Dental tourism is a rapidly growing concept where one travels to another country for best quality affordable dental care. It provides individuals an opportunity to receive cost effective, top grade dental services which can be combined with tourist experience of their destination. With high health care costs in developed nations like the US, Canada, New Zealand, Australia and multiple European countries, people are preferring to travel abroad to get quality dental care in addition to saving money and explore new destinations while getting their dental procedures done.

This article is to meant to serve as your checklist to a hassle free dental care abroad!

Step-I: Choose your travel/treatment destination

Deciding on the destination requires some fore thought. Factors such as :

1. Visa Requirements:
   Visa requirements for any country vary based on your country of origin with many countries even providing visa on arrival to bolster tourism.

2. Travel Expenditure:
   We have found that with many of our patients, the travel expenditure along with the treatment costs less than 70% of the cost of treatment in their home countries!

3. Climate:
   When considering the destination’s climate, also take into consideration which time of the year you are planning on travelling because weather conditions can drastically vary.

4. Crime Rate:
   We don’t have to emphasis on this point because your safety is a top priority (Always).

5. Tourism appeal of the visiting country:
   Every individual seeks different experiences from their travels and this trip isn’t just about getting you a robust set of teeth, but also to take back home with you memories that will last a lifetime. Most popular dental tourism destinations include India, Thailand, Turkey, Hungary and Mexico.

Now, that you know where you want to travel to, Let’s get to the core reason for your travel and address your dental needs!

Step-II: Pick Potential Doctors

Once you have decided on the destination, check for the dental facilities that offer the specific treatment that you are looking for, make a list of the clinics and narrow them down on the basis of:

1. Qualification of the performing Doctor.
2. The Doctor’s Experience also plays a vital part cause you’d want to know your doctor can walk the talk.
3. Standards of the Dental facility.
4. Testimonials from the previous patients.
5. Pre-operative and post operative pictures of the previously done cases.
6. English speaking staff.

Now, that you have picked the “potential” doctors, we move to step 3.

Step-III: Choose your Doctor

Communicate with the doctor or do an online consultation to understand

1. The treatment
2. What the doctor is planning to offer
3. Request for a detailed breakdown of the treatment related expenditure, and ask any and every concern or question in mind because the doctor is here to help !
4. You could also confirm the mode of payment (CARD /BANK TRANSFER) and the total time required for the completion of the procedure.

It is always better to know your dentist and develop a trust before embarking on your treatment journey!

Use the information obtained from step I and II to make an informed choice about the treatment.

Once you decide on the dental clinic, discuss in detail about your clinical health status which includes:

1. The medication you are taking (if any)
2. The Medication that you will be required to stop prior to the procedure
3. The drugs you might be allergic to
4. The medicines you will be requiring during the procedure.

Step-V: Travel plans and Accommodation

Time to tabulate the travel arrangements!

1. This includes on official letter from the clinic to procure a visa.
2. Booking your tickets, well in advance will save you a lot of money.
3. Look for accommodation that fits your budget (it should preferably be in the vicinity of the clinic)
4. Understanding local commuting options, the airport transfers, commuting options from your place of stay to the dental office (it will usually be taken care of by the dental office staff but it is always better to confirm the same)

Step-VI

Once you arrive at your destination you will be usually picked up from the airport and your meeting will be scheduled the next day with the doctor, which includes a clinical evaluation and detailed discussion followed by the treatment procedure the next day.

Step-VII

Once the treatment is complete, you can explore the local tourist attractions which can be clubbed with follow ups with the doctor.

WHY DENTAL TOURISM IN INDIA?

There is a stigma surrounding the affordable dental work overseas which is many a time concluded to as inferior when compared to treatments in the countries like the US and other European countries, but the low cost of treatment is only due to low cost of living and low operation costs, the other reasons for opting for Dental Tourism being:

1. Cost effective dental care due to Currency Exchange disparity
2. You decide when you get treatment based on your convenience by avoiding long waiting periods that seems to be the norm in many.
3. India offers comprehensive range of dental services, with its reassuring dental facilities which are equivalent to other developed nations combined with high quality, low cost dental care, highly qualified doctors, English speaking support staff, accreditions standard and it being a remarkable tourist destination has helped India emerge as a leading terminus for dental tourism.

India attracts millions of travelers every year, its rich colourful history along with spectacular landscapes, along with the dental treatments being 60-70% lesser than its European counterparts has made India, one among the most popular Dental Tourism destinations in the world.

LBR DENTAL AND IMPLANT CENTER located in the Hyderabad, also known as the Pearl City or Hi-tech City, is the Capital City of State of Telangana, a favoured tourist destination due to its unparalleled history and modernity with a history of 400 years to its credit. Hyderabad is famous for its historical forts and its accomplishment in arts and architecture.

From historical monuments like the Golconda Fort, Charminar, Chowmoholla Palace, Qutub Shahi Tombs to natural getaways and mouth watering world famous Cuisine, Hyderabadi Biryani in particular, Hyderabad has it all to amuse you.

Rajiv Gandhi International Airport the fourth busiest airport in India, has direct flight connectivity with all the major cities, around the world. Our office is located in upmarket Madhapur area, which has access to all the shopping centers and places of tourist interest and also in its vicinity are present many hotels whose price range will start from 25$ to 200$ per day.

LBR Dental and Implant Center under the Leadership of DR.K.A.REDDY, a pioneer Zygoma Implantologist, caters to all kinds of dental procedures, with the predominant one being FULL MOUTH REHABILITATION on Implants Using CPBCCI PROTOCOL™

DR K.A.REDDY widely regarded as one of the leading and most experienced Implantologist, can manage Implants in any bone type and fix permanent teeth in less than a week, is a Certified Implantologist who graduated from the prestigious OSMANIA GOVERNMENT DENTAL COLLEGE with a Bachelors of Dental Surgery and went to obtain his Masters of Dental Surgery from the same college in 2001. He has worked as a Head of the department and Post graduate guide at Pulla Reddy Dental Collage before dedicating solely to implants. He also received Extensive training in Multiple implant systems from all over the world.

Dr.K.A.REDDY known for immediate loading of teeth, is amongst the very few doctors who are well versed in both the implant systems, the Conventional Two piece implants and also the Basal implants (Single Piece Implants).

He is extremely experienced in managing complex, no bone cases that other doctors fail to rehabilitate. Has 24 years of experience and has been placing implants from the past 15 years and has 20000+ implants to his credit.

He has managed implants even in Mucormycosis cases (Black Fungus) where the entire upper has been surgically removed owing to the infection, and replaced teeth immediately.

In more than 80% bone loss cases, he manages using Zygomatic Implants and Nerve Bypass Technique to place Implants in your own native bone, to replace teeth immediately without resorting to additional surgical procedures like Sinus lifts and unpredictable Bone Grafts.

Immediate loading of teeth is specially suitable for overseas patients as a single visit of 10 days is what is required to acquire a full set of completely functional teeth and smile of your choice. (10 days include the treatments and required follow ups)