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Plain language, no fine print games. Below is exactly what this website does with your information, and the terms that govern using it.
Last updated: 1 October 2026 · Smile Studio PR, Condado, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Privacy Policy
Who we are
This website, smilestudiopr.com, belongs to Smile Studio PR, the dental practice of Dr. Lirie Doyle Avellanet, DMD, at 1452 Ashford Ave, Ste 411A, San Juan, Puerto Rico 00907. You can reach us at (787) 341-0610 or info@smilestudiopr.com. This policy covers the website only.
What this website collects
Almost nothing, by design. This site has no database, no login and no server that stores what you type. The consultation form does not transmit anything on its own: pressing Request my consultation assembles the details you entered into a WhatsApp message and opens it in WhatsApp. Nothing leaves your device until you press send. If you close that message instead, no one at the studio ever sees it.
What happens after you contact us
Once you send that message (or call, or write to us any other way) your name, phone number and whatever you chose to tell us arrive on the studio's phone. We use that information for one purpose: to reach you about the appointment or question you contacted us about. We do not sell it, rent it, trade it, or hand it to advertisers.
WhatsApp is operated by Meta, not by us. Messages are encrypted end to end, so Meta cannot read what you write, but it does know that you contacted the studio and when, and WhatsApp's own privacy policy applies to your use of it. If you would rather not use WhatsApp, call (787) 341-0610 instead.
Please send only what we need to book you: your name, a phone number and roughly what you need. Do not send detailed medical or dental history, or documents, through the form or by message. A chat thread on the studio's phone is not the right home for a medical record. Bring that information to your visit, or give it to us by phone.
How long we keep it
The website itself keeps nothing, so there is nothing to delete on its side. Messages and call details stay on the studio's phone. We keep them only as long as we need them to arrange and follow up on your appointment or question, and we delete them sooner if you ask. If you become a patient, your clinical record is kept separately, as described below.
Your dental records are a separate matter
Everything above concerns this website only. Health information created once you become a patient (charts, images, scans, treatment notes) is kept at the practice, not on this website, and is handled under the practice's own patient privacy notice. Ask the studio for a copy.
Services this website relies on
A few outside companies are involved in delivering this site. Each one receives only what is described here.
- Netlify hosts the website. Like any web host, it receives your IP address, browser type and the page you asked for, so it can deliver the page and protect the site from abuse. It sets no cookies on this site.
- Google Fonts (Google) serves the typefaces. Loading them sends Google your IP address and browser details. No cookie is set by that request, and it carries nothing you typed.
- WhatsApp (Meta) carries your message, but only if you choose to open it and press send.
- Links to Google Maps, the studio's Google reviews and Linktree take you to those services, and their own privacy policies apply once you are there.
Analytics
This site is built to run with no analytics at all, and ships that way. If the studio later turns on Google Analytics, it will load only if you press Accept on a cookie banner, and it would collect the standard anonymous measurements (pages viewed, approximate region, device type, how visitors arrived) with no names, phone numbers or form contents attached. It is never used to identify you personally.
Cookies and browser storage
This website sets no cookies of its own. It saves one small setting in your browser's local storage: ss-lang, which remembers whether you chose English or Spanish so the site stops offering you the other language. It stays on your device, is never sent to us or anyone else, and you can clear it with your browser's site data.
Children
This website is not directed at children and we do not knowingly collect information from anyone under 13 through it. Minors are of course welcome as patients, with a parent or guardian.
Your choices
You can ask us at any time what contact information we hold for you, ask us to correct it, or ask us to delete it and stop contacting you. Call the studio at (787) 341-0610 or write to info@smilestudiopr.com and we will take care of it. Requests about clinical records are handled at the studio, under the practice's patient privacy notice.
Changes to this policy
If this policy changes, the revised version is posted on this page with a new date at the top. Material changes to how we handle information will not be applied retroactively to information already collected.
Terms of Use
This site is information, not medical advice
Everything on this website is general information about dentistry and about this practice. It is not a diagnosis, not a treatment recommendation, and not a substitute for being examined. Reading it, sending the consultation form or messaging the studio on WhatsApp does not create a doctor-patient relationship. That relationship begins at your first appointment, in the chair.
Dental emergencies
Do not use this website for anything urgent. If you are in severe pain, bleeding heavily, or have had facial trauma, call the studio directly at (787) 341-0610 during business hours, or go to the nearest emergency room. Messages sent through this website are not monitored outside office hours.
Before-and-after images and results
The cases shown in the smile gallery are actual patients of this practice, photographed with their permission, and are not retouched to change the dental result. They illustrate what was achieved for those particular people, with their particular anatomy, health and habits. Individual results vary. Nothing on this site is a promise, guarantee or warranty of any specific outcome for you. What is achievable in your case can only be established at an examination.
Timeframes, treatments and prices
Any durations, sequences or ranges described here are typical, not committed. Your plan, its schedule and its cost are set at your consultation, in writing and itemized, and that written plan governs over anything stated on this website.
Accuracy
We keep this site current to the best of our ability, but do not warrant that every detail (hours, service list, technology, pricing) is complete and accurate at every moment. Call the studio to confirm anything you are relying on.
Intellectual property
The text, photography, design and code of this website belong to Smile Studio PR and its licensors, and may not be copied, republished or reused without written permission. The clinical photographs of patients are used under permissions granted to this practice and may not be reproduced under any circumstances.
Links to other sites
Where this site links somewhere else, that destination is outside our control and its own terms and privacy practices apply. We are not responsible for its content.
Limitation of liability
This website is provided on an as-is basis. To the fullest extent permitted by law, Smile Studio PR is not liable for indirect or consequential damages arising from your use of the website itself. Nothing in this paragraph limits the practice's professional responsibility for care actually delivered to patients; that is governed by law and by professional standards, not by a website notice.
Governing law
These terms are governed by the laws of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
Contact
Questions about either document? Call (787) 341-0610 or write to us at info@smilestudiopr.com, Smile Studio PR, 1452 Ashford Ave, Ste 411A, San Juan, Puerto Rico 00907.
