When a patient tells me things like "I've never been told this so detailed," "I've never felt my mouth that well" or "how I'm noticing changes with this treatment," I remember again the reason why I chose my career.

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• Specialty in Periodontics. Northwestern University - Northwestern University Dental School, Chicago. June 1997 - December 1999
• Doctor in Dental Surgery. Universidad de Costa Rica - Facultad de Odontología. February 1989 - January 1995

• Participant: Colgate-Palmolive Videos Conference "New Concepts about the Relationship between Periodontal Disease and Diabetes"/Dr. Ira Lawster, Costa Rica, November 2011

• Participant: Conference "An Actual Perspective of Periodontal and Perimplant Disease Etiopathogeny", Costa Rica, April 2012

• Participant: Seminar of Periodontal Plastic Surgery, Handling of Soft Tissue and Bone Regeneration/Dr. Nelson Carranza. Costa Rica, October 2012

• Costa Rican Dental Association cod. 1536097Active

  Costa Rica

• Member: Costa Rican Academy of Specialists in Periodontics (ACEP), since 2000
• Member: American Academy of Periodontology (AAP), since 1997 14676

• VII Research Prize - Costa Rican Association of Ontological Congresses

• Coordinator of Periodontic Clinic
• Professor of Periodontic Pre-Clinic
• Instructor of Periodontic Clinic, Jan 2000 - Dec 2002
• Instructor of Periodontic Clinic at Northwestern University Dental School, Chicago, 1998-1999
• Award: VIII Prize to Research, by Costa Rican Association of Dental Congresses (ACCO), Costa Rica
• Speaker: "Working in Team with the Periodontal Patient", Costa Rican College of Oral Surgeons, May 2012
• Speaker: "An Update in Prevention and Diagnosis of Periodontal Disease" at Universidad Latina de Costa Rica
• Speaker: "What You Wanted to Know About the Periodontal Disease", Costa Rican College of Oral Surgeons
• Speaker: "Periodontal Disease as a Medical Risk" at Periodontics, Oral Surgery and Implantology Seminar, Costa Rican College of Oral Surgeons