Posted by ewing2surf on 3/24/07 6:43pm
Msg #181769

(OT) Dental Rates in Tijuana, Mexico

I took the TiJuana taxi to downtown TJ this morning to take pictures.

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Reply by Dennis D Broadbooks on 3/24/07 7:19pm
Msg #181772

I Notice the Rates...

...aren't exactly "cast in stone". Are those US dollars, Joe?

Reply by ewing2surf on 3/24/07 7:26pm
Msg #181775

Re: I Notice the Rates...

Yes those are in dollars Dennis. Their all (and there's quite a few) about the same price.

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Reply by MistarellaFL on 3/24/07 7:36pm
Msg #181779

Do the generic Viagra work as well as the brand name? n/m

Reply by ewing2surf on 3/24/07 7:42pm
Msg #181781

Re: Do the generic Viagra work as well as the brand name?

Pfizzzer Corp. announced today that VIAGRA will soon be available in liquid form, and will be marketed by Pepsi Kola as a power beverage suitable for use as a mixer.

It will now be possible for a man to literally pour himself a stiff one.
Obviously we can no longer call this a soft drink, and it gives new meaning to the names of "cocktails", "highballs", and just a good old-fashioned "stiff drink"

Pepsi will market the new concoction by the name of "MOUNT & DO"


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Reply by Susan Fischer on 3/24/07 8:59pm
Msg #181792

Good funnies! Definitely headed to the punitentiary... n/m

Reply by dickb/wi on 3/25/07 2:17pm
Msg #181866

you got me rolling on the floor joe lol..... n/m

Reply by Becca_FL on 3/24/07 9:39pm
Msg #181800

There, their or they're? Joe? n/m

Reply by ewing2surf on 3/24/07 11:53pm
Msg #181823

Re: There, their or they're? Joe?

ellos son

Reply by TitleGalCA on 3/24/07 7:46pm
Msg #181782

I'm curious about this as I've been told by someone I respect alot that the dentists in TJ were all educated in the US (many at Loma Linda, the premier dental school) and simply move their practice to TJ. I'm told many Americans go south for these procedures. It makes me really leary to even think of having dental work done there.

There's a real boom in plastic surgery there also. Supposedly, the doctors there are also educated in the US and you get the same results.

I dunno....I'd rather pay inflated prices here than to take my chances there. The old saying..."you get what you pay for" seems to really fit in this situation.

Reply by Susan Fischer on 3/24/07 8:20pm
Msg #181786

Several friends have had extensive crown and bridgework done in Mexico - probably not at the place in the photo - but at respectable, professional facilities, with very affordable rates. They stayed a few days, in extremely comfortable and accomodating lodgings, and all have gorgeous smiles. And. in most cases, the whole trip cost less than a few procedures would have here. 'Medical Tourism' is a growing global industry; check out Costa Rica, for instance.

It's the same everywhere - there are good doctors/dentists and poor ones, and one must do good homework.

Cheers!
Susie

Reply by Happy_in_Fl on 3/24/07 9:00pm
Msg #181793

Interestingly, the prices seem to have gone up. It was about a fourth of that back then, if memory serves me well.

Me and my wife and two small children were LOCKED in there, the day President Kennedy was assinated. (Dark day in history it was then).

Do they still sell "meat" out of Suitcases on the corners? Could never figure out what kind it was!

You opened a vivid memory here of yester-year!

Reply by Susan Fischer on 3/24/07 9:57pm
Msg #181802

Probably iguana meat. Iguana-bobs we used to call them in Colon, Panama in the late 60s. Sizzling on many street-corner barbys on any sultry evening, their aroma was yet another intoxicating spice for the senses, like the happy music spilling out of the clubs, and the smiles of passers-by. With a cold cervesa, they were tasty snack on our way to the Lido for the floor show once in a while when my husband had a night off.

Cheers!
Susie

Reply by Happy_in_Fl on 3/25/07 3:34pm
Msg #181877

Susan- what you described sounds appetizing- What I saw, was raw meat- no B-B-Q around at all- just meat on an open suitcase, on top of a couple boxes, with a vendor shoeing off the flies.

Of course those were the days of the "cardboard city" also. We haven't returned, but wonder if they even exist anymore.

Reply by Calnotary on 3/25/07 12:30pm
Msg #181853

Those dentists are for some SS owners that are always...

looking for the lowest prices. One time I had some dental work done in MX and later on it had to be done again here in the USA. And Titlegirl, is the otherway aroud, many US medical students are in MX and then they come back to do their practice in USA.