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A patient smiling in the sunlit reception at Dental Sotelo

Los Algodones, Baja California

Your Smile, Our Passion

A quiet clinic on the strip. Most first visits are a conversation, not a drill — then a plan you can take back across the border.

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Care

Six things people cross the border to ask about

Gloved hands holding a dental implant model in a sunlit clinic

01

Implants

A missing tooth, planned in visits you can actually make.

We talk through the implant, the weeks between appointments, and what you can chew the day you walk back across. You get the sequence in writing before we begin.

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A woman with a natural, even smile in soft clinic light

02

Veneers

Porcelain shaped to your face, not a template.

Bring a photo of a smile you like. We'll say what fits your teeth and what would look like someone else's. The shade stays in the family of your own enamel.

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A man holding a clear aligner case in a bright clinic chair

03

Orthodontics

Straighter teeth, mostly while you live your life.

Clear aligners for adults who don't want a metal announcement. A scan, a timeline, and check-ins that can line up with trips you were making anyway.

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A smiling woman by a window looking out on the desert

04

Whitening

Brighter, and still yours.

Coffee, tea, and years of desert sun leave a color. We lift it carefully and stop at a shade that matches your face — not a magazine.

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A ceramic crown held in tweezers over a linen cloth

05

Crowns

When a tooth is cracked, we cover what's left.

A crown protects a tooth that's done a lot of living. Many single crowns can be planned around a short stay. We'll tell you plainly if yours can't.

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06

Full mouth restoration

More than one tooth. Still one calm plan.

Bites that need several fixes are mapped in stages: what happens now, what waits, and the pauses in between. You always know the next visit before you leave this one.

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Smile studies

Before and after, without the hard sell

Illustrated studies of the kind of change we plan for. They are not photos of one person, and they are not a guarantee.

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  • Before
    After

    Whitening

    Coffee shade, lifted toward a warm ivory. Not a bleach-white target.

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    After

    Orthodontics

    A small front gap, closed over time with aligners.

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    After

    Veneers

    Worn edges reshaped. Length evened, color kept warm.

The team

Come in knowing who you'll see

  • The people in the roomYou'll see the team before you ever sit down.
  • How a first visit runsConversation, a look, and a plan — usually in that order.
  • What to carry acrossID, your medicine list, and the questions you saved on your phone.

Why Los Algodones

A small border town with a long line of dental chairs

People drive to Yuma, park on the California side, and walk over. The sidewalks are bright, the clinics sit shoulder to shoulder, and a good one is the place that still has time to talk. We've been on this street for twenty years. Bring the tooth that's bothering you. We'll say what we'd do, what we'd wait on, and what it costs before anyone picks up a handpiece.

Plan the walk across
A sunny sidewalk of low storefronts in Los Algodones

Why people stay

Four things we don't rush

You leave with a plan

Steps and fees in writing before treatment — not after you're numb.

Hola · Hello

English in the chair

The dentist, the assistant, and the front desk. No guessing through a smile.

Built for a day trip

Morning crossing, an unhurried visit, and home when the work allows.

Twenty years on this block

Long enough to know the regulars, and to tell you when not to do a thing.

Stories

From people who walked back the same day

  • “I walked over after breakfast and was home for dinner. They explained the crown like I was a person, not a chart.”

    Marisol R.

    Yuma, Arizona

  • “I'd put off an implant for years. The written plan was the first thing that made the drive feel worth it.”

    Dennis P.

    Phoenix, Arizona

  • “Quiet room, no rush on the shade, and someone walked me back toward the crossing so I didn't wander.”

    Helen K.

    El Centro, California

Come see us on the strip.

Tell us the tooth, the week, and whether you're walking over from Andrade. We'll answer on the next weekday we're open.

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