Thank you very much @cafelatte. I have lived in Germany the last 20 years, and before that i was in Austria for 10 years. Dental care has always been free for me. Now that I am 50 and living here in Australia, I was quite surprised. Not that I need dental attention myself, but a good friend of mine that I accompanied to the dentist. First, I find their equipment is by far outdated and cheap here, and the fees are just outrageous. The government needs to fix this issue ASAP. Australia has the 3rd highest rate of dental decay in the world. Come on! And most of those people don't have the money to go for treatment because they either have a somewhat poorer social background or they are not educated about the emotional and financial consequences down the road. We need this fixed.