Archive for the From the Editor category
Medical travel for major dental work, plastic surgery and other medical care continues to be in the news in the United States. On Friday evening, Jeff Schult, author of Beauty from Afar, (me, in other words) was interviewed about the subject on the Your Time with Kim syndicated talk radio program. Here’s the segment:
Your Time with Kim Iverson/Jeff Schult Interview
The show, hosted by Kim Iverson, was broadcast in Austin, Texas; Buffalo, New York; Denver, Colorado; Indianapolis, Indiana; Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Memphis, Tennessee; Norfolk, Virginia; Portland, Oregon; and Wichita, Kansas. If you’re joining our blog for the first time from any of those cities, welcome! And feel free to browse around or contact us with any questions.
Prisma Dental and Costa Rica are mentioned, of course. 
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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We hope all our friends are having a great summer and want to remind folks that now is a terrific time to be planning your late-summer or autumn trip to Costa Rica. Even in August, round-trip airfares from New York to San Jose, Costa Rica can be had for about $400. Many people find the best time to go to Costa Rica, though, is autumn — after summer vacation but before the high season begins in December. (Check our airlines post for links)
In other news, we have a note to Dr. Rubinstein from Gabrielle in California, a recent patient:
Hello Dr. Rubinstein.
I just wanted to take the time to thank you for a job well done I love my new teeth and everything is a perfect fit (bite). When I come back to visit If my friends in CR and have some dental needs, I will call for an appointment.
Gabrielle
Finally, I thought readers here might be interested in what the most popular pages on the dental blog are. Besides the front page, contact page, etc. — these are the posts that have gotten the most views since the blog launched.
