How we check our information
Every fact on Treatacross has a source, a date it was checked, and a review date. Clinic websites are never a source.
Where the facts come from
The facts live in data files, not in the page code: each treatment, each destination and each home country has its sources, the date each source was checked and a date by which it must be checked again. Past that date, the fact is flagged for review.
- Official: health ministries and their registers, national health services (NHS, HSE, Assurance Maladie, CDC), professional regulators (for example the General Dental Council), government travel advice.
- Reputable: surgeons' and dentists' professional societies, university dental schools.
- Estimate: our own calculation, labelled as such (for example flight times from airport distances).
We never use clinic websites, clinic-funded "guides", agencies or review sites as a source.
Prices
We publish a price range only when we can source it independently of the clinics. So far only South Korea publishes official prices (the government's disclosure of what each clinic charges for uninsured treatments, such as implants); elsewhere the true cost tool works from the written quotes you receive. Exchange rates are the European Central Bank's reference rates (last update 2026-10-23).
Registers
For each destination we list the official online registers of doctors, dentists and clinics that we could open and use. When we found none, we say so rather than point to an unofficial list.
How the tools work
- True cost adds up your quote, flights, nights, meals, a companion, unpaid days off and insurance; the minimum nights come from the days health services advise before flying.
- Clinic check builds a checklist from the country's registers, the general advice of health services and the questions for the treatment. It never says a clinic is safe.
- Which destination? compares destinations only on facts we hold: a flight-time estimate between main airports (great-circle distance at 800 km/h plus 30 minutes), EU membership, public registers, time difference. Prices and clinic quality are not scored.
- Recovery planner puts the recovery steps of health services on your dates.
The tools run in your browser: nothing you enter is stored or sent.
Keeping it current
Official sources are re-read on a schedule, and changes go to a human review before anything on the site changes. Data last built 2026-10-25.
Limits
Rules, registers and web addresses change, and we can make mistakes. Nothing here is medical advice. Talk to a doctor at home and confirm with the official source before you book.