Snoring can be far more than an annoyance, as anyone who has ever lived with a snorer can testify. Besides disrupting the sleep of others, snorers are not getting the best of rest themselves; and snoring can be a precursor or companion to Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA).
OSA symptoms include:
Heavy snoring more than four times a week
Having sudden moments of no breath and making noise and movements upon regaining breath
Trouble getting up in the morning
Trouble concentrating
Memory lapses
Waking tired or thirsty
Waking with a dry or sore throat
Low performance at work
Diminished libido
Male erection dysfunction
Half the people on the planet snore, according to medical studies. It becomes more common as we get older. More men than women snore, though women start to catch up later in life.
The noise of snoring generally ranges from 60 decibels (about the same loudness as normal human speech) to 80 decibels (nearly as loud as a typical alarm clock.)
Fortunately for the millions of people afflicted — there is a cure. A small prosthetic device, fitted by a trained, professional dentist so that it is both comfortable and effective, opens air passageways during sleep and can cure more than 90 percent of snoring or mild to moderate sleep apnea patients.
Drs. Rubinsten and Cordero have researched and worked with such devices extensively before settling on Therasnore™, with which they are obtaining remarkable results.
Here is a testimonial from one Prisma Therasnore patient:
“Before using the Therasnore device, I was completely dependent on carrying oxygen around and using it when I was sleeping to breathe normally during the night. One of my friends had heard that the product was available here in Costa Rica so I went to Prisma Dental to find out more. Using the product, I have already seen a large improvement in my oxygen intake. After a couple of adjustments I am no longer dependent on oxygen and I can finally sleep side by side with my wife — which is wonderful! I feel like this product has given me back my life again and I would definitely recommend it for anyone with a snoring problem!”
Patients wishing to investigate cures for their chronic snoring or sleep apnea conditions are urged to contact the clinic directly.
Prisma Dental is featured in the November issue of Delta Sky, the in-flight magazine of Delta Airlines. Writer Abby Ellin did a great feature:
Passport // Medical Tourism: Health Care Goes Global
… on pages 112 — 119 of the magazine. Josef and Telma are the only dentists featured in this article that covers international healthcare around the globe, from India and Thailand to Europe to Central and South America.
Delta Sky is available online at http://deltaskymag.delta.com. Click on this month’s issue; it will display in a browsable edition. You can fast-forward to page 112 using the slider bar at the bottom of the page.
Or if you happen to be flying Delta, you can just grab a free copy.
Here’s just a little snip of the page, showing the picture they used of Josef and Telma.
Drs. Josef Cordero and Telma Rubinstein in Delta Sky magazine.
Didi Carr Reuben of California has been a patient of Prisma Dental and a friend of the dentists since she first visited Costa Rica more than a dozen years ago. Her smile is not one that anyone who met her would ever forget, and literally hundreds of patients have had cosmetic surgery and dentistry in Costa Rica based on Didi relating her own experiences. She has shepherded many patients from the United States to “the Beverly Hills of Central America and works for noted cosmetic surgeon Dr. Alejandro Lev.
Besides getting her dental work done at Prisma, Didi also comes in for permanent makeup work, and this video was taken while she was having her eyebrows touched up. Didi jokes at the end about “gas” — nitrous oxide, without which, she says, she’d never sit for dental work. But patients should know that pain management is a critical part of dentistry and it is very important to Drs. Rubinstein and Cordero — and the whole staff at Prisma — that patients be as comfortable as humanly possible while under their care.
The Apartotel Cristina in San Jose is offering, for a limited time, a substantial discount on suites for Prisma Dental patients. The Cristina is a lovely, modern and secure hotel near la Sabana, the “Central Park” of San Jose. It is a short cab ride from the Prisma Dental; but many patients stay there and choose to enjoy the walk to the clinic instead of being driven.
The discount prices are available only for those paying in cash, and include 13 percent sales tax, subject to availability. Some restrictions may apply. Please call or email the Apartotel Cristina for more information.
Standard Suite, 1 person: $ 69.36 daily or $ 67.26 daily if staying for a week.
Standard Suite 2 people: $ 76.72 daily or $ 73.56 daily if staying for a week.
To obtain the discounted rates, you must indicate that you are a Prisma patient when you reserve your suite. The discount is at least 7 percent off current rates. (Rates on the web site currently are out of date.)
The Cristina offers: A/C, high speed free wireless Internet, security card keys and an electronic safety box in every suite; also medical emergency service and a Costa Rican-style breakfast buffet.
Editor’s Note: I’ve stayed at the Cristina, as have my parents and a number of other people I know. It’s very comfortable, the management is friendly, the food is great and lots of Americans stay there. Also, the Internet access was good, and, as advertised, free. Without hesitation, I’d stay there again.
We’ve added the first of what we expect will be a number of videos to the Prisma Dental Blog. This one features clips excerpted from a demo medical tourism video featuring Drs. Cordero and Rubinstein. Please note that this isn’t a finished video — but it lets you hear and see the dentists and a dental implant patient, Jill from Washington D.C.
The video was shot at the Prisma Dental Clinic in San Jose, Costa Rica.
... to Prisma Dental in San Jose, Costa Rica, where we have been privileged to deliver world-class dental care to literally thousands of patients from around the world for the past 18 years. We specialize in whole-mouth reconstruction, cosmetic and holistic general dentistry and oral surgery.
Heavy snoring more than four times a week
