Dental tourism involves traveling abroad for affordable dental care procedures. It is a subset of medical tourism where people seek treatment outside their home healthcare system. Dental tourism is growing as other countries can provide treatments at significantly lower costs compared to developed nations due to lower fixed, labor, and education costs. Common destinations for dental tourism include travel from the US/Canada to Mexico/Costa Rica for cheaper procedures like dental implants and veneers. The document then focuses on Kerala, India which is becoming a popular destination for high-quality and affordable dental care that draws patients from Western nations and the Middle East.