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.
It has been a busy 2010 so far at Prisma Dental … so much so that the blog editor has not kept up with the comings and goings.
Tiffany passed on to us a collection of comments from patients in January:
From Liselotte, a Canadian:
Very efficient work performed by friendly and helpful staff. Highly recommended.
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From Werner, also from Canada:
I have been to clinics in Switzerland and in Canada, however in this clinic it has been the best. Top notch quality and nice, gentle treatments.
Everybody is so nice and beautiful. I recommend this clinic highly.
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From Ana Isabel, a native Costa Rican:
Infinitas gracias Doctora Telma por sus atenciones. Con su apoyo, empeño esfuerzo y mística no solo logra realizar los sueños de sus pacientes, si no tambien, usted y el Doctor Josef son un ejemplo para los jóvenes que están a su lado aprendiendo.
Como educadora sé que cualquiera sea nuestra profesion u oficio, debemos ejercerla con amor y disciplina y eso es lo que ustedes enseñan con su ejemplo. Que Dios la bendiga siempre en unión de su famila.
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From Stuart in Florida:
Dr. Rubinstein,
As you know, Joshua had not had dental work done in many years due to the fact that he requires general anesthesia and there are a limited number of dentists who have access to an operating room or the willingness to work on people who have severe mental retardation. In addition, the cost is prohibitive here in the U.S.
I can´t thank you enough, not only for doing a great job on Joshua´s teeth but also for being so creative and flexible in accommodating us.
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.
Not all before-and-after photos are equally dramatic, but all the work done by Drs. Cordeo and Rubinstein reflect their equal concern and care for each patient. Lisa’s smile was perhaps not so bad when she came to Prisma but her teeth were worsening and she had some chronic problems that needed correction.
The solution was a dental bridge of ten Noble Metal crowns.
Before:
After:
Over the years, Prisma has had patients, probably from every state in the U.S. We’re trying to make sure they are all represented as we continue to add to our gallery of before and after photos.
We’re looking forward to the November issue of Delta Sky, the in-flight magazine of Delta Airlines. Prisma Dental is featured in an article about medical travel and tourism. We will post the link as soon as it is available!
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.
... 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
