Dental work that survives the flight home.

Who this is for

• Patients quoted a large implant bill at home who want a second price before deciding.
• People who need several implants, or implants plus grafting, where the total matters.
• Overseas Chinese and expats already travelling to Hainan who want the dental part planned.
• Patients with an existing failed implant who need it assessed before more surgery.

Not for acute infection with facial swelling, uncontrolled bleeding, or anything that needs same-day care. Those are treated where you are.

The two-trip reality

A conventional implant is not finished in one visit. The implant body is placed and has to integrate with bone before it is loaded with a crown. That is biology, not scheduling — no clinic can skip it safely, and a clinic that offers a one-trip implant for a conventional case is telling you something about its standards.

Stage	What happens	Typical timing
Trip 1 — assessment	CBCT, bone assessment, medical history, treatment plan, written quote	Day 1
Trip 1 — surgery	Extraction if needed, grafting if needed, implant placement	Day 2–3
Healing	Osseointegration; you fly home	3–6 months
Trip 2 — restoration	Abutment and crown; bite adjustment	5–10 days on the ground
Review	X-ray and stability check before you leave	Before departure

Some cases can be done as “immediate load” — implant and temporary crown in one trip. That is a clinical judgement based on bone quality and location, not a package you can buy in advance.

What the price is actually made of

A quote of “X per implant” hides four separate numbers. Ask for all four in writing.

Component	What it covers	Why it matters
Implant body	The fixture and its brand/system	Brand determines which prosthetic parts exist in ten years
Abutment	The connector between implant and crown	Often quoted separately; original vs third-party changes the fit
Crown	Zirconia or metal-ceramic	Material and lab affect wear on the opposite tooth
Site preparation	Extraction, bone graft, sinus lift	The largest source of quote inflation after surgery starts

Also ask what happens if the implant fails within the warranty period: does the warranty cover the fixture only, or the surgery and the crown too? “Lifetime warranty” usually means the titanium screw.

The 8 questions that decide the outcome

1. Which implant system, by brand and exact product line — not “Korean” or “Swiss”.
2. Is the abutment and crown original to that system, or third-party?
3. Who places the implant: the doctor you consulted, or whoever is on shift?
4. What is the graft/sinus-lift plan, and is it inside the quoted price or an add-on?
5. What is the warranty, exactly — which parts, how long, and what voids it?
6. Who does the month-three review if you are already home?
7. Will the clinic send the CBCT, the implant passport, and the lot number with you?
8. If the implant fails, what is the revision policy, and who pays for the trip?

Where this happens in our network

Dental is the service with the least Boao-specific advantage — good implant dentistry exists in every large Chinese city. What Boao adds is a compact trip: dental plus a checkup plus a few days by the sea, in one itinerary. We will say so plainly if a hospital in Guangzhou or Shanghai is the better fit for your case.

Within the ten-hospital Boao network, dental and oral surgery capacity sits with the general and specialist institutions rather than the oncology-focused ones. We confirm, per case, which institution has the implant system and the prosthodontist available in your window.

See the 10-hospital directory →

Cost, honestly

We do not publish a per-implant price, because a number without a brand, a graft plan, and a crown material is not a price — it is a headline. What we do instead:

• Get a written, itemised quote from the hospital after your CBCT is reviewed.
• Show the four cost components separately, so you can compare like with like against your home quote.
• Tell you which parts of the plan are optional and what happens to the total if you drop them.
• Quote our own coordination fee separately, and disclose that we take no commission from the clinic.

How our fees are structured →

Common questions

Is dental tourism to China safe?

The question is not “China”, it is “this clinic, this doctor, this implant system”. Chinese tertiary hospitals do high volumes of implant work and their equipment is current. The risk sits in low-cost clinics that compress the plan, skip grafting, or substitute non-original parts — which exist in every country, including yours.

Can I do the whole thing in one trip?

Only if the clinical situation allows immediate loading, and that is decided after CBCT — not before. If a clinic promises one-trip implants before seeing your scan, treat that as a warning sign.

What if I need a bone graft?

Then the timeline lengthens: graft, heal, then implant. It is common and not a complication, but it changes both the cost and the number of trips. Get the graft quoted separately so you can see it.

Will my dentist at home maintain it?

Ask them first. Some will, some will only maintain work they placed. This is the most common reason a cheap trip becomes expensive later, and it is worth one phone call before you book.

Do you handle the warranty claim if something fails?

We can pursue it with the hospital on your behalf and document it. We cannot guarantee the clinic's response, and we do not underwrite the implant ourselves.

What we do not do

• We do not recommend an implant system or a graft plan — that is the treating dentist's call.
• We do not promise a number of implants, a timeline, or a cosmetic result.
• We do not take a commission from the clinic, and we do not mark up the lab fee.