I am looking into Dr. Pleatman as well. He now has a package price on banding including 2 years followup for $12,500. I was going to go to Mexico because Dr. Rambaut has a lot more experience (Pleatman 300+, Rumbaut 1500+) and some people had some negative things to say about Dr. Pleatman on the internet. He does not use fluoro in his fillls, I don't think, which is a negative. Just not that many to choose from in SE Michigan, unfortunately. But being able to recover in Michigan is tempting...Anyone else had a band inserted by Dr. Pleatman?