Costa Rica Dental Experiences

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...

Get ready to greet your mobile dentures! Because with this technique, by us, if you enter with your dentures, you can go out with the fixed teeth! Why did we adopt this solution? Since 2009 we at the Freer Dental Clinic have been considered a reference point for the Health of the Mouth and Smile of all our Patients. Among them, there are people who, due to total or partial loss of teeth, feel discomfort, embarrassment, even social discomfort in wearing a mobile denture. Our task is simply to help them, but what alternatives to dentures? In 2003 Dr. Paulo Malo, founder of the Malo Clinic in Lisbon, invented a new and customized solution aimed at replacing the mobile prosthesis: All on Four / All on Six. Years passed and the All on Four / All on Six were the subject of  s tudies by the dental community that validated them scientifically with numerous publications; dental interventions conducted with success and full satisfaction on the part of patients around the w...

- Have your gums withdrawn and would you like to return everything as before? - You have tooth sensitivity and your dentist told you it could be the recession's fault? Let's see what are the most suitable surgical methods to cover an exposed root. Pain in chewing or brushing, sometimes even just breathing in the air ... these are just some of the problems you can face with an exposed root. In all this the anti-aesthetic effect overlaps, which undoubtedly has its important value. In one of the old articles, we have already addressed the issue of a recession of the gums, describing causes and consequences. But what do you do when you want to cover it? A recession can lead to three problems: pain, sensitivity, and poor aesthetics. Orient yourself with the Miller Classification In this regard, in 1985 a clinician by the name of Miller made a very useful and effective classification to order the degrees of gum recession based on their severity: Class 1: superficial ...