Comments on: Dental Tourism: Is It Right For You?

By: Ann S.

Ann S. — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 00:35:08 +0000

I would like to speak to an Actual America Dental Tourist that traveled South of the Border for Dental Implants.

By: Downtown Buster Brown

Downtown Buster Brown — Sun, 27 May 2012 05:20:49 +0000

Ask your friends for a recommendation. Stop complaint and listen.

By: The Dentist Abroad

The Dentist Abroad — Sun, 23 May 2010 15:38:48 +0000

Good article. Well informed

The most important step anyone contemplating a visit to the dentist abroad should take,is to carry out proper and detailed research on the internet on the proposed dentist, the dental clinic and the proposed country for treatment.

There are many entists all over the world now offering high quality dental treatment at affordable prices.

Also patients should read carefully the informative Guides in this subject, (which are online) published by the American Dental Association and the UK’s General Dental Council.

By: Gail

Gail — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 14:53:58 +0000

The hard part is just trying to find a sympathetic dentist anywhere! I need some dental care but not enough to have to consider a trip out of the US, but to find a dentist that is cheap but good is hard. I saw a dentist over 10 years ago that insisted I needed a crown $450 (my cost) at the time. This same dentist when he did any work braced his hands on my jaw even though I kept telling him to stop as I have arthritis and would suffer for days in pain after seeing him. So I stopped going. I found a dentist with low overhead (cheap office location, no fancy frills) who put a filling into the tooth that supposedly needed a crown for around $50, didn’t hurt me at all. Then he retired. Now I need more filling in that tooth and have no idea where to go for work. I’m on disability so money is tight. When my husband needed dental work a few years ago he tried to get quotes over the phone and they wouldn’t except that an x-ray would be $25. Well the x-ray was $99 and they did $300 worth of work in no time flat with my husband in horrendous pain and then expected him to come back for $700 more worth of work, even though the repairs they made were wrong with a piece breaking off almost immediately and now no way to floss between two teeth. We had tried to be informed consumers but that didn’t work.

So what does a person do if they can’t afford a nice leisurely vacation to get dental work done and need a dentist that will listen to you???? and do the work you can afford, not what the dentist wants to do so he can afford whatever is on the hiss latest wishlist???

By: Saving Advice Fan

Saving Advice Fan — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 23:06:28 +0000

GREAT article Jeff! VERY informative!
I read where a young boy, 7-8 years old, died a while back because he did not receive the dental attention that he needed as his parent(s) could not afford a dentist… This little boy was not only in horrific pain, but he paid the ultimate price by it taking his life at such an early age! It saddened me and made me angry to read such a tragic story in the newspaper.
I hope that you article will reach another person that is in dire need of dental attention to end their suffering and perhaps save their life!
THANK YOU Jeff for an interesting and informative article! I am passing it on to my friends and my family members!!

By: Forest

Forest — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 10:42:32 +0000

I live in cairo Egypt right now and I waited until I arrived here to get all my dental work done…. One of my cavities had sadly become a root canal job and I needed a crown… But I got top quality treatment at an expensive Egyptian dentist at 1/3rd of US price… well at least 1/3rd.

By: gabby

gabby — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 02:55:57 +0000

When I needed a crown for my tooth and a root canal to be fixed I took advantage that I was going to Peru for vacation and I had both procedures for only $30 in a private dentist office .