Clinica Gadea Ramirez | Dental Services

Welcome to Clínica Gadea Ramírez
There is no doubt about it... a healthy smile can improve your confidence and enhance your personal and professional life. Your smile is the first thing someone alwaysnotices about you, and people often make a judgement about your personality based on it.

Cosmetic dentistry can change your appearance and health forever through highest quality procedures. At Clínica Gadea Ramírez we work with the utmost care because we understand that first impressions are actually important for you and everybody. We never forget it.

If your teeth not looking perfect and you are uncomfortable because they need a whitening, straightening or a different treatment to help more complicated problems, please do not worry about it anymore. You can hold back this important part of your personality. We can help you to get it.

Our Professional Team
We have a highly trained team of specialists in many dentistry fields to offer patients a full spectrum of dental procedures and oral rehabilitation. They are fully qualified, with affiliations and membership to international dental organizations.

This high level training means that our specialists offer a very superior service that guarantees the highest quality and the most professional dental works. Our team will care of you, your comfort, your appearance and off course your health. We have an excellent reputation as is testified by our patients.

Dental Services
We offer the latest techniques in cosmetic dentistry. You will find a variety of professional dental treatments as well as specialized treatments:

• Teeth Whitening
• Gum Surgery
• White Fillings
• Porcelain Veneers
• Dental Bridges
• Porcelain Crowns
• Dental Implants
• Dental Esthetic

A well done dental work can make the most dramatic improvement to one's appearance. That is why our goal is to provide the highest level of patient care and dentistry in a comfortable and homely environment.

The patients’ satisfaction is first in Clínica Gadea Ramírez, a specialized dental health provider with a real professional staff of specialists in dentistry with more than 10 years of experience.

You are welcome in a clean and pleasant environment, we offer:

• A highly qualified dental and medical team
• Our friendly English speaking staff
• Professional service
• Fully equipped clinic/new innovations and technologies
• Disposable instruments wherever possible
• A free evaluation of your needs
• Parking service for our patients
• Continuously growing number of foreign visitors since 1998
• Help with travel information: arrangements, flight tickets, car rental, accommodation, tours and many others.
• Affordable prices
• An international destination for cost effective advanced dental care, just 15 minutes from downtown San José.

Our friendly and highest quality service will make your visit with us a pleasant one. Come in and relax before your appointment in our spacious, private and comfortable environment.

At Clínica Gadea Ramírez we are proud about helping you to have teeth not only healthy but beautiful too!  Your satisfaction is our most important goal!

We established in 1998 with the vision to be a clinic which make available dentist treatments in many specialized areas of dental work in Costa Rica, and also follow the highest standards of modern health dental practice is one of the leading dental clinics in the country.

Our fully equipped clinic offers dental services to help patients who used to go to general practice dental clinics that cannot offer treatments in their entirety due to below-standard of modern health care provider. The patients’ satisfaction is first in Clínica Gadea Ramírez, a specialized dental health provider with a real professional staff of specialists in dentistry with more than 10 years of experience.

The excellent training of our qualified dental specialist team´s let us to offer patient oriented treatments in many areas from porcelain veneers and crowns to dental implants and gum surgery in a modern clinic which has the highest standards of technology in Costa Rica and safest sterilization methods to guarantee the safest possible treatment.

Our friendly and highest quality service will make your visit with us a pleasant one. Come in and relax before your appointment in our spacious, private and comfortable waiting room.

With such high standards of dentist qualifications and dental care as well as all the many tourist sites and attractions on offer it's not hard to see why so many are coming to Clínica Gadea Ramírez in Costa Rica for their dental treatment. The high level of our staff qualification guarantees that our patients get the best quality service.

You won´t have to feel wary about showing your teeth anymore. We can provide you a safe and easy solution. Our commitment is to do our very best for you to feel confident about smiling.

You are welcome in a clean and pleasant environment at our clinic, we offer:

• A highly qualified dental and medical team
• Our friendly staff speak English
• Professional service
• Fully equipped clinic / new innovations and technologies
• Disposable instruments wherever possible
• A free evaluation of your needs
• Parking service for our patients
• Continuously growing number of foreign visitors since 1998
• Help with travel information: arrangements, flight tickets, car rental, accommodation, tours and many others.
• Affordable prices
• An international destination for cost effective advanced dental care, just 15 minutes from downtown San José.

A PROFESSIONAL TEAM

We have a highly trained team of specialists in many dentistry fields to offer patients a full spectrum of dental procedures and oral rehabilitation. They are fully qualified, with affiliations and membership to international dental organizations.

We have one of the finest dental teams in Costa Rica to create and maintain beautiful smiles in a comfortable and friendly environment. Our staff has an extensive background that complements training and experience in the aesthetic dentistry field as well as in dental general services.

This high level training means that our specialists offer a very superior service that guarantee the highest quality and the most professional dental works. Our team will care about you, your comfort, your appearance and off course your health. We have an excellent reputation as is testified by our patients since many years ago.

At Clínica Gadea Ramírez we are proud about helping you to have teeth not only healthy but beautiful too!

Our Services include:

• Teeth Whitening
• Gum Surgery
• White Fillings
• Porcelain Veneers
• Porcelain Crowns
• Dental Implants
• Dental Esthetic

Your satisfaction is our most important goal!

TEETH WHITENING

The color of the teeth is a unique feature for every human being and it’s influenced in the genetic of every person.

It´s inevitable that because of pass of the time the natural shiny white teeth´s color doesn’t change from clear tones to darkest tones.

Besides, people becomes old and with decalcification, bad mouth hygiene or just drinking too much coffee, tea, wine, eating chocolates or smoking cigarettes will causes stains and darkening of the teeth.

But now you don’t have to lose that beautiful smile that gives you confidence and everybody loves so much.

Clínica Gadea Ramirez provides you with the most modern and simple whitening laser techniques without damaging your teeth or tissues and of course with proven results.
Comfortably sitting in a dental chair and in just an hour you will have that amazing and stunning smile you always wanted so much.

Or if you prefer so, you can adopt and ambulatory system where in the comfort of your home and in just 8 days you will have excellent results.

PORCELAIN CROWNS

The best choice for a really injure teeth is without a doubt, the crowns. Because it will make your mouth look complete and even in shape and color, besides it will improve the way you chew in a most efficient way.

The crowns are fixed pieces used in cases when the tooth is a 50 % or more damage and a veneer will not help at all.

Basically the job consists in doing a complete surface to the tooth that simulates the original anatomy, restoring the resistance and eliminating the pain.

The crows are built specially for each person and stick to the teeth with special adhesives that are virtually impossible to lose it. Besides being functional and attractive they can be put on the frontal pieces or at the back.

The process of making it and putting the porcelain crown it’s very similar with the veneers, but with a little more difficult because the doctor has to remove more dental structure to replace it with porcelain which has the same resistance and quality of the veneers.

DENTAL IMPLANTS

When you lose one or more dental pieces, not only your look will be affected but the function of your mouth too, that’s why we are obligated to replace them.

If a missing tooth is not replaced the other teeth will have an overload charge that will end up damaging them. This could also give you gastric problems.

The dental implants are artificial roots that can be place in the maxilla or in the mandible creating a solid base where it can be perform either individual or a whole mouth restoration.
The implants will allow you to chew, smile and talk secure and comfortable. This is the most natural, new and healthy way to replace lost teeth.

In some cases the region where the missing dental tooth is located has no bone for the implant, if that is you case, our surgeon could do a bone graft on the areas that you need it. The quality and the quantity of that bone will determinate if the patient should have a restoration right away, or six months later.

The long procedure has two stages, first we place the implant and then six months later we place the crown. In the immediately implant, we do both procedures at the same time.

The dental implants are made of titanium because it doesn’t reject tissues and fits perfectly with the bone. At Clínica Gadea Ramirez we use only the best implants on the market such as ZIMMER, 3i or MIS.

PORCELAIN VENEERS

Some of the often problems that teeth presents are bad positioning, stains, dark coloring, fractures and can be solved through the application of porcelain veneers.

The veneers are thin sheets prepared just for your size and it sticks to the front tooth, obtaining a better appearance, younger and healthier.

In only two sessions you will not have any type of dental problem and you can brag with a beautiful smile.

The Porcelain is perfect for dental reconstruction because it’s similar to tooth enamel and its resists any kind of chewing. Plus the smooth surface prevents bacterial attack.

Here at Clínica Gadea Ramirez we work hard so you can have full satisfaction with the results, that´s why our veneers are made with the best porcelain, such as EMPRESS II, which is one of the best in the market.

The porcelain veneers don’t require a special care however you should know that are not unbeatable. Besides the regular teeth cleaning you should avoid chewing hard stuff this will prevent an early deterioration.

WHITE FILLINGS

The fillings is a process that eliminates decays from affected teeth and replaces the lost structure with healing material that will recover the original shape and functions.

The white fillings are made with a special resin that can be as the same color of the tooth so nobody knows the difference; this is a huge advantage because it looks much better than black fillings or amalgams.

The new resins are free of mercury, which solves another big problem present in traditional amalgams.

Now a day technological advances make possible to rebuild dental pieces with this kind of material without telling the difference between them and the natural ones.

The fillings also prevent future decays because it reduces space for germs, of course this could only happen if the person keep a regular good hygiene.

The process begins applying small resin layers on the affected area and step by step the doctor will mold them to the form of the tooth. Then with a powerful ultraviolet light the material gets firm so the dentist can work to make it into the desire shape.

This kind of procedure generally it’s made in a one session visit. The fillings will last at least ten years, but this will change with the hygiene habits of the patient.

GUM SURGERY

Keeping your teeth clean and shiny demonstrate that you are a healthy person and that you take care of your mouth, but in some cases this is not enough to have a perfect smile.

Sometimes gums are stain or are not well proportionate and it’s becomes difficult to show them in public. Having big gums, small or even too large teeth are aesthetic problems that some people face all the time and even having them healthy doesn’t mean they can show them how they would like to.

The esthetic gums surgery allows you to correct pigmentation problems, get the right level to your gums and get even the space between teeth, providing your mouth a healthiest look and a better function.

Clínica Gadea Ramirez has the highest technology equipment so our trained Periodontists can do an impeccable job in any of the most popular procedures, such as:

• Gingivectomy: this treatment consists in eliminate part of the gum tissue that can be covering the crowns of the teeth. It is perfect for short teeth because it has a very striking aesthetic effect.
• Frenectomy: sometimes braces cause functional, visual and phonetic problems in those cases we remove them for a better quality life.
• Gingivoplasty: we transform the gum to get level with the teeth for a better look of your smile.
• Removing Gums Stains: this technique allows removing the gum stains provoked by the skin melanin.
• Covering Exposed Roots: This technique covered the exposed root of the tooth with soft tissue in some areas where gum has move to the back as a result of a variety of causes, including periodontal diseases.

DENTAL ESTHETIC

Your best presentation card should be your smile. In fact, the smile is one of the most important concepts of having a beautiful and stunning appearance.

We use metal free dental restoration because our patients are looking for beauty and comfort besides it last longer and doesn’t wear out.

The main features of these materials are the compatibility, the maintenance of the original color, good mechanic resistance, all based on a proper diagnosis.

People look cosmetic dentistry by many reasons; they want a perfect mouth when they correct problems like decay, trauma or destroyed teeth too.

Others just want to look younger and they prefer to keep their face and teeth natural and improve.

The Clínica Gadea Ramirez has professional equipment at your service and we apply the most advanced techniques with the best products on the market so you can get the smile you had always wanted.

Clinica Gadea Ramirez has a highly trained team of specialists in many dentistry fields to offer patients a full spectrum of dental procedures and oral rehabilitation. They are fully qualified, with affiliations and membership to international dental organizations

Dr. Rodolfo Gadea A. DDS.

• Specialist in Oral Rehabilitation and Cosmetic Dentistry
• Member of Costa Rica´s Board of Dentistry
• Member of Costa Rica´s Board of Dental Surgeons
• Member of American Dental Association
• Faculty member of the Prosthodontic section, Universidad Latina de Costa Rica
• Posgrad in Educative Technologies in Dentistry, Universidad Tecnológica de México
• Posgrad in Oral Implants, Universidad Latinoamericana de Ciencia y Tecnología

Dr. Marisel Ramírez C. DDS

• Specialist in General and Cosmetic Dentistry
• Member of Costa Rica´s Board of Dentistry
• Member of Costa Rica´s Board of Dental Surgeons
• Member of American Dental Association
• Faculty member of the Diagnostic and Oral Medicine, Universidad Latina de Costa Rica
• Posgrad in Educative Technologies in Dentistry, Universidad Tecnológica de México

Dr. Magali Carvajal C. DDS

• Specialist General Dentistry
• Member of Costa Rica´s Board of Dentistry
• Member of Costa Rica´s Board of Dental Surgeons
• Faculty member of the Prosthodontic section, Universidad Latina de Costa Rica
• Posgrad in Educative Technologies in Dentistry, Universidad Tecnológica de México

Dennis Morgan, from Nevada

Hi, Dr. Rodolfo,

It is very nice to hear from you. I hope that you and your family are doing well. I would like to tell you that the work you have done for me on my teeth has made a big difference for me in my health and smile. I receive many compliments from my friends and clients, and when I have to go to another dentist or hygienist for cleaning, they always say what beautiful work you have done, not just in looks but in quality.
My canine was hurting me the other week, so I went to Dr. Ferris, an oral surgeon, and he did not extract it, but gave me amoxicillon. But, he mumbled to himself what beautiful porcelain work was done since he had seen me last for the other extractions.

So, my hat off to you, Dr. Rodolfo, in recognition of your excellent work, not only by me, but by many others in your profession. I thank you again, and I will see you again so we can do more work to complete the project.

Best regards to you and your family, Dennis

Costa Rica is a small territory (51,100 Km2) located in Central America. It is a free country since 1821. This great tourism destination is full of biological diversity. Costa Rica borders with Panamá on the southeast, Nicaragua on the north, the Caribbean Sea on the south and the Pacific Ocean on the west.

The country has seven provinces: Alajuela, Cartago, Guanacaste, Heredia, Limon, Puntarenas and the capital San Jose.

The official coin is the “Colón”. Five hundred “colones” are equals to one dollar.

The country has an estimated of 4.133.884 people (2007) and a demographic density of 82 inh/km2. Spanish is the official language, but in the zone of Limon, people talk English and a few other dialects too.

Catholicism is the main religion but there are also different kinds of cults that people practices without any problem since 1860.

Costa Rica is one of the countries in Latin America with more alphabetization; 95% of its population can read and write. Here the primary school and the high school are free and obligatory from 7 to 18 years old.

WHERE TO STAY?

At Clínica Gadea Ramírez we know about how important is to look after your health and dental esthetic. We also understand all the efforts and sacrifices about time, work and family you have to do traveling to another country to assure an excellent dental treatment for an affordable price.

That is the main reason for us to work with the utmost care to make your demurrage comfortable as much as possible and to make the most of your time and money.

To help you about where to stay we offer a little list of some Hotels and “Apartoteles” for you to choose between most friendly and good services of the zone. All of them are located just a few minutes from our clinic.

WHAT TO DO?

Costa Rica: a beautiful destiny to enjoy

Beaches

This country offers an impressive variety of beaches and great natural beauty places, along almost 1,230 km of coastlines. Visitors will find from little white sand beaches to big amazing gray sand beaches. Costa Rica has some unbelievable places to rest, enjoy and practice a variety of terrestrial and aquatic sports.

You can feel the sea wind and the waves practicing windsurfing, riding a motorboat or a jet sky. If prefer you can tray diving experiences, the hardest emotions from surfing or maybe you have a preference to live an unforgettable fishing adventure.

Sun, crystal waters and the tropical weather, complement a perfect stay on Costa Rican beaches that offer many comfortable hostage possibilities. Visitors could have the opportunity to watch from impressive natural spectacle like the turtles nesting to unforgettable sunsets as a part of the beautiful scene you can find visiting our beaches.

Thousands of visitors come every year to places like Puerto Viejo, Cahuita, Playa Bonita, Isla Uvita, Playa Cocles and Manzanillo, among others Caribbean beaches.

But also the Pacific Coast has a lot of good places for you to enjoy. Tourists will find incomparable paradises in beaches like Potrero Grande, Langosta, Naranjo Beach, Negra Beach, Nosara, Agujas, Coyote, Mal Pais, Escondida Beach, Jaco, Quepos, Manuel Antonio, Hermosa Beach, Dominical, Pavones, Punta Burica and many others.

Rivers

If you are one of those who are looking for rafting strong emotions then Costa Rica is an unforgettable adventure for you. But also the country offers great places for people who want to enjoy an ecological trip with family or friends through the most beautiful rivers.

More than 800 kilometers of navigable rivers, assure visitors to feel the adrenaline flows downstream in the “Reventazon” or the “Pacuare” which qualified like two of the most difficult all over the world to practice white water rafting, just what experts and amateurs look for.

But if prefer to relax and enjoy nature visitor will not have any problem to find many family options in most of our rivers.

Costa Rica has some specialized companies that offer guide services and little boats to rent.

Ecotourism

Improving the economy but taking car about not to affect environment, Costa Rica has develop a prominent sector of “Ecotourism” a different way for tourists to enjoy Costa Rican natural wonders and learning to take care of and to have respect for environment during their travel.

Nature lovers will appreciate the enormous variety of flora and fauna that characterize Costa Rica.

Some of most visited National Parks are Cahuita, Corcovado, Santa Rosa, Chirripo, Braulio Carrillo, Manuel Antonio, Arenal y Volcán Poas.

How about going downtown?

If you are one of those people who prefer the glamour of the city lights and its friendly and bohemian atmosphere, then you will find in the whole “Gran Área Metropolitana” (Big Metropolitan Area covers San José, Alajuela, Heredia and Cartago) a variety of good restaurants and bars for all tastes.

Costa Rica offers to the visitors from the simplest dishes to the most varied and best international foods. Because we are a “tropical condition country” you will enjoy a huge variety of fruits and vegetables. It will satisfy even the most demanding taste.

Foreign visitors could enjoy famous traditional dishes like the “Gallo Pinto” or a delicious “Olla de Carne”. If you wish, you can choose “Chorreadas”, “Picadillos”, “Gallos” and many more. Also you can try the seafood with a tasty “Ceviche a la tica”.

The Costa Rican coffee is famous all over the World because of its excellent flavor and is definitely a drink that cannot be missing in any home and even in the best restaurants at any time.

TRAVELING TIPS | ADVICES FOR VISITING COSTA RICA

1. If you come to Costa Rica for a dental treatment possibly you want you take advantage of your visit to our country to rest and to enjoy, to pass it well and to live a new great experience.
2. In Clínica Gadea Ramírez our desire is that you return to your country completely satisfied, not only about a professional dental work, but also about your demurrage in Costa Rica. We hope your experience makes you want to return to our country many times.
3. In general, you will find in Costa Rica very good people. The "Tico" is a kind person, nice and good host. Costa Rican people have big human values, good sense of humor and always they are ready to make visitors to feel comfortable. However, you have present that a complicated situation could happen in any moment and any place; so if you need help try to look for it; in Costa Rica you will always find somebody who will offer you a hand.
4. Please try to adjust your expectations to our country´s reality. Costa Rica is different than other countries, so please you never hope to find the same things that you have in your own country or in other place that you have visited. Costa Rica is not better or worse than other countries, it is just a destination with own characteristics that distinguish it of other places.
5. Idiosyncrasy of the "Tico" will make you to see the world in a different way. Try to feel comfortable with the great things that Costa Rica offers, so you will have a beautiful trip experience. Without a doubt in our landscapes and even in our food you will find a different wealth, enjoy it to the maximum.
6. Our beaches have an exuberant beauty, also our mountains, but some of them are not sure for certain activities like camping, fishing, swimming, walking or surfing; please look for information in this respect. For you and your family and friends security please do not undertake an adventure without look for information about the surest areas for tourists.
7. If you go to the beach try to prevent the strong sun burns and stings of insects. Use appropriate products to avoid painful experiences. Sun glasses, suntan lotions, insects repellent and hats or caps should be part of your baggage when visiting mountains or Costa Rican beaches.
8. Costa Rica, in general, has low risk for visitors, but it is important to be always alert. Use a copy of your passport to go out and keep the original in the hotel or another confidential place. Do not carry a lot of cash neither valuable things. Never leave your belongings exposed inside a vehicle. You come to enjoy, accept these simple advices and you will avoid difficult situations during your stay.
9. Some highways and national roads are under bad conditions, so drive with caution, especially in the areas that you do not know well. Be patient and understand that you are in a different country than yours. Do not be too much worried about roads conditions, so you will have a better stay.
10. Costa Rican biological diversity is famous all over the world. Its natural reservations and national parks have an incalculable value for humanity; so we hope you will help us to conserve them as they are. Please never allow that your stay in our country cause a negative impact to this invaluable natural wealth. Visit our beaches and mountains and let them to transform your travel into a really unforgettable experience.
11. Please inform you on the activities that you would like to enjoy. Visitors will find many options in Costa Rica to fill their expectations. Look for and ask for what you want and be sure that you will find it.

Thanks for visiting our country. We are different, just different. If better or worse than others, you will see. We hope Costa Rica can satisfy all your expectations. Be sure that in our country you have an unforgettable experience to live.