Did you grow up thinking "NTUC" was a supermarket? So did every other Singaporean. But guess what, NTUC actually stands for National Trades Union Congress rather than Not Too Unaffordable Comestibles. Traditionally, trade unions fight to protect the workers under their wing. People join unions because the latter have more resources than an individual to do things like negotiate higher.
We've all had it hammered into our heads that we should see the dentist once every six months for regular checkups. But if we followed that advice down to a T, we'd be walking around with holes in our pockets-cheap dentists in Singapore aren't exactly easy to come by. If you're taking particularly good care of your teeth, you can.
We've all had it hammered into our heads that we should see the dentist once every six months for regular checkups. But if we followed that advice down to a T, we'd be walking around with holes in our pockets-cheap dentists in Singapore aren't exactly easy to come by. If you're taking particularly good care of your teeth, you can.
Plastic surgery and beauty-enhancing procedures have always been taboo in Singapore, but there is a strange exception: somehow, it's socially acceptable to spend tons of money fixing your teeth to engineer the perfect smile. Orthodontics (braces) is the most obvious example, costing anywhere from $3,200 to $10,000+. The other expensive aesthetic dental procedure is teeth whitening, which although temporary, can.
Visiting a dentist can be an unpleasant experience. Besides lack of time and a fear of pain and discomfort, 89 per cent cited cost as a concern. This could be why 17 per cent of Singaporeans have not visited their dentists for the past three years even though it has been drilled into us that we should go for dental.