What to bring: the documents that decide how well your trip goes
This guide covers travel, process and cost. It contains no clinical advice.
Bring your dental records, any imaging from the past year, a written list of your medications and allergies, your passport with at least three months' validity beyond departure, your written treatment plan, and your insurance documents. The clinical items matter most: a clinic working from a complete picture of you makes better decisions than one working from what you can remember in the chair.
The clinical file — the part that changes outcomes
Send the medical and medication information ahead of the trip, not on arrival. Some conditions and medications change what can safely be done, and a clinic learning about them on the morning of treatment has less room to plan.
Practical items
What to leave with, before you fly home
This is the checklist people forget, and the one that matters longest. A dentist at home who does not know what was placed cannot maintain or repair it confidently, and some will decline to try. Ask for these before you leave the clinic, not by email a month later from another country.
Frequently asked questions
Do I need to bring an X-ray with me?
Bring any imaging from the past year if you have it. The clinic may still take its own, but existing images give useful history and can save time.
Should I tell the clinic about medication for something unrelated to my teeth?
Yes, all of it, before you travel. Several common medications affect what can be done safely and when.
What documents should I insist on before flying home?
A record of what was done in standard notation, implant system and batch details, post-treatment imaging, written aftercare instructions, guarantee terms and invoices.
Before any of this: nine questions that establish whether the clinic is what it claims to be.
How to verify a dental clinic abroadA packing list for your actual treatment
Tell us the procedure and the stage and we will send the list that matters for it — documents, medication, the soft-food reality of the first three days.
Sources
- General Dental Council (UK) — Standards for the Dental Team, on records and information — checked 2026-08-15
- NaTHNaC / TravelHealthPro (UK) — Travelling abroad for treatment: preparation and aftercare — checked 2026-08-15
- UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office — Moldova entry requirements — checked 2026-08-15