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Re: Molar City

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Post by chiph » Sat, Mar 27, 2021, 3:23 AM UTC

kcorbitt wrote: post #6

My little brother was working on a dental tourism startup a couple years ago, and we stayed in Los Algodones for a few weeks scoping the place out. More than half of all storefronts in the town are dental offices. Some of them seem pretty sketchy, but the reputable ones are very modern, nice and cheap. We spoke with dozens of dental tourists down for a few days to get their work done and they universally had good thi…

The Wynns went there a few years ago. $530 USD for two cleanings and a crown.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KAECrmAOqy4

Re: Molar City

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Post by enw » Sat, Mar 27, 2021, 8:02 AM UTC

Waterluvian wrote: post #2

While I've never had problems finding great dentistry anywhere I live in Canada, this story resonates with me about just how bad my teeth are. Partly my fault, it's become by a wide margin my biggest anxiety in life. Once I got my CPAP machine the cavities stopped but the permanent damage was done. I have a lot I could say but I wanted to share this one thing: the thing I hate so much about dental care is that it's a…

> Your teeth can never heal. They either stay the same or get worse.

A dentist's job is to make them better.

Re: Molar City

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Post by Lacayo159 » Sat, Mar 27, 2021, 9:32 AM UTC

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Post by cosmodisk » Sat, Mar 27, 2021, 12:13 PM UTC

"In Los Algodones they cost around $450" Looks like even in Belarus this kind of stuff is more expensive. I wonder how they do it...

Re: Molar City

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Post by cosmodisk » Sat, Mar 27, 2021, 12:18 PM UTC

jessaustin wrote: post #3

In my long history of dental work, I have never once been told the cost of a procedure before agreeing to it. This might be true. It doesn't have to be. If your dentist won't tell you the price of an exam before she does it, and won't immediately give you an itemized treatment plan after the exam is complete, find another dentist. Dentistry is not like going to the hospital.

Is this a US only thing? In most European countries prices are published on dentist's website. For more complex cases, where a whole range of procedures are needed, they'd assess you first and then provide itemised plan on how It'd look. Of course,in some high end clinics,where nobody cares about the prices and only millionaires are the patients, that may not be the case.

Edit: For instance,the first Google result in London: https://thedentalsurgery.co.uk/price-list/

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Post by ad404b8a372f2b9 » Sat, Mar 27, 2021, 12:28 PM UTC

enw wrote: post #12

Waterluvian wrote: post #2

While I've never had problems finding great dentistry anywhere I live in Canada, this story resonates with me about just how bad my teeth are. Partly my fault, it's become by a wide margin my biggest anxiety in life. Once I got my CPAP machine the cavities stopped but the permanent damage was done. I have a lot I could say but I wanted to share this one thing: the thing I hate so much about dental care is that it's a…

> Your teeth can never heal. They either stay the same or get worse. A dentist's job is to make them better.

A dentist's job is maintenance and cosmetics, teeth cannot be made better as far as I know.