Dentaltrip to Budapest, Hungary - dental travel in british media...

"A dental implant - a metal screw placed into the jaw bone to hold a replacement tooth or bridge - costs L1,000 - L2,000 at my dentist's in north London. In Hungary, they're putting them in for L580. My dentist charges more than L800 for root canal treatment and a crown. In Budapest, the price is around L250. Even with the cost of flights, accommodation and return visits, the savings are considerable. British patients use the internet to seek out cheaper dental treatment Attilla puts the difference down to the cheaper cost of living in Hungary, having his laboratory on site and the sheer amount of implant and bridge work carried out by his clinic.
The potential savings are so large that Bill Hunter, an oil rig manager from Edinburgh, can afford to have his dental work done in the well-appointed surroundings of The Thermal spa hotel on Margaret Island. Bill, 53, was quoted L17,000 by a private practice in Edinburgh for root canal work, four implants and 12 crowns.... dental tourism agency, arranged his treatment here for around L7,000. He is on his last of four visits. He said it doesn't worry him that if something goes wrong, his dentist is 900 miles away.
Dentists in Hungary are used to dealing with foreign teeth. For decades, patients from Austria and Germany have been coming over to have their mouths sorted out for a fraction of the price at home. Foreign dental patients have been coming to Hungary for decades. A dental industry has emerged in towns along the border and an estimated one in three Austrians now use Hungarian dentists. "