WITH VETERAN Hollywood actor Michael O’Hagan having undergone a successful dental treatment in Mumbai, it is expected that more and more Hollywood stars would come down to India for getting aesthetic dental solutions.

The 60-year-old actor is so impressed by the treatment that he has started recommending several Hollywood personalities to take advantage of the world-class dental implants and expertise available in India.


Last year, Michael had come to India for his dental implants after suffering from gum infection. Back home at Beverly Hills, he experienced an unsuccessful dental implant by his dentist and subsequently couldn’t work for 10 days. It was said that Gulshan Grover, the famous Bollywood actor, had recommended Michael to use the expertise and dental implants available in India during a shooting schedule for ’Shadow of the Cobra’ in Hyderabad. Thereafter, Michael came to India twice for the treatment. On his first trip to Mumbai, cosmetic dental surgeon, Dr Suchetan Pradhan, fitted 11 Nobel implants on both his upper and lower jaws and was given temporary denture for gums to heal. On his recent visit, Dr. Pradhan fixed Procera™ teeth with dental facelift and shaped his teeth in perfect alignment.


Nobel Biocare implants are guided by innovative solutions like NobelGuide™ that help doctors to plan and predict every aspect of implant placement in advance. The teeth implants are completely stable and strong like natural teeth roots offering a long lasting solution – often for life. The uniqueness of NobelGuide™ is that it enables a minimal invasive dentistry procedures with no cuts, no sutures, less pain and minimum time of healing. More importantly, the technology enables treatment even in the most complicated conditions such as jaw line fracture or lesser bone density, something which wasn’t possible before.

Dental treatment in India is all about world-class treatment facilities, caring staff in dental treatment centers and top-notch post-operative facilities. Expert doctors estimate that nearly 5 to 10 per cent of their patients are foreign tourists - the statistics nearly doubling with each passing year. Dental tourism in India offers better-priced dental treatment to foreign citizens with best clinical care. The cost of dental treatment provided in India is less compared to the cost of treatment abroad. But this does not affect the quality of treatment offered as several clinics like Dr. Pradhan’s use same internationally available gold standard materials in their clinics like Nobel Biocare implants and Procera.

Nobel Biocare is a world leader in innovative aesthetic dental solutions with its brands NobelActive™, Brånemark System®, NobelReplace™, NobelSpeedy™, NobelPerfect®, NobelDirect®, Replace Select (dental implants), Procera® (individualized dental prosthetics), NobelGuide™ (complete patient rehabilitation program) and NobelSmile™ (patient education and awareness programme).


Nobel Biocare is a full solution provider for restorative esthetic dentistry, offering a wide range of innovative Crown & Bridge & Implant products, as well as training and education, patient information and clinically documented treatment concepts.


Nobel Biocare has over 2,500 employees and recorded revenue of EUR 665.9 million in 2007. The company is domiciled and headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland. The Indian operation for Nobel Biocare India Pvt. Ltd. is headquartered in Mumbai.