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Dental tourism
« on: March 06, 2024, 01:14:07 AM »
I need 2 implants and want some cosmetic dental work as well. Someone mentioned he took his wife to Hungary to get dental work done. Anyone with experience with this? When I was in Cancun I actually saw an ad for a frum dental practice, so maybe it s a thing there? Would love some input.
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Re: Dental tourism
« Reply #1 on: March 06, 2024, 02:49:43 AM »
Don't know about Hungry but Tijuana is full of these type of places. It's actually quite interesting as when you cross the border, you see many big medical buildings in the background (with English signs). Also about half the billboards are in English advertising dental practices. Best part is that it's literally a 5 minute walk from San Diego and then you could pick up an Uber to the exact place u want to go.

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Re: Dental tourism
« Reply #2 on: March 06, 2024, 07:50:37 AM »
Don't know about Hungry but Tijuana is full of these type of places...
...Best part is that it's literally a 5 minute walk from San Diego and then you could pick up an Uber to the exact place u want to go.
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Re: Dental tourism
« Reply #3 on: March 06, 2024, 09:23:21 AM »
I know these places abound. Would love personal feedback regarding price care quality safety....
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Re: Dental tourism
« Reply #4 on: March 06, 2024, 09:24:08 AM »
Don't forget to stop at the border to collect your 10k!
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Re: Dental tourism
« Reply #5 on: March 06, 2024, 09:41:00 AM »
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Re: Dental tourism
« Reply #6 on: March 06, 2024, 01:35:00 PM »
Save $5,000, lose a kidney?
if all ur losing is a kidney, that's not so bad. No need to have 2.

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Re: Dental tourism
« Reply #7 on: March 06, 2024, 01:44:29 PM »
Also looking for recommendations in Budapest.

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Re: Dental tourism
« Reply #8 on: March 06, 2024, 02:11:12 PM »
Israel has some very decent dentists who are often Olim from Western countries with pricing competitive to eastern Europe.

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Re: Dental tourism
« Reply #9 on: March 06, 2024, 02:20:55 PM »
Israel has some very decent dentists who are often Olim from Western countries with pricing competitive to eastern Europe.
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Re: Dental tourism
« Reply #10 on: March 06, 2024, 02:25:17 PM »
if all ur losing is a kidney, that's not so bad. No need to have 2.
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Re: Dental tourism
« Reply #11 on: March 06, 2024, 07:32:54 PM »
I need 2 implants and want some cosmetic dental work as well. Someone mentioned he took his wife to Hungary to get dental work done. Anyone with experience with this? When I was in Cancun I actually saw an ad for a frum dental practice, so maybe it s a thing there? Would love some input.

It's extremely common for Western EU citizens and especially Brits to go Hungary for dental work. I did my dental work many years ago in Costa Rica, and one of my clients just went few weeks ago to Bangkok, Thailand to have some major work done. Overseas dentistry is reliable, and millions of people do it - you just need to do intensive research and find a place with a solid reputation and warranty.

The place I went to, was recommended by a family friend of mine who lives in Miami. I still did tons of research, and I looked into other clinics, but what irked me about the other places, were that they were dedicated to dental tourism with full time marketing staff and the dental clinics were owned by MBAs instead of dentists.

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Re: Dental tourism
« Reply #13 on: March 07, 2024, 03:02:06 AM »
India is the way to go.

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Re: Dental tourism
« Reply #14 on: March 07, 2024, 07:08:55 AM »
I don't know how good of a dentist he is, but here is a frum yid who I trust and respect immensely. Not related, just might be helpful to someone.
https://finequalitydental.com/about/dr-zuman/

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Re: Dental tourism
« Reply #15 on: March 07, 2024, 09:38:26 AM »
Thread could probably be changed to Medical Tourism to capture a wider array of conditions / treatments. Patient should consider how likely he or she is to pursue legal action in the case of medical malpractice. If you think you're unlikely to sue and you seek care for a condition / specialty with high medical malpractice premiums then you may be a good candidate for medical tourism (pending many other considerations of course). As a whole, US patients love suing their doctors. If you are an exception, you're effectively subsidizing everyone else's behavior.
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Re: Dental tourism
« Reply #16 on: March 07, 2024, 09:42:09 AM »
Thread could probably be changed to Medical Tourism to capture a wider array of conditions / treatments. Patient should consider how likely he or she is to pursue legal action in the case of medical malpractice. If you think you're unlikely to sue and you seek care for a condition / specialty with high medical malpractice premiums then you may be a good candidate for medical tourism (pending many other considerations of course). As a whole, US patients love suing their doctors. If you are an exception, you're effectively subsidizing everyone else's behavior.
i wonder how common suing a medical practice is. poll might be useful
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Re: Dental tourism
« Reply #17 on: March 07, 2024, 09:43:57 AM »
i wonder how common suing a medical practice is. poll might be useful
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