Dental tourism was quite common in Taiwan when I was there in 2005. Evidently, dental work is expensive in Japan -- a two hour flight from Taiwan -- and quite inexpensive in Taiwan. Moreover Taiwan is a former Japanese colony, so Japanese is still widely spoken. Most Taiwan dentists, if not trained in the USA, are trained to our standards.

This fellow does work of true and deep genius---I should know. My only complaint is the photos on his web site are so small and there is really very little information about him or his work.

It's a great van and I am glad to hear it is still running and working. I saw it ten years ago (or was it 11?) at Duke University when Harrod was in the area. He's a nice guy and the project of taking photos of people reacting to the van is actually a work of inspired genius. His was the first really good art car I ever saw. Delighted to hear he's still "driving the dream."