» Posted by Martin Weil on February 06, 2008

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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