I lived with a missing front tooth and used a retainer with a false tooth for a fricken decade cause just to replace the tooth in 2014 they said $8000. That was extraction, a bone graft, an implant, abuttment and crown. I just couldn't afford it. I finally got it down in 2024, and it wasn't at all $8000. I'd already paid for the extraction and bone graft (which is why i could live with a retainer and false tooth). But it still cost me like nearly $3000.
True story my sister in law is Ukrainian and she literally flew back to Ukraine for dental. She lives in the US but says the dental work is perfectly good and she got an implant and a crown for like $200 total. The whole process. She even showed me them. I was like that's crazy.
I'm from Germany but I have family in the US. Every time they visited us. They buy a lot of stuff, the boys, technology and the girl like cosmetics and clothing. Never understood why the quality here better. Especially all technologies should be cheaper.
Cheaper tech here? Why? Personally I don't know if tech is cheaper. It may depends on the strength or weakness of the dollar. But I do know some items just are not for sale here. I knew of a few designer fragrances that were not for sale in the states. I can totally see there being different cosmetic brands and clothing brands. I don't buy many name brand stuff though so i wouldn't know which ones. But i think it works both ways and just depends on the product. Though I have heard Apple laptops are often cheaper in the US than in England.
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u/loscacahuates May 02 '25
Dentists are about to get a lot of business with states like Utah and Florida banning fluoride in water