About the records

This site lists 168 clinics in 29 destinations across Mexico and Costa Rica that treat visitors from the United States and Canada. Each page shows what that clinic publishes on its own website, and shows plainly what it does not.

Where a page comes from

Every price, practitioner name, license number, accreditation claim, warranty and founding year was read on the clinic's own website, and every one links to the page it was read on. Booking directories, review sites, social media and search listings are used only to learn a clinic exists, never as the source of a fact about it. A clinic with no working website of its own is not listed.

Prices are recorded exactly as framed: an exact figure, a "from" price, or a range, in the currency the clinic used. Nothing is converted, averaged or estimated. A clinic that posts no prices is listed with that fact.

What the stamps mean

  • Prices posted: the clinic publishes prices, and the number is how many of the procedures tracked here it prices.
  • License numbers shown: the clinic prints a professional license number (a Mexican cédula profesional, a Costa Rican colegiado code) beside at least one practitioner it names.
  • Name matches dental college roll: for Costa Rican dental clinics, the number of named dentists whose name matches exactly one active entry on the public roll of the Colegio de Cirujanos Dentistas. A name match is not proof of identity; the roll links are there to check.
  • Roll status not active: a matched entry whose status on the roll is something other than "Activo". The roll does not say why.
  • Accreditation claims: accreditations or professional memberships the clinic names, each listed with where it can be checked. Other statements (a vendor tier, a certificate with no named issuer) are listed on the page but not counted.
  • Warranty term stated or Guarantee mentioned, no term: whether the clinic's wording gives a period, such as five years or lifetime.
  • Incident on record: a government notice, regulator action or news report naming the clinic, linked.
  • A grey stamp marks an absence on the website. It is a fact about the site, not a verdict on the clinic.

What is left out on purpose

  • Reviews, ratings and rankings. There are none, and no score, grade or "top clinic" list of our own. Clinics appear by place and name.
  • Bookings and referrals. No quote form, no concierge, no commission. You contact a clinic through its own website.
  • Verification. Nobody here has visited a clinic or confirmed an accreditation. Costa Rican dentists' names were searched on the Colegio de Cirujanos Dentistas' public roll; nothing else has been checked with a regulator or accreditor. A number or a logo on a clinic page is a claim; the guides show where each kind of claim can be checked, and the clinic pages link those registers.
  • Medical advice. Nothing here says whether a procedure is right for you or whether travelling for it is wise. The guides cite the public-health agencies that have written on that.

Keeping it current

Clinic websites change. A page here reflects the clinic's site as it read when the record was made, so treat the clinic's own site as the authority on today's prices and staff. Corrections, with the clinic's page showing the right information, go through the contact form; a clinic that wants its page removed asks the same way.

Who runs this

Cross Border Clinics is a small independent site. It has no relationship with any clinic, hospital, facilitator or insurer, and no clinic can pay to appear, to be listed first or to have a stamp.