Dana1,Originally Posted by Dana1
Your insults aside, I have worked for and with insurance companies, and no, your provider will not cover you in a foreign country. But I am talking about the Dentist's insurance company - not the patient's. They most certainly will cover the additional costs of the dentist's patients. And some of the people who seek this less expensive alternative are not insured for dental in the first place. So the only coverage they would have would be the Dentist's insurance coverage should something go awry.
Medical Tourism is one of the fastest growing markets and Dental Tourism is part of it. There are even websites devoted to that new form of tourism:
http://www.dentaldepartures.com/arti...-destinations/
As for only your own regular dentist knowing the history of your mouth, what happens if they retire? Should you stop going to any dentist? What if you move out of town and need a new dentist? Should you not seek one since they are not your own regular dentist? You argument doesnt hold water.
Complications can occur from any medical procedure. That poor girl in the US who had the tonsillectomy is one of the most recent examples. Such a sad case, and this was performed by her own doctors. Complications can occur anywhere. But they are fortunately rare and not the norm. It is a risk that everyone takes when going through any medical procedure.
But since you have never visited a dentist in Jamaica, let alone the one's we have recommended, to insinuate that the care you would receive in Jamaica would be sub-par to the care you would receive in Canada is amazingly unfair. Medical tourism is here whether you like it or not - and that fact will not change any time soon.
