Los Algodones, Mexico…. a tiny town with 600 dentists known as “Molar City,” has become the poster child for what some believe “ails” our “dental care system.” Molar City is the Mecca of “cheap dentistry.” Pardon all the quotation marks. 😉 Americans are reportedly flocking to Molar City because dentistry in the U.S. is just “too expensive.” By golly, something should be done about that!
NBC Nightly News ran a segment about it last night. It’s not the first time I’ve seen a story about Molar City. But, being on the Nightly News certainly gives it more prominence in the minds of Americans. Video below:
First, I’d like to point out that I believe any grown adult should be able to go anywhere he or she wants to obtain whichever services he or she desires. It’s a free country.
A crown is a crown, right?
I know that many of us (dentists) have seen some rather alarming “work” come from across the border. In many cases, the patients are worse off than if they had never been treated in the first place. Many of us have had to “clean up” these dental disasters from Mexico. And, it ends up costing patients way more than it would have if they had first sought treatment in the U.S. But, hey… a dentist is a dentist is a dentist, right? And, some of the dentists in Molar City were trained in the U.S. So, that’s good, right? Read on.
Don’t drink the water!
Now, before any of you virtue-signalling social justice warriors reflexively blurt out, “there are good and bad dentists everywhere,” consider indulging in scratching more than the surface. Let’s THINK a little about this. Yes… good and bad dentists are everywhere. Thank you, Captain Obvious. But, there is a CRITICAL difference. Continue reading
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Last Thursday, I got a text from my office manager while I was at the airport going on vacation with my family. She got a call at the office from a power company representative saying our power bill was 2 months overdue, and I needed to make a payment by 5 pm today, or they’ll shut off the power. I was boarding my flight in just a few minutes. “Ain’t nobody got time for dat!” I told her I’d have to get back to her. We were literally running to our next flight, as the connection was very tight.
My office manager took the guy’s name and number. But, then she smartly called the power company via their official number. Turns out, I’m current on my bill! Well, YEAH! Duh!
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With the advent of the internet and social media, we ALL have a pedestal and a bullhorn. Any of us can put our thoughts and opinions out the the entire world. Any of us can gain Significance with a few taps of the keyboard and a click. In a flash, we can become “activists.” The aphorism about a butterfly beating its wings in Brazil having an effect around the world is all the more true with web-based social media.
My doctor urged me to get a colonoscopy back when I was 48 years old. The recommendation was a bit early (normally at age 50), since there is a family history of cancer. For a lot of reasons (none of them good), I procrastinated…. and procrastinated. And, I believe this is fairly typical. It just doesn’t sound like fun, right? I’m now 53 years old. So, I’m about 5 years past due!
Going further back… Last October, my GI distress reached a point that put me in the doctor’s office on an urgent basis, in this case, the day before an out-of-state hockey tournament. I was in a LOT of pain. I was bloated and VERY tender in the lower abdomen. He suspected 
I had a bit of a scare yesterday. The first thing in the morning, my office manager told me she couldn’t get the computer at the front desk working. There was a pop-up window saying my hard drive was full. Whaaaaaaa?? Sure enough, there it was. Whisky. Tango. Foxtrot! The computer had pretty much frozen up. I could barely get it to do anything.
