Over many pre-pandemic years several people of limited income I have known who reside in New Mexico for extensive and expensive dental procedures went to dental clinics in Juarez, Mexico, across the border from El Paso, Texas. The way it works is they stay in hotels in El Paso and vans from the clinics pick them up and drive them to and from the clinics. The dentists and oral surgeons speak English, are well trained, many in the US, and the clinics are clean and up to date. Extensive procedures are done cheaply and quickly, much more so than in the US, and the patients are sent on their way. Of course patients can return if problems develop as they only live 100 - 200 miles away at most.
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Note how the article repeatedly stresses Juarez is now safe. lol
A couple weeks ago I was chatting with a long time Albuquerque friend who has a housekeeper who although born in the US was raised in Mexico as her parents are Mexicans. This lady grew up in Juarez so she knows it well and gets her dental care there. Her dentist along with other dentists have been forced to close their clinics due to cartel violence. They discreetly rent houses in which to practice in residential neighborhoods to avoid becoming cartel targets.