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.
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!
Robert is a Prisma Dental patient from Florida. I’d call him “typical” except that there is nothing typical or ordinary about the dental work Robert had in Costa Rica at the hands of Drs. Cordero and Rubinstein.
Robert had eight dental implants and 21 base metal frame crowns — a full mouth reconstruction. Here are sample before and after photos — “before” first, obviously. Click on the photo thumbnails for a larger view.
Below, more of Robert’s “Before and After” photos:
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
