Shrugging off concerns about hygiene and Mexico's brutal drug war, thousands of Americans are heading to Ciudad Juarez and other Mexican border cities for cheap dental treatment....

A dental crown in the United States costs upward of $600 per tooth, compared to $190 or less in Mexico.

This excerpt from a Reuters article discusses the trend of Americans seeking offshore medical procedures that we first noted in 2006.

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