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🇭🇺  Treatment in Hungary

Many patients travel there for dental work, mostly in Budapest and near the Austrian border. An EU country: its doctors and dentists are on a 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

HUF

Language

Hungarian

Time zone

UTC+1

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

Check a clinic or a doctor in Hungary

Doctors

National register of health professionals (basic and operational register search)

Search a doctor's or dentist's name to see their qualification and whether they hold a valid operational registration, which is needed to practise. In Hungarian.

Doctors: Search the doctor's or dentist's name in the national register (link above): choose the register type (doctor or dentist), type the name (part of it is enough: the name is required, a registration number alone is not), then drag the slider at the bottom of the form and search. For doctors and dentists the registration number is the same as the stamp number (pecsétszám): ask for it.

Dentists: Search the doctor's or dentist's name in the national register (link above): choose the register type (doctor or dentist), type the name (part of it is enough: the name is required, a registration number alone is not), then drag the slider at the bottom of the form and search. For doctors and dentists the registration number is the same as the stamp number (pecsétszám): ask for it.

Rules worth knowing

  • Clinics need an operating permit, recorded by the national chief medical officer (NNGYK) in its ESZENY register. We found no public search of it: ask the clinic for its operating permit (működési engedély).
  • 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 Hungary

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

Budapest Budapest (the capital) · BUD Sopron Győr-Moson-Sopron County · VIE Győr Győr-Moson-Sopron County · VIE

Official travel advice

Your own government's advice on Hungary: 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.