A dental practise in Tenerife has stopped taking appointments from Irish patients after it experienced a surge in bookings in the past fortnight, only for some of the patients not to show up.
It comes as the Garda National Immigration Bureau at Dublin Airport reported that up to 40% of those travelling to sun destinations have letters for dental appointments.
Clinica Dental in Southern Tenerife said it has received around five requests per day over the past two weeks from Irish people who were specifically looking for confirmation in writing of their appointments The surgery's Office Manager, Roberta Beccaris, told RTÉ's Today with Claire Byrne programme that she became suspicious when some of these patients, who she said were noticeably