Advance Dental Costa Rica Team

• Loma Linda University, School of Dentistry – July 2004-July 2007
• Residency in Advanced Prosthodontics, Loma Linda, California, USA
• Loma Linda University, School of Dentistry – September 2003-June 2004
• Preceptorship in Advanced Prosthodontics, and Dental Implants, Loma Linda, California, USA
• Universidad Internacional de las Americas – January 1999 – May 2003 Doctor in Dental Surgery
• Master in Business Administration, INCAE Business School – July 2010 – November 2011

• Got a Passport, Get a Smile Medical Tourism Magazine, December 2007
• Brenes, E.J: Elaboración de Prótesis Totales: Presentación de Caso Clínico, Revista Científica Odontológica, Colegio de Cirujanos Dentistas, Año 1, Vol 1 Pag. 21-21
• Abstracts for the American Equilibration Society: Newsletter 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004

• Costa Rica Academy of Endodontics, Success of Prosthodontic Procedures, Tintos y Blancos, Multiplaza Escazu, June 24, 2010
• Implant Overdentures, Principles and Techniques (Hands-on), Feb 9, 2007, Loma Linda University Coleman Pavilion, Wong Kerlee Internacional Conference Center

• Universidad Latinoamericana de Ciencia y Tecnologia, Ulacit, Co-Director of the post grad lectures on Modern Prosthodontic Techniques, 2009-2010
• Faculty of the Dental Restorative Department, Loma Linda University, School of Dentistry 2004-2007

• Member Academia Costarricence de Prostodoncia
• Member of the American Dental Association
• Members of the American College of Prosthodontics
• Member of the Loma Linda University Alumnus Association
• Member of Colegio de Cirujanos Dentistas de Costa Rica

Fluent in English and Spanish

Dr. Melissa Rojas is a Specialist in Pediatric Dentistry and Maxillary Orthopedics. She made her residency at the National University of Colombia and is currently in charge of caring for children of all ages and adolescents at Advance Dental Costa Rica.

She completed a 2-year residency at the National University of Colombia, specifically at the Hospital de La Misericordia (HOMI), with emphasis on systemically compromised and disabled children, with an internship for children with cleft palate in Germany and Switzerland. Dr. Rojas is a member of the Colombian Academy of Pediatric Dentistry.

After receiving her degree as general dentist in 2011 and working in a private practice dedicated to general dentistry until 2013, Dra Gómez iniciated and completed her training as an specialist in Orthodontics in Pontificia Universidad Javeriana (Bogotá).

In 2016, she returns to Costa Rica in 2016 and starts as the specialist in Orthodontics at Advance Dental Costa Rica. Among other affiliations Dra Gómez collaborates as a clinical teacher at the dental school of the University of Costa Rica.

Dra. Gómez is updated in the different current Orthodontic treatment techniques:

Aesthetic orthodontics with porcelain brackets and sapphire crystal.
Invisible orthodontics: Invisalign and Lingual Orthodontics.
Orthodontics with conventional metal brackets and self-ligating.

Dra Gomez is trained in: early treatment (functional orthopedics), corrective Orthodontics and pre-surgical orthodontics (surgical patients requiring orthognathic surgery).

Education

• Bachelor of Dentistry, Universidad Latinoamericana de Ciencia y Tecnología, San Jose, Costa Rica – 2010.
• Oral Implantology Program, Division of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Jackson Memorial Hospital / University of Miami – 2011.
• Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery Residency, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México – 2014-2018.

Memberships

• Member of the International Congress of Oral Implantology (ICOI).
• Member of the College of Dental Surgeons of Costa Rica.
• Member of the Academy of Osseointegration.
• Member of AO – ASIF.
• Member of the Mexican Council of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery.

Publications

San Jose, Costa Rica, 2011: Navarro I, Carr D, Brenes C, Jimenez J 2011, Complete maxillary rehabilitation with hybrid bridge supported by 8 endoosseous implants. Entrepreneur Dentist. Volume 14.5- 2011.

San Jose, Costa Rica, 2011: Navarro I, Carr D, Jimenez J, Complete maxillary rehabilitation with a hybrid bridge supported by 8 endoosseous implants using CAD / CAM. StructSure® Bar. Entrepreneur Dentist. Volume 14.6-2011, Costa Rica.

San Jose, Costa Rica, 2012: Navarro I, Carr D, Jimenez J, Rehabilitation of mandibular alveolar defect after HPAF with endose implants and hybrid prosthesis. Entrepreneur Dentist. Volume 15.1-2009, Costa Rica.

Presentations

• Complete maxillary rehabilitation with a hybrid bridge supported by 8 endosseous implants in a severely atrophic maxilla. College of Dental Surgeons of Costa Rica, Annual Congress. San Jose, Costa Rica, 2011.
• Complete maxillary rehabilitation with hybrid bridge supported by 8 endosseous implants using CAD / CAM StructSure® Annual Congress of the Academy of Osseointegration, Phoenix, Arizona. Phoenix, Arizona, 2012.
• XXV National and International Congress of Postgraduate and Research in Dentistry. U.N.A.M. Complete maxillary rehabilitation with hybrid bridge supported by 8 endosseous implants after mandibular resection due to unicystic ameloblastoma. Cancún Q.R, Mexico. May 2014.
• XIVI National and International Seminar of the Mexican Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. School “Osteogenic distraction in Pierre Robin Sequence” Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, November 2014.
• XXVI National and International Congress of Postgraduate and Research in Dentistry. U.N.A.M. Treatment of panfacial fracture through coronal approach. Cancun Q.R, Mexico. May 2015.
• XIVII National and International Seminar of the Mexican Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. School “Zygomatic implants as an alternative for severely atrophic maxilla, case presentation” Mexico City, Mexico. November 2015.
• XXVII National and International Congress of Postgraduate and Research in Dentistry. U.N.A.M. “Surgically guided maxillary sinus floor elevation” Cancún Q.R, Mexico. May 2016.
• XXVIII National and International Congress of Postgraduate and Research in Dentistry. U.N.A.M. “Zygomatic implants & All on 4® for atrophic maxilla and mandibular respectively, case presentation” Cancún Q.R, Mexico. May 2017.
• XIVII National and International Seminar of the Mexican Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. School, “Orthognathic Surgery in Cleft Lip and Palate” Mazatlan Sinaloa, Mexico. May 2017.
• XIVII National and International Seminar of the Mexican Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. School, “Post-extraction implant placement with immediate loading and provisionalization in the anterior area” Merida, Yucatán, Mexico. November 2017.

Experience

• Ad Honorem Care Practice, Oral Implantology Unit, Universidad Latinoamericana de Ciencia y Tecnología 2011-2013
• Private practice in San José, Costa Rica. 2011 – present
• Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Residency, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Mé 2014 – 2018
• Surgeon at the Maxillofacial Surgery Service, Hospital México, CCSS. 2018 – present
• Surgeon at the INS Trauma Hospital of Costa Rica. 2018 – 2023

Graduated from the University of Costa Rica with an MBA, her job is to watch over all of our patients, by assisting them and their families before, during and after their trip with consultations, treatment plans, estimates and travel arrangements.