I was initially very anxious about going to Mexico for dental treatment. I read every website and watched every YouTube video I could find. A neighbor recommended LOVAL clinic so I decided to go for it, we live on the Phoenix area so it was not that far of a drive. My wife and I woke up at 5 am and headed to the border, we were instructed to call the office before we crossed and they would have a car waiting for us. I was so nervous that I forgot to call- when we crossed the border my phone didn't work! We all have read the stories of the guys trying to get you to go to a dentist office and how they pressure you, etc. One of these runners comes up to me and he said you look really nervous how can I help you? I explained my phone didn't work and we needed to call the office. He pulled out his phone and dialed LOVAL and spoke to the receptionist and had the car come get us, never asked for a penny in helping us. Once we arrived to the office everyone was so pleasant. First I went to a consultation with Dr. Vanessa, I was ready to say that I do not want a deep cleaning and I do not need any unnecessary services, but her first question was what do you want done today, I had recently been to the US dentist and knew exactly what I wanted- an extraction and two implants. They had to do a CT scan and I knew this ahead of time, because that is how they see how much bone you have for the implant. All of this took 10-15 min tops. Then Dr. Lopez called me back to the back office where he placed two implants and performed an extraction. Honestly, I didn't feel much they deadened the area very well. I Hate going to the dentist and getting implants is not fun. This was not pleasant nor a walk in the park by any means, but it was exactly the same as in the US. To be honest, I would have opted for nitrous in the US. Next, I went for a follow up CT scan (no charge for the second one), placement looked good and I was sent to the waiting area with an ice pack. Ice had never felt so good, the receptionist asked if we wanted the pharmacy to deliver the medicine to us in the waiting area, we said yes and the meds were in our hands within 10 minutes. The cost was about $60 and it probably would have been cheaper to visit the purple Pharma at the border but it was fine and super convenient. Lastly, the car took us to the border. We asked to be dropped off short of the border so we could visit some of the merchants and explore briefly before we crossed over. We were home by 4 pm.
This experience was really eye-opening for me because it was the same as going to the dentist in the US- no difference! My anxiety and worry we're all for naught. The Mexican people were so friendly and nice, no one is there to make you uncomfortable, they want you to come back. Honestly, with the pickup and drop-off service plus the Pharma delivery, you could take probably 25 steps in Mexico to walk across the border and then immediately back across. I thought that was really cool and something that I had not read anywhere. If you do this you will be cheating yourself of talking to the locals and seeing how friendly everyone is and miss out on cheap souvenirs! I highly recommend LOVAL! read more