I suppose you might say I was a " Accidental Medical Tourist ".The word "Medical Tourism" didn't exist in people lexicon eight years back because it does now Dental Implants Beverly Hills. I was a business traveler who found himself with three open days on his calendar in Panama! The notion of three unproductive days in a foreign country gnawed at my work ethic like little else could. Being your small business owner, the expense associated with three days of downtime when you include hotel, meals, taxi's etc. were sobering! How could I use the time productively... I am aware I'll go to the dentist and get that complete dental makeover I have been postponing! Seems like a laugh I am aware but basically that's what happened.
I'd visited quite a few dentists in the us through the years to obtain treatment plans and cost estimates for the extensive work I needed. Naturally I was horrified, estimates ran from ,000.00 in Beverly Hills, on the top quality to ,000.00 on the low. I met with dentists in New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania and Florida within my trips there on other business, so the very thought of ending up in another dental practitioner while out from the country was only a small reach.I also must say that I had been involved with health care, on the pharmaceutical side for decades, knew top physicians around the world and had hired them as consultants for my business...so I knew the lingo and lay of the land.
I had done my homework regarding the planet of dental implants, I found that the whole field was discovered quite unintentionally, as numerous blockbuster pharmaceuticals had...can you say Viagra! It seemed that titanium fuses to bone and was a accidental discovery and the birth of the modern day dental implant. When I walked into my soon to be dentist's office in Panama, and had a workup and discussion of my options, he only half joked that "would I be interested in helping out in a presentation he was giving to his colleagues later that week ".
His practice was impressive, as nice as any on Park Ave. in Manhattan, his equipment was initially rate, as were his associates. I also appreciated that he gave me three treatment plans ,000.00 on the reduced side to ,000.00 with all the current bells and whistles. When I gave him my immediate answer to maneuver forward with the only real caveat being that I'd an airplane to catch in three days, he paused for an instant and said O.K.!
I'm sure that the truth that he had their own lab on the premises had a great deal to do together with his decision considering the time frame. I must say that most went much better than my most optimistic expectations, didn't even need to get my prescription filled for the pain meds.That was many years ago and I am still smiling! Incidentally I made my flight home and the pictures of me at my daughters graduation are the only ones of me smiling in quite some time.
I'd visited quite a few dentists in the us through the years to obtain treatment plans and cost estimates for the extensive work I needed. Naturally I was horrified, estimates ran from ,000.00 in Beverly Hills, on the top quality to ,000.00 on the low. I met with dentists in New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania and Florida within my trips there on other business, so the very thought of ending up in another dental practitioner while out from the country was only a small reach.I also must say that I had been involved with health care, on the pharmaceutical side for decades, knew top physicians around the world and had hired them as consultants for my business...so I knew the lingo and lay of the land.
I had done my homework regarding the planet of dental implants, I found that the whole field was discovered quite unintentionally, as numerous blockbuster pharmaceuticals had...can you say Viagra! It seemed that titanium fuses to bone and was a accidental discovery and the birth of the modern day dental implant. When I walked into my soon to be dentist's office in Panama, and had a workup and discussion of my options, he only half joked that "would I be interested in helping out in a presentation he was giving to his colleagues later that week ".
His practice was impressive, as nice as any on Park Ave. in Manhattan, his equipment was initially rate, as were his associates. I also appreciated that he gave me three treatment plans ,000.00 on the reduced side to ,000.00 with all the current bells and whistles. When I gave him my immediate answer to maneuver forward with the only real caveat being that I'd an airplane to catch in three days, he paused for an instant and said O.K.!
I'm sure that the truth that he had their own lab on the premises had a great deal to do together with his decision considering the time frame. I must say that most went much better than my most optimistic expectations, didn't even need to get my prescription filled for the pain meds.That was many years ago and I am still smiling! Incidentally I made my flight home and the pictures of me at my daughters graduation are the only ones of me smiling in quite some time.
