Hungary is recognized as a popular dentistry destination for Europe. However, recent Hungarian authorities claim that its popularity extends beyond European borders, and dentistry far surpasses other specialties, with 80% of medical tourists going to Hungary in search of dental care.

Hungary often claims, though never with concrete numbers to back it up, that about 50% of all foreign dental patients from Europe are directed to Hungary.

While low-cost flights direct many to clinics in Budapest, many dental patients actually come from Austria and Germany, particularly from the border regions.

Hungary is cheaper !

However, treatment in Hungary is cheaper than in other Western European countries. The average price levels and income levels are much lower than those in other EU countries. Therefore, the cost of private healthcare services is also lower. Dental care provided to foreigners is not subject to VAT.
Clinics specializing in dental tourism in Hungary can get significant discounts of up to 40% on materials from large companies such as Nobel, Alpha Bio, Straumann, Zimmer, Camlog...
Thanks to these specifics, Hungary maintains an excellent quality-price ratio. Beating Western Europe, even against the prices of local implant manufacturers (like in France for example, which has a large number of dental implant manufacturers).
In practice, oral surgeons in large Budapest clinics claim to place between 40 to 60 implants per week, and several dentists spread across multiple chairs perform this work in one day.

Many dental travelers go to Hungary for aesthetic dental care. Generally for veneers or the Hollywood Smile—beautiful, white smiles like Hollywood stars. Clients leave within a week with a new, bright, and permanently white smile for a fraction of the price of the same treatments in France, England, or the Baltic countries.
Other patients (the majority) come to Hungary for functional reasons. They have poor dental health and want to replace missing teeth, regain normal chewing function, and of course, smile without hiding.
They generally look for dental replacements with implants, crowns, bridges, or the popular All-on-4 or All-on-6 solutions. The latter means that in the case of a completely edentulous jaw, the dentist places 4 or 6 implants in a jaw, and a full denture or bridge is placed on top. The All-on-4 restores about 80 to 85% of the chewing power and stability of natural teeth for a totally edentulous person. The statistics are even better with the All-on-6 and All-on-8 solutions.