Advanced Smiles Dentistry
According to our open methodology, this clinic scored 70.6/100 for transparency, reputation, service accessibility, and digital visibility.
Overall rank: #2 of 12 ranked clinics · Last checked: 25 August 2026
Positions by Rating Profile
- Overall Transparency & Trust#270.6/100
- Best for Expats#168.3/100
- Best for Dental Implants#367.2/100
- Best for Emergency Dental Carenot ranked
- Best Price Transparency#358.9/100
- Best English-speaking Clinics#170.8/100
- 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) — No general anaesthesia or deep sedation documented IV/oral conscious sedation only; site says patient stays awake, can follow instructions [advanced-smiles-dentistry-sedation]
Summary
General and cosmetic dental clinic in Zona Río established in 2014, with a large listed team of dentists and specialists. Accepts major US dental insurance (PPO) and serves cross-border patients. Publishes some prices and uses 3D scanning/CT technology.
Strengths
- Information Transparency: 20 of 20 points.
- Medical Infrastructure: 12 of 15 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.
| ✓ | Has a working website [s1] | 4/4 |
| ✓ | Dentist names listed 12 dentists listed by name [s1] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Dentist specializations listed [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Real clinic photos [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Service list published [s1] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Clear contact details [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | English website version [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Address and map published Address published; no embedded map URL captured [s1] | 2/2 |
Price Transparency
Whether patients can estimate costs before visiting. Published price ranges count; exact prices are not required.
| ✓ | Prices or price ranges published [s1] | 3/3 |
| ? | Cleaning price listed | 0/2 |
| ? | Filling price listed | 0/2 |
| ? | Crown price listed | 0/2 |
| ? | Implant price listed | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Consultation price listed Initial consultation USD $50 [s1] | 2/2 |
| ? | X-ray / imaging price listed | 0/2 |
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 2026-08-25 [advanced-smiles-dentistry-refresh] | 6/6 |
| ✓ | Google review volume [advanced-smiles-dentistry-refresh] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Review recency [advanced-smiles-dentistry-refresh] | 3/3 |
| ? | Clinic responds to reviews | 0/2 |
| ? | No recurring complaints | 0/2 |
| ? | No suspicious review patterns | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Active Facebook presence [s1] | 1/1 |
| ? | TripAdvisor presence | 0/0.5 |
| ✓ | Other review platforms Yelp, WhatClinic, Dental Departures listings [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 3D CT scan (Sirona Dentsply) noted [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | CBCT (3D imaging) 3D CT scanner listed [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Implantology [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Orthodontics [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Oral surgery Bone grafts, extractions, surgical guides [s1] | 2/2 |
| ? | Pediatric dentistry | 0/1.5 |
| ? | Emergency care | 0/1.5 |
| ✓ | Works with international patients Accepts US PPO insurance [s1] | 2/2 |
Communication & Service
How easy it is to contact the clinic, get answers, and book - especially for non-Thai speakers.
| ? | WhatsApp / LINE available | 0/2 |
| ? | Response speed | 0/1.5 |
| ✓ | English spoken [s1] | 2.5/2.5 |
| ✓ | Pre-visit consultation possible Online consultation/quote offered [s1] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ✓ | Clear service explanations [s1] | 1/1 |
| ✓ | Convenient opening hours Mon-Fri 9-6, Sat 9-2 [s1] | 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 Tijuana", "English speaking dentist Tijuana", "dental implants Tijuana", "emergency dentist Tijuana", "Tijuana dental clinic for expats".
| ✓ | Mentioned for: best dentist Tijuana [sq] | 1/1 |
| ? | Mentioned for: English speaking dentist Tijuana | 0/1 |
| ✓ | Mentioned for: dental implants Tijuana [sq] | 1/1 |
| ? | Mentioned for: emergency dentist Tijuana | 0/1 |
| ✓ | Mentioned for: Tijuana dental clinic for expats [sq] | 1/1 |
| ? | Structured data on website | 0/1.5 |
| ✓ | Google indexing quality [sq] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Dedicated service pages [s1] | 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. Thelma Toledo [s1] | — | not verified |
| Dr. Jose Metzler [s1] | — | not verified |
| Dr. Julian De Anda Sevilla [s1] | — | not verified |
| Dr. Aaron Peralta [s1] | — | 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
- Price Transparency: Cleaning price listed
- Price Transparency: Filling price listed
- Price Transparency: Crown price listed
- Price Transparency: Implant price listed
- Price Transparency: X-ray / imaging price listed
- Reputation & Reviews: Clinic responds to reviews
- Reputation & Reviews: No recurring complaints
- Reputation & Reviews: No suspicious review patterns
- Reputation & Reviews: TripAdvisor presence
- Medical Infrastructure: Pediatric dentistry
- Medical Infrastructure: Emergency care
- Communication & Service: WhatsApp / LINE available
- Communication & Service: Response speed
- AI & Search Visibility: Mentioned for: English speaking dentist Tijuana
- AI & Search Visibility: Mentioned for: emergency dentist Tijuana
- AI & Search Visibility: Structured data on website
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://advancedsmilesdentistry.com/ |
|---|---|
| Phone | +52 664 634 3978 |
| https://facebook.com/advancedsmilestj/ | |
| Google Maps | Map listing |
| Address | Calle Germán Gedovius #10489, Local 102, Zona Río, Tijuana, B.C., México 22010 |
Contact details are provided for identification only and may change; verify with the clinic directly.
Sources
| ID | Source | What it supports | Accessed |
|---|---|---|---|
| s1 | https://advancedsmilesdentistry.com/ | Clinic name, address, phone, email, team, services, consultation price, technology, English version | 2026-07-10 |
| s2 | https://www.yelp.com/biz/advanced-smiles-dentistry-tijuana-7 | Yelp presence, 262 reviews updated July 2026 | 2026-07-10 |
| sq | search:best dentist Tijuana | AI/search visibility scout 2026-07-10 | 2026-07-10 |
| advanced-smiles-dentistry-refresh | https://www.google.com/maps/place/Advanced+Smiles+Dentistry/@32.519… | most recent review August 2026 (posted 2 weeks before visit, marked NEW) | 2026-08-25 |
| advanced-smiles-dentistry-sedation | https://advancedsmilesdentistry.com/iv-sedation-in-dentistry | "Conscious sedation... doesn't put you to sleep completely, you are going to be able to follow your dentist instructions during the procedure." | 2026-08-25 |
Change History
| Date | Change |
|---|---|
| 2026-08-26 | License verification 2026-08-26 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 via WebFetch and curl; CLUES master workbook download timed out, no online search form exists). CLUES clinic-registry search not executable for 'Advanced Smiles Dentistry'; RNP dentist-registry search not executable for 4 named doctors. No new registry matches found; existing licensing data left unchanged. |
| 2026-08-25 | Recorded sedation / general anaesthesia availability (informational): not documented in public sources. IV/oral conscious sedation only; site says patient stays awake, can follow instructions |
| 2026-08-25 | Re-verification 2026-08-25: confirmed website live, address and phone unchanged; captured Google rating 4.9 (757 reviews, was unset) and place URL/coordinates; sedation research found IV sedation is explicitly conscious (patient stays awake) per clinic's own page. |
| 2026-07-10 | Initial data collection. |
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