Those prices are in dollars $. Romania has a very depressed economy, the
worst in Europe and I doubt if a dentist can earn $50 a day(even that may be
a lot there) So the price is mostly materials which are also cheaper to make
there. The rest of Europe has prices similiar to the US. Prices in Moscow
are the same as NYC (possibly higher) for crowns, implants etc and when you
take into account the lower salaries it's very high indeed. The dentists
have about the same level of skill as US even in Romania, but there is a
paucity of patients with only the wealthy getting good dental care. BTW, the
national health systems in all European countries have always been crap and
only the very low income people will even use them.

But if you don't mind spending a few thousand to get to and lodge in
Bucharest for a few weeks and you have about 20 crowns to do it might be
worth your while. Personally, I wouldn't do it.

What is the exchange rate for the Euro vs USD right now?

prices in our practice - comparative

250$/ceramic/gold alloy
150$ceramic/nonprecious alloy

we have a tech lab that makes titanium in out=r town but it only uses
titanium for skeletons of partials - prostheses. it can also be for
teeth but it is not that practical as gold and other alloy  and people
do not give so much of an importance - if the result is the same.
Different is ceramic - full ceramic crown that is havin the best
natural resemblence due to the missing of the metal infrastructure,
that will not appear as something opaque from inside the tooth, but
instead will have a natural trnslucent resemblence 250$ in our office..
we also have 100$ ceramic on nonprecious alloy - and this is what we do
very often because of the small price. (vita omega - 3d -
http://www.vita-zahnfabrik.com/eBRAIN/WebObjects/Vita.woa/6//wa/callPage?wosid=4
griY2d5C5ePeMDqoTnKh0&companyId=VIT&locale=de_DE&classBId=B18&page=pagCategoryBr
owser
)

nice writing 2 u robert
dr. marius
www.dline.ro if it makes any diff. :)

I asked my dentist about porcelain crowns for front teeth and he said he
uses porcelain on titanium. Is this a good method and does it look as
natural as plain porcelain, he said it does.

Also, I have to have crown recemented and he's going to put a titanium post
and built up core. Is price of $450 right? Probably need a new crown if
original doesn't fit right as well.