Why people come to Beirut for dental work
Three reasons, and only two of them are good. Lebanese dental training is strong — Saint Joseph University and the Lebanese University have produced dentists who practise across the region — and treatment in Beirut generally costs less than in the Gulf, Europe or North America for equivalent materials. Those are the good reasons. The bad one is pressure: a fixed departure date pushes patients and clinics to compress work that should not be compressed. Our rule is simple — we plan around your flight, but we don't let the flight plan the dentistry.
What fits in your stay
| Treatment | Visits & timing | Fits in… |
|---|---|---|
| Check-up, X-rays, hygiene | One visit of about an hour. Do it in your first days — it tells us whether anything else is worth planning. | Any trip |
| Whitening | Hygiene first, one in-chair session, take-home trays to continue. Book early in the trip so sensitivity has settled before you fly. | One week |
| Fillings | Usually completed in one visit, several teeth per session if needed. | Any trip |
| Root canal | Usually one visit of 60–90 minutes. If a back tooth needs a crown afterwards, add a second visit about two weeks later. | One week; two to three weeks with a crown |
| Crowns | Two visits: preparation and temporary, then fitting after the laboratory (about ten to fourteen days). | Two to three weeks |
| Veneers / Hollywood smile | Examination and mock-up, then preparation, then fitting ten to fourteen days later — plus a buffer of a few days before flying. | Two to three weeks |
| Implants | Placement on one trip; the bone needs 2–4 months to heal before the crown. Crown on the next trip, or with a dentist where you live using our records. Grafting adds a stage. | Two trips |
| Clear aligners | Need reviews every few weeks over months. Honest advice: start them where you live, unless you are back in Beirut regularly. | Not a single-trip treatment |
| Emergencies while visiting | Call before 11:00 AM, Monday to Saturday, for a same-day slot. | Same day |
Timings are typical for straightforward cases. Your examination is what turns them into a dated plan.
Before you fly: prepare on WhatsApp
- Send photos and X-rays. A few clear phone photos of your teeth and any recent X-rays to +961 71 400 667. Dr. Nasser replies with the likely options, how many visits each needs, and whether your dates work.
- Hold the dates. Summer and the Christmas fortnight fill up. Once your flights are booked, we pencil in the visits so the laboratory timing lines up with your departure.
- Get the examination done on day one or two. Everything downstream — mock-ups, lab work, healing — starts from it.
- Expect a written quote after that examination, not before. It is itemised, fixed, and names the materials. We can indicate ranges by message, but a real price needs a real examination.
During your stay
The clinic is on the 5th floor of Pixel Tower on Mar Elias main street — directions and parking here — roughly ten to fifteen minutes from the airport road via Bir Hassan and Verdun, and close to the family neighbourhoods many visitors stay in: Hamra, Verdun, Ras Beirut, Mazraa, Barbour and Tarik El Jdideh. We are open Monday to Saturday, 9:00 AM to 8:00 PM, and consultations are in English, Arabic or French. Quotes are in writing; US dollars and Lebanese pounds are accepted.
After you go back
You leave with a written record of every procedure, the materials used and your X-rays, so a dentist anywhere can continue or maintain the work. If something feels wrong, message us with a photo; we will tell you honestly whether it needs attention locally or can wait for your next visit. Implant patients get a specific handover note for the crown stage. And please: keep your hygiene appointments wherever you live — the best ceramic in Beirut is undone by two years without a cleaning.
What we won't do for a departure date
- Fit final veneers or crowns the day before a flight, with no time to adjust the bite.
- Load an implant early because you are leaving.
- Skip the mock-up on a smile design to save a visit.
- Quote a full treatment plan from a photograph.
If another clinic will, ask yourself why. Our checklist for choosing a dentist in Beirut applies doubly when you will be four thousand kilometres away when the work is tested.