Anyone gone to Mexico for dental work??

After airfare, lodging for the stay there, travel insurance plus the procedure...It's probably a lot cheaper to get it done in Alberta. Shop around for quotes, and find which dental office is right for you. I got some dental work done - aesthetic since a dental nightmare happened when I was young, they yanked 12 baby teeth I had because they weren't coming out - took Xrays later and found out most of what they pulled had no adult teeth on top.

So about 2 1/2 years ago a family friend suggested we go see her dentist who was actually a few minutes walk from my place and so 3 visits later (a consult plus 2 sessions to get 2 gaps filled each tie so my front teeth look nice) the procedure was done! it only cost us 100$ because INSURANCE paid for 90% of the work!

So why not invest in an affordable insurance plan and go from there?

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.

Have you ever been to Mexico? And not just the fancy tourist areas....The last time I was in Mexico I had to step over a body (drunk?) and got offered drugs 2 times. All this not even a minute from the border.

And have you ever tasted Mexican beer??? :huh:

To be fair, have you ever been to Detroit? :laugh:

Years ago, I worked for a management company and was transferred to Flint, Mi. Spent a year working there. If it's not the a-hole of the US, it has to be the taint. lol.

I wouldn't go to Mexico to do anything. Anything. Cartels, rampant unchecked misogyny, and random tourist murders aren't my style. I would let my teeth rot out of my head before having dental work done there.

Isn't this all a bit of a moot point? I'm sure the OP stated their bite was off & should have braces orginally to correct this? Braces isn't going to be a one off trip - 6wks tightening, check-up, changing of bands & so forth....

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!

Not dental work but my husband had to get a filling fixed when we were in Mexico a couple of years ago. The clinic he went to was super clean, had top of the line equipment and he was in and out in no time. He also had to go to a doctor when he was there on a separate trip and had no issues with that either.

I wouldn't go to Mexico to do anything. Anything. Cartels, rampant unchecked misogyny, and random tourist murders aren't my style. I would let my teeth rot out of my head before having dental work done there.

It irks me that people put the blanket "Mexico" on the above. Not ALL of Mexico is like this. Border towns? Yes.Baja California, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Durango, Guerrero, Jalisco, Michoacan, Morelos, Nayarit, Nuevo Leon, Oaxaca, San Luis Potosi, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Veracruz and Zacatecas states? Yes.

Cancun area, Puerto Morelos, Cobo? No. It's statements like that that put the fear into people and makes them never want to go. I go to Mexico twice a year in the Cancun area and Puerto Morelos and haven't had any issue. The police and federales are EVERYWHERE. Cancun makes up 10% of the Mexican economy. Do you really think they want people to NOT go there? Of course there are areas where it's sketchy and dangerous. You can find danger if you're looking for it. Hell I could probably get gutted by someone walking down the road in my town if I really tried hard enough.

Don't go to Mexico.

I had to have dental work done, and I don't have dental insurance, it was well worth every penny I racked up in debt doing it with the professionals here. I can't stop thinking about how stupid going to Mexico for that would be, how do you even know what the results will be. Stupid idea, just...don't.

And if you do go and do it, send me a picture so I can be glad I didn't get mine done there.

Don't go to Mexico.

I had to have dental work done, and I don't have dental insurance, it was well worth every penny I racked up in debt doing it with the professionals here. I can't stop thinking about how stupid going to Mexico for that would be, how do you even know what the results will be. Stupid idea, just...don't.

And if you do go and do it, send me a picture so I can be glad I didn't get mine done there.

Mexico's has good dentists, but still be careful.
Algodones has 4000 inhabitants and 400 dentists, it talks about the popularity of this profession in Mexico

No way! That place is a nightmare right now. At least along the northern border of the country.

Pfft... I'm in Ciudad Juarez (former murder capital of the world) nearly every weekend. Then again, I speak the language and know the culture. I could pass for a local on a good day, especially as my tan comes in. If you're a pasty white Canadian that doesn't speak the language, it may be a harrowing experience.

As far as conditions at these places, they are pretty good. They do cater to Americans, so they have to be competitive. They keep things clean and do good work. They are well aware of online reviews and such.

i've had dental work done all over--because i lived overseas growing up. had an orthodontist in nicaragua and dentists in el salvador (wisdom teeth extraction--owie!) and egypt. i liked my american dentist the best, whom i'd see every summer for a cleaning, mostly because i could could actually communicate to him in a language i was comfortable with

eta: oh, and my teeth are just fine! people should do their research but to discredit anyone who's not american/canadian/european is such BS. a family friend used to get MAJOR dental work done (root canals, etc.) in indonesia. cheap cheap cheap and he had lived there before and knew doctors/dentists there who'd had training done in the west.

I won't go for dental work, but the prostitutes are fantastic there!

Can't beat the price!

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.

I wonder what your sources of information are. Our health care ( which in comparison to the US we have for everyone ) as well as dental care is not cheaper because the quality is bad, but because people here make a lot less money. The minimum wage is the equivalent of US$-.60 and a teacher makes about US$ 550.-
Dental care is Mexico as as good as anywhere else. There are crappy dentists as well as extremely good ones ( they ought to be, since many of them went to dental school in the US or Europe ).
The problem I see with " dental tourism " is that unless the patient speaks Spanish well enough ( or the dentist good English, which in big cities they often do ), it is difficult to find a suitable dentist. This takes the kind of time that most tourist usually don' t have. There are quite a few " clinics " set up for the purpose of treating foreign tourists fast and I cannot say anything about them, because we normal people here avoid them, because they are about three times as expensive as a normal dentist. I recently paid at my Mexico City dentist around US$ 160.- for a root canal, which is pretty much normal here, but takes all together about 4-6 weeks of weekly appointments to do; time an average tourist does not have.

OMG! THANK YOU for putting some sense in here! It amazes me the kind of prejudice and ignorance we have going around in the world! Do your research before you type!

I wouldn't go to Mexico to do anything. Anything. Cartels, rampant unchecked misogyny, and random tourist murders aren't my style. I would let my teeth rot out of my head before having dental work done there.

It irks me that people put the blanket "Mexico" on the above. Not ALL of Mexico is like this. Border towns? Yes.Baja California, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Durango, Guerrero, Jalisco, Michoacan, Morelos, Nayarit, Nuevo Leon, Oaxaca, San Luis Potosi, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Veracruz and Zacatecas states? Yes.

Cancun area, Puerto Morelos, Cobo? No. It's statements like that that put the fear into people and makes them never want to go. I go to Mexico twice a year in the Cancun area and Puerto Morelos and haven't had any issue. The police and federales are EVERYWHERE. Cancun makes up 10% of the Mexican economy. Do you really think they want people to NOT go there? Of course there are areas where it's sketchy and dangerous. You can find danger if you're looking for it. Hell I could probably get gutted by someone walking down the road in my town if I really tried hard enough.

my uncle went to mexico for dental work. he came back with no teeth and a sombrero.

ahhh.... Tijuana. good times... good times...

My husband is going to Acuna in a few weeks for a crown and a root canal. His family has been using the same guy down there for decades.