The Treatment Timeline for a Spanish PatientFrom First Email to Final Bridge

The anchor

For a Spanish patient choosing Stunning Dentistry for a dual-arch full-mouth case, the end-to-end timeline is usually 9 to 11 months. Here is the week-level view across the six phases we use internally.

Phase 1: Diagnostic and plan (weeks 1–5)

Week 1, first contact.

You email, WhatsApp, or call. Your dedicated Spanish patient coordinator acknowledges within 2 Spanish business hours. They send you a diagnostic checklist:

• An OPG (panoramic X-ray), any Spanish dentist can provide this.
• A CBCT (cone-beam CT) scan, also available from any Spanish dental radiology centre.
• Intraoral and extraoral photographs (smile, frontal, lateral, occlusal).
• Your current treatment plan or clinical notes if you have them.
• A brief medical history (medications, allergies, systemic conditions).

Week 2, documents arrive.

You upload through our secure portal. A clinician reviews within 3 Spanish business days.

Week 3, video consultation.

40–60 minute video consultation with the senior clinician who will lead your case. Conducted in Spanish if preferred (we have two Spanish-fluent clinicians on the European patient team). You discuss goals, constraints, medical history, anxiety levels, and preferences (monolithic zirconia vs. layered vs. hybrid).

Week 4, written case plan.

You receive a 15–25 page case plan with: diagnostic summary, proposed treatment phases, material specifications, timing estimate, cost estimate in Euro, and a list of alternatives considered and rejected with reasons.

Week 5, your decision.

You approve, propose modifications, or decline. About 14% of Spanish enquiries decide at this point that travel is not right for them and we advise staying with their Spanish provider; there is no pressure and no follow-up.

Phase 3: First India visit (weeks 11–13)

Typical visit 1 length for a dual-arch FMR: 10–14 nights.

Day 0 (travel day)

• You fly from Madrid Barajas or your local Spanish airport.
• Your coordinator meets you at Hyderabad airport with a name card.
• Drive to hotel (8–25 minutes depending on tier).
• Coordinator welcome, room check, soft-food evening.

Day 1 (initial consultation)

• Morning clinic visit.
• Full intraoral examination by your surgeon and prosthodontist.
• High-resolution intraoral scan; updated CBCT if needed.
• Clinical discussion, final treatment plan confirmation.
• Lunch at clinic cafeteria.
• Afternoon: informed consent, medications prescribed, pre-operative blood work if indicated.

Day 2 (surgery day)

• Arrival at clinic 90 minutes before surgery.
• Surgical procedure: 4–6 hours typical for dual-arch.
• Recovery in post-operative suite: 2–3 hours.
• Discharge to hotel with coordinator.

Days 3–5

• Clinical check at hotel on day 3.
• Clinical check at clinic on day 4 (typically 30 minutes).
• Rest day on day 5 with soft-food menu.

Days 6–12

• Clinical check day 7.
• Bite adjustment day 9.
• Photographic documentation day 11.
• Final check-out day 12 or 13.

Day 14

• Final provisional bridge calibration at clinic.
• Discharge meeting with coordinator and clinician.
• Travel back to Spain.

Phase 4: Integration interval (weeks 14–34)

This is the phase patients ask the least about and we focus most on managing. Implants integrate into bone over 4 to 6 months depending on surgical site, bone density, and individual patient factors. You are at home in Spain, eating soft foods for the first two weeks, transitioning to softer-than-normal for the next six, and resuming normal function (with avoidance of crusty bread, nuts, and sticky sweets) from about week 24.

What the coordinator manages during integration:

• Week 14 video check-in. Short 15-minute call; any concerns, any soreness, any provisional issues.
• Week 18 photo review. You send two mouth photographs via WhatsApp; the clinician reviews.
• Week 22 phone check. Longer call; any questions from you or your Spanish home dentist.
• Week 28 video consultation. With your treating clinician; full visual review.
• Week 32 records collection. OPG from your Spanish home dentist for clinician review before final fit; intraoral photos from you.
• Week 34 final-fit confirmation. Clinician signs off that integration is complete and second visit can proceed.

If at any point between weeks 14 and 34 you have a concern (bleeding, pain not resolving, loose provisional, suspect infection), you contact your coordinator and we respond within 1 Spanish business hour during working hours, within 4 hours overnight, and we arrange a Spanish-home-dentist assessment if clinically necessary. We have contract relationships with named prosthodontists in Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia, Seville, Bilbao, and Malaga for exactly this purpose.

Phase 5: Second India visit (weeks 35–37)

Typical visit 2 length: 7–10 nights.

Day 0 (travel day)

• Same as visit 1; you are on familiar ground.

Day 1

• Full clinical re-assessment.
• Provisional removal and cleaning.
• High-precision intraoral scan for final bridge production.

Days 2–5

• Lab produces your final monolithic zirconia bridge in-house.
• Daily clinic checks for gum health and provisional stability.
• On day 4 or 5, try-in of final bridge.
• Adjustments and refinements.

Day 6

• Final bridge fit.
• Full occlusal calibration.
• Photographic documentation.

Day 7

• Final clinical review.
• Discharge with full discharge pack: clinical records USB, 3D scans, warranty documentation, home care instructions, Spanish-language patient summary.
• Final coordinator check-out.

Day 8 (or later)

• Travel home.

Phase 6: Long-term maintenance

You schedule your first post-return Spanish dentist check within 30 days. Your coordinator stays in contact through month 24 with scheduled check-ins at months 1, 3, 6, 12, and 24. Ongoing six-monthly maintenance happens with your Spanish home dentist.

Sources: Stunning Dentistry Spanish patient case timeline standards revised January 2026; 196 Spanish patient enquiries 2022–2026; 62 completed Spanish patient cases 2019–2026; clinician and coordinator timeline audit Q1 2026.