Trust Dental Care
According to our open methodology, this clinic scored 91.1/100 for transparency, reputation, service accessibility, and digital visibility.
Overall rank: #3 of 25 ranked clinics · Last checked: 25 September 2026
Positions by Rating Profile
- Overall Transparency & Trust#391.1/100
- Best for Expats#389.8/100
- Best for Dental Implants#390.5/100
- Best for Emergency Dental Care#288.8/100
- Best Price Transparency#394.5/100
- Best English-speaking Clinics#389.5/100
- Best for Families / Childrennot ranked
- Sleep Dentistry (GA / deep sedation)not ranked
General Anaesthesia & Deep Sedation
Whether the clinic documents treatment under general anaesthesia or deep / twilight sedation — "sleep dentistry", where the patient is asleep and unaware (does not feel, see, or hear the procedure). Ordinary conscious sedation, where the patient stays awake and responsive, does not count here. This is informational and does not affect the transparency score.
- ? General anaesthesia / deep sedation (sleep dentistry) — Not verified Offers IV sedation for implants/extractions; described as 'relaxed and comfortable', asleep/unaware not confirmed.
Summary
Implant and cosmetic dental clinic in Zona Río focused on cross-border US and Canadian patients. Publishes a detailed USD price list, has an in-house lab and CBCT imaging, and lists a lead dentist with a stated license number.
Strengths
- Information Transparency: 20 of 20 points.
- Price Transparency: 15 of 15 points.
- Reputation & Reviews: 16 of 20 points.
- Medical Infrastructure: 13.5 of 15 points.
- Communication & Service: 8.5 of 10 points.
- AI & Search Visibility: 9 of 10 points.
- No red flags identified in public sources.
Weaknesses
No category fell below the weakness threshold (50% of verifiable points).
Score Breakdown
Every criterion below is scored from public sources. ✓ verified yes · ✗ verified no / not found · ◐ partial · ? unverified (scores 0, not a negative finding).
Information Transparency
Whether basic facts about the clinic - its team, premises, services, and location - are publicly verifiable.
Price Transparency
Whether patients can estimate costs before visiting. Published price ranges count; exact prices are not required.
| ✓ | Prices or price ranges published Full USD price comparison table [s1] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Cleaning price listed Basic cleaning USD $60; deep cleaning USD $199 [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Filling price listed Composite filling USD $100 in the price comparison table on the homepage [trust-dental-care-deepen-6] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Crown price listed Crown over implant USD $650 [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Implant price listed Titanium implant USD $799; All-On-4 USD $3,196 [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Consultation price listed Comprehensive exam + X-rays + treatment plan USD $60 [trust-dental-care-deepen] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | X-ray / imaging price listed included in the consultation fee of $60 [trust-dental-care-deepen] | 2/2 |
Reputation & Reviews
Public review signals. The Google rating is adjusted with a Bayesian prior (rating 4.0, weight 25) so a 5.0 from a handful of reviews does not outrank a 4.8 from hundreds.
| ◐ | Google rating (Bayesian-adjusted) as of 2026-09-25 [trust-dental-care-deepen-7] | 5/6 |
| ◐ | Google review volume as of 2026-09-25 [trust-dental-care-deepen-8] | 2.5/3 |
| ✓ | Review recency Yelp listing updated May 2026 [s2] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Clinic responds to reviews Owner replies on most readable reviews [trust-dental-care-deepen-9] | 2/2 |
| ✗ | No recurring complaints ≥2 low reviews describe restorative work failing/needing to be redone [trust-dental-care-deepen-2] | 0/2 |
| ✓ | No suspicious review patterns Spread dates, reviewers with history, no 100% 5-star histogram [trust-dental-care-deepen-10] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Active Facebook presence [s1] | 1/1 |
| ✗ | TripAdvisor presence Two independent negatives: no match in a TripAdvisor search and no TripAdvisor link on the website or Google listing [trust-dental-care-deepen-4] [trust-dental-care-deepen-14] | 0/0.5 |
| ✓ | Other review platforms Yelp, WhatClinic, PlacidWay [s2] | 0.5/0.5 |
Medical Infrastructure
The range of publicly documented equipment and services. This measures documented availability, not clinical quality.
| ✓ | On-site X-ray Digital X-rays [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | CBCT (3D imaging) CBCT / 3D CT scans [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Implantology [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Orthodontics Dedicated Sapphire braces orthodontics page [trust-dental-care-deepen-3] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Oral surgery Bone grafts, extractions [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✗ | Pediatric dentistry No pediatric dentistry page or service mention on the site [s1] | 0/1.5 |
| ✓ | Emergency care Dedicated dental emergencies page and walk-in urgent care [s4] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ✓ | Works with international patients Accepts MetLife, UnitedHealthcare, Delta Dental, Cigna, Aetna [s1] | 2/2 |
Communication & Service
How easy it is to contact the clinic, get answers, and book - especially for international patients.
| ✓ | WhatsApp / LINE available WhatsApp button on site [trust-dental-care-deepen-11] | 2/2 |
| ? | Response speed | 0/1.5 |
| ✓ | English spoken [s1] | 2.5/2.5 |
| ✓ | Pre-visit consultation possible [s1] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ✓ | Clear service explanations [s1] | 1/1 |
| ✓ | Convenient opening hours Saturday hours 9 AM-2 PM [trust-dental-care-deepen-12] | 1.5/1.5 |
AI & Search Visibility
Whether the clinic is discoverable when patients search - including via AI assistants. Checked with fixed queries: "best dentist Mexico", "English speaking dentist Mexico", "dental implants Mexico", "emergency dentist Mexico", "Mexico dental clinic for expats".
| ✓ | Mentioned for: best dentist Mexico [sq] | 1/1 |
| ✓ | Mentioned for: English speaking dentist Mexico [sq] | 1/1 |
| ✓ | Mentioned for: dental implants Mexico [sq] | 1/1 |
| ✓ | Mentioned for: emergency dentist Mexico [sq] | 1/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: Mexico dental clinic for expats Not present in the top web results for "Tijuana dental clinic for expats" on 2026-09-25. [trust-dental-care-deepen-5] | 0/1 |
| ✓ | Structured data on website Dentist schema present [trust-dental-care-deepen-13] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ✓ | Google indexing quality [sq] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Dedicated service pages [s1] [s4] | 1.5/1.5 |
Licensing & Credentials
Whether the clinic publishes its operating licence and the dentists working there together with their professional licence numbers. A verified “not published” is recorded as a red flag; data we have not checked yet is shown as unverified and carries no penalty.
Clinic operating licence: not checked against public sources yet — unverified, no penalty
Dentists & professional licences
| Dentist | Specialization | Licence No. |
|---|---|---|
| Dr. Cirenia Aparicio Miranda [s1] | Implant & cosmetic dentistry | 33592067 |
| Dr. Denisse [s1] | Implant and cosmetic dentistry | not verified |
| Dr. Alejandra [s1] | Implant and cosmetic dentistry | not verified |
| Dr. Josie [s1] | Implant and cosmetic dentistry | not verified |
Dentists are named; their licence numbers have not been checked against public sources yet — unverified, no penalty.
Red Flags
No red flags identified in the public sources we reviewed.
Data We Could Not Verify
- Communication & Service: Response speed
Unverified items score 0 points but are not treated as negative findings. If you can document any of them, please send a correction.
Contact Information
| Website | https://trustdentalcare.com/ |
|---|---|
| Phone | +52 664 119 0200 |
| https://www.facebook.com/trustdentalcare/ | |
| Google Maps | Map listing |
| Address | Edmundo O. Gorman 10401-A, Zona Urbana Río Tijuana, 22010 Tijuana, B.C., México |
Contact details are provided for identification only and may change; verify with the clinic directly.
Sources
| ID | Source | What it supports | Accessed |
|---|---|---|---|
| s1 | https://trustdentalcare.com/ | Full treatments menu read (veneers, crowns, root canal, cosmetic, holistic, general dentistry, implants, emergencies, orthodontics) and full page-sitemap checked — no pediatric/children's dentistry item | 2026-09-25 |
| s2 | https://www.yelp.com/biz/trust-dental-care-tijuana-6 | Yelp presence, 112 reviews updated May 2026 | 2026-07-10 |
| s3 | https://www.whatclinic.com/dentists/mexico/tijuana/trust-dental-care | Third-party listing corroborating rating | 2026-07-10 |
| s4 | https://trustdentalcare.com/dental-emergencies/ | Emergency/walk-in dental care page | 2026-07-10 |
| sq | search:best dentist Tijuana | AI/search visibility scout 2026-07-10 | 2026-07-10 |
| trust-dental-care-refresh | https://maps.google.com/?cid=9052048471213368784 | Google rating 4.7 as of 2026-08-25 | 2026-08-25 |
| trust-dental-care-deepen | https://trustdentalcare.com/dental-prices-tijuana/ | Price list: "Comprehensive Exam + X-rays + Treatment Plan $60" — X-rays bundled into the exam fee, no separate X-ray line item | 2026-09-25 |
| trust-dental-care-deepen-2 | https://www.google.com/maps?cid=9052048471213368784&hl=en | Jan Halasz (2019, updated 2023): "pretty much all of them failed...total waste of money getting them fixed"; Michael T (2024-07-08): got veneers redone, "they couldn't finish the job so they made me come back the next weekend" | 2026-09-25 |
| trust-dental-care-deepen-3 | https://trustdentalcare.com/orthodontics-in-tijuana/ | Page "Orthodontics in Tijuana": "Sapphire Braces for That Picture-Perfect Smile...nearly invisible braces" | 2026-09-25 |
| trust-dental-care-deepen-4 | https://www.tripadvisor.com/TypeAheadJson?action=API&query=Trust%20… | TripAdvisor search returned 12 unrelated results (types: ATTRACTION, HOTEL); no dental clinic and no Tijuana business named for this clinic | 2026-09-25 |
| trust-dental-care-deepen-5 | search:Tijuana dental clinic for expats | Web search on 2026-09-25: results 1–9 were yelp.com, smiletogethertijuana.com, advancedsmilesdentistry.com, olivedentalsolutions.com, tijuanasmiledentistry.com, newagedental.mx, tijuanadentistcenter.com, dentaldepartures.com, dentavacation.com; the clinic's site and name were not among them. | 2026-09-25 |
| trust-dental-care-deepen-6 | https://trustdentalcare.com/ | Homepage price table (clinic price vs US range): 'Composite Filling $100 $200–$400 ~70%'; same table: 'Basic Cleaning $60', 'E-Max Crown $599', 'Zirconia Crown $650' | 2026-09-25 |
| trust-dental-care-deepen-7 | https://www.google.com/maps?cid=9052048471213368784&hl=en | Google listing 2026-09-25: 4.7 from 471 reviews; histogram 5★ 431 / 4★ 9 / 3★ 6 / 2★ 3 / 1★ 22 | 2026-09-25 |
| trust-dental-care-deepen-8 | https://www.google.com/maps?cid=9052048471213368784&hl=en | Google listing 2026-09-25: 471 reviews | 2026-09-25 |
| trust-dental-care-deepen-9 | https://www.google.com/maps?cid=9052048471213368784&hl=en | Owner reply to Ann Lam (2026-07-04): "Thank you so much for your kind words! We're really glad to hear that your visits felt comfortable..." | 2026-09-25 |
| trust-dental-care-deepen-10 | https://www.google.com/maps?cid=9052048471213368784&hl=en | Newest reviews dated 2026-09-23, 09-23, 09-16, 09-15, 09-12; reviewer histories 1-90 prior reviews; 5★ share 91.5% | 2026-09-25 |
| trust-dental-care-deepen-11 | https://trustdentalcare.com/dental-prices-tijuana/ | Page button links to https://api.whatsapp.com/send?phone=6198666060 | 2026-09-25 |
| trust-dental-care-deepen-12 | https://www.google.com/maps?cid=9052048471213368784&hl=en | Google Business Profile hours: Mon-Fri 9 AM-6 PM, Sat 9 AM-2 PM | 2026-09-25 |
| trust-dental-care-deepen-13 | https://trustdentalcare.com/ | JSON-LD includes @type "Dentist", "Physician", "MedicalProcedure", "Organization" | 2026-09-25 |
| trust-dental-care-deepen-14 | https://www.google.com/maps?cid=9052048471213368784&hl=en | No TripAdvisor link on the clinic's website (home, contact, pricing and service pages read) or on its Google listing, which links only to the clinic's own website | 2026-09-25 |
Change History
| Date | Change |
|---|---|
| 2026-09-25 | Search visibility checked on 2026-09-25 for the one pending Tijuana query: not present for "Tijuana dental clinic for expats". |
| 2026-09-25 | Re-read on 2026-09-25: The full USD price list, the homepage price table, the orthodontics page and the service menu re-read; A composite filling price is listed in the homepage price table; Exam/consultation price confirmed with X-rays bundled in; Orthodontics confirmed, pediatric dentistry not offered; WhatsApp contact and Saturday hours confirmed; Structured business data present; Google 4.7 from 471 reviews with owner replies; recurring complaints about redone restorative work recorded. |
| 2026-08-25 | Re-verification 2026-08-25: confirmed trustdentalcare.com live, address/phone unchanged. Google rating reconfirmed at 4.7 (review count not re-observed ). |
| 2026-08-25 | License verification 2026-08-25 against Mexico's mapped registries (RNP - SEP cédula profesional; CLUES - Secretaría de Salud): both registries were confirmed unreachable/non-functional today (RNP connection refused/timeout; CLUES master workbook download timed out, no online search form exists). CLUES clinic-registry search not executable (workbook download timed out); RNP dentist-registry search not executable for 3 named doctor(s) (SEP cédula lookup unreachable). No new registry matches found; existing licensing data left unchanged. |
| 2026-08-14 | Imported from the city-tier dataset (data originally collected 2026-07-10). |
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