but the above poster claiming $50,000 for 3 implants and 6 crowns is very far off of US prices.
Wife's co-worker said that's what he spent, that's why I mentioned that. 5000 per tooth while expensive isn't that much more expensive than what you'd pay abroad once you took travelling into account
Just for the record, here are costs I have been quoted (all for molars):
Root canal, post, core: $136 - 151 USD
Full porcelain crown: $454-515 USD
Implant Stage 1 (Placement, covering): $756-1,212 USD
Implant Stage 2/3 (uncovering, full porcelain crown): $756-1,060 USD
Cost for 1 flight to Bangkok from the west coast: $550-700
Cost for one week in luxury hotel: ~$700
Implants would most likely take two trips (though in ideal conditions there appears to be a system that allows for a single-visit placement). The all-in implant cost is approximately $1512-2272, and a root canal + crown about $590-666. So, this would mean:
Travel costs: ~$1100-1400
Hotel costs: ~$1400
Implant 1 cost: $1512-2272
Implant 2 cost: $1512-2272
Root canal and crown cost: $590-666
TOTAL COST: ~$6114-8010 using maximums of all estimates
By my reckoning, that puts me way, way under what the domestic cost would be even if I ended up at the maximum of those estimate.