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Prisma has been a recommended dental provider for Companion Global Healthcare Inc., based in South Carolina, for a number of years now. Prospective patients might be interested to take a look at one of the company’s brochures (click on the image for full size.)
In other news:
– We have been asked several times to post again a link to the Delta Sky magazine article that features Prisma. Here is the direct link to the Nov. 2009 issue of Delta Sky:
Nov. 2009 Delta Sky (Chris Rock on the cover)
To get to the medical tourism article that features Prisma, flip through to page 112 or search the issue for Prisma.
– Prisma Dental now has more than 650 friends on Facebook! Come join us, if you have not already. Today, we have pictures of the grand opening of Tiffany’s in Costa Rica. Of course, Prisma’s international patient coordinator Tiffany Koffroth had to be there, along with Dr. Telma:
We’re always looking for trends in dental care, and I don’t think anyone would be surprised that dental implants are becoming increasingly popular in the United States, Canada and western Europe. One way to see how popular they’ve become is to look at the frequency of searches on Google.
This graph at Google Trends shows the relative search traffic for the term “dental implants” since 2004. It also shows the relative number of news articles about the subject, over time. Google Trends is a fun site to play with, if you’re curious about what people on the Internet are looking for.
So anyway, I was specifically curious about which cities in the United States produced the most searches for “dental implants” over the last year, and here they are:
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Las Vegas, NV, USA |
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Denver, CO, USA |
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Kansas City, MO, USA |
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Louisville, KY, USA |
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Livingston, NJ, USA |
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Phoenix, AZ, USA |
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Austin, TX, USA |
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San Antonio, TX, USA |
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Miami, FL, USA |
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Richardson, TX, USA |
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We wouldn’t have guessed that Las Vegas would be No. 1, would you? Incidentally, though, we’re pretty sure Prisma has had patients from every one of these cities, over the years.
Prisma Dental is proud and honored to be among the first medical facilities in Costa Rica to be accredited by the American Association for Accreditation of Ambulatory Surgery Facilities International (AAAASFI).
“The certificate of accreditation is a symbol to patients that the accredited facility has taken the additional step of opening its practice to the scrutiny of an international organization dedicated to patient safety. This could be a deciding factor for those patients seeking the highest quality results in the safest environments.” — Dr. Ronald Iverson, President of AAAASFI
The AAAASFI review process is comprehensive and thorough,” said Dr. Josef Cordero Pinczanski, D.D.S. “We’re pleased to have it recognized that we are in compliance with the highest professional standards for our facilities and methods. Our patients deserve the best and this is one way of letting them know that they are getting the best.”
According to the AAAASF, the vast majority of ambulatory surgery facilities even in the United States are still unaccredited, operating independent of any peer review and inspection process. A growing number of states and specialty societies, however, are recognizing the need for mandatory accreditation. AAAASF has been and continues to be in the forefront of these legislative efforts.
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Having dental work done can be stressful, though at Prisma we do everything possible to make patients as comfortable as possible.
That is why we are pleased to recommend our friends and neighbors at KINE Physiotherapy and Pilates Centre in San Jose.
Massage therapy can help patients feel more relaxed, less stressed and ready to face their dental treatments.
- Calmer patients are a lot less fearful overall and are also more trusting of the treatment being rendered
- Regular massages also allow the normal use of anesthesia to be much more effective. If a patient is extremely stressed and not trusting the treatment, often he will be just waiting for pain to develop. That means he will unconsciously minimize the effect of the local anesthetic
Kine is just two blocks away from Prisma Dental. Visit them at www.kinecr.com to see their complete list of massages, and ask us about them when you are in the office!
From our email inbox … Thanks for sharing, Tiffany!
“Prisma is a very good place, it was a very good doctor!” — Dulce Maria, a Costa Rican child patient
“Service is great. Customer service is excellent. Everyone is patient and professional.” — Shauntel from Portsmouth, Virginia
“You guys are the best. Dr Rubinstein could not be any better than she already is. Perfection!” — Tammy from Cape Coral, Florida
We’re up to 610 friends on the Prisma Dental Facebook Page!
Prisma has been a recommended dental provider for Companion Global Healthcare Inc., based in South Carolina, for a number of years now. Prospective patients might be interested to take a look at one of the company’s brochures (click on the image for full size.)
