Clinics in established medical tourism markets commonly bundle non-clinical services into treatment pricing under the description “all-inclusive”. The term is applied inconsistently across the sector, and its commercial logic is worth setting out.
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| Component | Typical provision |
| Accommodation | Six nights, arranged by the clinic |
| Airport transfers | Private vehicle, arrival and departure |
| Clinic transfers | Private vehicle for each appointment |
| Diagnostic imaging | CT and panoramic imaging on site |
| Coordination | A named coordinator for the duration of treatment |
| Flights | Not included — patient responsibility |
Flights are excluded from essentially all such packages. Where they are advertised as included, the cost has been incorporated into the treatment price.
Packages are conditional on a minimum treatment value. Smile Dental Turkey sets this at £3,250, and publishes what a Turkey teeth package includes with the threshold stated openly. Below that figure, accommodation and transfers are arranged and paid for by the patient.
The commercial rationale is straightforward. Accommodation and dedicated transport represent a fixed cost to the clinic that higher-value treatment plans absorb within margin. A patient staying six nights also completes treatment in a single visit rather than two, which reduces cost to the provider. The package substitutes for marketing expenditure rather than representing a discount.
A qualifying threshold creates an obvious commercial incentive to increase treatment value. A patient quoted £2,900 may be encouraged toward £3,300 of treatment in order to qualify for inclusions worth considerably less than the increment.
This is a structural feature of threshold-based packages rather than a criticism of any particular provider, and patients should be aware of it. The clinically correct treatment plan does not change according to what it unlocks.
Packages should be treated as a differentiator between clinics already assessed as clinically acceptable, not as a basis for selection. Smile Dental Turkey operates under the licensed entity Falez Dental Polyclinic and holds AACI accreditation together with ISO 9001:2015 certification. Treatment is delivered by specialists including D.D.S., Ph.D. Özkan Özkaynak, oral and maxillofacial surgeon, and D.D.S. Özlem Gültekinler, lead cosmetic dentist.
Inclusions and the qualifying threshold should be confirmed in writing before booking, and treated as secondary to the clinical assessment.
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