Advanced Smiles Dentistry
According to our open methodology, this clinic scored 52.6/100 for transparency, reputation, service accessibility, and digital visibility.
Overall rank: #3 of 12 ranked clinics · Last checked: 10 July 2026
Positions by Rating Profile
- Overall Transparency & Trust#352.6/100
- Best for Expats#251.3/100
- Best for Dental Implants#350.2/100
- Best for Emergency Dental Carenot ranked
- Best Price Transparency#342.5/100
- Best English-speaking Clinics#253.8/100
- Best for Families / Childrennot ranked
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.
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) | 0/6 |
| ? | Google review volume | 0/3 |
| ✓ | Review recency Yelp listing updated July 2026 with 262 reviews [s2] | 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. Missing items are penalised.
Clinic operating licence: not published on the clinic’s website — penalty applied
Dentists & professional licences
| Dentist | Specialization | Licence No. |
|---|---|---|
| Dr. Thelma Toledo [s1] | — | not published |
| Dr. Jose Metzler [s1] | — | not published |
| Dr. Julian De Anda Sevilla [s1] | — | not published |
| Dr. Aaron Peralta [s1] | — | not published |
Dentists are named, but their professional licence numbers are not published — penalty applied.
Red Flags
- medium Clinic operating licence not published (-4 pts) — The clinic does not publish its operating licence or registration number (derived from data).
- medium Dentists / their licences not listed (-4 pts) — The clinic does not publish its dentists with their professional licence numbers (derived from data).
Red-flag penalty applied: -8 points (capped at -20).
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: Google rating (Bayesian-adjusted)
- Reputation & Reviews: Google review volume
- 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/ | |
| 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 |
Change History
| Date | Change |
|---|---|
| 2026-07-10 | Initial data collection. |
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