Costa Rica
Costa Rica is Central America's jewel. It's an oasis of calm among its turbulent neighbors and an ecotourism heaven, making it one of the best places to experience the tropics with minimal impact. It's also mostly coastline, which means great surfing, beaches galore and a climate built for laziness. And, a very nice setting for medical tourism.
Costa Rica's enlightened approach to conservation has ensured that lush jungles are home to playful monkeys, languid sloths, crocodiles, countless lizards, poison-dart frogs and a mind-boggling assortment of exotic birds, insects and butterflies. Meanwhile, endangered sea turtles nest on both coasts and cloud forests protect elusive birds and jungle cats.
Costa Rica is located in Central America and can be reached from most US cities within 7 to 10 hours.
Main Reasons to Choose Costa Rica
Quality – Yes, we have dental schools here and yes our staff follows the course of continued education. Some of the continued education courses are even taken in the states. It’s normal to be nervous about the unknown but check out our photo gallery to see how we work and how professional our clinic is. The educated and bilingual workforce in Costa Rica makes for good professionals. The best universities here even have a pre-requisite for students studying for professional careers. Graduation requires that students speak a second language, which makes it easier for you to bridge the language gap. Can you imagine reaching a dentist’s office and being greeted by a smiling practitioner who doesn’t make you wait 2 hours for your procedures to begin? That’s exactly how it is done here! With an easy conversation and a good medical eye they’ll check your needs and confirm the procedures to be done. No month long waits between visits here; you’ll be able to get an intensive course of treatment to give you the smile you want in less time.
Affordability - Why would you choose Costa Rica as the destination to have your dental work done? A good place to start would be to explain about the 65% to 75% off of U.S. prices? Maybe you have heard about medical service outsourcing and how that many people now go to different countries to have various procedures preformed on them at a fraction of the price you would normally pay. Maybe your dentist just told you how much you would have to pay to get the smile you have always wanted. Then there are the costly monthly insurance payments you have been paying for 10 years and just when you need it, the insurance agent says…I am sorry but that is not covered. Or what about that big deductible or the small fine print you never read because it was hidden in the 33,000 page of forms you had to sign! When you think about it, Costa Rica just makes sense, professional procedures that are reasonably priced. Costa Rica has a government based social security which takes care of its citizen’s needs, including dentistry. Thus, for a private practice to be competitive it must offer better quality services that surpass the service given by the government and at a price that makes paying a private clinic worth it. How can they manage the lower prices? The need for competition and the fact that many of the products are made in here helps to keep the prices down, as well as lower prices in technical lab work.
Pleasure - These and other reasons are why more people are looking for options overseas, where prices are much lower and with no problems. The huge savings allows you to fly here, have your needed treatments, enjoy some travel time and still return home with money in hand. Why Costa Rica? First class accommodations, never ending beaches, huge waterfalls, active volcanoes, rainforest, sport fishing, canopy tours, over 850 different species of birds, monkeys, amazing wildlife…need I say more? Costa Rica is a peaceful destination that is close to home. The small scale of the country makes it easier to get around and the booming tourism industry has made English the language most people speak after Spanish, and the attention paid to good service is its trademark. Get off of the waiting list and on your way to treatment in a tropical paradise. Although dentist visits are not usually pleasurable, having the procedures done in Costa Rica will certainly zest it up.
