Preventive care in Puerto Rico

Preventative care is available and accessible but there is a shortage of doctors on the island from all areas, specialists, dentists, surgeons, nurses etc. it takes a couple months to get appts and some are over 6 months. Dentists are the worst, I had lost a crown and by the time I was able to get an appt to see about root canal (8 months wait) the tooth was too decayed and I had to have it pulled. As soon as that was decided I got 2 calls with appts from endodontists with opening in next few days. But I had to wait 2 more months for oral surgeon to remove it. The emergency rooms here have huge wait times because everyone goes there when they can’t get an appt soon enough. It’s a vicious cycle. The care is great when you can get it.

Wow, sorry to hear that....how long ago was this? Reason I ask is because my wife had hers done last year around Septenber I believe. Her dentist gave her the appointment for 3 weeks, got it done and deductuble was $ 2.00 bucks. This was a female dentist, did a great job.