Costa Rica Dental Experiences

If you have this in your mind, you are probably looking for implantology and intend to find a good quote for 4-6 implants.  In this article, you will discover all the information you need to understand the costs of implantology and to choose the best proposal. The connection between price and type of installation Dental Implant sets can be compared to common screws; if we decided to buy some in a hardware store, probably at our request of the type: "I would like 6 screws", the shopkeeper would reply: "We have so many, what length, step, thickness, and quality do you need?" This problem is much more complex when it comes to titanium dental implants. In fact, each patient has different bone anatomy that requires the use of different types of implants. Some types are produced exclusively by certain companies and it is common that there are significant price fluctuations between different plants and manufacturing companies. This could be enough to understand t...

Do you get the vomit reflex every time you get the impression? Can't stand that terrible taste of the impression material? Through this article, you will dive into the world of fingerprints, the new frontier of dentistry. The first question that arises is: "why to use something digital?"  The answer is the same one that you would give yourself asking yourself why to use a smartphone, a computer, digital photography, or GPS. All of us, whether we like it or not, we are catapulted into the digital age. Intraoral Fingerprint Scanner Digital technology has changed the dental profession so radically that in the not too distant future, the art of taking conventional impressions will no longer be so necessary. In fact, spoons for fingerprints and related materials are increasingly being replaced, especially in the most advanced dental practices, by the use of the scanner. Conventional Impressions vs. Intraoral Scanner Normally, when a traditional impression ...

That is why today many patients turn to Costa Rica, where dental care is of excellent quality, very fast times, and significantly lower prices; and for those who rely on our organization, airport shuttle and hotel accommodation can be free.  We believe it is important to rely on a real organization like Freer Dental Implant Center , not hidden behind only mobile numbers, with offices and a solid structure made up of people with proven organizational experience. For patients who contact us or visit us at our San José offices, I usually explain in detail all the essential and organizational aspects of care at the  Freer Dental Implant Center. Dentists: their professionalism, the studies and qualifications they've received, their experience, and their specializations. All operate in compliance with the strict hygiene and safety standards imposed by strict country regulations. Cures and treatments: How much they cost? What they involve, how and when they are carried ou...

In a previous article, we saw what can be parameters that you can use to recognize a quality dentist. As I said then, however, these were necessary conditions but not sufficient to determine the high-quality level of a dental practice . How to understand if in addition to a good base there is also a system that generates quality? -- The technical ability of a dentist, which is obviously the most important parameter for a quality study, is perhaps the only parameter that the patient can hardly ever evaluate because it is too technical. Sometimes beautiful facade works hide operational flaws or below the surface. So we try to give a series of additional parameters that are indispensable for me in a modern studio that works with care. This time I have to warn you that I will speak in a subjective way. Many colleagues may not agree with me, maybe just on one or two points, maybe on everyone. I don't want to discredit anyone. In good faith, I want to talk to you about the elemen...

There is something that always surprises the dentists when a patient visits their clinic for the first time. Medical history is compiled before you sit down at the dental chair and the doctor see you for the first time, which is the way to indicate a series of questions about the patient's state of health. One of the questions we ask concerns the reason for the visit, which is often "control and cleaning". As soon as doctors introduced themself and read the medical history, the first thing they say to the patient is: - "Ok, you wrote that you came for a check and a hygiene session. So you have no particular suspicions or pains? Does everything look okay? " And often the answer is: - "Yes, it was a while since I went to the dentist ... I wanted to do some cleaning" Then the doctors ask: - "And in the past have you have had big problems or do you have one of those mouths that just needed little care?" And often as an answer we ge...

Here we are talking about the "rejection" of dental implants. One of the phrases we hear most often is: - "I don't want to put the implants because a lady I know has had a rejection and she told me that is dangerous". In a small town, all people meet outside the church or in the supermarket. They speak out loud their opinions with a seriousness that makes you believe that they really know that is the sacred truth. Or: - "I won't be able to plant them !!! My Dentist told me that I have no bone".  Here I have to admit that I have to breathe deeply, it forces me to smile before the answer. Let's start with a definition of Wikipedia: ¨We talk about transplant rejection when the immune system of a transplanted patient attacks the new organ, recognizing it as non-self like bacteria or viruses.¨ Here we are! "Transplant", not "Implant". Transplantation is the transfer of an Organ or Tissue into the same individ...

In the previous article, we have clarified an important concept: the rejection of implants does not exist and those who speak of rejection are cunning or do not know what they are talking about. At the end of the previous article, I explained to you that the failure of the Implants is caused by a series of factors that act together and most of them are not known yet! But we know well most of them and I want to explain them to you in this article. Here are the 4 causes of dental implant failure -- (surely there are a thousand others but we don't know it yet) First Cause: The experience and knowledge of the Surgeon. Wouldn't you have thought that?  What will it take to make a hole in your bone and place a screw? Well, obviously there is a lot of experience and knowledge. A recent scientific article tells us that implants placed by general dentists fail significantly more than those inserted by implantology specialists.  Just to clarify, the general den...

Here we will see how to plan the patient's post-surgical feeding, so as to allow an optimal post-operative course and at the same time guarantee high nutritional quality. Nutrition in the patient undergoing oral surgery needs special attention, especially in the days immediately following the operation. The traumatic condition of the post-intervention tissues reduces the chewing ability, furthermore swelling and any mild painful symptoms reduce the oral opening. The mechanical action of chewing can also worry the patient about possible complications such as the detachment of the sutures or the penetration of food residues into the wounds. For every moment of the day, we recommend combinations of optimal foods for the operation just undergone, well balanced from a nutritional point of view, attentive to other existing pathological conditions and to any further needs and preferences of the patient. For post-surgical feeding, in general, we recommend soft, non-acid, non-hot ...

It is useless to explain to you why and how. Trust me. Nothing is heard at all and in cases where there is also so much time to put an implant with all the trappings do not reach ten minutes in the hands of our Implantologist. And often it does not swell afterward and there is no bruise. Certainly, there is virtually no evil that is not fully controllable with a painkiller. Sometimes you don't even need it. Another cliché is that if there is no bone the implant cannot be put. A dentist friend of mine, Dr. Alejandro, a very good surgeon and professor, is recently promoting an information campaign for his patients in which he says "if you have the face you can do it!" I apologize to Alejandro but I have to steal it from him because it is fantastic! Except for some general health problems, the implants can always be put in place. If there is no bone we reconstruct it. No problem. The third and last commonplace  is that if there is no bone, however, things get to...