Rio Grande Dental
According to our open methodology, this clinic scored 46.9/100 for transparency, reputation, service accessibility, and digital visibility.
Overall rank: #10 of 17 ranked clinics · Last checked: 25 August 2026
Positions by Rating Profile
- Overall Transparency & Trust#1046.9/100
- Best for Expats#1045.3/100
- Best for Dental Implants#841.8/100
- Best for Emergency Dental Carenot ranked
- Best Price Transparency#349/100
- Best English-speaking Clinics#1047.7/100
- Best for Families / Childrennot ranked
- Sleep Dentistry (GA / deep sedation)#146.9/100
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) — General anaesthesia / deep sedation documented IV sedation with anesthesiologist available; site also references general anesthetic for implant post-op care. [rio-grande-dental-sedation]
Summary
US-marketed dental-tourism clinic in the Versalles district with a US toll-free line, publishing USD prices for implants, crowns, veneers and All-on-4. Individual dentists are not named on the site. Some third-party review platforms report recurring complaints about implant failures and warranty/refund difficulties.
Strengths
- Information Transparency: 17 of 20 points.
Weaknesses
- Reputation & Reviews: 7.5 of 15.5 verifiable points (missing: google review volume; no recurring complaints)
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] | 0/3 |
| ✓ | 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 [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 [s1] | 3/3 |
| ? | Cleaning price listed | 0/2 |
| ? | 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 [rio-grande-dental-refresh] | 3/6 |
| ✗ | Google review volume [rio-grande-dental-refresh] | 0/3 |
| ✓ | Review recency [rio-grande-dental-refresh] | 3/3 |
| ? | Clinic responds to reviews | 0/2 |
| ✗ | No recurring complaints [s1] | 0/2 |
| ? | No suspicious review patterns | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Active Facebook presence [s1] | 1/1 |
| ? | TripAdvisor presence | 0/0.5 |
| ✓ | Other review platforms [s1] | 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 [s1] | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Oral surgery [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✗ | Pediatric dentistry [s1] | 0/1.5 |
| ? | 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 | 0/1.5 |
AI & Search Visibility
Whether the clinic is discoverable when patients search - including via AI assistants. Checked with fixed queries: "best dentist Puerto Vallarta", "English speaking dentist Puerto Vallarta", "dental implants Puerto Vallarta", "emergency dentist Puerto Vallarta", "Puerto Vallarta dental clinic for expats".
| ? | Mentioned for: best dentist Puerto Vallarta | 0/1 |
| ? | Mentioned for: English speaking dentist Puerto Vallarta | 0/1 |
| ? | Mentioned for: dental implants Puerto Vallarta | 0/1 |
| ? | Mentioned for: emergency dentist Puerto Vallarta | 0/1 |
| ? | Mentioned for: Puerto Vallarta 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
No published dentist roster is recorded for this clinic yet — unverified, no penalty.
Red Flags
- low No dentists identified anywhere (-2 pts) — No dentist names 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: Consultation price listed
- Price Transparency: X-ray / imaging price listed
- Reputation & Reviews: Clinic responds to reviews
- Reputation & Reviews: No suspicious review patterns
- Reputation & Reviews: TripAdvisor presence
- Medical Infrastructure: On-site X-ray
- Medical Infrastructure: CBCT (3D imaging)
- Medical Infrastructure: Emergency care
- Communication & Service: WhatsApp / LINE available
- Communication & Service: Response speed
- Communication & Service: Convenient opening hours
- AI & Search Visibility: Mentioned for: best dentist Puerto Vallarta
- AI & Search Visibility: Mentioned for: English speaking dentist Puerto Vallarta
- AI & Search Visibility: Mentioned for: dental implants Puerto Vallarta
- AI & Search Visibility: Mentioned for: emergency dentist Puerto Vallarta
- AI & Search Visibility: Mentioned for: Puerto Vallarta 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.riograndedental.com/dentist-puerto-vallarta |
|---|---|
| Phone | +1 888 444 7778 |
| https://www.facebook.com/riograndedental | |
| Google Maps | Map listing |
| Address | Calle Havre 239, Piso 2, Versalles, 48310 Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco |
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.riograndedental.com/dentist-puerto-vallarta | Name, address, phone, services, prices, English | 2026-07-14 |
| s2 | https://rio-grande-dental.pissedconsumer.com/review.html | Recurring complaints about implant failures and warranty/refund issues | 2026-07-14 |
| rio-grande-dental-refresh | https://www.google.com/maps/place/RIO+GRANDE+DENTAL/@20.6372613,-10… | most recent visible review ~2 weeks before check | 2026-08-25 |
| rio-grande-dental-sedation | https://www.riograndedental.com/faqs | "IV sedation is available with an anesthesiologist. Please mention this at the moment of your consultation." | 2026-08-25 |
Change History
| Date | Change |
|---|---|
| 2026-08-25 | 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 | 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 | 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. |
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