I wrote a couple of years ago about my positive experiences with my Brazilian dentist. A root canal on a problem tooth that involved I don't know how many visits cost me about the equivalent of US$300-400.
Well, that problem tooth finally broke and had to be extracted a couple of days ago. Total cost for the extraction and sutures was about US$54.00.
I'm not sure why dentistry is so inexpensive here, although to be fair, I've only had experiences with this one dentist (why would I change?), and it is possible he just likes Heitor and me. His sister used to be Heitor's boss, which is how I found him in the first place when a toothache demanded it not be ignored.
He has an office, with a receptionist and what would appear to be the normal dental office accoutrements, although he doesn't have the overhead of a dental assistant. The only significant difference that I can imagine between the US and here is the cost of malpractice insurance. Brazil is not a very litigious country; next time I see him, I will ask if he has insurance. Probably, coming from an American, that question will scare the bejesus out of him.
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