EDUCATION

-Liceo de Costa Rica, Bachelor in Sciences, December,  1959

-University of  Costa Rica, Doctor in Dental Surgery, May 1968

OTHER STUDIES AND AWARDS

-The American Society of Dentistry for Children. Certificate of Merit, 1968

-Dental Association of Costa Rica. “ Some aspects of the Problems in Removable Partial Prótesis.” December 1976.

-IV Costa Rican-Panamanian Dental Meeting. Chiriquì Panama. Junio 1982.

-Philadelphia College of Ostheopathic Medicine. Predoctoral course of Maxillo Temporomandibular Dysfunctions. May 1983.

-Normandie Study Group for TMJ Dysfunction. Diagnosis and Treatment of TMJ disorders. May 1983

-American Academy of Implant Dentistry  (AAID) “ State of the Art Implantology” Annual Meeting World Assembly, September 1983.

-Alabama Implant Study Group. 1984 Alabama Implant Congress X . 1984.

-American Academy of Implant Dentistry. AAID Research Foundation. University of California, San Francisco. “ Innovations in Implantology” October, 1985.

-Dr. Dale Hall. Dental Implant Seminar. April 1987.

-American Dental Association. Annual Session. Las Vegas Nevada, 1987

-American Academy of  Implant Dentistry. Annual Scientific Program. World Conference-Oral Impants. Las Vegas Nevada, 1987.

-Ivoclar AG-Vivadent AG. Isosit, Inlay, Onlay, IPS Ceramic Course. March 1990

-University of Costa Rica. “ Technical Application of  Isosit Resin Inlay/Onlay in Laboratory and Clinical Applications”. June 1990. San Josè, Costa Rica.

-Core Vent System of Osseointegrated Implants. Surgical & Prosthetic Training Program.  Ventura California, November 1990.

-Western District of  The American Academy of Implant Dentistry. Implant Oral  Reconstruction, Prosthetic and surgical Techniques”. California USA.  November  1990.

-American College of Oral Implantology. Annual ACOI Winter Symposium. Sub-periosteal Implants. Surgical Demonstration Course. Lake Worth Florida, January 1991.

The Midwest Implant Institute & Center for the Advancement of Dentistry. S-371 SubPeriosteal Implant Course. June 1991.

-The American Academy of Implant Dentistry and the AAID Research Foundation. 41ST Annual Scientific Program. “Oral Implantology/ Implant Dentistry” Orlando, Florida, 1992.

-CIOCAP. 1ST Congress of Oral Implantology of Central America and Panama.
February 1996. San Josè, Costa Rica.

-The Western District of The American Academy of Implant Dentistry. “Implants, Longterm Successses and Failures”. NewPort Beach , California March 1997.

-Boston Institute of Dental Implantology and Bone Augmentation. “ Fundamentals of Oral Implantology”. October 1998.

-MAP International Seminars. “ Advanced Bone Grafting” Palm Harbor, Florida. September 1999.

-Sulzer Medica, Sulzer Calcitek, Inc. Coastal Jaw Surgery & Sulzer Calcitek presents:
“Advenced Bone Grafting Course”.  Palm Harbor, Florida September 1999.

-The Costa Rican Board of Dentists. San Jose Dental Meeting. October 1999.

- University of Miami School of Medicine. 1ST symposium on Platelet Rich Plasma & it`s Growth Factors”. February-March 2002. Orlando Florida.

-International Congres of Oral Impantologists ( ICOI) . Implant Prosthodontic Section. “ ICOI World Congress XXII and 7TH Imlpant and Prosthodontic Symposium” Las Vegas Nevada, June 2004.

MEMBERSHIPS

- The Costa Rican Board of Dentists. 1968
- National Geographic Society, The Officers Board of Trustees. July 1976
- American Academy of Implant Dentistry. 1992
- Implant Prosthodontic Section (IPS) of  ICOI. May 1999.
- International Congress of Oral Implantologists. (ICOI) May  1999.
- Costa Rican Academy of Prosthodontics.