Advance Dental Costa Rica

Dental clinic · Escazú (San Rafael), San José Province, Costa Rica

Prices posted · 1
Named, no license numbers
Name matches dental college roll · 3
Accreditation claims · 1
Warranty term stated

What the clinic publishes

Posts prices on its own site for one procedure tracked here.

Names 3 practitioners but shows no license numbers.

Each of 3 names matches exactly one entry on the public roll of Costa Rica's Colegio de Cirujanos Dentistas.

Claims one accreditation or membership: American Association for Accreditation of Ambulatory Surgery Facilities.

States a warranty with a term; the wording is below.

Statements about the clinic were read on its own website and are linked below. Costa Rican dentists' names were searched on the Colegio de Cirujanos Dentistas' public roll; nothing else has been checked with a regulator or accreditor.

Where

Hospital CIMA, Torre 2, Suite 605, San Rafael, San José, Costa Rica

Escazú (San Rafael), San José Province, Costa Rica

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Clinic's own site and numbers

www.advancedentalcostarica.com

US +1 831 250 8105

Costa Rica +506 2208 8619

Languages the site lists: English, Spanish

Posted prices

The clinic's own figures, in the currency and wording it used (an exact price, a "from" price or a range). Lists change and a quote after an exam can differ from a list; the unit column matters, since "per arch" and "per tooth" are not comparable.

Procedure	Posted price	Unit	What the clinic says	Source
Implant abutment and crown	from $1,300	per implant	'cost starts from an average of $1,300' for implant with abutment and standard crown; framed as vs US $4,500	clinic site

Practitioners the clinic names

As listed on the clinic's site. The license column shows the number printed there, or that none is.

Name	Role	License number shown	Public roll	Training the clinic lists
Dr. Eugenio J. Brenes	Prosthodontist, clinical director	None shown	Activo (active)EUGENIO JOSE BRENES BARQUERO · code 2450003 · prostodoncia	Universidad Internacional de las Américas (DDS 2003); Loma Linda University prosthodontics residency 2004-2007
Dr. Marco Aguilar	Endodontist	None shown	Activo (active)MARCO VINICIO AGUILAR MORA · code 384809 · endodoncia
Dr. Andrea Guevara	Orthodontist	None shown	Activo (active)ANDREA GUEVARA BARRANTES · code 608319 · ortodoncia-ortopedia

"Public roll" is the Colegio de Cirujanos Dentistas de Costa Rica's own register, searched by name. A row is filled only when exactly one registered dentist matches every part of the name the clinic prints; status and specialty are the Colegio's words. Search the roll yourself.

A number shown on a clinic's site is a claim until it is looked up. Costa Rican dentists must be incorporated in the Colegio de Cirujanos Dentistas, whose public roll is searchable by name or code and shows each dentist's status and registered specialty. Physicians are listed by the Colegio de Médicos y Cirujanos. Colegio de Cirujanos Dentistas de Costa Rica.

Accreditation and membership claims

Claims as the clinic states them, with where each can be checked. A logo on a website is not a listing in an accreditor's register.

American Association for Accreditation of Ambulatory Surgery Facilities
Listed among certifying institutions on the affiliations page; no certificate shown
Claimed on the clinic's site.
How to check: public facility search at American Association for Accreditation of Ambulatory Surgery Facilities.

The site also states

American College of Prosthodontists (ACP) and Colegio de Cirujanos Dentistas de Costa Rica (CCDCR) listed as affiliations; no member numbers source

These name no register to check them against; ask the clinic for the certificate and who issued it.

Other things the site states

Warranty, as recorded: Teeth 'have 7 years guarantee (in units of Bruxzir)' per implant page; implant makers (Zimmer, Implant Direct, 3i Biomet) 'guarantee' their products read the clinic's wording
Brands and materials named: Zimmer, Implant Direct, 3i Biomet, Bruxzir
Airport the clinic names: SJO

Not on the pages read

The pages read did not show license numbers for the practitioners it names or the year it opened. Those are the first things to ask for.

Sources

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