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so thankful i discovered dr. alvarez-carrera 19 years ago!
My husband and I have been getting all our dental work done at Ricardo Alvarez-Carrera’s office since I first discovered him nineteen years ago when I tripped over our cat, did a swan dive down the stairs and knocked my front teeth out.
I had clients who went to Mexico for dentistry but I do my own homework.
I was impressed by Dr. Alavarez’s credentials: Lloma Linda dental school—one of the most prestigious in the country—and then a three year post graduate residency there. He’s been on the Lloma Linda faculty ever since.
When I first discovered “Dr. A,” I had to make sure his credentials were legit so I had an endodontist friend at Lloma Linda walk over to the Oral Implantology Center to ask about him. All I wanted to know was “Is he who he says he is?” My friend heard accolades galore: “a genius…the most brilliant student to have ever complete the program,” among them.
When I went down to his office in 2001, I was amazed—not that it was so clean and hygienic—but that the equipment was state of the art equipment I had never seen in upscale Newport Beach, CA. That was the first time I ever saw my x-rays projected on a TV screen in front of me. And the X-rays were digital. (My thirty-something former Newport Beach USC graduate dentist was a bit defensive about the fact that he didn’t use digital x-rays at the time, saying: “They’re to what they’re cracked up to be.”) Dr. A also had panoramic full mouth x-rays—something I had not seen before.
My case was complicated. It took 18 months and required a three hour bone graft surgery on my jaw and three gum graft surgeries. (I had so much bone loss he wasn’t able to use synthetic bone.) Dr. Alvarez is so focused and meticulous I found each and every procedure fascinating.
And what a staff he’s assembled! “Dr. Cecilia,” is equally competent—and gentle. I have an auto immune disease that makes my teeth especially sensitive to cold so I have to have my entire mouth anesthetized with cleanings. (Prior to their doing that I used to get physically ill before cleaning appointments.) She always tells me what to expect when she numbs my gums. Recently I asked her how she could describe what I’m going to feel so well. “That’s part of our training,” she said. “We give each other injections so we know what it feels like.”
In the nineteen years since I first discovered Dr. Alvarez-Carrera’s office, my husband and I have been getting all of our dentistry done there: cleanings, fillings, implants and veneers. We have dental insurance so could go anywhere. But I can’t imagine finding the level of care—and caring—we discovered there. Bertha, the receptionist, is wonderful at helping us with insurance paperwork. The trip can take an hour longer than it did nineteen years ago. Thankfully, Global Entry allows us to zip back to the States in no time. You are welcome to contact me if you would like to speak with a long-time patient of Dr. Alvarez-Carrerra’s.
I was impressed by Dr. Alavarez’s credentials: Lloma Linda dental school—one of the most prestigious in the country—and then a three year post graduate residency there. He’s been on the Lloma Linda faculty ever since.
When I first discovered “Dr. A,” I had to make sure his credentials were legit so I had an endodontist friend at Lloma Linda walk over to the Oral Implantology Center to ask about him. All I wanted to know was “Is he who he says he is?” My friend heard accolades galore: “a genius…the most brilliant student to have ever complete the program,” among them.
When I went down to his office in 2001, I was amazed—not that it was so clean and hygienic—but that the equipment was state of the art equipment I had never seen in upscale Newport Beach, CA. That was the first time I ever saw my x-rays projected on a TV screen in front of me. And the X-rays were digital. (My thirty-something former Newport Beach USC graduate dentist was a bit defensive about the fact that he didn’t use digital x-rays at the time, saying: “They’re to what they’re cracked up to be.”) Dr. A also had panoramic full mouth x-rays—something I had not seen before.
My case was complicated. It took 18 months and required a three hour bone graft surgery on my jaw and three gum graft surgeries. (I had so much bone loss he wasn’t able to use synthetic bone.) Dr. Alvarez is so focused and meticulous I found each and every procedure fascinating.
And what a staff he’s assembled! “Dr. Cecilia,” is equally competent—and gentle. I have an auto immune disease that makes my teeth especially sensitive to cold so I have to have my entire mouth anesthetized with cleanings. (Prior to their doing that I used to get physically ill before cleaning appointments.) She always tells me what to expect when she numbs my gums. Recently I asked her how she could describe what I’m going to feel so well. “That’s part of our training,” she said. “We give each other injections so we know what it feels like.”
In the nineteen years since I first discovered Dr. Alvarez-Carrera’s office, my husband and I have been getting all of our dentistry done there: cleanings, fillings, implants and veneers. We have dental insurance so could go anywhere. But I can’t imagine finding the level of care—and caring—we discovered there. Bertha, the receptionist, is wonderful at helping us with insurance paperwork. The trip can take an hour longer than it did nineteen years ago. Thankfully, Global Entry allows us to zip back to the States in no time. You are welcome to contact me if you would like to speak with a long-time patient of Dr. Alvarez-Carrerra’s.
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