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Savage Truth about Dental Tourism in Mexico


February 16th, 2008
Dental Health Magazine
Categories: Dental Tourism
Savage Truth about Dental Tourism in Mexico
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By Laura Martinez

Trivia: would you risk your life wondering about a city ran by heavily armed drug lords to save $400 on dental work?

Sure! Say an increasing number of Americans who, faced with a prohibitively dental care in their home country, are flocking to Mexican border cities to receive dental treatment.

“A dental crown in the U.S. costs upward of $600 per tooth, compared to $190 or less in Mexico, so U.S. tourists are shrugging off concerns about brutal drugs wars being waged in Mexico’s border cities in a bid to access some cheap dental treatment,” according to British Web site Dentistry.

My favorite part, though, is the fact that this gringo dental boom is bringing some unexpected new business in the area.

Rio Dental, a clinic based in Ciudad Juárez, even boasts on its –all English-language– Web site: “We can even pick you up from the airport in El Paso… We are conveniently located just minutes across the border from El Paso, Texas, in Juarez, Mexico. A dentist with affordable prices is closer than you think.”


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One Response to “Savage Truth about Dental Tourism in Mexico”

  1. I think it is funny that people STILL are scared and spread misinformation about crime in Mexico. yes there is crime that is true, but i have lived and worked full time in Mexico since 2004. I am American and i have never had any problems other than maybe some petty theft. If you go to areas where you should not go or buy/sell drugs or hang out with people that do?? ok then you are asking for it. But yeah getting HALF PRICE dental procedures is with going to mexico for dental tourism.

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