Archive for the Today at Prisma Dental category
The Sun-News of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, has an article today about people traveling abroad for medical care. The paper notes that:
“But with hefty medical costs in the United States, more Grand Strand residents and others across the country are taking advantage of cost-saving health care opportunities abroad.”
… and goes on to give an example of a patient who went to Costa Rica and saved approximately $30,000 on dental implants. Dental care abroad tends to cost roughly 60 to 80 percent less than care in the U.S., said David Boucher, S.C. Blue Cross Blue Shield senior vice president for health care services. Prisma Dental is in partnership with Companion Global Healthcare, a subsidiary of BlueCross BlueShield South Carolina (as this blog has previously noted.)
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As we start to spread the word that we have a dental blog up for Costa Rica, we’ve been getting e-mail from around the world and patients old and new. I especially liked this one, from today:
“Josef and Telma are a world class professional team. The services they provided along with the Prisma dental staff are unmatched; their office is one of the best examples of modern technology and professional dental care available around the world.
“Costa Rica has become a provider to the United States (in the import of dental equipment) and Prisma Dental has become a successful model to follow. I believe that any dentist new to the field could benefit greatly by following the same path for quality and training that Prisma Dental has achieved.”
Sincerely,
William R. Galloway
Thanks, Mr. Galloway, for the kind words.
-jeff
Dear Friends and Patients,
If you have visited Prisma Dental, you know that we like to be at the leading edge of dental technology, and that means staying up with the latest in materials science and computers as well.
Zirconium oxide is the latest material to be adapted by modern dentistry. The introduction of this material in restorative and prosthetic dentistry is made possible by computerized dentistry technology in use at Prisma Dental, and is a decisive step towards the use of full ceramics. Zirconium oxide has very high strength and corrosion resistance. With new zirconium crown techniques, we can also eliminate the problem of exposed metal crown margins in the older, porcelain-fused-to-metal technique.
Zirconium oxide crowns have several advantages … Read the rest of this entry »
We were honored last week by a visit from Aruna Th-Hollingshead, founder of Overseas Medical Services Canada Inc. Aruna has traveled the world and has more than 35 years of experience in the medical field; her company deals primarily with “Facilities of Excellence with international or regional repute.” Read the rest of this entry »
