Is ACE DNTL Estepona different from the Marbella clinic?

No — it is the same practice. Same in-house ceramics laboratory, same master ceramists, same Smile Index, same clinical standard. Patients choose Estepona because it is closer, calmer, or both.

Where exactly is ACE DNTL Estepona?

Avenida Litoral 5, 29680 Estepona. Thirty minutes from Málaga–Costa del Sol Airport and twenty minutes from Gibraltar International Airport.

What is the ACE Smile Index?

A ten-criteria clinical framework for evaluating cosmetic dental outcomes, authored by Dr. Ace Korkchi, DDS and published openly (DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.19634136). Every aesthetic case at ACE DNTL Estepona is scored against it.

Do you treat international patients at Estepona?

Yes. The Estepona clinic regularly treats patients from Gibraltar, Sotogrande, the UK, Scandinavia, and beyond. Digital pre-consultation before travel. Most international smile makeovers are seen across two or three visits over about a month in-clinic.

ACE DNTL STUDIO Estepona

ACE DNTL STUDIO Estepona is the western Costa del Sol clinic of the ACE DNTL group, located on Avenida Litoral in Estepona. It is not a satellite — it is the same practice as the Marbella flagship, operating with the same in-house ceramics laboratory (ACE DNTL LAB), the same master ceramists, the same digital smile design workflow, and the same clinical standard set by Dr. Ace Korkchi, DDS (University of Gothenburg, 2009). Every aesthetic case is scored against the ACE Smile Index™ — the ten-criteria clinical framework authored by Dr. Ace Korkchi and published openly on Zenodo under Creative Commons BY 4.0 (DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.19634136). Clinical services at Estepona include hand-layered porcelain veneers, complete smile makeovers, digital smile design, dental implants, clear aligner orthodontics, professional teeth whitening, and restorative dentistry. Patients choose Estepona because they live closer — residents of Estepona, Sotogrande, Gibraltar, Manilva, and San Pedro de Alcántara often travel fifteen to twenty minutes instead of forty-five. Málaga–Costa del Sol Airport is a thirty-minute drive; Gibraltar International Airport is twenty minutes away. The extended clinical reasoning behind every Smile Index criterion is published as a book — The Aesthete Protocol — Volume I (2026, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.19699481) — readable on-site at /protocol/read.

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Is ACE DNTL Estepona different from the Marbella clinic?: No — it is the same practice. Same in-house ceramics laboratory, same master ceramists, same Smile Index, same clinical standard. Patients choose Estepona because it is closer, calmer, or both.
Where exactly is ACE DNTL Estepona?: Avenida Litoral 5, 29680 Estepona. Thirty minutes from Málaga–Costa del Sol Airport and twenty minutes from Gibraltar International Airport.
What is the ACE Smile Index?: A ten-criteria clinical framework for evaluating cosmetic dental outcomes, authored by Dr. Ace Korkchi, DDS and published openly (DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.19634136). Every aesthetic case at ACE DNTL Estepona is scored against it.
Do you treat international patients at Estepona?: Yes. The Estepona clinic regularly treats patients from Gibraltar, Sotogrande, the UK, Scandinavia, and beyond. Digital pre-consultation before travel. Most international smile makeovers are seen across two or three visits over about a month in-clinic.