440,441,142],"td",{},[440,443,444],{},"● Yes, MedReg",[440,446,447],{},"○ Cantonal, not centralised",[440,449,450],{},"● Yes",[440,452,450],{},[440,454,455],{},"○ No",[413,457,458,460,463,466,468,470],{},[440,459,214],{},[440,461,462],{},"● Yes, chamber register",[440,464,465],{},"● Yes, RPWDL",[440,467,450],{},[440,469,450],{},[440,471,455],{},[413,473,474,476,479,482,485,488],{},[440,475,257],{},[440,477,478],{},"◐ Qualification only",[440,480,481],{},"● Yes, REGCESS",[440,483,484],{},"○ Explicitly withheld",[440,486,487],{},"◐ Partly",[440,489,455],{},[413,491,492,494,497,500,503,505],{},[440,493,180],{},[440,495,496],{},"● Yes, state register",[440,498,499],{},"◐ On request",[440,501,502],{},"◐ Valid cycle visible",[440,504,450],{},[440,506,455],{},[413,508,509,511,514,517,520,523],{},[440,510,295],{},[440,512,513],{},"● Yes, national albo",[440,515,516],{},"◐ Via clinical director",[440,518,519],{},"◐ Entry only",[440,521,522],{},"◐ Reduced since March 2026",[440,524,455],{},[413,526,527,529,532,534,536,539],{},[440,528,327],{},[440,530,531],{},"○ No, opt-in listing only",[440,533,455],{},[440,535,455],{},[440,537,538],{},"◐ On documents",[440,540,541],{},"◐ Expert opinion route exists",[413,543,544,546,549,551,554,557],{},[440,545,366],{},[440,547,548],{},"○ No, by request",[440,550,548],{},[440,552,553],{},"○ By request",[440,555,556],{},"◐ By request",[440,558,455],{},[11,560,561],{},"● Public and searchable. ◐ Partial, or available on request. ○ Not available to the public.",[11,563,564],{},"Two patterns are worth naming.",[11,566,567],{},"The first is that public visibility does not track regulatory strictness. Germany regulates entry harder than anyone on this list and shows you the least. Greece runs licensing through the profession itself and publishes nothing online. Poland, the cheapest destination of the six, is the most transparent. If you rank these countries by what you can look up in a browser, you produce a ranking that has nothing to do with clinical standards.",[11,569,570],{},"The second is that the last column is empty almost everywhere, Switzerland included. No European country publishes dental outcome data, complication rates, inspection findings or disciplinary histories in a form a patient can search. This is the real gap, and it is a European gap rather than a southern or eastern one.",[21,572,574],{"id":573},"the-gaps-stated-plainly","The gaps, stated plainly",[576,577,578,585,591,597,603,609,615],"ul",{},[579,580,581,584],"li",{},[149,582,583],{},"No outcomes anywhere."," Nobody publishes implant survival, complication or remake rates by clinic. Not in Budapest, not in Bern.",[579,586,587,590],{},[149,588,589],{},"Discipline is invisible."," Regulators know who has been sanctioned and tell each other through the EU alert system. Patients are not on that distribution list.",[579,592,593,596],{},[149,594,595],{},"Inspection reports are not published."," Hygiene and radiation inspections happen in all six countries. The results are not consumer-facing anywhere, unlike in England or Sweden.",[579,598,599,602],{},[149,600,601],{},"The laboratory is not registered like the dentist."," Crowns and bridges are custom-made devices, and where they were milled is disclosed on the device statement rather than in any searchable register. Ask for it, otherwise you have no idea which country your ceramics came from. This is equally true of Swiss work.",[579,604,605,608],{},[149,606,607],{},"The implant card is weaker than it sounds."," The Medical Device Regulation requires an implant card for implants, but exempts screws and connectors, and notified bodies have taken the position that dental implants and abutments fall within those terms. Most serious manufacturers supply a patient passport anyway. Treat it as good practice you should insist on rather than as a right you can enforce.",[579,610,611,614],{},[149,612,613],{},"Titles are not standardised."," Implantologist, aesthetic dentist and cosmetic dentist mean nothing in law in any of the six countries or in Switzerland.",[579,616,617,620],{},[149,618,619],{},"Cross-border rights do not include you."," The EU cross-border healthcare directive gives EU patients a right to be told a provider's registration status and insurance cover, and lets them ask a national contact point about restrictions on a specific provider. Switzerland is not part of that directive, so as a Swiss resident you have no entitlement under it and no reimbursement route through it. The contact points generally answer anyway. Plan on it as a courtesy, not a right.",[21,622,624],{"id":623},"the-check-in-order","The check, in order",[11,626,627],{},"Thirty minutes at a laptop, plus two emails.",[629,630,631],"mag-checklist",{},[632,633,634,637,640,643,646,649,652,655,658],"ol",{},[579,635,636],{},"Get the name of the dentist who will treat you, spelled as in the register, plus the registration number. Not the clinic name. The name.",[579,638,639],{},"Look the person up in the national register where one exists: Poland, Hungary, Italy, Spain. Confirm the entry is current and that any specialty claimed appears in it.",[579,641,642],{},"Look the clinic up where one exists: REGCESS in Spain, RPWDL in Poland. Check that the authorised services cover what you are being sold.",[579,644,645],{},"Where there is no public register, Germany and Greece, ask for the certificate of good standing and the chamber or association details, and verify with that body directly.",[579,647,648],{},"Ask which implant system, by brand and line, and check that it is a system with global distribution and documented component availability. Ask what happens if a component fails in five years.",[579,650,651],{},"Ask who makes the laboratory work, in which country, and confirm you will receive the custom-made device statement.",[579,653,654],{},"Ask what you will be given at discharge: radiographs, treatment record, product labels with lot numbers, device statement, warranty in writing.",[579,656,657],{},"Ask who carries professional liability insurance for your treatment, the clinic or the individual, and for which sum. In Spain and Switzerland this is a condition of practising. Get it in writing regardless.",[579,659,660],{},"Ask what the clinic will not do. A practice that declines to prepare eight healthy teeth for veneers because the case calls for orthodontics is telling you more about its standards than any certificate on the wall.",[123,662,664],{"title":663},"The answers that should end the conversation",[576,665,666,669,672,675,678],{},[579,667,668],{},"The clinic will not name the treating dentist before you arrive.",[579,670,671],{},"The implant system is named only as titanium, or as a brand with no distribution outside the country.",[579,673,674],{},"The treatment plan has no tooth numbers.",[579,676,677],{},"Nobody will put the warranty, or the entity behind it, in writing.",[579,679,680],{},"The final plan is fixed before anyone has examined you or seen a current radiograph.",[21,682,684],{"id":683},"what-this-is-worth","What this is worth",[11,686,687],{},"Run the whole check and you will have established that a licensed professional is working in a licensed facility with traceable materials, under the same training floor that applies in Switzerland, and that you will leave with the documents your dentist at home will need. That is the entire verifiable universe. It is also more than most people know about their Swiss dentist.",[11,689,690],{},"The rest is clinical judgement, and it is bought with a consultation, a current radiograph and a written plan, not with a search engine. Booking through us charges a reservation fee and holds the appointment. What it does not fix is the treatment plan, which is confirmed with the dentist after the consultation, once someone has examined you.",[21,692,694],{"id":693},"what-smileeasy-holds-on-record","What smileeasy holds on record",[11,696,697],{},"Every clinic listed on smileeasy is reviewed and approved by us before it appears. What we hold after that, we hold as the clinic filed it:",[576,699,700,703],{},[579,701,702],{},"The registration number of each treating dentist, as filed by the clinic. Not the clinic name, the individuals. It is published on the clinic's page as filed; we do not check it against the register for you.",[579,704,705],{},"The practice licence number and issuing authority, as filed by the clinic. In Germany and Greece nothing is published, so there is nothing for anyone to check that entry against. Ask the clinic for the licence itself.",[11,707,708],{},"We do not promise anything on a clinic's behalf. The warranty terms, the paperwork you leave with and the entity that owes them are questions for the clinic, in writing, before you commit.",[11,710,711],{},"None of that is a reason to stop reading here. Ask us for the registration number of the dentist proposed for your case and we will give it to you, then look it up yourself using the links above. A check you run yourself is worth more than one we assert.",[713,714,715],"mag-sources",{},[576,716,717,728,738,748,758,767,778,789,800,807,817,829],{},[579,718,719,720,723,724],{},"Switzerland, dentists. ",[721,722,157],"em",{},", the federal register of university medical professions, Federal Office of Public Health. The Swiss baseline for what a public register shows. ",[54,725,727],{"href":155,"rel":726},[58],"bag.admin.ch",[579,729,730,731,733,734],{},"Poland, dentists. ",[721,732,227],{},", Supreme Medical Chamber. Licence number, specialisations and the status of the right to practise. ",[54,735,737],{"href":225,"rel":736},[58],"rejestr.nil.org.pl",[579,739,740,741,743,744],{},"Poland, clinics. ",[721,742,237],{},", the register of entities performing medical activity. Scope of services a practice may provide. ",[54,745,747],{"href":235,"rel":746},[58],"rpwdl2.ezdrowie.gov.pl",[579,749,750,751,753,754],{},"Spain, professionals. ",[721,752,270],{},", the state register of health professionals, Ministry of Health. Qualifications and places of work, and what the public view withholds. 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