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Terms of Services

Welcome to TopDentistsInCostaRica.com® web site (the Site). These terms of use (Site Terms) apply exclusively to your access to, and use of, our Site so please read them carefully. They do not alter in any way the terms or conditions of any other written agreement you may have with us for other products or services. By accessing our Site, you agree to the terms and conditions of our then current Site Terms

We reserve the right to change or modify any of the terms and conditions contained in the Site Terms or any policy(s) or guideline(s) of the Site, at any time and in its sole discretion. If we decide to change our Terms of Use Agreement policy, Privacy Policy or any other policy, we will post a new policy on our site and update the policy date. Therefore, we encourage you to check the date of our Site Terms whenever you visit this site to check if it has been updated. Any changes or modification will be effective upon posting of the revisions. Your use of this Site following the posting of its changes or modifications will constitute your acceptance of the revised Site Terms.

If you do not agree to these Site Terms (including any referenced policies or guidelines) as modified from time to time, please do not access or otherwise use the services available from our Site. If you have any questions regarding the use of our Site, please e-mail us at info@topdentistsincostarica.com

License and Site Access

We grant you a limited license to make personal use only of our Site. Such grant does not include, without limitation: (a) any resale or commercial use of the Site or content therein; (b) the collection and use of any product listings or descriptions; (c) making derivative uses of the Site and its contents; or (d) use of any data mining, robots or similar data gathering and extraction methods. Except as noted above, you are not conveyed any right or license by implication, estoppel, or otherwise, in or under any patent, trademark, copyright or proprietary right of TopDentistsInCostaRica.com® or any third party.

You may not use, frame or utilize framing techniques to enclose any TopDentistsInCostaRica.com® name, trademark or product name without our express written consent.

Any unauthorized use of this Site will terminate the permission or license granted by these Site Terms and may violate applicable law including copyright laws, trademark laws (including trade dress), and communications regulations and statues. All violators will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.

Other Policies or Terms

Privacy Statement. We believe strongly in providing you notice of how we collect and use data, including personally identifying information collected from our Site. Therefore, we have adopted a Privacy Statement to which you should refer to fully understand how we collect and use information you provide us in this Site and by other means.

"Only a Forum"

This Site and the services offered herein are provided solely as a forum and technical interface that allows you to provide and receive information related to the services of doctors, dentists, eye surgeons and the like; limited information related to procedures you may be seeking; and connects consumers with doctors, dentists, eye surgeons and the like who provide these services as well as recovery retreats or procedure-related service providers.

The information on this web site is only intended as an introduction to various procedures and should not be used to determine whether you will have the procedure performed nor as a guarantee of the result. The best method of determining your options is to consult qualified surgeons who are able to answer specific questions related to your situation.

LEGAL DISCLAIMER

TopDentistsInCostaRica.com® does not endorse any of the physicians, medications, products, services or treatments described, mentioned or discussed in any of the services, databases or pages accessible from within or from any TopDentistsInCostaRica.com® Internet service or publication. Furthermore, TopDentistsInCostaRica.com® makes no representations concerning the prices, efficacy, appropriateness or suitability of any such products or treatments contained on any of our Web sites. In view of the possibility of human error or advances in medical knowledge, neither TopDentistsInCostaRica.com®, its owners, its officers, its directors, its staff nor any other party involved in providing the services, databases or pages accessible within or from any of our Web sites or any other TopDentistsInCostaRica.com® service or publication, warrant that the information contained therein is in every or any respect accurate or complete and are not responsible nor liable for any errors or omissions that may be found in such information or for the results obtained from the use of such information. You are encouraged to consult other sources and confirm the information contained in any of the services, databases or pages accessible within or from this web site. If erroneous or otherwise inaccurate information is brought to our attention, a reasonable effort will be made to correct or delete it. Such problems should immediately be reported to TopDentistsInCostaRica.com® via E-mail: info@topdentistsincostarica.com. TopDentistsInCostaRica.com® is not a guarantor of prices or of the quality of services provided by any medical specialist or other service provider who offers services through this Site. We are simply a purveyor of information and are in no manner a provider of medical or professional services. When you accept any services through our company or through this Site, your only recourse for the failure to properly perform the negotiated service is against the service provider. We make no representations and give no assurances as to the quality of the service provider.

Although referral services to medical specialists are provided upon your request, we do not sponsor, endorse, recommend or approve of any medical specialist or other service provider who offers services through this Site. You should use your independent judgment of the merits of any individual, entity or information that you find on or through, this Site. While we try to confirm that participating medical specialists and other service providers are licensed to perform their respective services, we cannot and do not represent or warrant that any medical specialist or other service provider who offers services on this Site is licensed, qualified, or capable of performing any such service.

The doctors and/or dentists on this web site have provided, and TopDentistsInCostaRica.com® is not responsible for, all information regarding doctor’s or dentist’s practices, qualifications, certifications, or other representations and you hold TopDentistsInCostaRica.com® harmless for any information of any kind contained on this web site. It is your responsibility to contact the doctor or dentist for specific information related to your question, including but not limited to procedures, qualifications and certifications. Medical doctors in Costa Rica are certified by the Colegio de Medicos y Cirujanos de Costa Rica. Doctors may also be board certified in the U.S. The terms Board Certified or Board Certification as used in this web site means certified in Costa Rica by the Colegio de Medicos y Cirujanos de Costa Rica. For further information on certified doctors in Costa Rica please visit http://www.medicos.sa.cr. Dentists in Costa Rica are certified by the Colegio de Cirujanos Dentistas de Costa Rica.

Dentists may also be board certified in the U.S. The term Board Certified or Board Certification as used in this web site means certified in Costa Rica. For further information on certified dentists in Costa Rica please visit http://www.colegiodentistas.org

Copyright

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Responsibility for Your Conduct

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Submissions

You agree that any materials, including but not limited to questions, comments, suggestions, ideas, plans, notes, drawings, personal information, medical information, original or creative materials, or other information, provided by you in the form of e-mail or submissions to TopDentistsInCostaRica.com®, or postings on this Site, are non-confidential and we are free to use such materials for our purposes at our discretion (subject to our Privacy Policy). We shall own exclusive rights to all materials, including all intellectual property rights, and shall be entitled to the unrestricted use of these materials for any purpose, commercial or otherwise, without acknowledgment or compensation to you. The submission of any materials to TopDentistsInCostaRica.com®, including the posting of materials to any forum or interactive area, irrevocably waives any and all "moral rights" in such materials, including the rights of paternity and integrity.

Disclaimers

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We reserve the right to change any and all content contained on this Site at any time without notice. Reference to any products, services, process, or other information, by trade name, trademark, manufacturer, supplier, or otherwise does not constitute or imply endorsement, sponsorship or recommendation thereof by us.

Limitation of Liability

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This Website (excluding linked sites) is controlled by TOPDENTISTSINCOSTARICA.COM® which is headquartered in San Jose, Costa Rica. It may be accessed in Costa Rica, the United States and Canada, as well as from other countries around the world. Because each of these places has laws that may differ from those of Costa Rica, by accessing this Website you agree that the statutes and laws of the Costa Rica, without regard to conflicts of law principles thereof, will apply to all matters arising from or relating to the use of this Website. You also agree and hereby submit to the exclusive legal jurisdiction and venues of the Courts of the County of Escazu, Costa Rica and all applicable Courts in Costa Rica with respect to such matters. TOPDENTISTSINCOSTARICA.COM® make no representation that materials on the Website are appropriate or available for use in other locations, and accessing them from territories where their contents are illegal is hereby prohibited. Individuals or organizations choosing to access this Website from other locations do so of their own initiative and are responsible for compliance with local laws.

General Terms

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