OT: Got cholesterol?

Go to Costa Rica.!! A friend of mine hadn't seen a dentist in almost 10 years. He had 10 cavities, a crown that needed fixing, and a possible root canal (TBD I guess when they re-worked the crown.)

Long story short, he was able to fly to Costa Rica and get all the work done, plus a vacation, for MUCH LESS than the dental alone would have cost him. He actually ended up having 22 cavities filed. The 10 new ones mentioned above, plus he went ahead and re-worked all his old amalgam (sp?) fillings from his youth. Oh, and a teeth whitening too.

I think in total, it ran just under $2,500 - including the airfare & hotel. Try doing that stateside. Not possible.

-mpm I recently went to the dentist, and had x-rays. The dentist studied the x-ray around a crown I have for several minutes, and finally said looks like you have some decay under the crown. He proceeded to cut my $750 cap into enough pieces to get it off. They made some impressions to get a new crown made and put on temporary. He then said the good news is there was no decay and you won't have to pay for it, the bad news is you had to set through all that. The new crown went on with no difficulty and I'm happy. MikeK