Due to the extremely high costs of dental care in North America, people are seeking out low cost, high quality dental treatment options outside North America with dental tourism, often while combining a vacation in a relaxing setting. Common services include dental implants (both two stage and immediate load), crowns, bridges, veneers, and full mouth restorations. Common dental tourism destinations offering US standards in dental care include: Costa Rica, Cancun, and Los Algodones.

Due to the extremely high costs of dental care in North America, people are seeking out low cost, high quality dental treatment options outside North America with dental tourism, often while combining a vacation in a relaxing setting. Common services include dental implants (both two stage and immediate load), crowns, bridges, veneers, and full mouth restorations. Common dental tourism destinations offering US standards in dental care include: Costa Rica, Cancun, and Los Algodones.

If you have no dental insurance, or are under-insured, are in good physical health, and you are open to traveling and experiencing different cultures,dental tourism may be right for you. Tens of thousands of North Americans already travel every year for dental treatments. In fact, on a price-quality basis, Costa Rica and Mexico are considered 2 of the best destinations for dental tourism in the world for dental treatments with many board certified, often US trained, dental specialists.

Even after travel, accommodation, and physiotherapy, you can easily save up tom 80%, or tens-of-thousands of dollars. For most, that is money better spent.

There are several reasons why orthopedic surgery can be so much less expensive in other countries: 1. Procedures are priced for local markets. The cost of a procedure is equivalently priced to the cost of living in each country. Doctors and nurses typically make less as compared to North America, but they are very well paid by local standards. Housing costs, food costs, etc are also much less. In addition, medical materials and medication are also priced for local markets which reduces cost. 2. Countries like Taiwan are well known to have one of the most efficient healthcare system on the planet, one that is often studied as an example for healthcare reform in the United States. It is four times more efficient in terms of the delivery of healthcare than the US, and this translates into lower costs for procedures.

We often are under the impression that our healthcare and delivery are the best in the world. People are often surprised to learn that a small country like Costa Rica is ranked higher than the US by The World Health Organization (WHO) in terms of healthcare. That is why tens of thousands of people travel there every year for medical and dental care. The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) actually ranks the Taiwan healthcare system as the second best in the world behind only Sweden. It is important to remember that in each of the world’s major metropolitan centers, there are world-class hospitals that attract the top surgeons in each country. All of the hospitals we offer are accredited by The Joint Commission International (JCI). JCI is the benchmark on which all other healthcare facilities are judged. It is the international arm of the same body that accredits 18,000 US healthcare facilities. This accrediting process can take several years, and it subjects each facility to a comprehensive review. All of our surgeons are renowned orthopedic specialists who are already treating a large number of international patients.

As mentioned, we have some of the top global orthopedic surgeons practicing at several of the top hospitals recognized by independent publications. For additional peace of mind, medical complication insurance is available on all procedures. Ask us for more detail.

We offer a range of services to make your experience as seamless and stress-free as possible. These include providing information on a range of destinations and providers, direct contact with providers, coordinating the experience, airport pickup, hotel bookings, and assistance with coordinating flights if desired.

The answer quite simply is ‘no’. Due to our relationships with providers and high volume discounts, costs are not passed on to you. In fact, we are the North American representative for several of the hospitals we feature.

Every procedure is different, but you usually will have to be away at least a week, usually longer for joint replacement surgery: typically 10-14 days is recommended. Adequate time away is necessary for physiotherapy and optimal recovery.