About Dental Holiday NZ and Picasso Dental Clinic

Dentalholiday.nz exists so that New Zealand patients considering dental treatment in Vietnam can evaluate the clinic, the clinical team, and the materials before making any decision. Every price, warranty term, and clinical claim on this site traces to a named source, a named reviewer, and a published review date.

What dentalholiday.nz is (and what it is not)

Dentalholiday.nz is Picasso Dental Clinic’s New Zealand patient resource. It is not a dental tourism marketplace. It is not a price comparison aggregator. It does not list multiple clinics, earn referral commissions from third parties, or present itself as an independent reviewer.

The site publishes treatment information, NZD pricing, safety guidance, and booking pathways for Picasso Dental Clinic only. Every page that makes a clinical claim carries a named medical reviewer from Picasso’s clinical team. The purpose is to give patients the factual foundation to decide whether Picasso is the right fit for their case — not to persuade through pressure or omission.

Patients who want to compare multiple clinics across Vietnam, Thailand, or elsewhere will find more appropriate resources elsewhere. Patients who want to evaluate one clinic in depth — its doctors, materials, protocols, warranty structure, and patient numbers — will find what they need here.

NZD prices on this site use the May 2026 exchange rate of 1 NZD = 15,000 VND and are updated when the Picasso price list changes. All prices are published with that date stamp because exchange rates move and treatment costs change over time. A free written quote in NZD is available for any case.

Picasso Dental Clinic — background

Picasso Dental Clinic was founded in 2013 in Hanoi as a single-branch practice focused on international patients requiring cosmetic and restorative dentistry. In the years since, it has grown to six branches across four Vietnamese cities and has treated more than 70,000 patients from 62 countries.

The six current branches are:

• Hanoi Old Quarter — 16 Phố Châu Long, Trúc Bạch, Ba Đình (flagship branch)
• Hanoi Westlake Square — LKC22 Hoàng Minh Thảo, Bắc Từ Liêm
• Da Nang Hoàng Diệu — 420 Hoàng Diệu, Bình Thuận, Hải Châu
• Da Nang Vinmec — inside Vinmec International Hospital
• HCMC Thảo Điền — 25B Nguyễn Duy Hiệu, Thảo Điền, Quận 2
• Da Lat — inside Link General Hospital

Clinical protocols, materials standards, and English-language coordination are shared across all branches. A patient who has had an initial consultation at the Hanoi flagship and returns for follow-up in Da Nang is working within the same documentation and warranty framework. Records are issued in English for every international patient at the point of discharge.

The clinic’s tagline — Crafting Smiles, Painting Happiness — reflects the founding intent: cosmetic and restorative work that restores function and confidence, executed with the precision that the name Picasso implies.

Treatment scope has expanded from veneers and crowns to a full range including dental implants, All-on-4 full-arch rehabilitation, orthodontics including Invisalign (Platinum Elite Provider status), bone grafting, and sinus augmentation. New Zealand patients most commonly travel for porcelain veneers, dental implants, full-arch implant cases, or comprehensive smile makeovers where the NZD saving across the total case is large enough to justify the trip.

Dr. Emily Nguyen — Founding Clinical Director

Dr. Emily Nguyen is the Founding Clinical Director of Picasso Dental Clinic. She established the original Hanoi practice in 2013 after training in Ho Chi Minh City and has led the group’s clinical development through its expansion to six branches.

Her role covers three areas: clinical direction, treatment protocol development, and international patient coordination. As Clinical Director, she sets and maintains the standards that apply across all branches — which materials are stocked, how sterilisation is documented, what a treatment plan must contain before a patient is quoted, and what records a patient must receive at discharge. Treatment protocol development means that the specific workflows used for cosmetic cases — the sequencing of diagnostics, trial smile, preparation, temporisation, and final placement — reflect decisions she has reviewed and approved rather than individual dentist preference. International patient coordination includes the policies that govern how English-speaking patients communicate with the clinic before, during, and after treatment, including the warranty escalation pathway.

Dr. Emily Nguyen reviews the clinical content published on dentalholiday.nz. Her name and the date of the most recent review appear on each clinical page. The review date is updated when the content is materially revised, not on a rolling calendar cycle.

The clinic’s implantology team is led separately by specialists with dedicated training in surgical implant placement. Full team details are available on the Picasso Dental Clinic website.

Clinical standards — materials, diagnostics, and sterilisation

The materials question is the most important safety question a prospective dental tourism patient can ask. A porcelain veneer from an unverified laboratory is not the same product as an Emax Press veneer from Ivoclar. A titanium implant fixture with no brand documentation is not the same product as a Straumann SLActive or Nobel Biocare TiUnite fixture backed by a global distributor network and clinical literature.

Picasso uses named, branded materials across its entire range. For dental implants, the fixture options are Osstem, ETK, Neodent, SIC, Nobel Biocare TiUnite, and Straumann SLActive. Each of these brands operates a global distribution and tracking network, meaning the fixture documentation your New Zealand dentist receives is the same format a UK or US or Australian dentist would receive. For ceramic restorations, the materials in routine use include Emax Press, Lisi, Zirconia, Lava, Lava Plus, and ORODENT. The specific brand and material are stated in every written treatment plan and on the discharge records. Further detail on implant brand selection is available at /safety/implant-brands/.

Diagnostics at Picasso include OPG (panoramic X-ray), CBCT 3D cone-beam computed tomography for implant and surgical planning, and iTero digital scanning for orthodontic and prosthetic cases. CBCT is standard for any implant case rather than optional, because bone volume and anatomy cannot be reliably assessed from a two-dimensional X-ray alone.

Sterilisation documentation is maintained across all branches. Instrument tracking and autoclave cycle records are available for patient review on request. This is the standard a patient should apply to any clinic they evaluate, not a claim unique to Picasso.

The safety page at /is-it-safe/ covers the full framework for evaluating a Vietnamese dental clinic — including the questions to ask before paying a deposit and the circumstances where a Kiwi patient should remain in New Zealand rather than travel.

SmileCare Global Warranty — what it covers and why it exists

Dental work completed abroad creates a genuine practical problem: if something goes wrong after the patient returns home, who is responsible and how is the issue resolved? The SmileCare Global Warranty is Picasso’s published answer to that question.

The warranty terms by restoration type are:

Full warranty detail, including what is and is not covered for each tier, is published at /warranty/.

The warranty has two requirements that patients need to understand before treatment. First, if a night guard is prescribed as part of the treatment plan, it must be worn as directed — occlusal loading from bruxism is a documented cause of ceramic fracture and implant crown failure. Second, if a covered restoration requires attention after the patient has returned home, any repair or adjustment must be pre-approved by Picasso before a third-party dentist intervenes. Work performed on a covered restoration without Picasso approval voids the warranty for that unit. The practical pathway is to photograph the issue, contact the Picasso coordinator, and wait for a remote review before proceeding. A defect must be documented with photographs within the warranty window to be eligible for a claim.

The warranty exists because Picasso’s international patient business depends on patients being able to confidently describe what happens if something fails. A clinic that cannot articulate a clear warranty and escalation pathway is a clinic that has not thought carefully enough about the patient’s situation after they board the flight home.

Editorial and content standard — who reviews the health claims on this site

Every clinical page on dentalholiday.nz carries a medical reviewer byline. The default reviewer for cosmetic and restorative content is Dr. Emily Nguyen, Founding Clinical Director. Pages covering implant surgery may carry a byline from a specialist implantologist from the Picasso team.

The review process covers factual accuracy, compliance with Picasso’s published price list and warranty terms, and alignment with the clinical protocols the reviewer is responsible for in practice. The review date displayed on each page is the date the content was last materially revised and checked. Pages are not reviewed on a fixed rolling schedule — they are reviewed when something changes: a price update, a protocol change, a new product, or a correction.

Health claims made on this site are limited to what can be verified against the Picasso price list, the clinical team’s documented training and experience, the published implant brand specifications, and the SmileCare warranty terms. This site does not claim osseointegration rates without citing a source. It does not use the phrase “lifetime warranty” because no brand or restoration type offered by Picasso carries a lifetime warranty. It does not describe implant or cosmetic procedures as “painless.”

The intent is that a patient, a general practitioner, or a search engine evaluating the credibility of the health claims on this site can identify the named expert responsible for each claim and the date it was verified.

Contact and next step

For treatment enquiries, written NZD quotes, and case reviews:

• Email: [email protected] — for detailed records, referral letters, or formal correspondence

The most useful starting point is a free written quote. Sending six dental photos and any existing OPG or CBCT allows the coordination team to produce a specific itemised plan in NZD within one to two working days. The quote is not a booking commitment. It is a document a patient can review, share with their New Zealand dentist, and use to assess whether the case and the saving make the trip worthwhile.

Treatment pages covering the most common Kiwi cases are at /veneers/ and /dental-implants/. Safety guidance for first-time dental tourists is at /is-it-safe/.