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Originally Posted by Amputate Your Head
I would imagine I'd have roughly the same recourse I do here, which isn't much. Just because a dentist here is required to carry malpractice insurance by law, doesn't mean he's going to willingly hand over a big fist full of cash to you when you cry because your tooth still hurts. You still have to go through the lawsuit procedure, which doesn't help you when you're in pain. What you need is someone to fix your busted tooth, immediately, and so it is usually the same dentist that screwed it up. Besides, how many dentists are going to allow you to leave their offices in an unsatisfactory condition? Who leaves halfway through a dental procedure?
But alas, I am not familiar with the procedure for filing a lawsuit against someone in another country. I know that here in the US, you need either a lot of cash or a 100% slam dunk case before anyone will listen to you.
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you talking silly man. I am not talking about a tooth ache, but if a dentist messes up and clips a nerve or causes permanent damage to your mouth, etc. (I am sure there are several ways this could happen) and you are in mexico what happens then?
If a dentist messes up he isn't going to be the one to hand over a fist full of money to you, it will go to his insurance company where you would make a claim/sue both of them. The insurance company may settle, or you may have to go to court to collect. In the US if a mistake is made, you have recourse. Do you have recourse in Mexico, if they have malpractice insurance then you have someone you can make a claim with. If they fuck up your mouth, you have a case and in many cases in the US the insurance company will settle to save the money from going to court for a case they know they going to lose.
I know this wrinkle doesn't fit with your, go to mexico for cheap dental strategy, but don't try to go out of your way to make it sound like having recourse if someone makes a mistake isn't important.