Comments on: Dental Vacations for Nearly 1% of US Population

By: Hershel Moynahan

Hershel Moynahan — Mon, 24 May 2010 19:05:35 +0000

Thankyou, I never knew this, thankyou.

By: Smile Planners

Smile Planners — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 10:28:42 +0000

There are three types of dental tourist, the casual, the accidental, the scheduled. You can walk down the street in Chiang Mai, Phuket and Bangkok and see an ad for teeth whitening or read about it in the local newspaper. A tourist might also seek out a dentist in the event of an accident, lost, chipped tooth etc. The scheduled dental tourist has researched procedures, costs and destinations well in advance and are most likely looking for big ticket items, dental implants, implant supported dentures bridge, or dental makeovers. I would like to know if the casual/accidental dental tourists are in these numbers presented as dental tourists or only those who scheduled the appointment from home.

By: Dental

Dental — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 17:41:09 +0000

Yeah its really true, more and more foreigners visiting our country for their dental treatment.

By: Medical/Dental Vacations in 2009

Medical/Dental Vacations in 2009 — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 06:34:32 +0000

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By: D. Kellus Pruitt DDS

D. Kellus Pruitt DDS — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:07:56 +0000

“Make no mistake about it: Globalization will affect dentistry just as much as every other profession.”

Come again?

Perhaps if one’s dental practice commonly sells treatment plans that cost $10,000 or more, international dentistry might be a threat, and could indeed bring downward pressure in the price of extremely high-cost procedures. But if one’s practice is mostly bread-and-butter dentistry, like virtually all dental practices, you will never feel the competition from Thailand. I promise.

Most of my patients cannot afford dental vacations even if they had dental insurance. Some can’t even afford vacations, yet they still buy their dentistry locally at a fair, free-market price.

D. Kellus Pruitt DDS

By: The Dental Maven

The Dental Maven — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 12:53:07 +0000

Here’s an indepth look at the subject of dental tourism:

http://knowyourteeth.blogspot.com/2008/12/acci-dental-tourist.html

By: Scott Minteer

Scott Minteer — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 04:51:11 +0000

Disclosure: I work for Bumrungrad International hospital, located in Bangkok, Thailand.

Next to plastics, dental is one of the big areas of medical tourism for Thailand.

Undoubtedly, the US has some of the best dental care in the world. At the same time, the dollar would have to fall a lot for the entire trip to be considered cheap – travel, treatment, hotel, food – even tipping: it all adds up.

Quality of care is often more important than the cost, it is true. And with the massive increase in quality of care in other countries – especially in hospitals with JCI accreditation like ours – this single competitive advantage may not be enough to draw massive numbers to the US – IMHO.

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