Dental tourism

Seems to be popular with the all-on-four dental implant procedure. BTW, all-on-four is a total ripoff. If you don't have problems with your gums go with bridges.

Over 2 million Americans go to outside of the country for healthcare; 1 million of them to Mexico.

Prices in the US are outrageous and yes, standards in other countries are excellent.

[quote] I’m all for saving money but when I asked about sterilization as there is no regulation/dental board like in the U.S.

How do you know Mexico has no regulation or dental board. It likely does.

Of course medical professionals are regulated and supervised in Mexico. it's not like we have the best of everything in the entire world here in the United States. Look at our president.

In fact, Mexico has board certification for dentists, like many US medical specialties.

The American health care system just advertises itself as the best in the world. In reality, it is among the worst in the developed world. Our outcomes are embarrassingly bad yet we pay out the ear for it.

Most of the Dentists are in Mexico are Americans

The whole town was developed for this purpose. Molar City ! The caravan that FOX news does not report.

Did Mexico pay for your friend’s bridgework, OP?

I know a couple when I lived in Arizona who went down to Mexico for all their dental (extensive) dental work. They never had any issues. They are all board certified (in Mexico).

Try Hungary for dental tourism.

I have a friend that went for Lipo. He’s fine.

Do they have plastic surgery tourism?

Why would Canadians pay money to travel all the way to Mexico for dental care? The air fare and accommodation would cost far more than a few fillings and root canals. You'd basically have to have several dental implants to make it worthwhile, although maybe not even then since you'd have to return in 6 months to get the final fitting.

Canadians who want cheaper dental care can always sign up for a dental college appointment - you get treated by a dental student overseen by a staff dentist.

I have a friend who moved with her wife to Mexico last December. She has a pace maker, and told me she saw her cardiologist for an hour a few weeks ago - only cost 50 bucks, and she felt like she got good medical care. This was in Guadalajara.

"Oh, no...Guadalajara won't do"

A friend of mine recently visited Turkey and has had full dental work top and bottom for $3500 and his teeth look awesome.

What work did he have done R16

Veneers full top and crowns bottom.

R13, Yes.

Thanks R19

Dental tourism is a big thing over here in the UK, with patients travelling to Poland and Hungary to have work done.

[quote]Try Hungary for dental tourism.

Wouldn't the cost of the airfare (from the US, not within Europe) offset any savings on the dental work?

Where else can you get a full mouth restoration for $43?

Cuba?

mexico aint a shithole no mo?

R22, if the prices I hear about for dental work in the US are anything to go by, no, the airfare doesn't make it more expensive.

Some years ago I met a young American guy in Athens Airport who had travelled to Greece to get hair implants. I also had an eye doctor in Athens who had packages for visiting patients from the US.

I would rather go to a nice Mexican town for dental work than the Southern USA. There are a lot of crap dentists in the USA. On top of that, a lot of US dentists are fucking psychos. I always wonder why this is?

many dentists are strung out on meds, and have depression, and $ probs....its not all gravy. trust

I really want to go the dental tourism route. I’ve gone to three different dentists all bad experiences.

I have a really good American dentist, and he's really cute.

I read there’s no regulation in Mexico for dental work..,too risky. Seattle has a weekend healthcare event every October with free dental work if u can wait in line and hang out all day.

^^ Yep. My dentist volunteers his services for this event.

Bali has become the go to place for dental tourism for Aussies. Although I have always had my work done locally, I have considered going if I need any serious upgrades. The price of quality work coupled with cheap luxury accommodation and airfares makes it an attractive alternative. Some even go for ortho work, and it still works out cheaper with monthly fly in appointments.

It works for a one or two time procedure, but after that your expense will cancel any monetary benefit

R14 - Canadians are going to Mexico anyway, and the dental work is just part of a nice vacation.

An ex friend from near Boston would come down to Costa Rica for dental work, claiming the savings paid for the vacation. He was also a creepy old horn dog, and came for the cheap prostitutes also. One of the Del Rey crowd. . .

[quote]I read there’s no regulation in Mexico for dental work..,too risky.

As several people have already said, Mexico has board certification for dentists.

Huge numbers of people go to Mexico for dental work and if there were a problem we'd have heard about it. I know a bunch of wealthy people from San Diego who've gone and were totally pleased. Ditto for laser eye surgery.

I'm in southern California and go to the UCLA Dental School for my dental needs but I need 2 implants and even at a school of dentistry I was surprised how expansive it is going to be.

I would be open to going to Mexico for dental work but I don't have a clue on how to find a reputable dentist. Does anyone here have a recommendation?

I went to Colombia to take out my wisdom teeth. Two were actively hurting and the other two were going to give me trouble down the line so I opted to take out all four at once. About $500 in American dollars. My family is from Colombia so the oral surgeon was recommended by my family still down there. He was excellent and I'm really glad he did it; even outside of the price, he did a great job and I didn't even need painkillers afterward. If you have someone vetted by friends or family, I don't see what the concern would be.

$500 as opposed to what it would have cost you in the US R38? I'm not trying to harass you. I know there are procedures out there that are heavy promoted and advertised to people when in fact it requires less skill to preform. I felt uncomfortable with a dentist and what he was recommending and spent months looking for an alternative. Unfortunately dental is becoming a ripoff profession.

“There is no dental board in Mexico to file a complaint with” for the board certified dentists upthread posters..talking of something else.

Let Joe know R40

Why the hell would wealthy people from San Diego go to a third world country for dental care...stupid. There have been many problems.

I went to Vietnam for veneer, I paid like 5k and got an iPhone X out of it too!

R39, at the time, the dentist told me around $1200-1500 for the same procedure. If it was $1000 or less I would've stayed in the US but tickets to Colombia from my city are fairly cheap, and I stayed with family, so the ticket and procedure ended up being less than what he quoted me. You're right with what you say about the profession. I ended up going to a different dentist and I trust my current dentist much more. He's a straight shooter and doesn't try to sell me unneeded things.

R42 I've known extremely rich people who were always looking to slash their prices with they'd pay for health care. Not for their first class airfares, mechanics for their Rolls-Royce or shopping trips to London or Paris, but with their health you would be surprised how flexible they were willing to get.

[quote]I went to Vietnam for veneer, I paid like 5k and got an iPhone X out of it too!

Both the veneers and the phone were probably counterfeit.

[quote]Why the hell would wealthy people from San Diego go to a third world country for dental care...

They're fleeing from the Orin Scrivellos of American dentistry.

I go to Los Algodones in Mexico. Teeth cleaning is $20 vs $189 in Palm Springs.

Where does one go for penile enhancement procedures?

I've heard very good, firsthand things from people who've had dental work done in Colombia.

Colombia is not safe for women to travel alone to.

my mexican coworker said she went to vacation near guadlajarra and had to get a crown or some involved procedure and said it cost $20 or something really cheap

Implants are only $1200 ea (not $4500 that is US average) at the dental school. I'm getting two this year. If you live near a top dental school, I highly recommend going. I've had other stuff done too. Yesterday I had my regular cleaning and check-up. It was $50 total including the radio-graph ex rays. Because it's a school, the visit is extremely thorough.

I would do it if I lived near the border. I considered it for implants but decided flying to Mexico if something went wrong could easily cancel out savings. I would trust Mexican dentists though.

R53

1200 is still a hella of lot money. If your mouth is a mess and you need several implants that bill can quite easily run over 10 grand. This isn’t including any other additional work that might be needed.

Going to the best dentist in mexico is better than going to some random dentist in the US. You can probably buy private insurance to cover the visits/procedure. much cheaper too for the private insurer. There are a lot of expats in Mexico. There is a private sector market to carter to them.

There are a lot of terrible dentists in the US. Go abroad. Get some holiday in too.

K, IM GOIN TO MEX CITY FOR FULL SET IMPLANTS

BEST TIME FOR NO SMOG? IS THE AIR THERE OK MOST OF TIME NOW?

A DECADE AGO IT WAS SHITTY

[quote]Why the hell would wealthy people from San Diego go to a third world country for dental care...stupid. There have been many problems.

Your idea of Mexico seems to be stuck from 100 years ago. The rest of the world has gotten a lot more advanced than you realize.

^mexico was better 100 yrs ago..us state dept has many warnings about Mexico

is the air fuking polluted there or not ?????

R61, Mexico City's air quality is not ideal, but it has improved. Like LA, air pollution used to be much worse in previous decades. That said, it's a greater metropolis of 20 million or so people, so the air is not pristine.

R48 you drive 318 miles to save $169?

I've known acquaintances who have had dental work done in Mexico and raved about the work and the low cost. You just need to do your research. It helps if you know somebody who's done it before.

I’ve been to Los Algodones outside Yuma several times for implants. What would have cost me over $20,000 in the U.S., I got there for $7,000. The office was modern and equipment state of the art. The surgeon was pretty adorabld and spoke perfect English. Plus, if you know what pharmacy to go to, you can get Vicodin without a prescription. Only drawback is having to stay in Yuma for a couple of nights.

Oops...*adorable*

Has anyone had an implant on an upper back molar? I was just reading that often times the upper jaw dose not have enough bone and they have to create more with a procedure called a sinus lift? It looks really painful and involved.

There are people who do this in Europe too, I think Romania or something.

Sorry, meant Hungary.

I just had a sinus lift on both sides R67. I was expecting swelling, bruising and pain. I had none of that. Make sure the dentist you go to uses your blood for the platelet-rich plasma. It is relatively new to dentistry, but it is for healing and tissue regeneration.

R58 Are you getting the all-on-four? If you don't have gum issues having a full set of bridges would be better. Just a few things they don't tell you about the all-on-four: in some instances there is a clicking noise when you bite down, you lose the sense of biting and yearly cleaning expensive.

“All-on-four, none-on-three”