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Los Algodones, a small Mexican town of about 7,000 people, has the
highest concentration of dentists per square mile in the world and is
famously known as Molar City.
Hundreds of thousands of Americans visit Los Algodones every year, but
they don’t come in search of sandy beaches, they come for veneers, root
canals, and dental implants. Of the roughly 7,000 inhabitants of Los
Algodones, about 600 are dentists and the four main streets of the town
are full of dental clinics offering a variety of services at a fraction
of the cost in the United States. Between November and April, the
population of Los Algodones almost doubles, as the tiny town is overrun
by US tourists, but also some from Canada and even as far as the UK.
Despite the stiff competition between dental clinics in the small
Mexican town, demand often exceeds supply when it comes to dental
services.
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Los Algodones lies just over the border from Yuma, so close you can
actually walk to it. The small town got its popular nickname, ‘Molar
City’, long before the internet was a thing, and it stuck. Nowadays,
there is even a Molar City official website that tries to pair local
dental businesses with clients, and the town is widely regarded as the
dental tourism capital of the world.
The main marketing pitch for Molar City is that you get dental services
for a fraction of the cost in the US, but don’t let the low prices fool
you, the quality of the services is reportedly top-notch. The best
dentists in Mexico can be found in Los Algodones and because of the
sheer number of dental clinics in town, there is a healthy competition
to offer only the best treatments.
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To get a leg up over the competition, dental clinics in Molar City
constantly upgrade their equipment, so many of them are using
cutting-edge solutions and techniques that aren’t used anywhere else.
That’s why it’s not uncommon for foreign dentists to come to Los
Algodones to learn new techniques and practice with the most modern
equipment.
The affordable cost and high quality of dental procedures are one of the
main reasons why Molar City has become a sort of Mecca of dental
services, with procedures like implants and root canals around 50 to 70
percent less than what they cost in the US or Canada.
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