Anyone gone to Mexico for dental work??

Cndgirll
Cndgirll Posts: 1
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Hi all. Going for a full transformation here with my weight loss (down 30 so far before joining MFP!). Have another 40 to go! Anyway, I need dental work done. Dentists here in Alberta are used car salesmen. I went to my dentist, came up with a plan, went in for treatment only to find she changed the plan and wanted to charge me $5,000 more. I told her no way. Her reply, "well, dont you want a nice smile??" What the heck?! I stormed out.

I am looking at going to Mexico to get my dental work done. Cheaper, and while they might not guarentee their work, neither will my dentist ( my bite is off and she told me my parents should have got me braces. Not a possibility since i grew up dirt poor after my dad died).

Anyone on here gone to Mexico for dental work before? What clinic did you go to??

I keep looking on the net. Every place has mixed reviews. Any input would be great!

Thanks all!
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  • LonLB
    LonLB Posts: 1,126 Member
    GOD NO is the only thing I keep thinking.


    In the US you have/get insurance to have issues fixed or you wait until you do.
  • whierd
    whierd Posts: 14,025 Member
    Hi all. Going for a full transformation here with my weight loss (down 30 so far before joining MFP!). Have another 40 to go! Anyway, I need dental work done. Dentists here in Alberta are used car salesmen. I went to my dentist, came up with a plan, went in for treatment only to find she changed the plan and wanted to charge me $5,000 more. I told her no way. Her reply, "well, dont you want a nice smile??" What the heck?! I stormed out.

    I am looking at going to Mexico to get my dental work done. Cheaper, and while they might not guarentee their work, neither will my dentist ( my bite is off and she told me my parents should have got me braces. Not a possibility since i grew up dirt poor after my dad died).

    Anyone on here gone to Mexico for dental work before? What clinic did you go to??

    I keep looking on the net. Every place has mixed reviews. Any input would be great!

    Thanks all!

    It is quite possibly the dumbest thing you can do.
  • MostlyWater
    MostlyWater Posts: 4,294 Member
    I live in the greatest city in the world, NYC. I don't have to travel for anything.
  • MsJulielicious
    MsJulielicious Posts: 708 Member
    I knew a woman who went to Mexico for a boob job.
    Hilarity ensued
    Just not for her
  • juicemoogan
    juicemoogan Posts: 994 Member
    Im Canadian,

    My dad and I went to Costa Rica and he got some dental work done there..
    Good quality, Great price. Fabulous vacation!
  • bambishealth
    bambishealth Posts: 134 Member
    NEVER, I repeat, NEVER go to Mexico for any medical/dental procedure. There is a reason they are cheaper. They have less restrictions and lax health codes...Infection is the #1 cause of death after having procedures done there....Please reconsider an seek a second dental opinion.
  • randomtai
    randomtai Posts: 9,003 Member
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  • whierd
    whierd Posts: 14,025 Member
    Im Canadian,

    My dad and I went to Costa Rica and he got some dental work done there..
    Good quality, Great price. Fabulous vacation!

    Costa Rica is not Mexico.
  • MyChocolateDiet
    MyChocolateDiet Posts: 22,281 Member
    No, but my parents did take me there to have a cyst removed when I was a kid. It came back. It was cut off with scissors tools in the surgical environment. It was clean and hygenic, but just not thorough.

    Fast forward a year or two when it returned and I kept biting it so it needed attention again. This time it was dug out with a sharp spoon like tool and completely removed and closed with a stitch. In the U.S. That was my last experience driving all far away for any kind of health related work. Lots of my family do it, but that experience soured me. I just wait till I can afford stuff here. Plus it's uncomfortable to recover from anything in a place you're not familiar with. You feel most like you should be at home at times like that.
  • MyChocolateDiet
    MyChocolateDiet Posts: 22,281 Member
    Im Canadian,

    My dad and I went to Costa Rica and he got some dental work done there..
    Good quality, Great price. Fabulous vacation!

    Costa Rica is not Mexico.

    Fabulous vacation for you or for him? My guess is for you. For him, I'm guessing stress before and after the procedure, no?
  • DavPul
    DavPul Posts: 61,406 Member
    Why does everyone think so poorly of Mexicans? The underlying racism here is quite alarming. It's barely a notch above claiming Mexicans piss in their beers.
  • whierd
    whierd Posts: 14,025 Member
    Why does everyone think so poorly of Mexicans? The underlying racism here is quite alarming. It's barely a notch above claiming Mexicans piss in their beers.

    :huh:
  • chunkydunk714
    chunkydunk714 Posts: 784 Member
    Me personally? No

    Ask my hispanic friends and some of them have felt comfortable enough to go and swear by it. They could never convince me enough.
  • ozigal
    ozigal Posts: 173 Member
    Actually... when i was travelling in Costa Rica a about 7 years ago I met quite a number of Americans who had gone there for dental work.

    Every single one of them told me it was cheaper than the US and that the work they got done there was as good as, if not better, than the work they would have got in the US. Some of them were back for the 3rd time as they were having extensive work done on their teeth.

    I thought it was a little strange at the time but that was before medical tourism really kicked off.
  • whierd
    whierd Posts: 14,025 Member
    http://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/cis/cis_970.html#medical
  • whierd
    whierd Posts: 14,025 Member
    Actually... when i was travelling in Costa Rica a about 7 years ago I met quite a number of Americans who had gone there for dental work.

    Every single one of them told me it was cheaper than the US and that the work they got done there was as good as, if not better, than the work they would have got in the US. Some of them were back for the 3rd time as they were having extensive work done on their teeth.

    I thought it was a little strange at the time but that was before medical tourism really kicked off.

    Costa Rica is not Mexico.
  • fleurdelis504
    fleurdelis504 Posts: 88
    I work in a dental office, and I highly don't suggest going to Mexico for dental work. If you don't like the office you're at now, try finding a new dental home. There are plenty of good Dentist out there who will work with you on tx plans and financing.
  • Emilie04444
    Emilie04444 Posts: 151 Member
    Why does everyone think so poorly of Mexicans? The underlying racism here is quite alarming. It's barely a notch above claiming Mexicans piss in their beers.

    lmao, I would never go to Mexico for dental work. Why not shop around for better deals, get credit or pay it off slowly.

    I think it is questionable when you go to another country for medical services but ppl do it all the time. One of my friends went to DR for body work.I wouldn't go to Mexico now b/c it has been in the news for numerous things recently. My fear is if something goes wrong in any country they can just act like it didn't happen.
  • chunkydunk714
    chunkydunk714 Posts: 784 Member
    Actually... when i was travelling in Costa Rica a about 7 years ago I met quite a number of Americans who had gone there for dental work.

    Every single one of them told me it was cheaper than the US and that the work they got done there was as good as, if not better, than the work they would have got in the US. Some of them were back for the 3rd time as they were having extensive work done on their teeth.

    I thought it was a little strange at the time but that was before medical tourism really kicked off.

    Costa Rica is not Mexico.

    I think they know that....I hope they know that. I think they're just comparing when they went to another country for dental work
  • rml_16
    rml_16 Posts: 16,414 Member
    I hope you've been to more than one dentist before coming to that conclusion.

    I'd go to a dental school before Mexico.
  • Emilie04444
    Emilie04444 Posts: 151 Member
    I don't think these posters think that Costa Rico is Mexico, just offering another suggestion.
  • LonLB
    LonLB Posts: 1,126 Member
    Why does everyone think so poorly of Mexicans? The underlying racism here is quite alarming. It's barely a notch above claiming Mexicans piss in their beers.


    Haven't you ever watched the movie Desperado?
  • Emilie04444
    Emilie04444 Posts: 151 Member
    I hope you've been to more than one dentist before coming to that conclusion.

    I'd go to a dental school before Mexico.

    Thank you for that! hahahaha. Pretty funny
  • Sean_The_IT_Guy
    Sean_The_IT_Guy Posts: 168
    I hope you've been to more than one dentist before coming to that conclusion.

    I'd go to a dental school before Mexico.

    Thank you for that! hahahaha. Pretty funny

    dental school isn't mexico.
  • vjohn04
    vjohn04 Posts: 2,276 Member
    Im Canadian,

    My dad and I went to Costa Rica and he got some dental work done there..
    Good quality, Great price. Fabulous vacation!


    My brother had all of his amalgam fillings replaced with white fillings as well as any other dental work he needed while he was in Columbia. It was a fraction of the cost, and the work product was fantastic.


    Yes, I am aware Columbia is not Mexico.
  • m76b
    m76b Posts: 1,498 Member
    I live in Costa Rica and yes... I hear about a lot of people for others countries who came for dental work here... must be good........... still expensive for the people who live here aaaaaaahahahahahahahahaha! :laugh:
  • SoViLicious
    SoViLicious Posts: 2,633 Member
    Sure while you are there throw in a noob job, tummy tuck and *kitten* implants.
  • blytheandbonnie
    blytheandbonnie Posts: 3,275 Member
    I had a crown put on in Puerto Vallarta. The owner of the small hotel I was staying at recommended her family dentist. The crown is still fine, I'm fine and the whole vacation plus the dental work was less than what I could get it for here at home. I did not have insurance at the time so it worked out well for me. I think I still have her card around here somewhere. PM me if you want me to find it.
  • Simone_King
    Simone_King Posts: 467 Member
    What kind of dental work are you getting done? If its dental implants 5000 isn't a bad price.

    I paid about that for my implants.
  • MyChocolateDiet
    MyChocolateDiet Posts: 22,281 Member
    Why does everyone think so poorly of Mexicans? The underlying racism here is quite alarming. It's barely a notch above claiming Mexicans piss in their beers.

    Really, you're surprised that people ran in with the alarm whistles blaring on a thread titled "Mexico"? I wasn't surprised by those posts. Just wanted to let OP know my real reasons for thinking home is best for any procedures.

    I think people think so poorly of Mexicans because they lump us altogether with the real bad latinos...like Costa Ricans. LMFAO. And the Mexicans from Guatemala and Chile. Cause they all look the same and are messing up the beautiful celebrities only while on vacay LA vibe by being all "overweight and hispanic" all over the place. (by the way I am a real life mexican and am only repeating the idiocity I have read on other threads about "my people". Not to perpetuate these stereotypes but to let you know OP that anything you read here you must take with a grain of salt because as has been pointed out racism of this sort is still alive and kicking and has reared it's ugly head on previous threads. So consider that when reading the replies to your post and analyzing for your mental consumption the opinions forthwith.)

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