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Location: Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico

An American in CJ for a few years, just across the border from El Paso, Texas

Tuesday, January 16, 2007

U.S. dental tourism is "booming" in Juarez, according to the Houston Chronicle:

'Jan. 14, 2007, 6:23PM

Dental tourism is booming in Juárez

Defying the advice of most homegrown dentists, Americans without dental insurance are flocking to border towns of Mexico for crowns, bridges, implants and other work on their teeth. An associate of mine recently paid $560 for such treatments in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico (right across the Rio Grande from El Paso), that would have cost five times as much at home.

To reach El Paso, from which a short walk over the Santa Fe Bridge brings you to Juárez.... From your hotel in El Paso (and it's more comfortable and safe to stay in El Paso while receiving treatment), it's only minutes to Juárez; a U.S. citizen can quickly move back and forth over the bridge, and some dental clinics will even pick you up from your El Paso hotel and deliver you directly to the dentist.

It's significant that the Web site of the U.S. consulate in Juárez lists three prominent dentists in Juárez for which it either vouches or about whom it has received favorable recommendations.'

We haven't been to to dentist yet here, but people do say they're good in Juarez.

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