Implants from low-cost countries are worth a second thought
Tempting offers for implant treatment far from home can prove expensive in hindsight.
The absence of follow-up carries serious risks
A lack of monitoring after placement, problems that may arise during healing, missing aftercare and the absence of implant prevention within a regular recall concept can all endanger the success of the treatment. Placement and the healing phase that follows can also prove problematic if the necessary preliminary treatment cannot be carried out for lack of time.
Treatment abroad
Treatment abroad
Whether from Germany or from low-cost countries, offers with firm promises of low prices or all-in prices found online, without any prior diagnosis or knowledge of the patient's individual situation, should give pause for thought. Implant treatment also involves a thorough consultation, a detailed diagnosis, model analyses, medically sound treatment planning and, finally, the delivery of the result wanted. Dental tourism with tempting offers from far away can prove expensive in hindsight.
Dentists and dental laboratories abroad advertise inexpensive dental treatment and implant solutions ever more frequently. Immediate loading concepts, which make sense only in exceptional cases, are often offered as a matter of course. Implants from eastern Europe seem particularly cheap at first sight. Even where savings of several thousand euros are promised on larger treatments, the standard of quality and the long-term prospects of success should remain decisive.
The key points at a glance
- Promises of low prices without a prior diagnosis and knowledge of the individual situation should give pause for thought.
- Implant treatment involves a consultation, a diagnosis, model analysis and medically sound planning.
- A lack of monitoring after placement and missing aftercare endanger the success of the treatment.
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