Dental Tourism involves individuals seeking dental care outside their local healthcare systems, coupled with a vacation. India, a country of continental proportions, has become a popular destination for foreign patients in recent times. India’s accessibility and availability of quality assured and cost-effective dental treatment has fostered the bloom of India in “Dental Tourism”. High costs with insurance premiums, increasing number of uninsured and under insured people in developed nations, longer waiting period in the home country are the factors that push the patients to the other countries. High costs with insurance premiums, increasing number of uninsured and under insured people in developed nations, longer waiting period in the home country are the factors that push the patients to the other countries. High costs with insurance premiums, increasing number of uninsured and under insured people in developed nations, longer waiting period in the home country are the factors that push the patients to the other countries.
Key words: Dental care, dental tourism, dental insurance.