{"id":12213,"date":"2024-06-22T13:10:52","date_gmt":"2024-06-22T19:10:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gildentalclinic.com\/quienes-somos\/dra-glenda-umana-alfaro\/"},"modified":"2025-04-25T00:51:09","modified_gmt":"2025-04-25T06:51:09","slug":"dr-glenda-umana-alfaro","status":"publish","type":"doctors","link":"https:\/\/www.gildentalclinic.com\/en\/quienes-somos\/dr-glenda-umana-alfaro\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Glenda Uma\u00f1a Alfaro"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-b7000c15\">\n\n<p>Glenda Uma\u00f1a Alfaro received her Licentiate degree in Dentistry at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ulacit.ac.cr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Universidad Latinoamericana de Ciencia y Tecnolog\u00eda<\/a> (ULACIT) where she graduated first in the Class of 2017. Since then, she has been working in private practice.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2021, Dr. Uma\u00f1a began a 3-year postgraduate program in Prosthodontics at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ucr.ac.cr\/\">University of Costa Rica<\/a>, where she graduated in 2023.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Throughout her professional career, Dr. Uma\u00f1a has been an active participant in national and international dental conferences. She has also received additional training related to her specialty in Prosthodontics. 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