No, it&#x27;s because dentistry is _not_ part of public healthcare for adults in most European countries (or the provision is only for the most poverty stricken).<p>But children&#x27;s dentistry is usually free.  Here in Norway dental checkups and treatment are free for under 18s, students (I think) and pregnant women.<p>Badly misaligned teeth in a child would be corrected free of charge in both the UK and Norway as far as I know.  I had a brace to correct a couple of teeth as a child in England and that was free but that was a long time ago (1966), luckily my own children here in Norway haven&#x27;t needed any such treatment.