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🇭🇷  Treatment in Croatia

A destination for dental work with EU rules and the euro. Doctors can be checked in the medical chamber's public register.

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Not medical advice. Whether a treatment is right for you is a decision to take with a doctor or dentist who has examined you. Talk to your own doctor before you book.

EU rules

Yes

Currency

EUR

Language

Croatian

Time zone

UTC+1

Treatments in Croatia: Hair transplant · Dentists: implants and veneers · Weight-loss surgery · Cosmetic surgery · Laser eye and lens surgery

Check a clinic or a doctor in Croatia

Doctors

Croatian Medical Chamber: register of doctors (Imenik liječnika)

Search active members by first name and surname, or by their full membership number.

Dentists

Croatian Chamber of Dental Medicine

Dentists who practise must be members of the chamber and hold its licence to work independently. We found no public search: ask the dentist for their chamber licence, in writing.

Clinics

Croatian Institute of Public Health (HZJZ): National Register of Healthcare Providers

The institute publishes the list of every health institution, company and private practice entered in the national register, on the basis of the Ministry of Health's decisions, as an Excel file (status 20 May 2026): search the file for the clinic's name. In Croatian.

Doctors: Ask the doctor for their first name, surname and Medical Chamber membership number. Search the Croatian Medical Chamber's register of active members by first name and surname, or by the full membership number (Članski broj).

Dentists: Ask the dentist for their licence to work independently from the Croatian Chamber of Dental Medicine (odobrenje za samostalan rad): we found no public search of dentists.

Rules worth knowing

  • Dental treatment: Croatian dentists are licensed by the Croatian Chamber of Dental Medicine.
  • Dental treatment, Cosmetic surgery, Eye surgery: EU law (Regulation 2017/745, art. 18) requires the health institution to give a patient who has had an implant fitted the device's identification (name, serial and lot number, UDI, model, manufacturer) and an implant card in the patient's name; crowns, fillings, braces, screws and plates are exempt. Ask for it before you leave and keep it with your records.

Treatments in Croatia

Hair transplant in CroatiaOne trip Dental implants and veneers in CroatiaOne or two trips, by procedure Weight-loss surgery in CroatiaAt least 10 days before flying home Cosmetic surgery in CroatiaAt least 7 to 10 days (by procedure) before flying home Laser eye and lens surgery in CroatiaUp to 7 days (by procedure) before flying home

Cities where many clinics are

Who licenses the clinics in each city, the regional register where there is one, and the airport. We never rank, review or recommend clinics.

Zagreb City of Zagreb (with county status) · ZAG Split Split-Dalmatia County · SPU Rijeka Primorje-Gorski Kotar County · RJK

Official travel advice

Your own government's advice on Croatia: Ireland (DFA) · France (Diplomatie) · Australia (Smartraveller) · New Zealand (SafeTravel) · Germany (Auswärtiges Amt) · Canada (travel.gc.ca) · United States (CDC travel health) · Sweden (UD, Sweden Abroad) · Norway (UD, regjeringen.no) · Austria (BMEIA) · Switzerland (EDA: choose the country) · Denmark (Udenrigsministeriet) · Finland (UM) · Belgium (SPF Affaires étrangères) · Netherlands (Nederland Wereldwijd) · Singapore (MFA)

Sources

Next review due 25 Jan 2027.