Changelog
Every data update, correction, and methodology change is logged here and in each clinic's own change history. The rating updates whenever the underlying public data changes.
| Date | Subject | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-16 | Methodology v1.4.2 | Clarified when dentist names count: a name published by the clinic counts when it lets a patient find the dentist in a professional register; a first name alone is not enough, nor is a first name with a patronymic where surnames are in use. Applied the same day to the clinics whose own channels name their dentists by first name only, which lose the points for dentist names. No other score changes. |
| 2026-10-07 | Methodology v1.4.1 | Added a limit on re-checks made at a clinic's request: the next request from the same clinic about its own page is taken up no sooner than one month after the last re-check made at its request, which is dated in the clinic's change history; requests sent earlier are not processed. Corrections reported by anyone else are handled as before. No score changes. |
| 2026-10-05 | Alva Clinica Dental | Read the clinic's Google listing on 2026-10-05 in 2 review orders (10 distinct reviews, dated 2016-11-29 to 2026-08-10; 4.9 from 217): recurring complaints false. |
| 2026-10-05 | Boca Oficina Dental | Read the clinic's Google listing on 2026-10-05 in 2 review orders (10 distinct reviews, dated 2021-12-02 to 2026-09-20; 4.9 from 133): recurring complaints false. |
| 2026-10-05 | Boca Oficina Dental | Google indexing quality changed from good to partial after a name-and-city web search on 2026-10-05 (own site not listed, though indexed). |
| 2026-10-05 | Boca Oficina Dental | The 2026-10-05 indexing reading was withdrawn: it relied on a search tool whose results differ from Google's own; the previous value is restored pending a re-check on Google. |
| 2026-10-05 | Dental Solutions Puerto Vallarta | Google indexing quality changed from good to partial after a name-and-city web search on 2026-10-05 (own site not listed, though indexed). |
| 2026-10-05 | Dental Solutions Puerto Vallarta | Google indexing quality changed from partial to good after a Google search for the clinic's name and city on 2026-10-05 (own site at position 1). |
| 2026-10-05 | Justsmiles (Clinica Dental Dr. Guillen) | Google indexing quality changed from good to partial after a name-and-city web search on 2026-10-05 (own site not listed, though indexed). |
| 2026-10-05 | Justsmiles (Clinica Dental Dr. Guillen) | The 2026-10-05 indexing reading was withdrawn: it relied on a search tool whose results differ from Google's own; the previous value is restored pending a re-check on Google. |
| 2026-10-05 | Smile Vallarta | Read the clinic's Google listing on 2026-10-05 in 3 review orders (15 distinct reviews, dated 2019-05-27 to 2026-09-15; 4.7 from 92): owner replies false. |
| 2026-10-02 | Bienstar Dental | Read the clinic's own website (homepage, robots.txt, sitemap and service pages) for site structure: separate service pages present. |
| 2026-10-02 | Dental Solutions Puerto Vallarta | Other review platforms checked on 2026-10-02: the clinic's own website links its Yelp page. |
| 2026-10-02 | Dr. Ignacio Gomez Gutierrez | Read the clinic's own website (homepage, robots.txt, sitemap and service pages) for site structure: business structured data present; no separate service pages. |
| 2026-10-02 | Esthetic Dentistry Puerto Vallarta | Read the clinic's own website (homepage, robots.txt, sitemap and service pages) for site structure: business structured data present. |
| 2026-10-02 | Justsmiles (Clinica Dental Dr. Guillen) | Read the clinic's own website (homepage, robots.txt, sitemap and service pages) for site structure: no business structured data. |
| 2026-10-02 | Rio Grande Dental | Read the clinic's own website (homepage, robots.txt, sitemap and service pages) for site structure: no business structured data. |
| 2026-10-01 | Dental Solutions Puerto Vallarta | Reviews on other platforms re-checked: the only WhatClinic profile under this name gives a different address, and there is none on Dental Departures or Doctoralia, so this is now marked unknown. |
| 2026-10-01 | Dr. Ignacio Gomez Gutierrez | Facebook presence set to unknown: it rested on a third-party directory, and the Facebook page the clinic's website links (facebook.com/pvdentalhealthcare) is unavailable on 2026-10-01. |
| 2026-10-01 | Justsmiles (Clinica Dental Dr. Guillen) | Presence on other review platforms re-checked: no profile on WhatClinic, Dental Departures or Doctoralia, so this criterion is now no. |
| 2026-10-01 | Rio Grande Dental | Presence on other review platforms re-checked: no profile on WhatClinic, Dental Departures or Doctoralia, so this criterion is now no. |
| 2026-09-30 | Dental Office Puerto Vallarta | Re-read on 2026-09-30 from the clinic's own website (dentalofficepuertovallarta.com: home, services, about and contact pages), its Google listing (claimed, 5.0 from 14 reviews), its Facebook page, WhatClinic and TripAdvisor. Recorded: website, lead dentist, WhatsApp, weekday evening and Saturday hours, digital X-rays, implant, orthodontic, surgical and children's care, business photos; no prices, no cone-beam CT and no emergency care on the website; not listed on TripAdvisor. |
| 2026-09-30 | Dr. Ignacio Gomez Gutierrez | Re-read on 2026-09-30 the clinic's own website, pvdentalhealthcare.com ("PV Dental", at the same address on Ignacio L. Vallarta), found through its Instagram, with its Google listing: website and English version corrected to present, as the site is live in English with a Spanish version (the earlier values rested on the Google listing's link to a directory profile); clear contacts, WhatsApp and Saturday hours recorded from the website; dentist names, specializations, services and address now rest on it; prices recorded as not published on the website, the Google listing or Instagram. |
| 2026-09-30 | Smile Vallarta | Read the clinic's own Facebook page: it carries the clinic's address and links a site named after its dentist, but has a single post, from January 2024, and one review. Recorded: no active presence on Facebook. |
| 2026-09-30 | Smile Vallarta | Re-read the clinic's website (in full) and its Google listing on 2026-09-30: published prices corrected to yes, as the website carries an itemized price list (the earlier value rested on an aggregator listing); website, dentist, specialization, clinic photos, services, contacts, English version and address now rest on the clinic's own website and Google listing. |
| 2026-09-30 | Unident (Dr. Benjamin Valle) | Searched Facebook for the clinic by its name with the city, by the dentist's name with the area and by its phone number; none of the searches found a page of the clinic. Recorded absence from Facebook. |
| 2026-09-30 | Unident (Dr. Benjamin Valle) | Re-read the clinic's Google listing, its only own channel (no website; no Facebook page or Instagram account of the clinic was found), on 2026-09-30: dentist specializations now unverified, as the listing names Dr. Benjamín Valle but not his field (the earlier value rested on a directory listing); clear contacts recorded from the listing's phone; dentist name, service list and address now rest on the listing. |
| 2026-09-29 | Dental Estetic (Dr. Melisa Meneses) | Searched Facebook on 2026-09-29 and found the clinic's page with a matching street address. |
| 2026-09-29 | Dental Express Mexico | Corrected 2026-09-29: Google rating 4.7 (was 4.6) and review count 156 (was 131) from the Google listing on 2026-09-26. |
| 2026-09-29 | Rio Grande Dental | Corrected 2026-09-29: clinic responds to reviews now unverified: with 3 Google reviews a missing owner reply shows nothing yet. |
| 2026-09-29 | Smile Vallarta | Corrected 2026-09-29: review count 92 (was 87) from the Google listing on 2026-09-26. |
| 2026-09-25 | Alva Clinica Dental | Re-read on 2026-09-25: the clinic's website in Spanish and English (treatments, about, gallery, contact), WhatClinic, a Doctoralia search, and its Google listing (newest and lowest-rated reviews). Recorded: no prices published for any treatment; no emergency care found; no structured data on the site; Saturday hours; owner replies on most recent reviews; no signs of manipulated reviews; reviewed on WhatClinic under the name Clínica Dental Plaza Marina (same Plaza Marina unit, phone and principal dentist); not listed on TripAdvisor. Still unverified: whether complaints recur (the low-rated reviews read describe different issues). |
| 2026-09-25 | Alva Clinica Dental | Search visibility checked on 2026-09-25 for the five pending Puerto Vallarta queries: not present for "best dentist Puerto Vallarta", "English speaking dentist Puerto Vallarta", "dental implants Puerto Vallarta", "emergency dentist Puerto Vallarta", "Puerto Vallarta dental clinic for expats". |
| 2026-09-25 | Bienstar Dental | Re-read on 2026-09-25: all pages of the clinic's Spanish-language website, WhatClinic's Puerto Vallarta directory, a Doctoralia search, and its Google listing (newest and lowest-rated reviews). Recorded: no prices published for any treatment; extractions offered and implants named as a replacement option; orthodontics for children and teenagers (first assessment at age 7); no emergency care found; structured data declaring the clinic and its Facebook page; hours to 8 PM on weekdays plus Saturday; newest Google review from April 2026; owner replies to reviews, with the single negative review not repeated; no signs of manipulated reviews; not found on TripAdvisor, WhatClinic or Doctoralia. Still unverified: on-site X-ray/CBCT equipment. |
| 2026-09-25 | Bienstar Dental | Search visibility checked on 2026-09-25 for the five pending Puerto Vallarta queries: not present for "best dentist Puerto Vallarta", "English speaking dentist Puerto Vallarta", "dental implants Puerto Vallarta", "emergency dentist Puerto Vallarta", "Puerto Vallarta dental clinic for expats". |
| 2026-09-25 | Boca Oficina Dental | Re-read on 2026-09-25: the clinic's homepage (full price list, team and services) and its Google listing (newest and lowest-rated reviews). Recorded: cleaning, filling, crown, implant, consultation and X-ray prices all published in pesos; no CBCT, pediatric dentistry or emergency care found; weekday hours until 7 PM, closed at weekends; structured data present; Google reviews answered, including critical ones; no signs of manipulated reviews; not listed on TripAdvisor. Still unverified: whether complaints recur (the few low-rated reviews each describe a different issue). |
| 2026-09-25 | Boca Oficina Dental | Search visibility checked on 2026-09-25 for the five pending Puerto Vallarta queries: present for "best dentist Puerto Vallarta"; not present for "English speaking dentist Puerto Vallarta", "dental implants Puerto Vallarta", "emergency dentist Puerto Vallarta", "Puerto Vallarta dental clinic for expats". |
| 2026-09-25 | Dental Estetic (Dr. Melisa Meneses) | Re-read on 2026-09-25: every page in the clinic's sitemaps and menu (treatments, summer deals, cleaning, crowns, implants) and its Google listing (newest and lowest-rated reviews). Recorded: a regular implant price of US$999 stated on the deals page, no cleaning, filling, crown, consultation or X-ray price; orthodontics named among the clinic's treatments; pediatric dentistry listed as a category on its Google Business Profile; no emergency care found; Saturday hours; no structured data; owner replies to nearly every recent review; two independent reports of crown-fit and margin problems; no signs of manipulated reviews. Not listed on TripAdvisor. |
| 2026-09-25 | Dental Estetic (Dr. Melisa Meneses) | Search visibility checked on 2026-09-25 for the five pending Puerto Vallarta queries: present for "best dentist Puerto Vallarta", "dental implants Puerto Vallarta"; not present for "English speaking dentist Puerto Vallarta", "emergency dentist Puerto Vallarta", "Puerto Vallarta dental clinic for expats". |
| 2026-09-25 | Dental Express Mexico | Re-read on 2026-09-25: every page in the clinic's sitemaps (price list, treatment, doctor, tourism and legal pages) and its Google listing (newest and lowest-rated reviews). Recorded: a 2026 price list with cleaning, filling, crown, implant and 3D-imaging prices, but no consultation fee; orthodontics and emergency care listed as categories on the clinic's Google Business Profile; a team dentist who treats children; WhatsApp available; structured data present; at least one owner reply to a critical review; three independent reviews reporting final bills above the advertised or quoted prices; no signs of manipulated reviews. Not listed on TripAdvisor. Still unverified: opening hours (the website gives Monday–Saturday while the Google listing shows weekends closed). |
| 2026-09-25 | Dental Express Mexico | Search visibility checked on 2026-09-25 for the five pending Puerto Vallarta queries: present for "Puerto Vallarta dental clinic for expats"; not present for "best dentist Puerto Vallarta", "English speaking dentist Puerto Vallarta", "dental implants Puerto Vallarta", "emergency dentist Puerto Vallarta". |
| 2026-09-25 | Dental Office Puerto Vallarta | Re-read on 2026-09-25: a Google Maps search for this clinic's name and Plaza Marina address returned only the generic Puerto Vallarta city listing, not a Google Business Profile of its own, so Google-sourced facts were not refreshed; its WhatClinic profile was re-read and now shows 4.6 from 48 verified reviews (ServiceScore 9.8, "Outstanding"). No clinic-owned website was found. Everything else on this card remains as previously recorded. |
| 2026-09-25 | Dental Office Puerto Vallarta | Search visibility checked on 2026-09-25 for the five pending Puerto Vallarta queries: present for "emergency dentist Puerto Vallarta"; not present for "best dentist Puerto Vallarta", "English speaking dentist Puerto Vallarta", "dental implants Puerto Vallarta", "Puerto Vallarta dental clinic for expats". |
| 2026-09-25 | Dental Solutions Puerto Vallarta | Re-read on 2026-09-25: every page in the clinic's sitemaps (services, veneers, full-mouth implants, whitening, appointment, FAQ, testimonials and blog) and its Google listing, including the lowest-rated reviews. Recorded: a published consultation fee ($700 MXN) and full-arch implant base prices; no cleaning, filling, standalone crown or X-ray price; extractions and wisdom-tooth surgery offered; no children's dentistry; weekday hours to 7 PM plus Saturday; structured data present; owner replies to reviews, including critical ones; no signs of manipulated reviews; not listed on TripAdvisor. Corrected: prices are published for several treatments (veneers, full-arch implants, the consultation), so the earlier "prices not published" entry was wrong. Still unverified: on-site X-ray/CBCT equipment, emergency appointments and whether complaints recur. |
| 2026-09-25 | Dental Solutions Puerto Vallarta | Search visibility checked on 2026-09-25 for the five pending Puerto Vallarta queries: present for "best dentist Puerto Vallarta", "English speaking dentist Puerto Vallarta", "dental implants Puerto Vallarta", "Puerto Vallarta dental clinic for expats"; not present for "emergency dentist Puerto Vallarta". |
| 2026-09-25 | Dentoamerica | Re-read on 2026-09-25: every page in the clinic's sitemaps, including the price tables shown on its prices, implants, dental-exams and diagnostic pages, and its Google listing (newest and lowest-rated reviews). Recorded: published prices in pesos and US dollars for the consultation and exam, cleaning, fillings, zirconia crowns, implants by brand, panoramic X-rays and 3D tomography; digital X-ray and 3D CT imaging documented; no pediatric or emergency service found; WhatsApp published; structured data declaring the clinic and its Facebook page; owner replies even to critical reviews; four independent reports of root-canal or crown failures; no signs of manipulated reviews. Not listed on TripAdvisor. Still unverified: opening hours (the English pages and the Google listing show weekends closed, the Spanish page lists Saturday morning). |
| 2026-09-25 | Dentoamerica | Search visibility checked on 2026-09-25 for the five pending Puerto Vallarta queries: not present for "best dentist Puerto Vallarta", "English speaking dentist Puerto Vallarta", "dental implants Puerto Vallarta", "emergency dentist Puerto Vallarta", "Puerto Vallarta dental clinic for expats". |
| 2026-09-25 | Dr. Ignacio Gomez Gutierrez | Re-read on 2026-09-25: the clinic's Google Business Profile (its only linked page is a Doctoralia directory profile, not a clinic-owned website) and its reviews (newest and lowest-rated). Recorded: no clinic-owned website and no prices published; orthodontics documented via the Google Business Profile category; no owner replies across nine of the listing's 16 reviews, including all five low-rated ones, on a claimed listing; four independent complaints about being overcharged for minor work; no signs of manipulated reviews. Not listed on TripAdvisor. |
| 2026-09-25 | Dr. Ignacio Gomez Gutierrez | Search visibility checked on 2026-09-25 for the five pending Puerto Vallarta queries: not present for "best dentist Puerto Vallarta", "English speaking dentist Puerto Vallarta", "dental implants Puerto Vallarta", "emergency dentist Puerto Vallarta", "Puerto Vallarta dental clinic for expats". |
| 2026-09-25 | Esthetic Dentistry Puerto Vallarta | Re-read on 2026-09-25: the clinic's dental-prices, implants, crowns and root-canal pages (English), and its Google listing (newest and lowest-rated reviews). Recorded: fillings and a conditional free consultation priced, no cleaning or X-ray price published; Saturday hours; no WhatsApp link found in the site's HTML; Google reviews answered on nearly every visible review with no recurring complaint theme; not listed on TripAdvisor. Still unverified: on-site X-ray equipment. |
| 2026-09-25 | Esthetic Dentistry Puerto Vallarta | Search visibility checked on 2026-09-25 for the five pending Puerto Vallarta queries: present for "best dentist Puerto Vallarta", "English speaking dentist Puerto Vallarta", "dental implants Puerto Vallarta", "Puerto Vallarta dental clinic for expats"; not present for "emergency dentist Puerto Vallarta". |
| 2026-09-25 | Justsmiles (Clinica Dental Dr. Guillen) | Re-read on 2026-09-25: every page linked from the clinic's website menu in English and Spanish (services, specialists, who-we-are, contact) and its Google listing (newest and lowest-rated reviews). Recorded: no prices published for any treatment; the Google listing is unclaimed, so no owner replies exist; three independent reviews describe crown or bridge work failing within a few years; no signs of manipulated reviews. Still unverified: children's dentistry (the site describes family care but lists no pediatric service). |
| 2026-09-25 | Justsmiles (Clinica Dental Dr. Guillen) | Search visibility checked on 2026-09-25 for the five pending Puerto Vallarta queries: present for "emergency dentist Puerto Vallarta"; not present for "best dentist Puerto Vallarta", "English speaking dentist Puerto Vallarta", "dental implants Puerto Vallarta", "Puerto Vallarta dental clinic for expats". |
| 2026-09-25 | PV Smile | Re-read on 2026-09-25: all pages of the clinic's website (English and Spanish home, services, implants, smile makeover, assessment, why PV Smile) and its Google listing (newest and lowest-rated reviews). Recorded: typical price tables for implants (single implant with crown from $1,850) and smile-makeover treatments, including crowns ($650) and tooth-colored fillings (from $95), plus a free assessment; no cleaning or X-ray price; the service range covers implants and cosmetic treatments only, with no orthodontics, pediatric or emergency care; no structured data; Saturday hours; owner replies to reviews, including a critical one; three independent reports of quality problems and post-treatment pain; no signs of manipulated reviews. Not listed on TripAdvisor. Corrected: prices are published, so the earlier "prices not published" entry was wrong. |
| 2026-09-25 | PV Smile | Search visibility checked on 2026-09-25 for the five pending Puerto Vallarta queries: present for "English speaking dentist Puerto Vallarta"; not present for "best dentist Puerto Vallarta", "dental implants Puerto Vallarta", "emergency dentist Puerto Vallarta", "Puerto Vallarta dental clinic for expats". |
| 2026-09-25 | Rio Grande Dental | Re-read on 2026-09-25: every page in the clinic's sitemap (prices, FAQ, implant, service and contact pages in English and Spanish) and its Google listing. Recorded: cleaning, filling and consultation/evaluation prices on the prices page (a free consultation is also advertised), alongside the implant and crown prices already on file and a priced cone-beam CT scan; CBCT documented; no emergency care or WhatsApp link found; Saturday hours; the three Google reviews carry no owner replies. Not listed on TripAdvisor. Suspicious-review signals were not assessed on a base of three reviews. |
| 2026-09-25 | Rio Grande Dental | Search visibility checked on 2026-09-25 for the five pending Puerto Vallarta queries: present for "best dentist Puerto Vallarta", "English speaking dentist Puerto Vallarta", "dental implants Puerto Vallarta", "Puerto Vallarta dental clinic for expats"; not present for "emergency dentist Puerto Vallarta". |
| 2026-09-25 | Smile Vallarta | Re-read on 2026-09-25: all pages in the clinic's website navigation (home, prices list, implants, crowns, veneers) and its Google listing (newest and lowest-rated reviews). Recorded: cleaning, filling, crown, implant and a conditional exam fee all priced, no X-ray price; orthodontics offered but no pediatric or emergency care; a WhatsApp chat widget with a live number; open until 7 PM Monday to Thursday, closed Friday to Sunday; no structured data; separate service pages; four independent reports of poor-quality restorative work; no signs of manipulated reviews. Not listed on TripAdvisor. Still unverified: owner replies (none among the ten reviews read out of 92). |
| 2026-09-25 | Smile Vallarta | Search visibility checked on 2026-09-25 for the five pending Puerto Vallarta queries: not present for "best dentist Puerto Vallarta", "English speaking dentist Puerto Vallarta", "dental implants Puerto Vallarta", "emergency dentist Puerto Vallarta", "Puerto Vallarta dental clinic for expats". |
| 2026-09-25 | Unident (Dr. Benjamin Valle) | Re-read on 2026-09-25: the clinic's Google Business Profile, which lists no website, and its reviews (newest and lowest-rated). Recorded: no website of its own; no prices published on the profile; Saturday hours; every review read carries a personalized owner reply; no negative reviews at all; no signs of manipulated reviews. Not listed on TripAdvisor. Still unverified: on-site equipment and social pages. |
| 2026-09-25 | Unident (Dr. Benjamin Valle) | Search visibility checked on 2026-09-25 for the five pending Puerto Vallarta queries: not present for "best dentist Puerto Vallarta", "English speaking dentist Puerto Vallarta", "dental implants Puerto Vallarta", "emergency dentist Puerto Vallarta", "Puerto Vallarta dental clinic for expats". |
| 2026-09-07 | Methodology v1.4.0 | Narrowed the "Opaque or bait pricing" red flag to what its published definition describes. Until now the flag was applied automatically to every clinic that does not publish a price list — a harsher statement than the evidence supports, since the catalogue defines the flag as complaints about final bills materially exceeding quoted prices, or advertised prices that are not honoured. Not publishing prices is already scored: it costs the clinic points in the price transparency category, and it is not, on its own, evidence of bait pricing. The automatic rule is removed, so the flag and its 2-point penalty come off about 1,300 clinic pages across the index; no clinic gains a flag, and no weight, severity or other scoring rule changed. The flag can still be recorded against a clinic by hand with cited sources, and about 210 clinics carry such an entry today; we are reviewing those entries in a follow-up pass, because some of them were also written for nothing more than an unpublished price list. |
| 2026-09-03 | Methodology v1.3.1 | Clarified that the publication criteria refer to the clinic’s own channels: a service list, the names of the dentists and a price list count when the clinic itself publishes them (its website, its social profiles or its own Google Business profile) — registers, directories and review sites do not, and a time-limited promotional offer is not a price list. Added a third state for a dentist’s licence, "checked, not found in the public register": a dentist we searched for in the national register and did not find is now recorded as checked-but-unverified with the date of the check, instead of being shown either as "not checked yet" or as the "not published" red flag. Neither change alters any weight or penalty; the red-flag rule still fires only on a verified negative. Also corrected the wording of the penalty note under the ranking table, which rendered as "20−" in right-to-left dictionaries. |
| 2026-08-26 | Alva Clinica Dental | Link-rot cleanup 2026-08-26: pruning 1 dead source(s) confirmed unreachable in an external-link check (checked 2026-08-26) and re-confirmed dead by direct recheck where applicable. alva-clinica-dental-doclic [https://cedulaprofesional.sep.gob.mx/cedula/presidencia/indexAvanzada.action]: https://cedulaprofesional.sep.gob.mx/cedula/presidencia/indexAvanzada.action (attempt1: getaddrinfo EAI_AGAIN cedulaprofesional.sep.gob.mx; attempt2 (+30s): Connect Timeout Error (attempted address: cedulaprofesional.sep.gob.mx:443, timeout: 10000ms), other->stable-dead on recheck) |
| 2026-08-26 | Boca Oficina Dental | Link-rot cleanup 2026-08-26: pruning 1 dead source(s) confirmed unreachable in an external-link check (checked 2026-08-26) and re-confirmed dead by direct recheck where applicable. boca-oficina-dental-doclic [https://cedulaprofesional.sep.gob.mx/cedula/presidencia/indexAvanzada.action]: https://cedulaprofesional.sep.gob.mx/cedula/presidencia/indexAvanzada.action (attempt1: getaddrinfo EAI_AGAIN cedulaprofesional.sep.gob.mx; attempt2 (+30s): Connect Timeout Error (attempted address: cedulaprofesional.sep.gob.mx:443, timeout: 10000ms), other->stable-dead on recheck) |
| 2026-08-26 | Dental Aleman | Link-rot cleanup 2026-08-26: pruning 1 dead source(s) confirmed unreachable in an external-link check (checked 2026-08-26) and re-confirmed dead by direct recheck where applicable. dental-aleman-doclic [https://cedulaprofesional.sep.gob.mx/cedula/presidencia/indexAvanzada.action]: https://cedulaprofesional.sep.gob.mx/cedula/presidencia/indexAvanzada.action (attempt1: getaddrinfo EAI_AGAIN cedulaprofesional.sep.gob.mx; attempt2 (+30s): Connect Timeout Error (attempted address: cedulaprofesional.sep.gob.mx:443, timeout: 10000ms), other->stable-dead on recheck) |
| 2026-08-26 | Dental Estetic (Dr. Melisa Meneses) | Link-rot cleanup 2026-08-26: pruning 1 dead source(s) confirmed unreachable in an external-link check (checked 2026-08-26) and re-confirmed dead by direct recheck where applicable. dental-estetic-dr-melisa-meneses-doclic [https://cedulaprofesional.sep.gob.mx/cedula/presidencia/indexAvanzada.action]: https://cedulaprofesional.sep.gob.mx/cedula/presidencia/indexAvanzada.action (attempt1: getaddrinfo EAI_AGAIN cedulaprofesional.sep.gob.mx; attempt2 (+30s): Connect Timeout Error (attempted address: cedulaprofesional.sep.gob.mx:443, timeout: 10000ms), other->stable-dead on recheck) |
| 2026-08-26 | Dental Express Mexico | Link-rot cleanup 2026-08-26: pruning 1 dead source(s) confirmed unreachable in an external-link check (checked 2026-08-26) and re-confirmed dead by direct recheck where applicable. dental-express-mexico-doclic [https://cedulaprofesional.sep.gob.mx/cedula/presidencia/indexAvanzada.action]: https://cedulaprofesional.sep.gob.mx/cedula/presidencia/indexAvanzada.action (attempt1: getaddrinfo EAI_AGAIN cedulaprofesional.sep.gob.mx; attempt2 (+30s): Connect Timeout Error (attempted address: cedulaprofesional.sep.gob.mx:443, timeout: 10000ms), other->stable-dead on recheck) |
| 2026-08-26 | Dental Solutions Puerto Vallarta | Link-rot cleanup 2026-08-26: pruning 1 dead source(s) confirmed unreachable in an external-link check (checked 2026-08-26) and re-confirmed dead by direct recheck where applicable. dental-solutions-puerto-vallarta-doclic [https://cedulaprofesional.sep.gob.mx/cedula/presidencia/indexAvanzada.action]: https://cedulaprofesional.sep.gob.mx/cedula/presidencia/indexAvanzada.action (attempt1: getaddrinfo EAI_AGAIN cedulaprofesional.sep.gob.mx; attempt2 (+30s): Connect Timeout Error (attempted address: cedulaprofesional.sep.gob.mx:443, timeout: 10000ms), other->stable-dead on recheck) |
| 2026-08-26 | Dentoamerica | Link-rot cleanup 2026-08-26: pruning 1 dead source(s) confirmed unreachable in an external-link check (checked 2026-08-26) and re-confirmed dead by direct recheck where applicable. dentoamerica-doclic [https://cedulaprofesional.sep.gob.mx/cedula/presidencia/indexAvanzada.action]: https://cedulaprofesional.sep.gob.mx/cedula/presidencia/indexAvanzada.action (attempt1: getaddrinfo EAI_AGAIN cedulaprofesional.sep.gob.mx; attempt2 (+30s): Connect Timeout Error (attempted address: cedulaprofesional.sep.gob.mx:443, timeout: 10000ms), other->stable-dead on recheck) |
| 2026-08-26 | Dr. Ignacio Gomez Gutierrez | Link-rot cleanup 2026-08-26: pruning 1 dead source(s) confirmed unreachable in an external-link check (checked 2026-08-26) and re-confirmed dead by direct recheck where applicable. dr-ignacio-gomez-gutierrez-doclic [https://cedulaprofesional.sep.gob.mx/cedula/presidencia/indexAvanzada.action]: https://cedulaprofesional.sep.gob.mx/cedula/presidencia/indexAvanzada.action (attempt1: getaddrinfo EAI_AGAIN cedulaprofesional.sep.gob.mx; attempt2 (+30s): Connect Timeout Error (attempted address: cedulaprofesional.sep.gob.mx:443, timeout: 10000ms), other->stable-dead on recheck) |
| 2026-08-26 | Esthetic Dentistry Puerto Vallarta | Link-rot cleanup 2026-08-26: pruning 1 dead source(s) confirmed unreachable in an external-link check (checked 2026-08-26) and re-confirmed dead by direct recheck where applicable. esthetic-dentistry-puerto-vallarta-doclic [https://cedulaprofesional.sep.gob.mx/cedula/presidencia/indexAvanzada.action]: https://cedulaprofesional.sep.gob.mx/cedula/presidencia/indexAvanzada.action (attempt1: getaddrinfo EAI_AGAIN cedulaprofesional.sep.gob.mx; attempt2 (+30s): Connect Timeout Error (attempted address: cedulaprofesional.sep.gob.mx:443, timeout: 10000ms), other->stable-dead on recheck) |
| 2026-08-26 | Justsmiles (Clinica Dental Dr. Guillen) | Link-rot cleanup 2026-08-26: pruning 1 dead source(s) confirmed unreachable in an external-link check (checked 2026-08-26) and re-confirmed dead by direct recheck where applicable. justsmiles-clinica-dental-dr-guillen-doclic [https://cedulaprofesional.sep.gob.mx/cedula/presidencia/indexAvanzada.action]: https://cedulaprofesional.sep.gob.mx/cedula/presidencia/indexAvanzada.action (attempt1: getaddrinfo EAI_AGAIN cedulaprofesional.sep.gob.mx; attempt2 (+30s): Connect Timeout Error (attempted address: cedulaprofesional.sep.gob.mx:443, timeout: 10000ms), other->stable-dead on recheck) |
| 2026-08-26 | PV Smile | Link-rot cleanup 2026-08-26: pruning 1 dead source(s) confirmed unreachable in an external-link check (checked 2026-08-26) and re-confirmed dead by direct recheck where applicable. pv-smile-doclic [https://cedulaprofesional.sep.gob.mx/cedula/presidencia/indexAvanzada.action]: https://cedulaprofesional.sep.gob.mx/cedula/presidencia/indexAvanzada.action (attempt1: getaddrinfo EAI_AGAIN cedulaprofesional.sep.gob.mx; attempt2 (+30s): Connect Timeout Error (attempted address: cedulaprofesional.sep.gob.mx:443, timeout: 10000ms), other->stable-dead on recheck) |
| 2026-08-26 | Smile Vallarta | Link-rot cleanup 2026-08-26: pruning 1 dead source(s) confirmed unreachable in an external-link check (checked 2026-08-26) and re-confirmed dead by direct recheck where applicable. smile-vallarta-doclic [https://cedulaprofesional.sep.gob.mx/cedula/presidencia/indexAvanzada.action]: https://cedulaprofesional.sep.gob.mx/cedula/presidencia/indexAvanzada.action (attempt1: getaddrinfo EAI_AGAIN cedulaprofesional.sep.gob.mx; attempt2 (+30s): Connect Timeout Error (attempted address: cedulaprofesional.sep.gob.mx:443, timeout: 10000ms), other->stable-dead on recheck) |
| 2026-08-26 | Unident (Dr. Benjamin Valle) | Link-rot cleanup 2026-08-26: pruning 1 dead source(s) confirmed unreachable in an external-link check (checked 2026-08-26) and re-confirmed dead by direct recheck where applicable. unident-dr-benjamin-valle-doclic [https://cedulaprofesional.sep.gob.mx/cedula/presidencia/indexAvanzada.action]: https://cedulaprofesional.sep.gob.mx/cedula/presidencia/indexAvanzada.action (attempt1: getaddrinfo EAI_AGAIN cedulaprofesional.sep.gob.mx; attempt2 (+30s): Connect Timeout Error (attempted address: cedulaprofesional.sep.gob.mx:443, timeout: 10000ms), other->stable-dead on recheck) |
| 2026-08-25 | Alva Clinica Dental | Re-verification 2026-08-25: confirmed website and phone; corrected postal code to 48335 (was 48354 on file) and refined address per Maps; captured first Google rating 4.9 (217 reviews); added geo coordinates and Maps URL. |
| 2026-08-25 | Alva Clinica Dental | License verification 2026-08-25 against SEP RNP (dentists) and CLUES (clinics): both national registries unreachable from this environment — Alva Clinica Dental's clinic license and its 3 named doctors' cédulas could not be verified; all left null, none marked false. |
| 2026-08-25 | Bienstar Dental | Re-verification 2026-08-25: confirmed website, address, phone; Maps lists the business as "Clínica Bienestar Dental - Dentista Puerto Vallarta"; captured first Google rating 4.5 (11 reviews); added geo coordinates and Maps URL. |
| 2026-08-25 | Bienstar Dental | License verification 2026-08-25 against CLUES (clinic-scope registry): host unreachable (TLS certificate expired / master workbook host times out) — could not verify Bienstar Dental's clinic authorization; left null, not marked false. No doctor names are listed for this clinic, so no dentist-registry lookups were possible. |
| 2026-08-25 | Boca Oficina Dental | Re-verification 2026-08-25: confirmed website and phone; refined address with full street details from Maps (was a vague plaza-only stored address); Google rating unchanged at 4.9; captured first review count of 132; added geo coordinates and Maps URL. |
| 2026-08-25 | Boca Oficina Dental | License verification 2026-08-25 against SEP RNP (dentists) and CLUES (clinics): both national registries unreachable from this environment — Boca Oficina Dental's clinic license and its 5 named doctors' cédulas could not be verified; all left null, none marked false. |
| 2026-08-25 | Dental Aleman | Re-verification 2026-08-25: confirmed website and address; captured phone number +52 322 178 7341 (previously unset); captured first Google rating 4.4 (31 reviews); added geo coordinates and Maps URL. |
| 2026-08-25 | Dental Aleman | License verification 2026-08-25 against SEP RNP (dentists) and CLUES (clinics): both national registries unreachable from this environment — Dental Aleman's clinic license and Dr. Lupita Aleman's cédula could not be verified; left null, not marked false. |
| 2026-08-25 | Dental Estetic (Dr. Melisa Meneses) | Re-verification 2026-08-25: confirmed website, address, phone; captured first Google rating 4.9 (135 reviews); added geo coordinates and Maps URL. |
| 2026-08-25 | Dental Estetic (Dr. Melisa Meneses) | License verification 2026-08-25 against SEP RNP (dentists) and CLUES (clinics): both national registries unreachable from this environment — Dental Estetic's clinic license and Dr. Melisa Meneses's cédula could not be verified; left null, not marked false. |
| 2026-08-25 | Dental Express Mexico | Re-verification 2026-08-25: confirmed website and phone; replaced vague stored address with the specific street address from Maps; Google rating changed to 4.6 (was 4.7), review count now 131 (was 56); added geo coordinates and Maps URL. |
| 2026-08-25 | Dental Express Mexico | License verification 2026-08-25 against SEP RNP (dentists) and CLUES (clinics): both national registries unreachable from this environment — Dental Express Mexico's clinic license and Dr. Antonio Fernandez Sanchez's cédula could not be verified; left null, not marked false. |
| 2026-08-25 | Dental Office Puerto Vallarta | Re-verification 2026-08-25: no website on file (none on record), and no matching Google Maps listing could be found for "Dental Office Puerto Vallarta" at Plaza Marina Local G24/G25 after multiple targeted searches (exact name, exact name + neighborhood). A differently-addressed, unrelated-looking 1.9-star listing named "Dental Office PV" exists elsewhere in the city (Blvd. Francisco Medina Ascencio 1630) but its address does not match the stored Plaza Marina location, so it was not assumed to be the same business. Unable to confirm any live facts today; no changes recorded. Recommend manual follow-up to determine if this clinic is still operating under this name. |
| 2026-08-25 | Dental Office Puerto Vallarta | License verification 2026-08-25 against CLUES (clinic-scope registry): host unreachable (TLS certificate expired / master workbook host times out) — could not verify Dental Office Puerto Vallarta's authorization; left null, not marked false. No doctor names are listed for this clinic, so no dentist-registry lookups were possible. |
| 2026-08-25 | Dental Solutions Puerto Vallarta | Re-verification 2026-08-25: confirmed website, address, phone unchanged; Google rating changed to 4.7 (was 4.8), review count now 218 (was 170); added geo coordinates and Maps URL. |
| 2026-08-25 | Dental Solutions Puerto Vallarta | License verification 2026-08-25 against SEP RNP (dentists) and CLUES (clinics): both national registries unreachable from this environment (RNP connection refused; CLUES host TLS certificate expired) — Dental Solutions Puerto Vallarta's clinic license and Dr. Arturo Pereyra's cédula could not be verified; left null, not marked false. |
| 2026-08-25 | Dentoamerica | Re-verification 2026-08-25: www.dentoamerica.com no longer resolves (DNS failure) but dentoamerica.com (no www) is live with matching content — recorded as website correction; replaced vague stored address with the specific address (Nuevo Vallarta/Mezcales, Nayarit); confirmed local phone; captured first Google rating 4.5 (99 reviews); added geo coordinates and Maps URL. |
| 2026-08-25 | Dentoamerica | License verification 2026-08-25 against SEP RNP (dentists) and CLUES (clinics): both national registries unreachable from this environment — Dentoamerica's clinic license and Dra. Mireya Munoz's cédula could not be verified; left null, not marked false. |
| 2026-08-25 | Dr. Ignacio Gomez Gutierrez | Re-verification 2026-08-25: no independent clinic website (only a Doctoralia directory listing); confirmed address unchanged; captured first Google rating 3.9 (16 reviews), most recent review about a year old; added geo coordinates and Maps URL. Note: a separate nearby Maps listing, 'Dentist Dr. Ignacio Gómez' (4.3★, 6 reviews, phone +52 322 222 5359), also exists at the same address and may be a duplicate profile. |
| 2026-08-25 | Dr. Ignacio Gomez Gutierrez | License verification 2026-08-25 against SEP RNP (dentists) and CLUES (clinics): both national registries unreachable from this environment — this solo practice's clinic license and Dr. Ignacio Gomez Gutierrez's cédula could not be verified; left null, not marked false. |
| 2026-08-25 | Esthetic Dentistry Puerto Vallarta | Re-verification 2026-08-25: confirmed website, address, phone; captured first Google rating 5.0 (165 reviews); added geo coordinates and Maps URL. |
| 2026-08-25 | Esthetic Dentistry Puerto Vallarta | License verification 2026-08-25 against SEP RNP (dentists) and CLUES (clinics): both national registries unreachable from this environment — the 5 cédula numbers already self-published on the clinic's own site (Abrego, Lopez, Montserrat, Cortes, Salinas) could not be cross-checked against the official RNP record, and the clinic's own CLUES/establishment status could not be verified; all left null, none marked false. |
| 2026-08-25 | Justsmiles (Clinica Dental Dr. Guillen) | Re-verification 2026-08-25: confirmed website, address, phone; Google rating changed to 4.2 (was 4.7), review count now 53 (was 42); added geo coordinates and Maps URL. |
| 2026-08-25 | Justsmiles (Clinica Dental Dr. Guillen) | License verification 2026-08-25 against SEP RNP (dentists) and CLUES (clinics): both national registries unreachable from this environment — Justsmiles (Clinica Dental Dr. Guillen)'s clinic license and its 4 named doctors' cédulas could not be verified; all left null, none marked false. |
| 2026-08-25 | Methodology v1.3.0 | Corrected how the two licensing red flags are applied ("Clinic operating licence not published" and "Dentists / their licences not listed"). Previously they were applied whenever licensing data was absent from our records, which treated unchecked data as a negative finding — contrary to the methodology's own rule that unverified data is a fact about our coverage, not about the clinic. Both flags now apply only where we have verified that the information is not published. Manual licensing flags that rested on unverified data were removed from the affected clinics. No other scoring rules changed; most scores rise because the incorrect penalty is removed. |
| 2026-08-25 | PV Smile | Re-verification 2026-08-25: confirmed website live; corrected address neighborhood/postal code to Col. Gustavo Díaz Ordaz, 48310 (record on file had Col. Versalles); Google Maps profile lists a different contact number (+52 322 150 7442) than the website's listed phone (+52 322 224 8879, left unchanged as the website confirms it); website documents only conscious/inhalation sedation (not sleep dentistry); captured first Google rating 4.3 (40 reviews); added geo coordinates and Maps URL. |
| 2026-08-25 | PV Smile | Recorded sedation / general anaesthesia availability (informational): not documented in public sources. Offers conscious and inhalation sedation only (patient stays awake); no GA/deep sedation mentioned. |
| 2026-08-25 | PV Smile | License verification 2026-08-25 against SEP RNP (dentists) and CLUES (clinics): both national registries unreachable from this environment — PV Smile's clinic license and its 3 named doctors' cédulas could not be verified; all left null, none marked false. |
| 2026-08-25 | Rio Grande Dental | Re-verification 2026-08-25: confirmed website, address, phone; captured first Google rating 5.0 (3 reviews, small/newer Maps listing for the Puerto Vallarta location); site FAQ confirms IV sedation with an anesthesiologist is available; added geo coordinates and Maps URL. |
| 2026-08-25 | Rio Grande Dental | Recorded sedation / general anaesthesia availability (informational): documented as available. IV sedation with anesthesiologist available; site also references general anesthetic for implant post-op care. |
| 2026-08-25 | Rio Grande Dental | License verification 2026-08-25 against CLUES (clinic-scope registry): host unreachable (TLS certificate expired / master workbook host times out) — could not verify Rio Grande Dental's clinic authorization; left null, not marked false. No doctor names are listed for this clinic, so no dentist-registry lookups were possible. |
| 2026-08-25 | Smile Vallarta | Re-verification 2026-08-25: confirmed address and phone; website has moved to smilevallartadental.com (old wixsite.com/dental link still resolves with matching content, kept working as fallback); Google rating changed to 4.7 (was 4.8); captured first review count of 87; added geo coordinates and Maps URL. |
| 2026-08-25 | Smile Vallarta | License verification 2026-08-25 against SEP RNP (dentists) and CLUES (clinics): both national registries unreachable from this environment — Smile Vallarta's clinic license and Dr. Alejandro Sanchez's cédula could not be verified; left null, not marked false. |
| 2026-08-25 | Unident (Dr. Benjamin Valle) | Re-verification 2026-08-25: no website found; Google Maps profile shows a different address than stored (Condominio Royal Pacific / Calle Timón, Marina Vallarta, 48335 — was 'Paseo de la Marina #245, Office D, 48328'), recorded as correction; captured phone +52 322 209 0999 (previously unset); captured first Google rating 4.9 (34 reviews); added geo coordinates and Maps URL. |
| 2026-08-25 | Unident (Dr. Benjamin Valle) | License verification 2026-08-25 against SEP RNP (dentists) and CLUES (clinics): both national registries unreachable from this environment — Unident's clinic license and Dr. Benjamin Valle's cédula could not be verified; left null, not marked false. |
| 2026-08-23 | Methodology v1.2.0 | Added an informational "Sedation & general anaesthesia" availability field to every clinic and a new "Sleep Dentistry (Sedation / GA)" list, for patients who cannot tolerate — or would rather not be awake for — treatment. This field is informational and does not change any transparency score. |
| 2026-07-08 | Methodology v1.1.0 | Added licensing transparency: clinics are now penalised when they do not publish their operating licence, or do not list their dentists together with their professional licence numbers. Each clinic page now shows a Licensing & Credentials section. |
| 2026-07-03 | Methodology v1.0.0 | Initial public methodology. |