Her name is Dra Alicia Serrano. She is a resident of Tamarindo, married, and has a three and half year old son. The last time we were in Tamarindo she provided me with emergency care when I had a toothache.
Today she arrived at the office on her bicycle at the same time we did. She was coming straight from her tennis lesson--an immediate connection with Gail.
Her office has a huge picture window overlooking Tamarindo beach.
I had been told previously that I needed about $2000 worth of work done here in Costa Rica (that would be about $6000 in the US). I have a bridge on the front of my teeth that supposedly needed to be replaced. After taking X rays, Alicia said "no". She said that if you start messing with something like that you are just asking for more trouble. She would fix the problem without replacing the bridge. She did that, deep cleaned all of my teeth, and rebuilt three of my other teeth.
Then it was Gail's turn.
Gail has always had beautiful, healthy teeth. She still does, but had a couple minor problems starting to show up. Dra Alicia fixed her problems and gave her a thorough cleaning.
It is amazing how much time she spends with you telling you what she has to do--she even drew pictures. She got on the internet and showed examples of what was happening. She is gentle (gave me two "little" anesthetic shots just to clean my teeth), thorough, speaks good English, and is extremely knowledgeable.
I can certainly see why Central America is a destination for "medical tourism".
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