A full mouth of implants that runs US$30,000 or more at home is commonly US$16,000 to US$23,000 here, using the same Straumann and Neodent systems your own dentist would use. Below is roughly what the work costs at Bangkok’s dental centres, what the same work costs inside a hospital, how many trips it actually takes, and exactly what we charge on top.
These figures come from the published rate cards of Bangkok’s established dental centres, rounded deliberately. What you pay depends far more on which implant system is used than on which clinic you walk into — and we will get you a written quote for your own case before you commit to anything.
| Treatment | Thailand | United States | You save |
|---|---|---|---|
| Single implantpost, abutment and crown | about $1,700–3,100 | about $2,600–5,400 | ~40% |
| Full arch, All-on-4per jaw | about $8,000–11,500 | about $15,000 | ~40% |
| Full arch, All-on-6per jaw | about $15,000–19,000 | no reliable average | — |
| Porcelain crown | about $350–750 | about $1,400 | ~65% |
| Porcelain veneerper tooth | about $350–600 | about $1,750 | ~75% |
| Root canalmolar | about $500 | about $1,350 | ~60% |
| Simple extraction | about $40–90 | about $180 | ~65% |
| Surgical extraction | about $90–450 | about $360 | varies |
| Teeth whiteningin-clinic Zoom | about $225–300 | about $650–800 | ~65% |
| Clean and scale | about $45–90 | about $110 | ~45% |
| Full dentureper jaw | about $750–1,200 | about $1,500–2,500 | ~55% |
Most sites comparing dental prices quote a US implant figure of around $2,100. That number is the implant post on its own — it does not include the crown. Every Thai price above is post, abutment and crown together, so the honest US comparison is the higher range shown. We would rather show you a smaller saving that survives scrutiny than a big one that falls apart the moment you ring your dentist at home.
Thai prices also exclude bone grafts and sinus lifts, which are common with implants and can add meaningfully to the bill, along with x-rays, medication and small per-visit clinic fees. None of that is hidden from you — it is simply why we confirm live numbers for your dates instead of sending you off with a brochure.
This is the question nobody else answers honestly, so here is the evidence. Bangkok Hospital — where Mike has had his own surgery and has his heart care — publishes its Dental Center prices openly:
| At Bangkok Hospital instead | Approx. Thai baht | Approx. US$ |
|---|---|---|
| Straumann implant | 94,000–110,000 | $2,800–3,300 |
| Exam, x-rays and cleaning | 2,700–3,400 | $80–100 |
| Scaling with Guided Biofilm Therapy | about 4,300 | about $130 |
| Zoom teeth whitening | about 14,000 | about $420 |
| Invisalign | 120,000–220,000 | $3,600–6,600 |
Compare the two tables and the picture is clear. Zoom whitening costs roughly double at the hospital what it costs at a dental centre. A cleaning is meaningfully more. The hospital premium is real, and for routine dental work it buys you very little.
So we will usually send you to a dental centre. But there are cases where the hospital is the right answer and we will say so plainly: complex oral or jaw surgery, sedation, or a heart, bleeding or diabetic condition that makes a full hospital around you the safer setting. Mike has an enlarged heart and hypertension, and for anything surgical he goes to Bangkok Hospital himself. That is the standard we apply to you — not the one that earns us more.
You always pay the clinic directly for your treatment. We never mark up your dental bill and we take no commission from any clinic. What you pay us is for our own time, agreed before anything is booked, and it appears on its own line.
For a cleaning, an extraction, a filling or a crown fitting. We book the appointment, collect you from your hotel by private car and take you back, sit with you at the desk and translate throughout, and drop off soft food and anything else you need afterwards. One flat fee, paid to us up front. You settle your treatment with the clinic on the day.
For implants, full-arch work, veneers and anything running across several visits or two trips. Treatment planning and a written quote before you fly, airport pickup, accommodation near your clinic, every appointment scheduled and attended, and someone reachable between visits. Priced once we know the scope of your work — never as a percentage of your dental bill.
A worked example: four molars out at a good local clinic runs about US$250. With Dental Day Support on top you are at roughly US$425 all in, with a car both ways, someone beside you who speaks Thai, and food waiting for you afterwards.
Our whole family has our teeth cleaned at Denta Smile, a Thai-language neighbourhood practice that happens to be excellent. When Mike’s nephew needed four molars out, that is where he went — the whole thing came to about US$250.
We mention it for two reasons. The first is that we are not writing about Thai dentistry from the outside; it is simply where our family goes. The second is more useful to you: clinics like that exist all over Bangkok at local prices, and almost no foreigner can use them alone. No English website, no international patient desk, nobody at reception who speaks your language. Closing that gap is exactly what we do — and it is why a small job with us can still cost less than the same job at a clinic set up for tourists.
For implants, full-arch work and veneers we will send you elsewhere, to a dental centre with English-speaking staff, written treatment plans and a warranty on the hardware. Multi-visit work spread across several months needs all three, and we will not pretend otherwise.
Get this wrong and you book the wrong flights, so here it is plainly.
First trip: scan, planning and placing the implant, about three to seven days in Bangkok. Then the implant needs three to six months to fuse with the bone, which you spend at home, living normally. Second trip: the abutment and the final crown, about five to ten days. Budget for two sets of flights and two stays.
Often done in a single stay of two to three weeks, and you walk out with a fixed set of teeth. Longer on the ground, but one set of flights and one stretch away from work.
Crowns and veneers are typically a few days. Cleanings, extractions and fillings are a single appointment.
A two to three week stay is not the burden it sounds like. Our accommodation starts at about US$30 a night, and recovering from dental work is nothing like recovering from surgery — you will be out seeing the city between appointments.
The saving is the headline, but it is rarely why people come back. What surprises Americans and Europeans here is not the price — it is how quickly they are seen, and how much time the dentist actually spends with them.
The dental centres we use hold international accreditation and staff dentists trained in the United States, the UK and Australia. The implant systems are the same ones your dentist at home would use — Straumann, Neodent, Dentium. This is not a lesser version of the work. It is the same work.
At home a specialist appointment can be months away, and multi-stage dental work can stretch across half a year. Here you book a named specialist for a date within days, routine consultations are often the same afternoon, and work that would take six months at home is frequently finished in one trip.
Unhurried appointments, a dentist who sits down and talks you through the plan on screen instead of handing you a printout, and someone who answers when you call the next day. Not luxury — simply how healthcare is delivered here.
One written quote before anything is booked, agreed in advance. No pre-authorisation, no surprise billing, and no invoice arriving six weeks later carrying a number nobody warned you about.
At Bangkok's dedicated dental centres a single implant — post, abutment and crown — runs roughly US$1,700 to US$3,100, depending mainly on which implant system is used rather than which clinic you choose. At Bangkok Hospital's Dental Center a Straumann implant is published at about 94,000–110,000 baht. The comparable US range is roughly US$2,600 to US$5,400 once the crown is included.
A dedicated dental centre is cheaper, often substantially. Zoom whitening costs around double at Bangkok Hospital compared with the dental centres, and a cleaning is meaningfully more. You pay the hospital premium for the hospital setting, the international patient desk and usually premium implant systems. For straightforward dental work that buys you little. For complex oral surgery, or if you have a heart or bleeding condition that makes a hospital the safer setting, it is worth every baht.
Usually two. The first trip is the scan, planning and implant placement — three to seven days. The implant then needs three to six months to fuse with the bone, which you spend at home. The second trip is the abutment and final crown, five to ten days. All-on-4 with immediate loading can often be done in a single trip of two to three weeks. Budget for two lots of flights and accommodation unless you are having immediate-load work.
The clinic, directly, for your treatment. We never add a markup to your dental bill and we take no commission from the clinic. You pay us separately for our own time and services, at a price agreed before anything is booked.
The dental centres we work with are long established, treat international patients daily, and use the same implant systems your dentist at home would use. Our own family has had dental work here since 2019. The real risks in dental tourism are rushing complex work into too few days and having nobody to call when something hurts at 9pm — and preventing both is precisely what we are for.
Send your x-rays or just describe the problem. We will come back with real numbers from real clinics — and tell you honestly if it is not worth the flight.