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I literally did this.
Ha! From your surname I'm assuming you have some ties to India? There are companies that specialise in medical tourism but I wonder how feasible it would be for an individual who was completely unfamiliar with India.
The one thing I would stress is to do your research before going and find a credible medical centre. Booking appointments in India for dentists or doctors is pretty painless — very often you can get seen for a consultation in the same day, sometimes within minutes.
The one benefit of having ties to the country is that I have family on the ground whom already know of reputable doctors/dentists which makes it easy to avoid the horror stories (which are in the minority).
To clarify my experience: I had a root canal in the UK after being attacked with a weapon which crushed my front teeth.
I regularly got abscesses in the area for years and they were always treated with antibiotics and a pat on the head.
It flared up while I was visiting family in a very small village in Punjab and they sent me to their dentist.
It turned out that the dentists in the UK had been wrongly diagnosing and treating what turned out to be a root canal which was not properly completed (the dentist failed to remove the entire root).
This lead to an infection which grew over the period of roughly 12 years and spread into the actual bone of my jaw, eating away at it.
I needed a re-canal and an operation to remove the infection. Over the course of two weeks I had the operation and re-canal completed for roughly £50.
It’s been two years and there have been no problems at all.