Costa Rica Dental Team
According to our open methodology, this clinic scored 67.8/100 for transparency, reputation, service accessibility, and digital visibility.
Overall rank: #10 of 17 ranked clinics · Last checked: 26 August 2026
Positions by Rating Profile
- Overall Transparency & Trust#1067.8/100
- Best for Expats#1068.8/100
- Best for Dental Implants#1163.3/100
- Best for Emergency Dental Carenot ranked
- Best Price Transparency#764.1/100
- Best English-speaking Clinics#972.3/100
- Best for Families / Childrennot ranked
- Sleep Dentistry (GA / deep sedation)not ranked
General Anaesthesia & Deep Sedation
Whether the clinic documents treatment under general anaesthesia or deep / twilight sedation — "sleep dentistry", where the patient is asleep and unaware (does not feel, see, or hear the procedure). Ordinary conscious sedation, where the patient stays awake and responsive, does not count here. This is informational and does not affect the transparency score.
- ✗ General anaesthesia / deep sedation (sleep dentistry) — No general anaesthesia or deep sedation documented FAQ: cannot provide nitrous oxide/narcotics on-site; IV sedation available but surgery is referred to another facility [costa-rica-dental-team-sedation]
Summary
Costa Rica Dental Team is an American-owned dental-tourism clinic in Curridabat, San José, offering implants, full-mouth restoration, crowns, bridges and dentures with on-site 3D scanning and lab. The website publishes a US-vs-Costa Rica pricing table and lists bilingual dentists. It does not advertise orthodontics, pediatric or emergency services.
Strengths
- Information Transparency: 20 of 20 points.
- Communication & Service: 8.5 of 10 points.
- No red flags identified in public sources.
Weaknesses
- Price Transparency: 7 of 15 verifiable points (missing: cleaning price listed; filling price listed; consultation price listed; x-ray / imaging price listed)
Score Breakdown
Every criterion below is scored from public sources. ✓ verified yes · ✗ verified no / not found · ◐ partial · ? unverified (scores 0, not a negative finding).
Information Transparency
Whether basic facts about the clinic - its team, premises, services, and location - are publicly verifiable.
Price Transparency
Whether patients can estimate costs before visiting. Published price ranges count; exact prices are not required.
Reputation & Reviews
Public review signals. The Google rating is adjusted with a Bayesian prior (rating 4.0, weight 25) so a 5.0 from a handful of reviews does not outrank a 4.8 from hundreds.
| ◐ | Google rating (Bayesian-adjusted) as of 2026-08-26 [costa-rica-dental-team-refresh] | 5/6 |
| ◐ | Google review volume [costa-rica-dental-team-refresh] | 2/3 |
| ✓ | Review recency [costa-rica-dental-team-refresh] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Clinic responds to reviews Owner replies to reviews on the Google listing: 3 of the 5 newest reviews answered, owner reply dated 2026-08-05 (read 2026-09-25). [costa-rica-dental-team-gbp-2026-09-25] | 2/2 |
| ? | No recurring complaints | 0/2 |
| ? | No suspicious review patterns | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Active Facebook presence [s1] | 1/1 |
| ✓ | TripAdvisor presence [s1] | 0.5/0.5 |
| ✓ | Other review platforms Reviewed on WhatClinic: rating 5.0 from 19 reviews. [s3] | 0.5/0.5 |
Medical Infrastructure
The range of publicly documented equipment and services. This measures documented availability, not clinical quality.
Communication & Service
How easy it is to contact the clinic, get answers, and book - especially for international patients.
AI & Search Visibility
Whether the clinic is discoverable when patients search - including via AI assistants. Checked with fixed queries: "best dentist Costa Rica", "English speaking dentist Costa Rica", "dental implants Costa Rica", "emergency dentist Costa Rica", "Costa Rica dental clinic for expats".
| ? | Mentioned for: best dentist Costa Rica | 0/1 |
| ? | Mentioned for: English speaking dentist Costa Rica | 0/1 |
| ? | Mentioned for: dental implants Costa Rica | 0/1 |
| ? | Mentioned for: emergency dentist Costa Rica | 0/1 |
| ? | Mentioned for: Costa Rica dental clinic for expats | 0/1 |
| ? | Structured data on website | 0/1.5 |
| ? | Google indexing quality | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Dedicated service pages [s1] | 1.5/1.5 |
Licensing & Credentials
Whether the clinic publishes its operating licence and the dentists working there together with their professional licence numbers. A verified “not published” is recorded as a red flag; data we have not checked yet is shown as unverified and carries no penalty.
Clinic operating licence: not checked against public sources yet — unverified, no penalty
Dentists & professional licences
| Dentist | Specialization | Licence No. | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dr. Jessica Mora [s1] [costa-rica-dental-team-doclic] [costa-rica-dental-team-ccdcr-292905] | Restorative dentistry, implants, full mouth restoration | 292905 | Membership code in the public register of the Colegio de Cirujanos Dentistas de Costa Rica, membership of which is compulsory to practise dentistry; listed as active (checked 30 September 2026). |
| Dr. Yelda Fernandez [s1] [costa-rica-dental-team-doclic] [costa-rica-dental-team-ccdcr-1439094] | — | 1439094 | Membership code in the public register of the Colegio de Cirujanos Dentistas de Costa Rica, membership of which is compulsory to practise dentistry; listed as active (checked 30 September 2026). |
| Dr. Maripaz [s1] | — | not verified | — |
Dentists are named; their licence numbers have not been checked against public sources yet — unverified, no penalty.
Red Flags
No red flags identified in the public sources we reviewed.
Data We Could Not Verify
- Reputation & Reviews: No recurring complaints
- Reputation & Reviews: No suspicious review patterns
- Communication & Service: Response speed
- AI & Search Visibility: Mentioned for: best dentist Costa Rica
- AI & Search Visibility: Mentioned for: English speaking dentist Costa Rica
- AI & Search Visibility: Mentioned for: dental implants Costa Rica
- AI & Search Visibility: Mentioned for: emergency dentist Costa Rica
- AI & Search Visibility: Mentioned for: Costa Rica dental clinic for expats
- AI & Search Visibility: Structured data on website
- AI & Search Visibility: Google indexing quality
Unverified items score 0 points but are not treated as negative findings. If you can document any of them, please send a correction.
Contact Information
| Website | https://costaricadentalteam.com/ |
|---|---|
| Phone | +506 2234-9718 |
| +1 866-895-1718 | |
| https://www.facebook.com/costaricadentalteam | |
| Google Maps | Map listing |
| Address | 150 m east of BAC San José, Curridabat, San José 11801, Costa Rica |
Contact details are provided for identification only and may change; verify with the clinic directly.
Sources
| ID | Source | What it supports | Accessed |
|---|---|---|---|
| s1 | https://costaricadentalteam.com/ | address, phone, WhatsApp, services, published pricing table, 3D scanning, English site | 2026-07-14 |
| s2 | https://costaricadentalteam.com/about-us/meet-the-team/ | bilingual dentist team | 2026-07-14 |
| s3 | https://www.whatclinic.com/dentists/costa-rica/san-pedro/costa-rica… | WhatClinic: clinic profile "Costa Rica Dental Team", Curridabat, San José: rating 5.0 from 19 reviews (checked 2026-10-01) | 2026-10-01 |
| costa-rica-dental-team-doclic | https://www.colegiodentistas.org/listado-odontologos/ | searched: 'Jessica Mora' — CCDCR shows JESSICA MORA CHINCHILLA, código 292905, Activo, sole exact first+last-name match among 3 results (2026-08-25). | 2026-08-25 |
| costa-rica-dental-team-refresh | https://www.google.com/maps/place/Costa+Rica+Dental+Team+-+Dental+I… | Google rating 4.8 (147 reviews) as of 2026-08-26 | 2026-08-26 |
| costa-rica-dental-team-sedation | https://costaricadentalteam.com/faqs/ | "Due to national regulations, our clinic is unable to provide nitrous oxide or narcotic medications to patients. IV sedation is available with an anesthesiologist but the surgery must be referred to another facility." | 2026-08-25 |
| costa-rica-dental-team-gbp-2026-09-25 | https://www.google.com/maps?cid=2160849300682187911&hl=en | Google listing read on 2026-09-25: rating 4.8 from 148 reviews; star histogram 1★ 5 / 2★ 2 / 3★ 1 / 4★ 3 / 5★ 137; newest review dated 2026-08-28; 3 of the 5 newest reviews carry an owner reply, latest dated 2026-08-05. | 2026-09-25 |
| costa-rica-dental-team-ccdcr-292905 | https://www.colegiodentistas.org/listado-odontologos/?data_search=2… | Public register of the Colegio de Cirujanos Dentistas de Costa Rica (Listado de Odontólogos), search by código 292905: one record — JESSICA MORA CHINCHILLA, no specialty listed, status Activo (active). | 2026-09-30 |
| costa-rica-dental-team-ccdcr-1439094 | https://www.colegiodentistas.org/listado-odontologos/?data_search=1… | Public register of the Colegio de Cirujanos Dentistas de Costa Rica (Listado de Odontólogos), search by código 1439094: one record — YELDA FERNANDEZ MESEN, no specialty listed, status Activo (active). | 2026-09-30 |
Change History
| Date | Change |
|---|---|
| 2026-10-01 | Other review platforms re-checked on 2026-10-01: WhatClinic profile with 19 reviews (5.0); the datum previously rested only on the clinic's own site. |
| 2026-09-29 | Corrected 2026-09-29: owner replies to reviews confirmed on the Google listing (owner reply dated 2026-08-05). |
| 2026-09-25 | Aligned with the clinic's entry on sanjosedentalrating.com: recorded Review recency (within_3_months), General anaesthesia / deep sedation (sleep dentistry) (no) from sources read on 2026-08-25. |
| 2026-08-26 | Re-verification 2026-08-26: confirmed costaricadentalteam.com is live and matches stored name/address/phone; clinic open on Google Maps (listed there as "Costa Rica Dental Team - Dental Implants"). Recorded first Google rating 4.8 (147 reviews) — the site's own marketing copy claims 4.9, but the live Maps profile shows 4.8. Recorded Maps place URL and coordinates. |
| 2026-08-25 | Re-verification 2026-08-25: confirmed costaricadentalteam.com live with active contact form, pricing, and awards content; name, address (150m east of BAC San Jose, Curridabat), and phone (+506 2234-9718) match stored data, no corrections. The site itself claims '4.9 stars on Google' but this is a self-reported figure on the clinic's own marketing page, not an independently observed Google Maps rating, so it was not entered as a verified value. The actual Maps place page is not renderable via available fetch tools and browser automation was unavailable today, so no googleRating/reviewCount is recorded this cycle. |
| 2026-08-25 | License verification 2026-08-25 against CCDCR: two of three listed dentists found active/registered; 'Dr. Maripaz' has no surname published, left null. |
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