Clear Choice or Costa Rica for Dental Implants
I’ve been researching options or dental implants. I looked at Clear Choice Implants but they prefer to do all-on-4 dental implants. I’ve heard that these have some downsides. Looking over their reviews, I also see a lot of people complain that there was no follow up with them as well. I’d really like to get traditional implant supported dentures, but they told me I’d need bone grafting for that so the all-on-4 is my best option. Another option that I looked into is going to Costa Rica to have the work done. Apparently, there I can have the bone grafting and traditional implant overdentures done and it would still end up cheaper than Clear Choice. Would that be my better option?
Viola
Dear Viola,
I’m glad you wrote. I would not go for either of these options for your dental implants, and here’s why. Let’s start with Clear Choice. You mentioned the problem with no follow up. That is true. You also mentioned that there were downsides with them. That is also true. A significant issue is that if something goes wrong with one implant, then the entire system will have to be replaced.
But going to Costa Rica will be much worse. Even in the United States, with all of our quality controls, when things go wrong with the implant procedure, there can be serious consequences. But take away those quality controls and you are looking at a potential disaster. The standard of care and even the quality and sterilization of equipment is different outside of the U.S. Plus, you will have no real follow up or any recourse if things do go wrong. The last thing you want is to be yet one more person in a long line of dental implant horror stories.
There is a third option. Go with a private dentist with post doctoral training in dental implants. Have the bone grafting done and then have the implant supported dentures you were hoping for. You will know the dentist is trained. Private dentists are much more invested in the success of their cases than corporate clinics like Clear Choice, so you should have excellent follow up.
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