We’ve heard of medical tourism before, but dental tourism seem to be picking up steam as well. What is it? It’s when one goes to another country to undergo some sort of dental procedure. One of the obvious advantage is that it’s more inexpensive to do the treatment there rather than in their own country.
The prices draw in the tourists. For example, one person went to Costa Rica to have 27 crowns, 9 tooth implants, and jaw bone surgery. In the US, it would’ve cost him $40,000 and up but he just paid half of that, $10,200.
It seems that this is the next phase of tourism. We will discuss the risks involved in dental surgery next post.