Dental H&C Tijuana
According to our open methodology, this clinic scored 36.1/100 for transparency, reputation, service accessibility, and digital visibility.
Overall rank: #7 of 12 ranked clinics · Last checked: 10 July 2026
Positions by Rating Profile
- Overall Transparency & Trust#736.1/100
- Best for Expats#537/100
- Best for Dental Implants#829.5/100
- Best for Emergency Dental Carenot ranked
- Best Price Transparency#721.7/100
- Best English-speaking Clinics#542.8/100
- Best for Families / Childrennot ranked
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) | 0/6 |
| ? | Google review volume | 0/3 |
| ◐ | 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. Missing items are penalised.
Clinic operating licence: not published on the clinic’s website — penalty applied
Dentists & professional licences
| Dentist | Specialization | Licence No. |
|---|---|---|
| Dr. Héctor Ruiz [s1] | Dental implants and orthodontics | not published |
| Dra. Carolina Arnaud [s1] | — | not published |
| Dra. Yahaira García [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).
- low Opaque or bait pricing (-2 pts) — No prices or price ranges published (derived from data).
Red-flag penalty applied: -10 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: 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: 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 |
Change History
| Date | Change |
|---|---|
| 2026-07-10 | Initial data collection. |
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