DDS Dental

Dental clinic · Escazú, San José Province, Costa Rica

Prices posted · 8
Named, no license numbers
Name matches dental college roll · 5
Guarantee mentioned, no term

What the clinic publishes

Posts prices on its own site for 8 procedures tracked here.

Names 8 practitioners but shows no license numbers.

Each of 5 names matches exactly one entry on the public roll of Costa Rica's Colegio de Cirujanos Dentistas.

Mentions a guarantee without stating a term; the wording is below.

Says it opened in 2005.

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

Plaza Fuentes del Obelisco, local 5 y 6, San Rafael de Escazú, San José, Costa Rica

Escazú, San José Province, Costa Rica

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Clinic's own site and numbers

www.ddsdentalcr.com

US +1 561 273 1252

Costa Rica +506 2289 4040

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
All-on-4 (per arch)	from $5,750	first stage only	first trip, 'starting from'	clinic site
All-on-6 (per arch)	from $7,555	first stage only	first trip, 'starting from'	clinic site
Root canal, molar	from $380	per tooth	'Root canal treatment' starting from	clinic site
Composite filling	from $105	per tooth	starting from	clinic site
Crown, material not stated	from $670	per tooth	'Crowns over natural teeth' starting from; material not stated	clinic site
Implant abutment and crown	from $905	per implant	'Crowns over dental implants' starting from	clinic site
In-office whitening	from $380	per procedure	starting from	clinic site
Porcelain veneer	from $670	per tooth	'Veneers' starting from	clinic site

Full list: clinic's price page

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
Dr. Vinicio Prada	Prosthodontics	None shown	Activo (active)VINICIO PRADA VALVERDE · code 1326092 · prostodoncia
Dr. Enrique Gonzalez	Periodontics	None shown	No single match
Dr. Alejandro Saenz	Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery	None shown	Activo (active)ALEJANDRO SAENZ GUTIERREZ · code 1375093 · cirugia oral-maxilofacial
Dr. Rolando Guzmán	Orthodontics	None shown	No single match
Dr. Paola Carranza	Endodontics	None shown	Activo (active)PAOLA CARRANZA COLINA · code 1782000 · endodoncia
Dr. Gabriela Atmetlla	Pediatric Dentistry	None shown	Activo (active)GABRIELA MARIA ATMETLLA VAN DER LAAT · code 206701 · odontopediatria
Dr. Barrantes	General dentist	None shown	No single match
Dr. Karol Arce	General dentist	None shown	Activo (active)KAROL MARIANA ARCE CABRERA · code 334207 · no specialty listed

"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

The pages read claim no named accreditation or professional body.

The site also states

Claims 'strictest safety and hygiene standards per the ADA'; '5 US-certified specialists'; no registry number posted source

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

Other things the site states

Opened: 2005 source
Guarantee mentioned, no term stated: 'Your procedure is guaranteed: if something needs fixing, we make it right*' (asterisk terms not shown on page) read the clinic's wording
Dental lab: In-house, as posted
Airport the clinic names: SJO (20 minutes, as posted)

Not on the pages read

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

Sources

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