Prisma Dental Recommendation on TripAdvisor.com
We heard the other day from a patient, Wayne Geddings, who runs a great tourist website at tamarindocosta-rica.com. Wayne writes to Dr. Telma Rubinstein:
Hello Telma, Not sure if I can every thank you and your husband enough. Here is a blog I did on TripAdvisor just to say thanks again. — Wayne Geddings
His review of Prisma Dental on TripAdvisor.com warmed our hearts, mirroring the experiences of so many patients over the years. Since blog posts inevitably scroll away over time, below is Wayne’s full review, for the convenience of readers.
Eight years ago I went to a dentist in San Jose for an exam. She sat me down and we talked for 30 minutes about my dental problems as she explained my X-ray. What dentists in the USA would take that much time to explain things with you?
In the USA, just before I moved to Costa Rica, the last words from my dentist, as he opened my mouth for a look, “I don’t do preventive dentistry.” He gave me a new toothbrush and said better to have the work done in Costa Rica. It did not sink in at the time what he was saying. What he meant is that because I had dental insurance which didn’t pay him his normal rate, so he pawned me off to his assistant. She did such poor work that it was going to have to be done all over again! And he didn’t want to be responsible.
In Costa Rica I spend 20 hours in a dental chair where they systematically fixed the problems caused by a lifetime of bad dentistry. (I had) problems that they consistently told me were my fault for not brushing right, etc. The real problems was that their work made my teeth crooked and, as a result, I developed gum problems around several teeth.
The Costa Rican dentists took the time and fixed more than a dozen problems. They took off crowns and straightened them, fixed poorly placed fillings or replaced them with porcelain, etc. They make crowns right on the premises and work shoulder-to-shoulder with employees of their own lab to get them right … the first time.
The result is that I have had zero problems in eight years! I really get angry when I think of what the USA dental profession did to me, and that last dentist saying, “I don’t do preventative dentistry.”
Would I trust a Costa Rican dentist? You bet! Prisma Dental, Costa Rica – Drs. Josef Cordero and his wife Telma Rubinstein. They saved my teeth and my quality of life. Tell them Wayne from Tamarindo told you about them … and says “Hi and Thanks Again!”
We certainly don’t think Wayne’s experience with dental care in the United States was typical; but most people know you can get both world-class care and less than adequate care in any modern country. We’re as glad as Wayne, that he chose Prisma Dental.
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