Every corridor page on this site shows the range of quoted treatment prices. None of them show what a trip costs, because that is not a price a clinic sets. The honest way to budget is to treat the quote as one line in a list.
Outside almost every quote
Flights, for every trip. Implant work is usually two visits. Some plans need three. Price the return legs you will actually take, not the one in the brochure.
The second stay. Even where a package includes accommodation, it often includes it once.
Time off work. For many people this is the largest single line and the one most often left out of the comparison entirely.
A companion. Their flight, their bed, their time.
Charged when found
Bone grafting and sinus lifts. Common in implant cases where a tooth has been missing for a while. Frequently quoted as an extra, sometimes not mentioned until the CT scan.
Extractions. If teeth are coming out before implants go in.
Root canals and gum treatment. Where existing teeth are being crowned rather than replaced.
Temporary teeth. Between the two visits — sometimes included, sometimes a line item.
Charged later, at home
Aftercare with your own dentist. Check-ups, adjustments, hygiene.
Anything that needs redoing. This is the expensive one. A crown replaced privately at home costs home-country prices, and a warranty from a clinic abroad is only as useful as your willingness to fly back to use it.
Complications. Rare, but not zero, and out of pocket unless insured.
Sometimes charged, easy to miss
- Card or transfer fees, and the exchange rate spread on paying in a currency you do not hold
- Deposits that are non-refundable if your dates move
- Airport transfers outside package hours
- Prescriptions and post-operative medication
- Travel insurance that covers elective treatment abroad — most standard policies do not
Building a number you can trust
Take the median from the corridor page for the treatment you need, multiply by how many units you need, then add the items above that apply to you. Compare that figure against a home-country quote for the same work, not against the headline.
Most of the time the gap survives the exercise. Occasionally, for a small amount of work, it does not — and knowing which case you are in is the entire point of doing the arithmetic before booking rather than after.