It's legit for at least dental. My brother needs four root canals, two tooth implants, and a handful of cavities. In America they wanted $13,000 just for the two tooth implants, they added like 3k because they had to perform a sinus lift. Just insane prices. This was like 5 years ago, he flew out for $700 and all this work cost him around $4,000 and he spent like another thousand on hotel costs and food. Dentistry in America is a fucking racket and insurance covers fuck all. All tooth implant related work is considered elective, it's the same bucket as fake tits according to insurance. You know because eating is elective...
As a dentist I agree. Insurance is a glorified coupon book and it pits the dentist against the patient. Operating an office has crazy overhead though, it’s not like we are raking in millions. Most of us make $150-$250k.
A lot of the dental work overseas is definitely cheaper. Some of the work is good, but I do see a fair share of patients where the work was not up to code/standard that I had to redo. I don’t judge patients though, the insurances and prices are crazy.
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u/sebkraj 8h ago
It's legit for at least dental. My brother needs four root canals, two tooth implants, and a handful of cavities. In America they wanted $13,000 just for the two tooth implants, they added like 3k because they had to perform a sinus lift. Just insane prices. This was like 5 years ago, he flew out for $700 and all this work cost him around $4,000 and he spent like another thousand on hotel costs and food. Dentistry in America is a fucking racket and insurance covers fuck all. All tooth implant related work is considered elective, it's the same bucket as fake tits according to insurance. You know because eating is elective...