John Saboe's Far East Travels

Having access to quality low cost dental procedures is a wonderful privilege if you live in Southeast Asia, particularly Vietnam, Thailand, or Malaysia. In this episode of the podcast I discuss average cost of procedures, and realistically what kind of work you could take care of while you are traveling casually through a place like Vietnam. I neglected to mention in the podcast the cost of dental implants in Vietnam for those that will be visiting for a longer period of time or who live in the region. Dental implants in Vietnam start at approximately $600USD per implant procedure not including the crown. This is some cases is 25% the cost for the same procedure in Western countries. This is a much more involved procedure that would require you to either be in the country for at least 6 months or be available to return 6 months after the initial implant placement. For basic work like cleaning, fillings, whitening, and even root canals, these could be potentially done while visiting the country short-term. Int