About the clinic
A new dental clinic in Los Algodones
Built for patients who cross the border for their care.
Why we opened
Clear about prices, unhurried about care
Every year, people from Arizona, California and beyond cross at Andrade for dental work that costs far less than at home. We opened Sienna Dental to give them a clinic that tells them the price before they travel and takes the time to explain the work.
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Your first visit
What happens when you arrive
1
Exam and X-rays
Your dentist looks at your teeth and gums, takes the X-rays needed and listens to what you want to fix.
2
A plan and a price in writing
You get your options explained in plain English, with the cost of each one in U.S. dollars.
3
Treatment when you decide
Nothing starts until you say so. Take the plan home, compare it, and come back when you are ready.
Instruments sterilized on site
Instruments are cleaned, sealed in pouches and sterilized in the clinic between patients. Ask to see the room when you visit.
The dentists
One dentist follows your case
You meet your dentist at the first visit, and the same dentist sees your treatment through to the end.
Portrait photo
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Specialty
University and degree
Years of practice
Portrait photo
Dentist name (placeholder)
Specialty
University and degree
Years of practice
Come and see the clinic
We are open Monday to Friday from 8 am to 4 pm and Saturday from 8 am to 2 pm.
The clinic
How a first visit works in Los Algodones
Sienna Dental is a restorative and implant clinic in Los Algodones, for patients who cross at Andrade. This page is about how a visit works. It is not a list of awards, and it is not a substitute for meeting the dentist.
Who we are treating
The patients who write to us are usually in Yuma, elsewhere in Arizona, or in California. Some live in Los Algodones. Some are here for the winter. The treatments they ask about are the ones on the services page: dental implants, All-on-4 and All-on-6 full arches, zirconia crowns and bridges, dentures, root canals, veneers, cleanings, fillings, and extractions.
We speak English and Spanish, on the phone and in the chair. We do not offer a hotel package, a pickup we have not agreed, or a medical-tourism discount that is not on your estimate. If you need more than one day in town, we will tell you that from the plan, and you can decide where to stay.
What the first appointment is for
The first appointment is an exam and a conversation. The dentist looks at the teeth you came about, the gums, and the bite, and at any X-rays you brought or that we take. You hear the options in ordinary language: keep the tooth, remove it, replace it with an implant, cover it with a crown, or leave it alone. Then you get a written estimate in U.S. dollars.
Treatment can start the same day only when the plan is simple, you have agreed to the fee, and there is time. An implant, a graft, or a full arch is scheduled, not squeezed in because you are already across the border. If we need a specialist’s opinion we do not have in the room, we say that, rather than invent a skill.
A day built around the crossing
Most patients park on the California side of the Andrade crossing and walk into Los Algodones. The clinic is at Fresno Street, 21970, Vicente Guerrero. Come in the morning if you can. The return line into the United States is the part of the day people underestimate, especially in winter, when Yuma is full of visitors.
Hours are Monday to Friday, 8 am to 4 pm, and Saturday, 8 am to 2 pm. A first exam is a scheduled visit, not a walk-in crowd. If you are also pricing a full arch, say that when you book. Those conversations take longer than a look at one tooth, and the chair should be reserved for them.
The same dentist follows the plan
The dentist you meet at the exam is the dentist who follows the case through the later visits. If a laboratory step or a healing period sits between appointments, you are not handed to a different plan. Names, degrees, and portraits go on this page when the dentists provide them. Until those are real, we would rather leave the cards incomplete than write a biography for someone.
The room, the instruments, and the laboratory work
Instruments that go in the mouth are cleaned and then sterilized, and the pouches are opened for that visit. That is the ordinary standard of a dental clinic, not a special claim. The treatment rooms are for dentistry. Crowns, bridges, veneers, and denture work are made as laboratory pieces, which is why many of them need a second visit to try in and to seat.
Shade is chosen here, in the room, against your other teeth. A photograph from a phone is a start. It is not the shade. If a front crown or a set of veneers matters to you, leave time for that choice instead of rushing the return line.
Records you can take home
Ask for a copy of the X-rays and of the written plan. Your dentist at home should be able to read both. If something needs to be watched, a tooth we did not treat, a healing implant, a bite that still feels high, the note should say who to call and what “high” means. After you are home, write to info@siennadentalalgodones.com or call (928) 683-5725 with the date of the visit in the message.
Plan the first visitThe first visit
Questions patients ask before the first exam
Why are the dentist cards still empty?
When each dentist has given us a biography and a photograph, they go on this page. Until then, you meet the dentist who will treat you at the exam, and that is the person who explains the plan.
What should I bring to the first visit?
A photo ID, a list of medications and allergies, recent X-rays if you have them, and the name of a person we can call. If you wear a partial or a denture, bring it. If another dentist wrote a plan, bring that too.
Can the exam be in English?
Yes. English and Spanish are both used on the phone and in the chair. The written estimate is in English, in U.S. dollars, unless you ask for Spanish.
Do you arrange hotels?
We do not book hotel rooms. People stay in Yuma, in Winterhaven, or in Los Algodones, and they choose that themselves. If your plan needs more than one day, we say so before you reserve anything.
What if I am in pain today?
Call (928) 683-5725 and say it is urgent. If we can see you the same day, we will. If we cannot, we will say so. Swelling, trouble breathing, or bleeding that will not stop is a reason to seek emergency care wherever you are, not to wait for a border crossing.