We arrived in Spoffard to do a little hunting before the RM Dove hunt. i had shot a dove and walked to collect it; while walking back I was watching the sky and not paying attention to where I was stepping. I stepped off into a pretty big hole, fell and whacked my teeth on the action of my shotgun; I broke the two middle teeth off! So there I was in the middle of South Texas with two broken front teeth and a big hunt to attend, what to do, what to do...I went on the hunt, of course. That was two weeks ago, fast forward to last Thursday and I am getting ready to head to Acuna for some dental work.
For two weeks I have been planning to go to Acuna to get my teeth fixed; when people hear this I get everything from mild amazement to outright disbelief! It makes me sad really that so many of us have lost that sense of adventure, anyway, I digress. First, I don't have insurance, I think it is a big-time rip-off, I have major medical if something big ever happens, but for the day-to-day stuff, like colds, flu and, well, broken teeth I think it is a waste of money. So I plan on going to Acuna to get my teeth fixed; I find a good dentist that is highly recommended, call them to set the date and now, on Thursday I find myself ready to leave...
30 minutes into the trip I have a blow out on my truck, the spare doesn't fit (don't ask!) and eventually Mom ends up bringing me a spare, but the tire is the wrong size. So Roz limps my truck home while I continue on in her Expedition. It is now 9:30 PM, I arrive in Del Rio around 2:00 AM and, after being stopped by a local Deputy Sheriff, found my campsite, slung my hammock and drifted to sleep on the shore of Lake Amistad.
8:30 AM the nest morning finds me in Acuna walking around taking shots of various things and people waiting for the Dentist to open. She arrives at 9:00 and I am in the chair by 9:30. They drilled, hammered, poked and prodded until 3:30 PM. I was ready to leave, I was beat. I had to return on Saturday for the permanent implants, so i cruised over to Campwood and visited my Grandma, pitched my hammock in her front yard and was back in Acuna by 9:30 on Saturday. Saturday was pretty easy, they glued the new teeth in and made some final fitting adjustments and then I was ready to leave. I left Del Rio at 12:00 Noon on the dot.
They had to replace one existing crown that was broken, do a root canal and install a stud on the other tooth and grind the eye tooth down for crown as well. So I had work done to three teeth and three new porcelain crowns made and installed, all for the low price of $885; all in all I spent around $1200 including fuel food and border crossings.
My dentist is Dr. Kerent, she is very good and professional. She works at the Dr. Miguel A. Torres Portales Dental Clinic. You can set an appointment by calling Lety Torres King at 1-830-313-0925 their website is Lety Torres King site prices are on the website. I highly recommend them.
It has been awhile since I've been to Acuna, and it hasn't changed much at all. I wasn't kidnapped, I didn't see any drug cartel people running around with machine guns and there were no terror alerts. Don't be worried, Acuna is still safe, well, as safe as it ever was.
Yea, not my best side...
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