{
  "id": 15993119,
  "title": "Dental care in the UAE: What families need to know about costs and insurance",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/22/dental-care-in-the-uae-what-families-need-to-know-about-costs-and",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-22T02:45:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Gulf News",
    "slug": "gulf-news",
    "url": "https://gulfnews.com/uae/health/dental-care-in-the-uae-what-families-need-to-know-about-costs-and-insurance-1.500718751"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Dubai: For many families in the UAE, dental care becomes a financial concern only when a tooth starts hurting. A routine check-up may seem like an expense that can wait, particularly when health insurance does not cover regular dental visits. But delaying treatment can turn a minor cavity into a root canal, a crown, or even an extraction, with costs running into thousands of dirhams. The…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}