In principle, foreign dental clinics offer the same methods as your local clinics. For a filling, periodontal treatment or cleaning, however, it will be hardly worthwhile to go on a foreign trip. At the most, you can combine this with an already arranged holiday in that particular area. However, it will be worthwhile if you travel for dental implants, all sorts of tooth replacements and aesthetic corrections and rebuilding. This includes complicated jaw reconstructions and ceramic inlays, veneers and crowns.
A crown is a protective shell for a damaged tooth, which is cemented on the tooth stump. A bridge is a fixed tooth replacement, used to close a gap that is caused by a missing tooth. Inlays and onlays are made of gold or ceramic. These are inserted fillings that are used to fill larger gaps. A dental implant is an artificial root, which supports the tooth replacement, e.g. crowns, bridges or (partial) prostheses.
Cosmetic corrections include veneers (loved by Hollywood stars.) Veneers are wafer thin ceramic shells that are fixed to the teeth. The hydrogen peroxides in bleaching (also called teeth whitening) make stains -caused by smoking, tea and coffee- disappear and colour your teeth brilliantly white. Just like a city tour, all these treatments can be integrated in a dental holiday programme. However, be sure to set an appointment with the dentist prior to leaving home.
Even dental phobic people are very well cared for in the foreign clinics. The clinics offer sedation, hypnosis or the so-called twilight sleep. Hence, treatment time flies. The holiday feeling certainly helps to relax.
