Washington patients benefit from direct connectivity to Bogota, and the planning considerations are chiefly those of scheduling rather than of travel itself.
Connectivity
Direct services operate from the Washington area to Bogota, with a flight time of approximately five to six hours and no significant time difference from Eastern Time.
The absence of time-zone adjustment permits appointments to be scheduled on the day following arrival without allowance for recovery.
Structuring the treatment window
For aesthetic treatment, a continuous window of seven to ten days accommodates assessment, design, try-in, preparation and definitive cementation without compression of any stage.
For implant treatment, two separate windows are required, the first of approximately seven days and the second, following integration, of five to seven days.
Coordination with professional commitments
Patients frequently enquire whether treatment can be conducted across weekends to limit absence. Certain stages permit this; the surgical phase and the immediate postoperative review do not.
The stages that may be scheduled flexibly should be identified during planning rather than negotiated during treatment.
Arrangements for the intervening period
Where treatment spans two visits, provision should be made for review at the patient’s place of residence during the intervening months. Identification of a local practitioner and transfer of the complete clinical record are undertaken before departure.
The treatment window should be determined by the clinical sequence and the schedule constructed around it, rather than the reverse.
To determine whether this procedure is indicated in your particular case, we invite you to request a clinical assessment.
