The questions we get asked most.

Neither. Ora is a medical guide founded by a dentist, Dr. John Yoo, with Dr. Hosan Park as Head Dental Advisor. We publish what treatments cost in Korea and how they work, and we list doctors and clinics whose licence and registration a person at Ora has checked. You ask a clinic from its page, and nobody is paid to steer you towards one.

It depends on the treatment, the materials and what you would pay at home. The guides give sourced ranges and say what each one includes. A clinic gives its own figure once it has seen your records, and asking costs nothing.

Start with the guide for your treatment, which gives typical Korean prices and what moves them. When you want a number for your own case, ask a clinic from its page on Ora. The answer arrives in your Ora messages. There is no deposit and no obligation.

Every clinic sends Ora its 개설신고필증 (the health-centre filing that opens a clinic) and its 사업자등록증. A person at Ora reads both and checks that the practitioner they name is the one on the page. Doctors send a medical licence and an ID copy, checked the same way. We do not inspect clinics in person, and we will say so here until we do.

Korean law requires any clinic treating international patients to register with the health ministry and carry medical malpractice insurance, and there is a government mediation body for foreign patients that is free to use. That is the floor. On top of it, a clinic page appears on Ora after a person here has read its opening filing and its business registration.

It depends on the treatment. Whitening or a single veneer can be same-day; implants and full-mouth work are usually staged across one or two trips, because the bone needs months to fuse to the implant before the final tooth goes on. Ask the clinic for its timeline before you book flights.

Many do. Each clinic page lists the languages the clinic says it supports, and you can filter by language when you search. Say which language you want in your first message.

Before treatment, ask the clinic what its aftercare covers and who to contact once you are home. Bring the records and treatment plan it gives you, so a local dentist can handle a small adjustment with full information. Your conversation with the clinic stays in your Ora messages. Ora does not provide treatment or follow-up care.