Smile Center
According to our open methodology, this clinic scored 60/100 for transparency, reputation, service accessibility, and digital visibility.
Overall rank: #2 of 13 ranked clinics · Last checked: 25 August 2026
Positions by Rating Profile
- Overall Transparency & Trust#260/100
- Best for Expats#359.3/100
- Best for Dental Implants#257.5/100
- Best for Emergency Dental Carenot ranked
- Best Price Transparency#262.5/100
- Best English-speaking Clinics#360.8/100
- Best for Families / Children#161/100
- 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/anaesthesia information found on clinic website.
Summary
Clinic (advertising 16+ years of experience) offering implants, crowns, veneers, orthodontics (Damon braces), root canals, All-on-4, full-mouth rehab, pediatric dentistry and extractions. English website with published sample prices (implant $900, zirconia crown $400, cleaning $30) and logistics support for US/Canadian patients.
Strengths
- Information Transparency: 18 of 20 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 [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 | 0/2 |
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 [s1] | 2/2 |
| ? | Filling price listed | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Crown price listed [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Implant price listed [s1] | 2/2 |
| ? | 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 [smile-center-refresh] | 6/6 |
| ◐ | Google review volume [smile-center-refresh] | 2/3 |
| ◐ | Review recency [smile-center-refresh] | 1.5/3 |
| ? | Clinic responds to reviews | 0/2 |
| ? | No recurring complaints | 0/2 |
| ? | No suspicious review patterns | 0/2 |
| ? | Active Facebook presence | 0/1 |
| ? | TripAdvisor presence | 0/0.5 |
| ? | Other review platforms | 0/0.5 |
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 [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Oral surgery [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Pediatric dentistry [s1] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ? | Emergency care | 0/1.5 |
| ✓ | Works with international patients [s1] | 2/2 |
Communication & Service
How easy it is to contact the clinic, get answers, and book - especially for international patients.
| ? | WhatsApp / LINE available | 0/2 |
| ? | 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 [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 Los Algodones", "English speaking dentist Los Algodones", "dental implants Los Algodones", "emergency dentist Los Algodones", "Los Algodones dental clinic for expats".
| ? | Mentioned for: best dentist Los Algodones | 0/1 |
| ? | Mentioned for: English speaking dentist Los Algodones | 0/1 |
| ? | Mentioned for: dental implants Los Algodones | 0/1 |
| ? | Mentioned for: emergency dentist Los Algodones | 0/1 |
| ? | Mentioned for: Los Algodones dental clinic for expats | 0/1 |
| ? | Structured data on website | 0/1.5 |
| ? | Google indexing quality | 0/2 |
| ✓ | 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. |
|---|---|---|
| Iram Verdugo [s1] | DDS | 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
- Information Transparency: Address and map published
- Price Transparency: Filling 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: Active Facebook presence
- Reputation & Reviews: TripAdvisor presence
- Reputation & Reviews: Other review platforms
- Medical Infrastructure: On-site X-ray
- Medical Infrastructure: CBCT (3D imaging)
- Medical Infrastructure: Emergency care
- Communication & Service: WhatsApp / LINE available
- Communication & Service: Response speed
- AI & Search Visibility: Mentioned for: best dentist Los Algodones
- AI & Search Visibility: Mentioned for: English speaking dentist Los Algodones
- AI & Search Visibility: Mentioned for: dental implants Los Algodones
- AI & Search Visibility: Mentioned for: emergency dentist Los Algodones
- AI & Search Visibility: Mentioned for: Los Algodones dental clinic for expats
- AI & Search Visibility: Structured data on website
- AI & Search Visibility: Google indexing quality
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.smilecenterlosalgodones.com/ |
|---|---|
| Phone | +1 928-554-3052 |
| Address | Av. B corner 3rd St #203, 21970 Vicente Guerrero, B.C., Mexico |
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.smilecenterlosalgodones.com/ | name, phone, email, lead dentist, services, published prices, English site, foreign patients | 2026-07-14 |
| smile-center-refresh | https://www.google.com/maps/place/Smile+Center+Los+Algodones/@32.71… | most recent review approx. 6 months old (Brenda Friesen) as of 2026-08-25 | 2026-08-25 |
Change History
| Date | Change |
|---|---|
| 2026-08-25 | License verification 2026-08-25 against RNP and CLUES: both registries confirmed unreachable/unsearchable from this environment today - no lookups could be completed for the clinic or its 1 named doctor; all values left null. |
| 2026-08-25 | Re-verification 2026-08-25: confirmed website live, name/phone unchanged, not permanently closed; the exact street address is now published (Av. B corner 3rd St #203) whereas it was previously unpublished/vague, recorded as an address correction; recorded Google rating 4.9 (178 reviews, previously unset) and geo coordinates. |
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