Dentists in Nogales, Mexico

[Ed-Sommers]

I use the Alamo Clinic, they have a web site! Ed

[lowpasslew]

Life deals people different hands to play. Well, life is not a game of chance. People make decisions that affect the rest of their life. To study in school and make the best grades possible. To have sex and have children you cannot support. To watch TV instead of studying for tests. to enjoy live at the pool or beach instead of trying to get ahead in life. To serve in the military to get education benefits that the government now takes away. Some people are born with mental and physical disabilities that are caused by their parents drinking and smoking. They can't help it. I Know, I adopted three of these people, and then raised three of their children who had the same problems. Life isn't fair, but it helps to make good decisions early in life, guided by religious principles. God gives us guidelines to follow, and if we don't listen, we suffer.

Originally Posted by Sycamore

drfife - This post started out as simply a request for information concerning dentists in Nogales, Mexico. Geez, my motives are my own and I don't have to defend them. If you don't have constructive information that's fine with me. I didn't ask for advice as to whether or not going to a dentist in Mexico was a good idea. When you start paying my bills, then you can start making my decisions for me.

As for your other comments about expensive rigs and extravagant lifestyles, they were not appropriate. Yes, some people do have the means by which to live in that fashion. Some of us live in very basic rigs because we can't afford the expensive motorhome, toad, and the house on the lake. The RV lifestyle can be very inexpensive at the basic level.

Life deals people different hands to play. Some have better hands than others. It doesn't mean that one group is better that the other. At our final destination, we will all be the same.

[Wayne MD]

Where is Alamo Clinic?

[SarahW]

Originally Posted by lowpasslew

Life deals people different hands to play. Well, life is not a game of chance. People make decisions that affect the rest of their life. To study in school and make the best grades possible. To have sex and have children you cannot support. To watch TV instead of studying for tests. to enjoy live at the pool or beach instead of trying to get ahead in life. To serve in the military to get education benefits that the government now takes away. Some people are born with mental and physical disabilities that are caused by their parents drinking and smoking. They can't help it. I Know, I adopted three of these people, and then raised three of their children who had the same problems. Life isn't fair, but it helps to make good decisions early in life, guided by religious principles. God gives us guidelines to follow, and if we don't listen, we suffer.

Lew--you are responding to a post made in 2004. I hope the OP has had his dental work done by now.

[Doggy Daddy]

Originally Posted by tncruiser

this is a very slow thread over 10 years and i am #28 with nothig to add
brianj

It will get busier when Barry Care kicks in.

[Bubwheat]

In Feb, I went to Dental Arts in Nogales. Had a bad bridge, and requested that it be replaced by 2 crowns. I was quoted $1900 for a replacement bridge, but decided to go with the 2 crowns at $600 total.

The dentist, Dr. Cosme Cantu Davis, was as good a dentist as I have ever had. Before he started the repair of the "post tooth" screwed up by the US dentist, I told him that because I've had both knees replaced, that I would need to take antibiotics before he began. He stood up, said follow me, and he took me to the pharmacy next door and told them to give me antibiotics (which cost $7), and then we went back and he started the work.

He took a personal check for payment, half of the cost when he did the prep, and the other half when I returned for the crowns.

His office is brand new, with the best equipment and the sanitary precautions were as good as I have seen.

The office is less that a 10 min walk from the border, and if you want safe parking on the US side, the McDonalds parking is only $4/day.

Highly recommended. His office US phone number is 520-303-1715.

[Nitrohorse]

Originally Posted by Bubwheat

In Feb, I went to Dental Arts in Nogales. Had a bad bridge, and requested that it be replaced by 2 crowns. I was quoted $1900 for a replacement bridge, but decided to go with the 2 crowns at $600 total.

The dentist, Dr. Cosme Cantu Davis, was as good a dentist as I have ever had. Before he started the repair of the "post tooth" screwed up by the US dentist, I told him that because I've had both knees replaced, that I would need to take antibiotics before he began. He stood up, said follow me, and he took me to the pharmacy next door and told them to give me antibiotics (which cost $7), and then we went back and he started the work.

He took a personal check for payment, half of the cost when he did the prep, and the other half when I returned for the crowns.

His office is brand new, with the best equipment and the sanitary precautions were as good as I have seen.

The office is less that a 10 min walk from the border, and if you want safe parking on the US side, the McDonalds parking is only $4/day.

Highly recommended. His office US phone number is 520-303-1715.

I guess the money he saves by not having any malpractice insurance allows him to charge less for his service. Good luck if anything goes wrong during his treatments....you're what we call SOL in the USA.

[Bubwheat]

Originally Posted by Nitrohorse

I guess the money he saves by not having any malpractice insurance allows him to charge less for his service. Good luck if anything goes wrong during his treatments....you're what we call SOL in the USA.

Well, being an American, I've heard of SOL. Let me recap a little: I was in Mexico replacing a $4000 bridge that an American dentist screwed up. The Mexican dentist fixed what the American dentist screwed up.

What I'm SOL about is the $4000 I spent extra by not going to Mexican Dentist in the first place.

[firedoc]

The dentist, Dr. Cosme Cantu Davis, was as good a dentist as I have ever had. Before he started the repair of the "post tooth" screwed up by the US dentist, I told him that because I've had both knees replaced, that I would need to take antibiotics before he began. He stood up, said follow me, and he took me to the pharmacy next door and told them to give me antibiotics (which cost $7), and then we went back and he started the work.
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He should have done that without you telling him. Did you not have to fill out a health history. Did he not look at it. He could have killed you.

[firedoc]

Originally Posted by Bubwheat

In Feb, I went to Dental Arts in Nogales. Had a bad bridge, and requested that it be replaced by 2 crowns. I was quoted $1900 for a replacement bridge, but decided to go with the 2 crowns at $600 total.

The dentist, Dr. Cosme Cantu Davis, was as good a dentist as I have ever had. Before he started the repair of the "post tooth" screwed up by the US dentist, I told him that because I've had both knees replaced, that I would need to take antibiotics before he began. He stood up, said follow me, and he took me to the pharmacy next door and told them to give me antibiotics (which cost $7), and then we went back and he started the work.

He took a personal check for payment, half of the cost when he did the prep, and the other half when I returned for the crowns.

His office is brand new, with the best equipment and the sanitary precautions were as good as I have seen.

The office is less that a 10 min walk from the border, and if you want safe parking on the US side, the McDonalds parking is only $4/day.

Highly recommended. His office US phone number is 520-303-1715.

Why do you say the American dentist screwed it up? What did your new dentist do to correct it? Just askin....

[Bubwheat]

Originally Posted by firedoc

Why do you say the American dentist screwed it up? What did your new dentist do to correct it? Just askin....

The front post was not big enough to hold the bridge in place. He totally rebuilt the post before he placed the crown.

And, no he couldn't have killed me, I just gave him a gentle reminder about the antibiotics, and then he escorted me to the pharmacia and I procured what he ordered. It was all good.

Now, spending $4000 on a bridge to nowhere, that about killed me.

[firedoc]

Originally Posted by Bubwheat

The front post was not big enough to hold the bridge in place. He totally rebuilt the post before he placed the crown.

And, no he couldn't have killed me, I just gave him a gentle reminder about the antibiotics, and then he escorted me to the pharmacia and I procured what he ordered. It was all good.

Now, spending $4000 on a bridge to nowhere, that about killed me.

Good, now as long as he didn't perforate or strip when he enlarged the post or weaken the root so that it will split when the post acts like a wedge in the tooth you should be good to go. Glad you are happy. Not all stateside dentists are good.

[azpete]

ive talked to lots of people who use dentists in algadones mexico. i didnt meet one who was dissatisfied. most tell me that the cost is about 30 percent of what u.s. dentist charge. i believe most of the difference is liability insurance. i understand the opposition of the posting dentist. but his remarks about rv'ers wasnt appropriate. sounded a lot like sour grapes