Dental Implants Abroad

It is becoming increasingly common for people from the UK to seek to have their dental implants abroad. Often, patients will combine their dental treatment with a holiday and still spend less than they would have done if they had the work done in the UK.
Some of the more popular destinations for dental implants abroad include Budapest, India and Croatia. Although it often works out cheaper to have dental implants abroad, it is important that you should consider all relevant factors when making a decision where to have the work done:

  1. What if something goes wrong? Good dental implant surgeons have around a 95% success rate. Failures can happen in the UK as well as abroad, but it will obviously be easier for you to book follow up sessions with a dentist in the UK, rather than arrange for flights abroad etc
  2. After care. Again, it will be easier to arrange follow up visits with dentists in the UK. If you have work done abroad, you may need to schedule time off work, flights and accommodation for each after care visit you make
  3. Regulatory Bodies. Dentistry regulations in the UK are set out by the General Dental Council. Although dental regulatory standards abroad may be very high, it is important that you do the research and find out how dentistry is regulated in the country that you are thinking of have your work undertaken in

Despite the above, it must be said that thousands of people travel abroad for cheaper dental implant treatment every year, and are extremely happy with the level of service and the standard of treatment that they receive.

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