Dental · Suwon, South Korea
Dental Implants cost in Suwon
Procedure from
$201
All-in from United States
≈ $2,100
Procedure price range · Suwon
Cheaper than 80% of cities pricing this
Updated 2026-07-17 · How we collect & verify prices Compare clinics ↓
In plain words · A replacement tooth root — a small titanium post placed in the jaw that a crown screws onto, acting like a natural tooth.
Also known as: tooth implantimplant tooth replacement Dental implant, titanium post, single tooth replacement
- Procedure from
- $201
- lowest listed
- Typical
- $651
- city midpoint
- All-in
- ≈ $2,100
- from United States
- MPI Index
- 60
- BBB
- Clinics
- 2
- in Suwon
Top hospital in Suwon · Newsweek #57 in South Korea
#57 The Catholic University of Korea - St. Vincent's Hospital 3.2★ 4주기 의료기관평가 인증 (4th-cycle Healthcare Accreditation)
The Catholic University of Korea St. Vincent's Hospital (가톨릭대학교 성빈센트병원) is a general/teaching hospital in Ji-dong, Paldal-gu, Suwon, Gyeonggi-do — the Suwon campus of the 8-hospital Catholic Medical Center (CMC) network. Opened 1967-06-03 as the university's 5th affiliated hospital, it now runs roughly 786 licensed beds (including 61 ICU beds, 2024 figures) across a main building and a dedicated cancer hospital, plus a cardio-cerebrovascular hospital opened in 2023. It reports a government-designated regional neonatal ICU, a certified stroke center, and a gastrointestinal-endoscopy training-hospital designation, and states a 4th-cycle national Healthcare Accreditation obtained in March 2023 (self-reported, not independently directory-confirmed in this session).
Procedure in Suwon from $201 — full price data below.
Procedure price in Suwon, local currency
Imported — unverifiedThe published market range in local currency, with today's conversions.
₩300,000–₩1,642,000
≈ $201–$1,100 · €177–€969 · £150–£821 · A$291–A$1,590 — converted at the ECB via frankfurter.dev rate of 2026-07-17
Vs home markets
- United States Not yet sourced
- United Kingdom Not yet sourced
- Australia Not yet sourced
- Germany Not yet sourced
Spread 447% across 3 data points — a wide range means quotes are negotiable and case-dependent.
Price history — snapshotted since 2026-07-19; the trend line appears with the next snapshot.
Currency exposure — bills are in KRW: a 5% move against your currency shifts the mid-range by ≈ $33 either way. Converted at the ECB via frankfurter.dev rate of 2026-07-17.
Directory data Private market package
From our 2025 Bangkok market research — not yet independently re-verified. Actual quotes vary by clinic and case.
Clinic prices for dental implants
ImportedSorted by lowest starting price. "Verified" means we manually checked the price against the clinic's published source.
| Clinic | Range (┊ city median) | Price | Status | Src | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gyeonggi Provincial Medical Center Suwon Hospital | | ₩300,000–₩300,000 | Unverified | ↗ | updated 2026-07-17 |
| The Catholic University of Korea - St. Vincent's Hospital | | ₩1,129,000–₩1,642,000 | Unverified | ↗ | updated 2026-07-17 |
Hospitals & clinics in Suwon
Best firstThe best hospitals first — Newsweek World's Best national top 10 lead, then our connected-chain grade. Re-rank by cheapest, rating or reviews.
Destination-safety factor for South Korea: ×1.00 — Level 1 — Exercise Normal Precautions (the lowest advisory tier) (US State Dept Travel Advisory, 2025-08).
- The Catholic University of Korea - St. Vincent's Hospital #57 Sourced profile
multi-specialty 4주기 의료기관평가 인증 (4th-cycle Healthcare Accreditation) 3.2 Google 786 beds
71 Grade - Gyeonggi Provincial Medical Center Suwon Hospital #131 Sourced profile
multi-specialty KOIHA (의료기관인증) 3.0 Google
65 Grade
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All-in trip cost
Modeled previewProcedure plus flights, hotel, transport and medication from United States — the number that actually decides it.
- Procedure (from)
- $201
- Flights (round-trip) est.
- $1,300
- Hotel · 5 nights est.
- $450
- Local transport est.
- $110
- Medication est.
- $40
- All-in ≈
- $2,100
Flights are estimated round-trip economy from United States (change in the header). Hotel, transport and medication are Medical Travel Cost estimates, not quotes. Procedure is the lowest price on this page.
Dental Implants in other cities
ImportedThe same procedure across the registry — cheapest first. Cities we haven't priced yet show no number, never a guess.
| City | From | vs Suwon | MPI | Specialists |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Istanbul Turkey | $90 ★ | -55% | — | 18 |
| Ankara Turkey | $90 ★ | -55% | — | 5 |
| Antalya Turkey | $90 ★ | -55% | — | 1 |
| İzmir Turkey | $90 ★ | -55% | — | — |
| Bursa Turkey | $90 ★ | -55% | — | 1 |
| Kocaeli Turkey | $90 ★ | -55% | — | 1 |
| Bucheon South Korea | $134 | -33% | — | 1 |
| Kaohsiung Taiwan | $158 | -22% | — | 2 |
| Kuala Lumpur Malaysia | — | not yet priced · being collected | — | — |
- Public-system wait at home (UK)NHS England referral-to-treatment statistics, Apr 2026 · Canada (CIHI) next 11.9-week median
- Recruiting dental trials in South KoreaClinicalTrials.gov — recruiting studies with a South Korea site Not yet sourced
- JCI-accredited organizations in South KoreaJCI public directory, country-wide (all specialties) Not yet sourced
- Inquiry-to-procedure lead time in Suwonhospital-published scheduling windows · collected per hospital Not yet sourced
Cheapest starting price per city, converted to your currency. ★ = lowest in the registry; cheapest ≠ best — the MPI column grades each market as its data lands. "—" is never guessed.
What's in the price — and why it varies
Modeled previewA typical cost anatomy over the published total, and the factors that move a real quote up or down.
Typical cost anatomy
≈ $651- Surgeon & operating room$178
- Anesthesia$35
- Hospital stay (5 nights)$143
- Implants & materials$236
- Post-op & follow-up$59
Usually included
- ✓ Surgeon, anesthesia & OR fees
- ✓ 5 nights' hospital stay
- ✓ Standard implants & materials
- ✓ Nursing, meals & standard follow-up
Budget on top
- + Flights & airport transfer
- + Hotel before/after admission
- + Visa & travel insurance
- + Take-home medications
- + Physiotherapy / rehab
- + Extended stay if complications arise
What moves the price
- 1Implant/crown brand and the number of teeth treated
- 2Case complexity and how advanced the condition is
- 3Surgeon seniority and case volume
- 4Hospital tier, theatre and room class
- 5Materials, implants or drug generation used
- 6Anesthesia type and time in theatre
The split is modeled from typical cost structures; the total is the published price. Itemized hospital quotes replace this as they're sourced.
What you're buying — the spec sheet
Modeled previewThe countable facts of the purchase itself — setting, anesthesia, theatre time, visits and materials. Hospital-published specs replace the typicals as they're collected.
- Setting
- Outpatient — no hospital admission (typical)
- Anesthesia
- Local — sedation on request (typical)
- Time in theatre
- Not yet sourcedhospital-published — collected per hospital
- Visits
- One procedure + follow-up around day 2
- Device / materials
- Titanium implant + abutment + crown — brand and crown material move the price
Typicals from the same model as the recovery timeline — your surgeon's plan for your case is the spec that counts. Every sourced spec raises this page's MPI coverage.
Recovery timeline
VerifiedPlan ~6 days in South Korea before flying home; back to work ~day 3, full recovery ~day 120. Your surgeon confirms your case.
- Day −1
Arrive · consultation, tests & final treatment plan
- Day 0
Procedure · outpatient, back at your hotel the same day
- Day 2
First follow-up check with your doctor
- Day 2
Walking & light activity comfortably
- Day 3
Back to desk work
- Day 5
Typically cleared to fly home
- Day 14
Exercise & strenuous activity again
- Day 120
Full recovery · final result (typical)
Back home — who takes care of you after
- Before flying home Final review around day 2, before you're cleared to fly
- First weeks back home A wound / progress check in the first weeks — doable locally with your records
- Take with you Full operative notes, imaging and implant/protocol details — ask before discharge
- Remote follow-up offered Not yet sourced
- Complication support window Not yet sourced
The two hospital-policy rows are collected per hospital — remote follow-up and complication support are decision data, so they're never assumed.
Outcomes & success benchmarks
Not yet sourcedThe outcome metrics that will grade this procedure in the Medical Travel Cost Index — filled from clinical registries and hospital-published data, never guessed.
0 of 6 outcome metrics sourced — each one raises this page's MPI coverage Show slots Hide
- Success rate vs published international benchmarks Not yet sourced
- Complication rate vs WHO/OECD averages Not yet sourced
- Revision / re-treatment rate vs registry average Not yet sourced
- Patient-reported satisfaction vs same procedure across the registry Not yet sourced
- Procedures per year in this market hospital-published volumes · national statistics Not yet sourced
- Annual volume at the busiest hospital here volume–outcome proxy · hospital-published Not yet sourced
Empty slots are deliberate — a number appears here only with a source behind it, never guessed.
South Korea for medical travel — safety, recourse & visa
Sourced Full South Korea guide →What matters if it goes wrong, and what it takes to get there — country-level, verifiable guidance in one place.
- Visa
- Most Western nationalities (US, UK, EU/Schengen, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Japan) enter visa-free for short medical or tourist visits. The K-ETA (electronic travel authorization) requirement is temporarily WAIVED for 67 countries and territories through 31 December 2026 — eligible travellers enter without applying for a K-ETA; the requirement is expected to resume 1 January 2027. Confirm your nationality's current rule before travelling.
- Medical / long-stay visa
- For treatment, foreign patients typically use the C-3-3 medical tourism visa (short-term, stays up to 90 days, generally not extendable beyond 90 days except in special circumstances). For treatment or recovery longer than 90 days, patients change to or apply for the G-1-10 long-term medical treatment visa, which can be extended inside Korea; it requires hospital documentation (medical opinion, treatment schedule, payment records). Applications must be tied to a medical institution registered with KTO/KHIDI.
- Arrival
- From 1 January 2026, all foreign arrivals must file the mandatory digital e-Arrival Card online (within 3 days before arrival) — it replaces the paper disembarkation card and is a declaration, not a visa. Travellers who hold an approved K-ETA are exempt from the arrival card, but nationals of K-ETA-waived countries (US, UK, EU, Japan, etc.) must still complete the e-Arrival Card.
- Currency
- South Korean Won (KRW, ₩)
- Languages
- Korean; English widely spoken in international-patient centers at major hospitals, with interpreter services in multiple languages
- Traveller safety
- Very safe for visitors
- Legal recourse
- Established malpractice recourse
- Insurance
- Medical-travel & complication cover widely available
- International patients
- Hospitals accustomed to international patients
General guidance from public sources — confirm current rules for your nationality. Verified against: Korea Immigration — K-ETA temporary exemption extended to 31 Dec 2026 (MOFA/KPMG GMS alert) · Korea e-Arrival Card mandatory from 1 Jan 2026 · Medical Korea — medical visa (C-3-3 / G-1-10), KHIDI · MOHW — Korea attracts 1.17 million foreign patients in 2024.
Risks & the questions to ask
Modeled previewA planning frame — the risks are confirmed for your case by the specialist. The checklist is what an expert would ask before booking anywhere.
Common & temporary
Swelling, bruising, short-term pain
Serious & rare
Bleeding, infection, anesthesia reactions, revision surgery
How to de-risk
Ask the complication and revision rate for THIS procedure at THIS hospital, and what aftercare is included if something goes wrong
Eligibility — is this even for you?
Ask the specialist before you book
- 1How many of this exact procedure did you perform last year?
- 2What is your complication and revision rate for it?
- 3What anesthesia will be used, and who administers it?
- 4Who manages my aftercare once I fly home, and how?
- 5What exactly is included in the quoted price — and what isn't?
Framework guidance modeled by procedure type — per-procedure clinical risk data replaces it as it's sourced.
Alternatives to dental implants
DirectoryWhat's typically considered instead, and when — suitability is a specialist's call, not a price comparison.
- Dental bridge Typically chosen when neighboring teeth already need crowns.
- Dentures Typically chosen for multiple missing teeth on a budget.
Linked alternatives are priced in this city; the rest join as their pages go live.
Conditions & specialists for this
DirectoryHow this procedure connects to the conditions it treats and the specialists who perform it in Suwon.
Conditions this treats 2
Dots carry the lens colors — red opens a condition page, teal a specialist page, both priced for Suwon.
Medical Travel Cost Procedure Index
MPI · Method 1.3 Methodology →One comparable grade per procedure page — each metric measured against the price registry and weighted by the same public formula. Unsourced metrics are excluded, never guessed.
80% of the formula backed by data
- Price competitiveness 80 Imported cheaper than 80% of cities · vs 51 cities pricing this procedure · 80th percentile
- Savings vs home — Not sourced — · needs a home-market price to compare
- Price evidence 54 Imported 3 data points · sourced/verified price rows behind the range
- Provider choice 24 Imported 2 clinics · providers offering it in this city
- Provider trust 63 Our index 63/100 top · best provider's Trust Index
Same method as every hospital and procedure page in the registry. Machine-readable version below for models & crawlers.
Common questions
Sourced + modeledShort answers built from the numbers on this page — costs, stay length, safety and verification.
How much does dental implants cost in Suwon?
The published range in Suwon is ₩300,000–₩1,642,000 (typically around $651). Clinic quotes vary by case; this range is imported research, not yet independently re-verified.
How long do I need to stay in Suwon?
Plan roughly 6 days in South Korea for the typical case — arrival and consultation, the procedure, and follow-up before you're cleared to fly. Back to desk work around day 3 (modeled typical; your doctor confirms).
Is it safe to have dental implants in South Korea?
Very safe for visitors for visitors, and established malpractice recourse. Hospital-level safety signals (accreditation, Trust Index) are listed per hospital below — availability and outcomes always depend on the individual provider.
Which hospitals in Suwon offer dental implants?
2 dental and multi-specialty providers are listed for Suwon, with a top Trust Index of 63/100. We list them as a directory — per-hospital availability is confirmed on each hospital's own page.
Are these prices verified?
Not yet — the range comes from our 2025 Suwon market research (derived from 2 sourced hospital prices in suwon) and is marked ✓ only after we re-verify it against published clinic prices. Unverified numbers are always labeled.
Data & sources
22% verified Methodology →How much of this page is verified data — every section carries a chip telling you where its numbers come from.
All 9 data fields — what's verified, imported or modeled Show more Hide
- City price range· derived from 2 sourced hospital prices in suwon Imported
- Per-clinic prices Imported
- City comparison· 8 priced Imported
- Provider directory· 2 clinics Imported
- Outcome benchmarks· slots ready — feed the Index Not yet collected
- Spec sheet & aftercare· 4 of 5 specs typed Modeled
- Recovery timeline· Cleveland Clinic (dental implants), 2026 — first healing ~1 week; osseointegration 3–9 months before the crown ✓ Verified
- Trip cost estimates Modeled
- Visa & travel guidance ✓ Verified
Every field is tagged by source state. "Verified" = sourced and checked; "Imported" = real data pending re-verification; "Modeled" = deterministic placeholder for this preview; "Not yet collected" = on our roadmap. Confidence feeds the Medical Travel Cost Index. Methodology →