Rising Of Affordable Dental Care Abroad
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Since basic insurance policies and even a few extended policies generally don’t cover dental care, Western residents are faced with the prospect of paying high prices that eat away at their resources in the interest of maintaining dental hygiene. However, with medical travel and dental tourism becoming ever more popular each year, affordable dental care is now within reach of many more individuals.
Some take dental tourism trips to exotic lands like Thailand and the Philippines, while others cut travel costs further by simply going “next door.” Dental tourism has turned out to be a great attraction for Mexico, especially since the creation of forums for certified dentists whose practice is recognized by the government.
Prior to the recent changes, Americans would drive in from Texas for dental procedures — usually finding out about doctors through word of mouth. Others would saunter into an office to schedule a procedure since they already happen to be in town for a rodeo or country concert, said Dr. Reynaldo Casillas Carrera, a dentist who owns a dental clinic on the first block of Hildalgo.
The growing popularity of dental tourism was what spurred the government of Mexico to create these forums in order to increase confidence in the country’s facilities and dentists. In keeping the public educated about reputable institutions, they were able to encourage greater enthusiasm for medical travel to Mexico.
Dental Tourism Packages Encourage Greater Interest in Mexico
USA Today reported that
a small but growing number of Americans, prompted by soaring medical costs and dwindling insurance benefits at home… are contributing to the rising popularity of ‘tooth (dental) tourism,’ a relatively young trend here, but part of a fast-growing global phenomenon in which travelers, typically from wealthier countries, visit less-developed nations for medical care mixed with vacation — all at cut-rate prices.
Medical tourism (and indeed dental tourism), have raised Mexico from simply a great tourist destination for vacationers and sun-worshippers to a holiday destination that also offers affordable healthcare and dental care. Those interested in making the trip for one or more low-cost surgical procedures should, of course, do their research beforehand to ensure that they get the possible service from the most reputable hospitals and doctors.
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Dental Tourism is indeed gaining popularity along the US-mexican border as well as to Mexico in general – Booming border cities with a unique advantage on the Mexican side: Medical Costs are way cheaper in Mexico compared to U.S. costs. Therefore U.S.-Americans travel just over the border to see a doctor or buy pharmaceuticals. But, some people may be apprehensive for various reasons about seeing a dentist in Mexico. Why is that? And on the other hand, what are the push- and pull-factors that make patients cross the border and receive dental treatment in Mexico? Each need of the patient has to be met, but what are those? “Mexican Dentists are not held to the same standards as in the U.S.”, but is that really true?
My name is Katja Schnee. I recently research on Medical Tourism to Mexico and especially concentrate on Dental Tourism. I am a graduate student presently writing my diploma thesis at the University of Trier, Germany.
I would like to ask U.S.-American patients on their last dental visits across the border in Mexico. A lot of online blogs and articles tell me that there is a huge forum for discussion and many left open questions. The answers are only used for statistical purposes and the information won’t be shared, sold or distributed to any third parties.
If you have visited Mexico for dental treatment before, I would be very grateful if you could share your opinions by taking about 10 minutes to fill out the following questionnaire. The data will be kept strictly confidential and your anonymity will be guaranteed. Feel free to contact me if you have any questions or concerns. Your answers are very important for my work and are only used for statistical purposes. Start by clicking on the following link or by copying and pasting it in your browser:
http://www.unipark.de/uc/dentaltourismpatients/
Share your opinion about dental treatments you already experienced in Mexico through my survey.
Thank you for your participation in advance.
Katja Schnee (dentaltourism@gmx.de)