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Plastic Surgery Travel

Hungary For Some New Teeth?

April 5, 2006 at 5:18 PM | 1 Comment

One story could be considered an anomaly, but two stories, now that makes plastic surgery travel an official trend.

Ok, maybe counting dental work under plastic surgery travel is a bit of a stretch, but the point is once again these cheap bastards frugal tourists are willing to travel half way around the world to significantly trim their medical bills.

The 56-year-old Benicia man went more than 6,000 miles to Hungary in March to get his teeth fixed for less than a third of the $50,000 or more it would have cost in this country.

An opportunistic outfit in the UK (insert British teeth joke here) called Hungarian Dental Travel will take care of all the travel and medical details for you.

Hungary is considered to be the dental capital of the world. They've got the biggest dental universities.

So says a director at the HDT.  However, the Hungarians better watch their back.  India, Thailand, and Singapore are all beginning to market medical and dental services a rock bottom prices.

Something tells us we haven't heard the last of this trend.

[Image via Google Images]

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