A new smile for Mark from New Jersey
I’ve only met Mark once, at his partner Melanie’s birthday party in New Jersey a few years back. (Note I’m not saying how old Melanie was, or is.) But I feel like I’ve known him a lot longer, maybe because I’ve known Melanie since high school and danced with her long before she ever met Mark. More than a year ago, Mark wrote me because he was interested in having major dental work done. You can see, in the photo at right, that he had evolved a “no teeth” smile over the years. People who need dental work do that. I fully empathized and didn’t hesitate to recommend my dentists in Costa Rica. That’s where Mark ended up going, in April 2008.
He had extensive work done, including six zirconium crowns. I got an email from him yesterday:
Now, more than a year later I’m as happy as ever with the work done at Prisma. I can only consider what a profound difference working with Telma has been in my life!
Here are before and after photos of Mark’s teeth and dental work. He had the aforementioned zirconium crowns but also had six root canals, gum surgery — the works.
Mark’s overall impression of Prisma was terrific, I’m happy to say. I would have had to answer to Melanie if I’d steered him wrong.
Prisma, especially Telma (Dr. Telma Rubinstein) is great. The equipment is state-of-the-art, the practice is very close, the on-site laboratory allowed for last-minute adjustments plus pre-fabrication evaluation. I loved the people and facility.
The work came out fantastic. I was very worried that I would look obvious…I was worried they would be too big, too white, too “perfect”. The end result was that people have told me they wouldn’t know they weren’t mine if I didn’t tell them and they look great.
My guess is I paid 25-35% of what the same work would have cost in the U.S.
Here’s Mark with Telma in the Prisma offices:
Mark’s pleased. Melanie’s pleased. And so am I …
And here he is last winter, with the new smile.
– Jeff Schult
