“Every tooth in a man’s head is more valuable than a diamond.” – Miguel de Cervantes.
Born in Costa Rica, his mother says that when he was just a child he was already very interested in dentistry, “She tells me when I was about 12 years old, our neighbor had a broken tooth and I wanted to try to fix it”.
After his high school graduation, he initiated his studies to become a Dentist at UCR (University of Costa Rica), but always with the dream of completing his career abroad.
After the first 4 years of the career, he had the opportunity to culminate the last year of the degree at the Paulista University (UNIP) in Sao Paulo Brazil in 1993, where despite of not knowing Portuguese and have no family there, he took the risks and ventured to accomplish not only his professional goal but also in just a few months he learned Portuguese.
While he was in Brazil, he was named Consul of Costa Rica at the age of 23, where he exercised this position for 2 years.
After his graduation, he returned home to Costa Rica and founded Sonrisa para Todos in 1999 focusing on national patients.
“I consider myself a person that achieves my objectives and I am willing to do anything to accomplish them, without fear of taking risks, I have stepped out of the scheme where everybody expects for things to happen and that’s why I have accomplished different goals”.
Dr. Mario Bonilla
In 2005 he founded New Smile Dental Group Costa Rica which was mainly created to offer an affordable solution for US & Canadian patients seeking for dental implants and full mouth rehabilitation at a superior and world-class quality. The starting point was a small ad in the New York Times classifieds where he promoted the dental treatments offered at the Clinic and after pursuing for a few months, he finally started receiving patients initially, from the US and then, from Canada as well. For these reasons, Dr. Bonilla and his team at New Smile Dental Group are considered one of the pioneers in the implementation of dental tourism in Costa Rica, emphasizing that this is not only a matter of the Clinic, but also to highlight a country and all its beauty.
In 2007 he traveled to Albuquerque New Mexico in the United States to pursue a diploma in Dental Implantology at OCO Biomedical Corporate Headquarters, he became a Member of the American Dental Association (ADA), as well as Member of the AAID (American Academy of Implant Dentistry) and Member of ICOI (International Congress of Oral Implantology).
So far, Dr. Bonilla has placed more than 14,000 dental implants, and is committed to provide the best dental service with the latest technology in the field, especially in implantology and cosmetics.
New Smile Dental Center
Avenida 2, Calles 36-38, San Jose, Costa Rica.
USA Telephone: +1 (954) 320-4153
Costa Rica Telephone: +506 4010 3333
Email: [email protected]
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