Dental H&C Tijuana
According to our open methodology, this clinic scored 50.2/100 for transparency, reputation, service accessibility, and digital visibility.
Overall rank: #9 of 12 ranked clinics · Last checked: 25 August 2026
Positions by Rating Profile
- Overall Transparency & Trust#950.2/100
- Best for Expats#750.5/100
- Best for Dental Implants#943/100
- Best for Emergency Dental Carenot ranked
- Best Price Transparency#835.4/100
- Best English-speaking Clinics#456.3/100
- 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 No sedation/anesthesia info found on site or in third-party listings
Summary
Zona Río clinic about five minutes from the border offering implants, orthodontics and cosmetic dentistry, with a named team and over 20 years stated experience. Does not publish prices on its site.
Strengths
- Information Transparency: 20 of 20 points.
Weaknesses
- Price Transparency: 0 of 3 verifiable points (missing: prices or price ranges published)
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 [s1] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Dentist specializations listed Lead dentist implant/ortho; others without detail [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 [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 No prices listed on site [s1] | 0/3 |
| ? | Cleaning price listed | 0/2 |
| ? | Filling price listed | 0/2 |
| ? | Crown price listed | 0/2 |
| ? | Implant price listed | 0/2 |
| ? | Consultation price listed | 0/2 |
| ? | 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 [dental-hc-tijuana-refresh] | 4/6 |
| ◐ | Google review volume [dental-hc-tijuana-refresh] | 1.5/3 |
| ◐ | Review recency Yelp listing updated May 2026 [s2] | 1.5/3 |
| ? | 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, Instagram [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 | 0/2 |
| ? | CBCT (3D imaging) | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Implantology [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Orthodontics Invisalign, braces [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Oral surgery Wisdom tooth extraction, endodontics [s1] | 2/2 |
| ? | Pediatric dentistry | 0/1.5 |
| ? | Emergency care | 0/1.5 |
| ✓ | Works with international patients Serves Tijuana/San Diego region, English site [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 WhatsApp contact mentioned; number not published [s1] | 2/2 |
| ? | Response speed | 0/1.5 |
| ✓ | English spoken [s1] | 2.5/2.5 |
| ? | Pre-visit consultation possible | 0/1.5 |
| ✓ | Clear service explanations [s1] | 1/1 |
| ✓ | Convenient opening hours Mon-Fri 10-6:30, Sat 9-4, Sun 10-1 [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 | 0/1 |
| ? | 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 | 0/1 |
| ? | Structured data on website | 0/1.5 |
| ◐ | Google indexing quality [sq] | 1/2 |
| ✓ | 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. Héctor Ruiz [s1] | Dental implants and orthodontics | not verified |
| Dra. Carolina Arnaud [s1] | — | not verified |
| Dra. Yahaira García [s1] | — | not verified |
Dentists are named; their licence numbers have not been checked against public sources yet — unverified, no penalty.
Red Flags
- low Opaque or bait pricing (-2 pts) — No prices or price ranges published (derived from data).
Red-flag penalty applied: -2 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: Consultation 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: On-site X-ray
- Medical Infrastructure: CBCT (3D imaging)
- Medical Infrastructure: Pediatric dentistry
- Medical Infrastructure: Emergency care
- Communication & Service: Response speed
- Communication & Service: Pre-visit consultation possible
- AI & Search Visibility: Mentioned for: best dentist Tijuana
- AI & Search Visibility: Mentioned for: English speaking dentist Tijuana
- AI & Search Visibility: Mentioned for: emergency dentist Tijuana
- AI & Search Visibility: Mentioned for: Tijuana dental clinic for expats
- 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://www.dentalhctijuana.com/ |
|---|---|
| Phone | +52 664 634 6307 |
| https://facebook.com/Dentalhctijuana | |
| Google Maps | Map listing |
| Address | Paseo de los Héroes C 27-A, Plaza Río, Zona Urbana Río Tijuana, Tijuana, B.C. 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://www.dentalhctijuana.com/ | Address, phone, email, dentists, services, English version, hours | 2026-07-10 |
| s2 | https://www.yelp.com/biz/h-y-c-dental-tijuana | Yelp presence updated May 2026 | 2026-07-10 |
| sq | search:dental implants Tijuana | AI/search visibility scout 2026-07-10 | 2026-07-10 |
| dental-hc-tijuana-refresh | https://www.google.com/maps/place/Dental+H%26C+Tijuana%7C+Implants+… | Google rating 4.5 (57 reviews) as of 2026-08-25 | 2026-08-25 |
Change History
| Date | Change |
|---|---|
| 2026-08-26 | License verification 2026-08-26 against RNP and CLUES: both confirmed unreachable/non-functional today. CLUES clinic-registry search not executable for 'Dental H&C Tijuana'; RNP dentist-registry search not executable for Dr. Héctor Ruiz, Dra. Carolina Arnaud, Dra. Yahaira García. No new registry matches found; existing licensing data left unchanged. |
| 2026-08-25 | Re-verification 2026-08-25: confirmed website live, address and phone unchanged; captured Google rating 4.5 (57 reviews, was unset) and place URL/coordinates. Sedation research found no public information on anaesthesia depth for this clinic, left as null. |
| 2026-07-10 | Initial data collection. |
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