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Originally Posted by nancyp
My husband and I just returned from Costa Rica where we had a wonderful 10 day vacation and also some excellent dental work done. Neither of us have dental insurance. My husband had a bridge replaced and I had a tooth crowned. We paid less than half of what it would have cost at our dentist here. The dentist who did our work was trained in the US and is the Chief of Dentistry at the CIMA Hospital in Escazu, Costa Rica. Escazu is an upscale suburb of San Jose. If anyone is interested in obtaining dental work out of country, please feel free to email us for more information. Bill & Nancy Petri. You can email us at: bandnpetri@centurylink.net |
My wife had the opposite experience.
After having done a massive amount of research, she chose Prisma Dental in San Jose.
To make a long story short, they totally screwed up her large number of implants she needed and after having been assured on the phone before we left that they could do it all in the week we went, then told us that we would need to come back 3 more times to complete the work.
I'm glad you had a good experience where you went, but I can tell you from our experience to stay away from Prisma even though their website and advertising are very professional.
Dental Implants in Costa Rica - Prisma Dental
In fairness though, their equipment and offices looked very clean. The young female assistants parading around in what amounted to low-cut, white mini-dresses...was pretty sexist and over the top however.
For those going there (and I would assume anywhere else out of the states for that matter) for major or long term work, I suggest you use one of the many facilities that cater to medical tourism. They will take care of you with meals, lodging and even transportation, so that when you're getting serious work done and need/want someone to take care of you after the procedures (including being able to write pain med scripts), you don't have to worry about it.
Another word of caution if you're going to Costa Rica, is to plan on hiring a driver to get you around. Costa Rica does not believe in street signs or addresses and your GPS will be of minimal help. Me being the type that likes to (and have) driven in places all over the world, didn't heed this advice. When you get instructions such as
"go to the third green house, turn left at the brick wall with concertina wire and then turn right at the Banco America parking lot"...you know you're in for an adventure.
You will also need to get used to the number of guards carrying assault rifles and the bricked off homes with concertina wire at the top.