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Joan Montenegro / clinic express, Panama.
Real
Patient, Real story.
A
trip to the dentist takes on new meaning these days.
Last year over a quarter of a million Americans packed
their suitcases and their toothbrushes and traveled to
foreign countries for dental work.
Your average tourist
might not equate a vacation with serious dental work,
but my friend
Joan
managed to reconcile the oxymoronic
concept AND save a few bucks.
Joan’s
dental adventure began when a hearty sneeze
dislodged a bridge out of her mouth—never to be seen
again.
After consulting with her dentist, she decided
she didn’t want to have another bridge put
in, opting for implants instead. She also needed a crown
replacement on a molar tooth.
She
was stunned to learn that her estimated total cost would
be between $7,500
and $9,000.
Joan’s
dental policy didn’t cover the work she wanted,
so she began investigating alternatives.
By contacting
www.Panamaclinicexpress.com
the cost savings were amazing. Estimates for the work
needed ranged from between
$2,700
to $2,900.
She used frequent flyer miles for the flight, and the
clinic recommended a lovely hotel ONLY 15 MINUTES
away in the heart of Panama City, for only
$45.00 / night.
Joan
spent
a week in Panama City, and managed to squeeze in a trip
to the rain forest, a coffee plantation tour, a little
shopping,
some pool lounging, checking colon city area,
seeing the Indians reservations, visiting Panama canal
museums, and some great,
inexpensive dinners, in between her trips back and forth
to the clinic for her dental work.
 Dental Tourism is a growing travel trend that promises
low cost, high quality dental work to cost-conscious
and / or uninsured consumers.
It’s part of a larger trend
called Medical Tourism. 800,000 Americans traveled
overseas for health care in 2008.
Interestingly, dental bridges and bonding ranked #1 and
#2 on a list of most sought-after procedures for
Americans traveling abroad for medical care.
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