Why choose overseas dental services?
The main factor in choosing overseas dental services is cost. I wish we all could say money does not matter, but in reality every cent matters and if we can save on some costs by getting the same or better dental service, I am sure anyone would consider it.
When is it worth going overseas for dental services?
If you have light dental work required, it might not be a good option traveling overseas for dental services unless you can bundle it with a vacation.
If you require extensive dental work and your quote on dental work in Australia is over 6000 AUD you can consider Overseas dental services and achieve savings for the same work done, or get better materials to be used for the same or cheaper prices. For the same quality materials and implants, the cost of using overseas dental services is cheaper.
An implant in Australia can cost anywhere between 3500 AUD (using cheaper materials) to 7000 AUD when using top of the range implants and crowns.
An implant in Vietnam, for the same services, you can pay as little as 1800 AUD (using cheaper materials) to 2700 when using top of the range implants like Straumann and full ceramic zirconia platinum plus crowns.
Dental crowns in Australia can range from 800 AUD (using cheaper materials) to 1800 when using more expensive materials.
Dental crowns in Vietnam can range from 200 AUD (using cheaper materials) to 540 AUD for full ceramic zirconia platinum plus crowns.
Lets consider 1 crown with 1 root canal plus 1 implant.
For the purpose of this compaction i will consider the more expensive materials.
In Australia:
1 x root canals for a molar you would pay 1700 AUD or more if you require to see a specialist (the costs can go @ 3000 AUD for 1 root canal)
1 x crown for a molar yo would pay 1800 AUD
1 x implant @6000 AUD
Total: 9500 AUD
In Vietnam:
1 x root canals for a molar you would pay 330 AUD
1 x crown for a molar yo would pay 540 AUD
1 x implant @2700AUD
Total:3570
A cost saving of 5930 AUD
If we consider 3 times the work: 3 crown 3 root canal and 3 implants the savings start to be considerable.
In Australia the cost would be 28500 AUD
In Vietnam the cost would be 10710 AUD
A cost saving of 17790AUD
(you will need to minus the cost of traveling ~ 1200 AUD/ person and accommodation ~1000 AUD/ person)
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It is easy to see why making the effort to go overseas is worth the effort.
Need dental help?
See the dental clinics we have used in Australia and overseas, educate yourself, and make a calculated decision.