True Cost of Dental Tourism Calculator

Enter the All-on-4 or All-on-X quote you were given abroad and a few details about the trip. We'll show you the real total in Canadian dollars, and compare it to our flat fee in Calgary.

Country Where you'd have the work done

Procedure

Quoted price abroad The surgical fee you were given in writing

Travellers You plus any support person

Nights of accommodation Per trip. Most clinics recommend 7 to 14.

Second trip included in quote? Final prosthesis usually placed 3 to 6 months later

Yes No

Days of work missed Including both trips and recovery

Daily income (CAD) Leave at 0 if retired or on fixed income

Maintenance after year one Implants need annual cleanings, x-rays, and screw checks — roughly like a car needs service

Assumptions behind this estimate

These are our starting figures, not fixed truths. They fill in from the country you selected. Change any of them and the estimate runs on your numbers instead of ours.

Round-trip flight, per traveller (CAD) Departing Calgary

Accommodation, per night (CAD) Mid-range hotel near the clinic

Ground costs, per day (CAD) Local transport, meals, incidentals

Add-ons billed separately (% of quote) Sedation, grafts, imaging charged on arrival

USD to CAD exchange rate Applies only if your quote is in USD

Days off work if treated in Calgary Surgery day plus typical recovery — we apply the same daily income

Your travel cost to Calgary (CAD) 0 if you live in the city; add fuel or a domestic flight if not

Your Estimate

Here's what your trip
actually costs.

Line item	Amount (CAD)
True total abroad	$0

Equivalent procedure at Smile Now Calgary $0

Flat fee — surgery, sedation, final zirconia bridge, year-one follow-ups All-inclusive

Days off work here $0

Travel to Calgary $0

True total in Calgary $0

The Maintenance Question

Every figure above is editable under Assumptions behind this estimate, and each line shows the arithmetic it came from. Our defaults are average round-trip flight and accommodation costs from Calgary for the country you selected, $100 a day in ground costs, and 10% of the surgical quote for add-ons commonly billed on arrival. Both columns are counted the same way: the Calgary total adds your days off work and travel on top of the flat fee, using the same daily income figure. The flat fee covers surgery, sedation, temporary prosthesis, final zirconia bridge, and every follow-up in year one; from year two the Care Plan is $600 a year — see the maintenance section.

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The Part Nobody Calculates

If something needs attention later, your options narrow fast.

Many Canadian dentists are reluctant to take on surgical work they didn't perform themselves. It's primarily a liability question — they're being asked to accept responsibility for outcomes they didn't design.

A small fix can become a bigger one because of logistics.

Implant systems vary by manufacturer. Parts available in your home country may not be distributed in Canada. What would have been a 30-minute appointment becomes a sourcing problem.

Year one is rarely the issue. The next fifteen are.

Implants need annual maintenance for the next 15 to 20 years. The price you compared at booking didn't include any of it. The clinic that placed them is 3,000 miles away.

The cheapest quote isn't always
the cheapest treatment.

Most overseas All-on-4 quotes are for an acrylic hybrid prosthesis — the cheaper material most clinics abroad default to. In Canada, zirconia is the premium standard for the final restoration. The price gap looks attractive until you account for what acrylic actually costs over the next decade.

Acrylic hybrid

Typical overseas quote

LifespanTypically 5 to 7 years before remake
WearStains, chips, teeth pop off
ReplacementSeveral thousand per arch, each time
15-year costPaid for 2–3 times

Zirconia

Smile Now flat fee includes this

Lifespan15+ years in our experience, with normal care
WearStain-proof, fracture-resistant
ReplacementRarely needs replacing
15-year costPaid for once

If your overseas quote is for acrylic and your Calgary quote is for zirconia, you aren't comparing the same thing. The cheaper bridge today is often the more expensive bridge a decade from now — and that’s before flights for the remake.

Most patients assume local care is always more expensive. For straightforward cases, sometimes that's true. For full-arch work, three things flip the math.

Flat-fee pricing

Your quote at Smile Now includes the surgery, sedation, temporary teeth, final zirconia prosthesis, and every follow-up for the first year. One price. Written down. Before you start.

Pterygoid implants, attempted as standard

We attempt pterygoid implants in every case the biology allows, rather than defaulting to bone grafting. Most clinics either bill separately for this advanced technique ($3,000–$8,000+) or turn complex cases away. With our flat fee it’s included, so complex anatomy doesn’t change your price.

Little or no travel cost

For Calgarians, none. For most of our out-of-town patients across Alberta and Western Canada, a short drive or a domestic flight — not an international trip. You’re close enough to come back for follow-ups without rebooking flights and hotels.

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Some patients will go abroad whatever the math says. If that's you, we'd rather you go prepared. These are the questions we'd want answered, in writing, before anyone we know booked a flight.

Which implant system will you place?

Brand and model, in writing. Implant parts are not interchangeable between manufacturers, and if a dentist at home ever needs to service yours, the system name is the first thing they'll ask for. A clinic that won't name it is telling you something.

Is the final bridge acrylic or zirconia?

Most overseas quotes are for acrylic. If your Canadian quote is for zirconia, the two prices aren't for the same thing. Ask what a zirconia upgrade costs and whether it means another trip.

What does the warranty cover, and where?

Many cover the implant but not the travel to fix it. Ask who honours the warranty if you can't fly back, and whether any of it can be handled in Canada. Get the answer in the contract, not the brochure.

Who does my follow-up at home?

Ask whether the clinic has a partner dentist in Canada. Most don't. If the answer is "any local dentist can see you," remember that many Canadian dentists decline to maintain surgical work they didn't place.

Can I take my full records home?

Before you fly back: your CBCT scans, the surgical report, and the exact implant sizes and lot numbers. Some clinics issue an implant passport that lists all of this on one card. If yours doesn't, ask for each document separately — they matter most on the day something needs attention.

What could raise this price on-site?

Bone grafts, extractions, sedation, a stronger bridge. Ask what's inside the quoted price and what gets billed on arrival, then ask for the all-in number for your case. The starting price is rarely the finishing price.

Bring the answers to a free consultation. We'll tell you whether they're good answers — even if that means the clinic abroad checks out.

Have a quote you'd like reviewed?

We'll walk you through it line by line.
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Q. Is dental work abroad safe? +

Quality exists in every market — there are excellent clinics abroad and less rigorous ones in Canada. The harder part is that from 3,000 miles away it's more difficult to verify credentials, materials, and what follow-up care will look like. If something needs attention later, your options for addressing it are also more limited.

Q. Why are overseas prices so much lower? +

Lower labour costs, lower overhead, and much higher case volume are the main drivers. Pricing structure also differs — overseas quotes often separate the surgical fee from add-ons like sedation, bone grafts, imaging, or the final prosthesis, while Canadian clinics more often bundle everything into a single flat price.

Q. What if I've already had work done abroad and I'm worried about it? +

Come in for a consultation. We treat revision cases without judgment. Sometimes the work is fine and just needs maintenance. Sometimes it needs redoing. Either way, you'll know. Book a consultation →

Q. Do you offer financing? +

Yes. 0% and low-interest options through Medicard and iFinance, approved in minutes. Most patients pay monthly rather than all at once.

Q. How accurate is this calculator? +

It's a good-faith estimate, and you can check our work. Every assumption behind it — flight cost, hotel rate, daily ground costs, the 10% for add-ons billed on arrival, and the exchange rate — is listed in the Assumptions panel and can be changed to your own figures. Each line of the result shows the arithmetic it came from. Our defaults are Calgary averages; the structure of the calculation is what we see in real patient cases.

Medically reviewed by Dr. Gregory Broyde, Founder and Lead Clinician at Smile Now Implant and Aesthetics Centre. Last reviewed June 2026.

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dental implants abroad.

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your overseas implant quote.

Here's what your trip
actually costs.

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Pay now, or pay every few years.

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$10,000 implants abroad.

Going abroad regardless?
Ask these six questions first.

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going abroad for implants.

Bring us your quote.
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