Costa Rica Dental Experiences

Today I would like to help you to think about the importance of a complete dental service. Often the information about the quality of services we rely on is poor and this causes us to lose huge amounts of time and mental energy. Our brain, in fact, cannot close that chapter but the "file" relating to the service we would like to obtain must remain open until perhaps, one day, we will come to terms with it. Today I'm on vacation because I decided with my wife to use the morning to buy a piece of furniture that she is asking me for a long time. -- Since I already know how it ends up in these cases I don't go directly to the store but, as a shrewd person, I call first to ask if they can provide me with that service. Answer (I swear I'm not kidding !!): "Look ... call our representative (???) so she will tell you what you want to know. I'll give you the number ... " The representative listened to my large explanation on the phone and, in an equ...

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...

Perhaps you have seen in the mouth of some of your relative's gray teeth that are anything but natural ... or maybe you see them in your mouth! Maybe the dentist cemented a ceramic crown there and after a while, the infamous dark border appeared! Well…. I'll tell you a simple truth: The most beautiful restoration is the one you can't see! In recent years there have been incredible revolutions in dentistry. Unthinkable technologies until a few years ago and simplifications that have improved the standard of care of every dentist! But what I prefer is perhaps also the least widespread: THE ABOLITION OF METAL (PFM)! Yes, if even because the gold restorations had probably unparalleled precision and the gray fillings could last even 30 or 40 years, the Metal does not belong to the human mouth.  If someone wants to convince you that in 2020 there is still a space for the metal in the crowns restoration of patients, run away from that clinic ... your health cou...

"Prosthetic teeth should not be cleaned because they cannot decay."   Is this information correct? What are the main precautions to be observed for cleaning the prosthesis on implants? Let's find out together. Crowns on implants: what are them? With dental implants, it is possible to replace single teeth or make bridges or larger structures that can replace all the elements of the entire dental arch with fixed devices (which the patient cannot remove) or mobile. Whether the tooth is replaced by just one or all, cleaning the prosthesis and, more generally, correct oral hygiene is one of the daily activities essential for safeguarding the health of a dental implant. Denture cleaning on implants: why not neglect it? - Many patients wonder what sense to have in brushing their false teeth since they cannot decay. The reason must be found at the level of tissues that support the implants, namely bone and gingiva. These in fact, if they are not treated, can undergo...

The connotations of being past the year 2020 bring about thoughts of futuristic concepts as suggested by movies, the Internet, and a vast array of media.  Movies and books, set in a time period only a few decades forward, have portrayed a life filled with advanced medicine, travel, engineering, manufacturing, and even rapid and simple food production. Yet, when we reach that future date, we observe that technology doesn’t change as fast as our minds imagine. Does dentistry today — often termed “digital dentistry” — represent the high-tech, easy-to-implement solutions that were imagined and written about 30 years ago or even last year? Clinicians with decades of experience or the student of dental history can look back at the advances in dentistry and state clearly that the dental profession has experienced an exciting amount of technological growth. Yet in comparison to medicine, biomedical engineering, automotive and aeronautics, rapid manufacturing, electron...