Thailand Dental Implant Center - What to look for?
March 29th, 2010
Dental implants in Thailand can bring back the smile to your face and at the same time save you money with holiday abroad. Like various other procedures cost of dental implants in Thailand is very less as compared to US and UK.
Thailand has been a leading medical tourism destination; in the year 2006, 1.2 million tourists visited Thailand for medical tourism. Medical tourism in Thailand is supported by low cost of treatment and same quality of services as one can get in home country. Technology used in Thailand for treatment is also the same.
However choosing the clinic or dental implant center is not an easy task. Below are the few points that can help you in selecting the right dental clinic in Thailand for dental implants:
Trained staff – Ask the medical tourism company about qualification of the dental surgeon, certification from various national or international bodies. Also you can check if the dentist is trained abroad as most of the dentist in Thailand are trained in western countries like US and UK.
- Clinical Standards: You should check if the dental clinic has membership of reputed dental society like American Dental Association, American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons, European Society of Esthetic dentistry etc.
- Dental tourist’s testimonials: Clinic should have treated good number of dental tourists from different parts of the globe
- In-house lab: Most clinics don’t have in-house lab, however In house dental laboratory means no wastage of time, better service, better quality and one point of accountability.
- Oral Hygiene regulations: Clinic should follow advanced international disinfection and sterilization techniques like OSHA regulation for oral hygiene.
- Choice of Trademark dental implants: You should have the option to choose from the latest dental implant prosthesis made by leading companies like Noble Biocare, Biocon, OCO Biomedical, Struamann & Branemark, Biohorizon, Paragon, Zimmer, Osstem and BIOMET 3i etc.
- Transport facilities: Clinic should be easily accessible and preferably located near Bangkok international airport.
- Clinic should be open 7 days a week and must accept all major credit cards.
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