Guides

The checks a clinic page points you to, written out, with the sources.

• How to check a Mexican dentist's license

  What a cédula profesional is, why a specialist should have a second one, how the SEP registry search works, and what to do when it will not load from the United States.

• How to check a Costa Rican dentist's registration

  Every dentist practising in Costa Rica must be on the Colegio de Cirujanos Dentistas' roll. How to search it by name or code, what its status and specialty columns mean, and where physicians are listed.

• What to ask a clinic before you book

  The questions whose answers belong in writing before you travel: who treats you, what the quote covers, what the implant is, where the crown is made, and what happens if it fails after you are home.

• Crossing the border for treatment: documents, hours, medicine and taxes

  What US citizens need to walk back across, when each crossing is open, what happens to medicine you bring home, and what the IRS says about dental care and travel abroad.