"Harry Krause" wrote in message
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John H wrote:

On Thu, 04 Mar 2004 19:52:06 -0500, Harry Krause
wrote:

NOYB wrote:

"basskisser" wrote in message
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"Calif Bill" wrote in message
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I very much doubt the fee's are 10%. Looked at the prices in Costa
Rica?

Again, I know fact doesn't mean anything to you but:

http://www.cocori.com/library/life/med1.htm

According to your link, implants in Costa Rica cost $750-800. In the
states, they cost $1200-1800. (We're talking about the implant...not
the
abutment, and not the crown). That means they're about 50-65%...not
10% as
you claimed.



My dentist and friend showed me a catalog of implant posts from some
company with the word "Gold" in its name...or something like that. The
posts were something like $125 each...titanium. This was six or seven
years ago. I wasn't shopping, but I was curious about the procedure.

The procedure is no fun, especially if they have to do a "sinus lift."

John H

On the 'Poco Loco' out of Deale, MD
on the beautiful Chesapeake Bay!


I have no idea what a sinus lift is...care to elucidate?

When there's not enough bone left in the maxilla (upper arch) to place an
implant of sufficient length, the surgeon lifts the membrane at the floor of
the sinus, and places bone grafting material (cadaver, autogenous, bovine,
synthetic, etc) iunderneath the membrane in the space he/she created. This
gives the surgeon enough bone thickness to place a sufficiently long implant
in the area...so that it doesn't protrude into the sinus space.