Tuesday, May 10, 2005

need dental work, will travel

tivo welcomed ann and dabney home from their trip to manila and hong kong with an episode of 60 minutes featuring a story on medical tourism. an increasing number of americans are traveling abroad in search of cheaper medical care.

coincidently, ann & dabney had just spent a portion of their trip as dental tourists. below are the results of dabney's bargain laser teeth whitening.

before

teeth (before)

after
teeth (after)

2 comments:

Rich Pav said...

Where'd you get the whitening down and how much was it? I'm interested.

ann & dabney said...

we got it done in manila at ann's family's dentist, although we're not sure of her name. it was roughly 10,000 pesos, which translates into about $200. dab is totally happy with the result.

if you go, pack some sensodyne in your suitcase. we wound up wandering the streets late at night looking for a 24-hour pharmacy that sold tubes of the toothpaste.

you also won't be able to eat any dark foods (soy sauce, bbq) for a couple of days, so splurge on good filipino food beforehand.