As with other professional activities, the dental services that we provide in Costa Rica are governed by minimum amounts of mandatory compliance.
Including, the members of the College of Dental Surgeons are empowered to establish amounts greater than those set in a rate authorized by law, according to the operating costs of each clinic and the degree of specialty of the professional who provides the service.
The tariff is intended to avoid unfair competition, and applies to all institutions, companies, societies, foundations, the National Insurance Institute (INS) and non-state insurers, and to all dentists.
Since the tariff has the objective of avoiding unfair competition, the fixing of prices for dental treatments below the minimum tariffs, in Costa Rica, is considered a violation of the School’s Code of Ethics and, whoever commits it, is exposed to a penalty.
Dental services fall into a wide variety of categories, including check-ups (such as first-time and post-treatment visits), radiology, operative, endodontics, prosthodontics, pediatric dentistry, periodontics, whitening and surgery.
Just as an example, we mention the minimum fees established by the College of Dental Surgeons, in 2018, for some of the treatments that dentists attend, among our daily activities:
Revision
First Time Consultation
₡34.000
Post Treatment Consultation
₡19.000
Radiology
Intraoral and Extraoral Digital Photography
₡11.000
Panoramic X-ray
₡25.000
Orthodontic Study
₡25.000
Operative
Simple Amalgam
₡23.000
Complex Amalgam
₡35.000
Simple Resin
₡34.000
Complex Resin
₡46.000
Resin Veneer (Direct)
₡45.000
Resin Veneer (Indirect)
₡83.000
Endodontics
Anterior Endodontics (Uniradicular)
₡80.000
Endodontics Premolars (Biradicular)
₡99.000
Prosthodontics
Semi-Precious Metallic Crown
₡180.000
Non Precious Metallic Crown
₡172.000
Metal Crown – Semi-Precious Porcelain
₡211.000
Metal Crown – Non precious Porcelain
₡186.000
Zirconium and / or Porcelain Crown
₡194.000
Implants
Dental Implant Placement Surgery
₡504.000
Second Phase Implant Surgery
₡27.000
Computerized Surgical Guide for implant placement
₡211.000
Whitening
Whitening Covers at Home
₡82.000
Whitening In Dental Chair
₡101.000
Internal Whitening (Non-Vital Piece)
₡50.000
However, it is important to note that in Costa Rica Cero Caries, we seek to create an investment fund where through a membership you obtain access to certain dental services at a cheaper price.
We have a proposal to promote a population without cavities, solve situations associated with social impact, promote the offer of online services and facilitate access to dental health at a more accessible price than normal and by financial mathematics to be able to respect the minimum rates of the College of Dental Surgeons of Costa Rica.
We give the opportunity to obtain cheap dental treatments in Costa Rica, in this way –through the acquisition of a membership- the client receives dental service for a period of ten years, for a reasonable one-time payment.
