!!!Zahnmedizin

Dentistry: Dental medical care in Austria is practised by specialists 
in odontology, stomatology and orthodontics, in some cases by 
"Dentisten", experts in dentistry without academic training (since 
1949 only university graduates have been licensed); in some rural 
areas, general practitioners working as dentists are still entitled to 
give dental medical care. After completing their medical studies, 
graduates (Dr. med.) have to do four semesters of special courses at 
the university hospitals in Vienna, Graz or Innsbruck, which are 
finally completed by a state medical examination. Dentists can set 
themselves up in private practice; 90 % work under contract of the 
health insurance agencies, who pay them for administering conservative 
and surgical dental treatment. In addition, they work at university 
hospitals and in dental outpatient departments of the health insurance 
agencies. In dental prosthetics the health insurance agencies are 
bound by contract to pay for plastic prostheses, metal prostheses 
(with a metal framework) and full metal crowns on brace teeth, while 
for all other dental therapies and treatments the insurance agencies 
cover only a small amount of the costs. There is no scale of fees for 
private dental treatment.

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Dentists are members of the Austrian Medical Association. According to 
statistics, dental medical care in Austria is satisfactory 
(1 dentist for 2,300 persons), however, rural areas are 
disadvantaged compared to towns. At present (1995) a new curriculum 
for dentistry studies in accordance with the relevant EU Directives is 
being prepared.


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