The Fear That's Keeping People Away from the Dentist Every week, I see the same pattern. A patient finally walks through our clinic door — nervous, apologetic, and months (sometimes years) overdue for care. When I ask what took them so long, the answer is almost always the same: "I thought I couldn't afford it." This is the biggest misconception I encounter as a dental clinic owner in Georgia. People avoid getting the care they need not because affordable, quality dental services don't exist...

The patients who get it wrong book their flights before they have a treatment plan. The patients who get it right leave Tbilisi with a new smile, money still in their pocket, and a story they tell everyone when they get home. We have been treating patients at our clinic on Navtlughi Street for over twenty years. In that time, more and more of them have been travelling to us from abroad — from Germany, Greece, the UK, and beyond. This is what we want every international patient to understand...