How do you find a dentist in Mexico, and plan a dental trip?

Are you thinking of to Mexico to advantage of the low, low prices on dental work? Are you unsure of what to do?  is step by step guide to help you. 

First you nd to get online and look for dentist’s website.  Google the words: “dentist in Mexico”, or dentist in Tijuana”, or my favorite: “Sam Dental Tijuana”. You will fd of dental websites of dentists in Tijuana, Mexico. Tijuana is the bt place to go to because it is located just across the border from San Diego, CA, which is the largest US city on the Mexican border, and there is easier access from the USA and major airport. Flights into San Diego are cheaper and frequent then to El Paso, Texas. 

After finding some dentist’s websites, compare the pricing.  If they don’t list their prices right front, beware, you may get big surprise when you go! So skip websites. After you settle on dentists, then cl them.  If they can’t communicate adequately with you in English, skip them too. When you talk to the dental clinic they should be able to you rough estimate or the phone.  If you have gone to your local dentist, you will kw what you nd done, and you will also fd that in Mexico, the prices will be from 65% to 80% ls than in the USA. If the person you talk to can’t ge you an estimate, skip that clinic. Ask them if they guarantee their work, how lg it takes to get the wk done, and ask to ge details as to how the procedures are done.  The person who answers the phone is most probably not the dentist, but if the dentist has not properly trained them to answer your questions properly, then that should raise red flag, so go on to the one.  

Make se they offer good service. Price is not the only consideration.  It is not worth it to get poor service, or no guarantee on the work, just to save bucks.  It is important is to how mh the clinic is willing to help you plan your trip, help you with hotel accommodations and figure transportation. These ts aren’t sg you can expect the dentist to pay for, but good dental clinic will be conscientious to accommodate the patients with good service, and you will their help if you are coming from afar. 

Before you finalize your plans, ask the dentist for some referrals and for some and after pictures. good dentist will have plenty of patients who are excited about the good wk the received, and they should be able to you the contact information of of their recent patients.  You can tell if the person they ge you is patient by the they respond to your questions, and you will be able to get good feel for how they were care off.  If they aren’t ready to you referrals, and some and after pictures, then don’t go there. 

The nt stage is to plan your trip. 

  1. Time frame: The Mexican dental clinic will have helped you set date and calculate nd time to do the work.  Most wk will te from 2 days, to 8 days to complete, depending to what all you nd to have done.  It is good to plan extra day, just in of any complications. Think of your dental trip as “dental vacation”.  In the USA they drag the dental for weeks and months, but in Mexico, they are ud to people dedicating the time to getting the quickly, but it will te the at of time the dentists estimates to do good job.
  2. Travel.  The main is getting to San Diego.  Flights to San Diego are inexpensive.   For example, round trip ticket from Orlando, Florida to San Diego will run about $240.  Most dental clinics in Tijuana can help you to get to the border, and will en send to pick you for sl fee. However, it is easy to get to the border from the Airport public transportation.  Ask at the airport information desk, and they will tell you where to catch the city shuttle bus, MTS 992, that will you from the airport to downtown.  Ge the driver of the bus $5 and buy day pass.  Tell him you to get off at the San Diego Trolley light rail station, (American Plaza).  He’ll drop you off in of the train station, and you will get on the Blue Line to San Ysidro/Tijuana.  The train will you cr to the border at the US Customs.  There you will walk into Mexico, and taxi for $5, or your clinic, and they will pick you up.  in Tijuana, the clinic can help you get around, or you can te taxi ae for just bucks.
  3. Lodging.  Your clinic can tell you where to go and help you make reservations.  There are lot of nice in Tijuana that are secure, clean, and have reasonable rates. Costs run from $40 to $60, and there are no additional taxes added on.  During your time off, when the lab is done, the placing of your crowns or bridges, you will have days to check the sights.  Tijuana has lot great restaurants and interesting shops for the tourists on Revolution Street. Also, there are nice beaches in Playas, or Rosarita.  There are shuttle buses in downtown that will you there for $7.  You can relax on the beach or go eat sea food. 

The dentist that recommend is Sam Dental in Tijuana, Mexico, located just South of San Diego, CA. For information go to: http://www.GoodSamDental.org They are extremely honest, capable, have low prices, and they guarantee their work. The will also help facilitate your trip by helping with transportation needs, and hotel reservations.

 

Jim was born in the USA, but has lived and traveled extensively th Latin America since 1982. He speaks the language fluently, and is an expert on cross-cultural communication. Currently Jim represents Sam Dental in Tijuana, Mexico as their patient liason.

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