Costa Rica Dental Experiences

Nowadays, whatever expenses are incurred to pay for an item is balanced by a guarantee. When is a health service paid the same thing? "Medicine is not an exact science", we often hear. And in the health field, there are diagnostic and operational processes that differ in many ways from the mere purchase of an object. But it is also true that healthcare costs put a strain on patients' pockets, which cannot be deprived of a form of guarantee on the therapies to which they have been subjected, so the subject I believe deserves further study. Just last month I had 30 minutes on the agenda to meet the lawyer of one of my patients who is carrying out a legal battle to claim damages and compensation against her previous dentist. She had been reporting her previous dentist due to issues with an aesthetically beautiful total ceramic crown restoration, which underneath the crowns I don't think there was even one without infection. This has made me reflect on what form...

"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...

Who knows why sometimes there is a strange habit of some patients of a clinic to tell:-  "Doctor, you should fix my teeth rapidly because - In a Month - my daughter gets married" "Excuse me, but even the best specialist cannot do miracles ... yet!" ... unfortunately, I cannot promise that and after all, I must try to find a solution. Given that, to this day the "rehabilitation" solution provides in most cases the use of osseointegrated implants it is important to understand what are the recovery times of the masticatory function after an operation.  So I think that those who have to undergo an implant surgery should be interested in knowing what the recovery time is after the surgery. The matter is not simple. Initially, the loading protocols of the implants (we are talking about the 70' and 80' of the last century) were 4 months for the lower arch and 6 months for the upper one. Biblical times for those who have to put up with remov...

Neglected cavities, fractures, gum disease like periodontitis, and one or more teeth that can weaken and fall. The most frequent solution today is the dental implant: according to the latest data from the Academy of Osseointegration, every year in Costa Rica several hundreds of thousands of implant surgeries are made, a fact that places our country at the level of the biggest countries to draw on the method. Yet, around this technique so widespread (it is estimated that about two dentists out of three usually do it) still circulate fears and perplexities, fortunately almost always unjustified. To dispel any doubt, we asked prominent Prosthodontist Dr. Alejandro Freer R., DDS; MDS; Prosthodontist of Freer Dental Implant Center to answer all the most widespread and crucial questions on the subject. 1. Can you place dental implants with infection or gum problems? "In the case of infection, the implant can only be assembled after eliminating all traces of infection. If, on...