From Wooden Choppers To Cosmetic Dental Vacations in Cabo 

Over a hundred years ago, most people lost all their permanent teeth by the time they were forty-five if they weren’t already dead from cholera, typhoid, smallpox, influenza, tuberculosis or other killers. The average life span a hundred years ago was only forty-five years. Advances in health care and medicines have increased the average life span to over seventy-five in most industrialized countries.

In the past, a pair of pliers was as common a tool for dentists as as scissors and razors were for barbers. The red and white striped barber pole symbolized blood and sanitation and barbers also pulled teeth. Over a hundred years ago - If you had a really good dentist, you might get a set of wooden teeth made to replace your rotting ones. Anesthesia – was whiskey in the US, tequila in Mexico.

Even though dentistry as a specialty existed in Egypt as far back as 3000 B.C., there was not much progress in the field until the foundation of the world’s first dental college in Baltimore, Maryland, in 1840. Dentistry as a separate medical field was taught at the National University in Mexico beginning around the same time. Since those times there have been many improvements in treatment and prevention.

A dentist today is just like any other physician in his training. A cardiologist operates on your heart; a surgeon on your bones or organs, a dental medical doctor specializes in your teeth, gums, jawbone and diseases of the mouth and throat. The health of your teeth can affect the health of your entire body. Diseases originating in your mouth are highly contagious, can cause problems in your throat, nervous and blood systems for example. And can shorten your life or kill you.

Many people visit Cabo, taking dental vacations with their savings on dental work performed in Cabo vs. the high cost of treatments back home. Doctor Jorge Arciga (are-see-ga) of Cabo Cosmetic Dental has been serving the local foreign community and dental tourists for over 30 years. They save on average $2,000 to as much as $25,000 on full-mouth cosmetic restorations.

In his mid-50’s, he still works 6 day weeks (most Mexicans do), and works mostly alone or with another doctor assisting in his small clinic in downtown Cabo near the hillside community of Pedregal.

Like Geppetto’s workshop – his consultoria operatory is a visual overload of dental lab tools, impressions and models of teeth – all within reaching distance of his dental chair. He works efficiently making temporaries right before your eyes, saving precious time that otherwise would be spent sending things out to a lab.

Dr. Arciga’s Cabo Cosmetic Dental is one of the few clinics in Cabo where the dentist speaks excellent English. He was so committed to serving the English speaking community, he obtained a Teaching English degree after dental college.

So between drilling and filling, you can carry on a conversation with the doc about where to find a great Mexican restaurant that serves the best margaritas, and where to go for a good big game fishing charter.

For more information on taking a Dental Vacation, and a Free Online Consultation –

Goto: www.cabocosmeticdental.com