Fortuna Dental

Incredible experience at the Fortuna Dental main office! Sandy at the front desk was so warm, welcoming, and helpful from the moment I walked in. My dentist was top-notch—gentle, professional, and thorough. The office is clean, modern, and high-quality. I highly recommend them to anyone visiting Algodones!

I had a wonderful experience with Sandy and Dr. Gustavo. They were both incredibly professional, kind, and attentive. They did an excellent job and truly went above and beyond to make sure everything was done properly. Their dedication, care, and professionalism really stood out.

Thank you, Sandy and Dr. Gustavo, for being so great at what you do. I truly appreciate your hard work and highly recommend them!

My husband and I just completed extensive dental procedures at Fortuna Dental. The experience was amazing. First, Sandy in the front office is wonderful. She is very friendly and knowledgeable. She explained and answered all of our questions, always professionally and with a big smile. We saw Dr Gustavo for our dental work. He is amazing as well! I had two implant crowns, a root canal, and two replacement crowns, plus two fillings and a cleaning. I felt no pain. Dr Gustavo is very careful and friendly. He does great work that lasts. This is my second visit and my husband's first. Earlier, I had two implant rods installed. The implants work great, and we are both so happy with Dr Gustavo’s expert care. The facility is very clean, the entire staff are all kind and friendly. One thing I really like is that all this work is completed in two days, not months on end, returning to the dentist. Of course, the cost is affordable compared to the U.S. They are very accommodating to your needs, regarding payment, hotel stay, and transportation if needed. We stayed in Yuma and drove ourselves to the border each day. We parked in the parking lot, which costs $10 per day. And easily walked across the border. Algodones is a small border town with a few blocks of dental offices, optometry offices and pharmacies. Dedicated to mostly Americans and Canadians needing dental services at substantial savings. It feels very safe, and all of the employees of that town are very helpful and kind. We got new glasses and sunglasses while there. And stocked up on some common medications and creams at the pharmacy.

I concluded my dental work for the year at Fortuna Dental and I have to give a sincere shout out in thanks and praise for this office. Even with a scheduling error and short on staff this particular day they still made sure I left with my crown in place and satisfied as always. Thanks to all at the clinic as it was my birthday and you gave me a great gift, new teeth.

I have been putting off dental care in the U.S. even with full insurance as the cost was astronomical and services were limited by time and multiple appointments over months. I took $2000 to Fortuna dental and 2 days later had an extraction with bone graft and implant as well as 2 other additional crowns with X-rays all for under $1800!!! What an amazing experience and I am heading back this month to get more work done. I can chew and smile again without discomfort. Thank you

Another satisfied customer. I had two root canals, two crowns and one extraction. 1250.00. Excellent service. Two day event. First day was impressions, root canals and extraction.
The next day was attaching the crowns.

If you can go before or after 'snowbird' season, it takes less time to cross the border coming back to the USA. It took 2.5 hrs on 2/7/2022 and 2/8/2022.

After interviewing many implant experts in California I realized I couldn't afford what I required (a sinus lift, bone graft, 6 implants and 7 crowns. The hunt for an affordable solution continued in Algodones. I had the good fortune of meeting Dr. Oscar Rivera. After examining my x-rays and CT scans he proposed a treatment plan that addressed the specific teeth that required replacing (other dentists proposed expanding the work...).

Dr. Rivera is gentle and strong and made the process very smooth. His work is brilliant. I can finally enjoy eating steaks without choking and reconnect with grains and tough vegetables that I've been missing...

Conclusion: Oscar Rivera is competent and honest. What more can you ask of a professional?

From the moment the office manager met me at the border, my family and I were treated with so much care and kindness. I had 4 extractions 2 being wisdom teeth, A root canal on my front tooth and my teeth prepared for crowns.

This visit was Amazing... Pain-Free. Anxiety free. I was so scared and the Dentist and staff treated me with so much care and compassion and patience. I was a little sore but that's it! No pain meds needed. I have to come back to finish and I also will be getting my bottom teeth done as well. Fortuna gave me my lifelong dream!! I could have never afforded these procedures in Arizona.

Thank you Fortuna I'm so thankful to you all! I was so scared and now I can't wait to come back!! Excellent! The office is right as soon as you cross the border, it's spotless, and nice n cool inside. All of the Border police were so nice and helpful. I can't say enough about my experience - it was amazing.

Fortuna Dental!
Wow. Lots of dentists in Los Algodones. I researched for 6 months prior to coming here, then had to put off the trip due to Covid-19 for two months. When I got here, everyone was thoughtfully wearing masks. 

My Dentist at Fortuna was Elias Rodriguez. I had a full mouth restoration, re-crowning some and new crowning with Zirconia Crowns all. Fantastic detail to work by the ‘engineers’ who crafted them. I had at least 15 different ‘shades’ of color to choose from. The step by step and careful planning and work that Elisa did was really very thorough. I was in the chair for a number of days and his assistant Verelia was fantastic and knew what he needed and had it ready and rinsing my mouth at the right time ). When there was an alteration that was needed for one of the crowns, Elisa had three ‘engineers’ in the room to see what the problem was and they consulted back and forth and a new crown was ready the next day!
Everything at Fortuna is done ‘in house’. They do the full mouth x-rays, deep cleaning, crown removal, shuttled me to a root canal specialist who did most of that work under a microscopic lens machine that I am sure cost in the 10’s of $1000’s and was the most painless and precise root canal work I’ve ever remembered having done.
Fortuna does the molding, manufacture the crowns, made temporaries for the night or two that you are waiting for the crowns, crown installation and final fitting. Fortuna had to match 7 prior implants with the attachment piece that is called an ‘abutment’ which in my case was 3 different abutments that were over 20 years old and not easy to get the accurate matching piece. But they did that %100 accureately. A complete ‘one stop’ facility.

The Cost: I think that I may have been given a little better deal than usual having been emailing and talking to and having all my x-rays and paperwork given to Fortuna long before I got there and built up a rapport with my contact, Belen and others there. In my humble opinion, If another country so close to the US can do such high quality work for such low prices doesn’t it go to show how much we are being overcharged in the US? I spent a tenth, 1/10 of what I would have spent compared to where I live in Oregon, US. That’s one of if not the major reason you are doing research as I did to have dental work done elsewhere, is it not?
Belen was the facilitator that took all the information from me and made sure that Fortuna Dental got everything that was needed and wanted and consulted with me throughout the entire experience, she worked the magic with the cost to me and I can’t say enough about her enthusiasm and encouragement to having got everything done that she said would happen - thank you Belen and Fortuna Dental for an unexpected great, clean, healthy and about as an enjoyable experience as one can have when going to see the Dentist as I did! Thank you, thank you, thank you!
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My wife and I had our teeth whitened. The process takes 30 to 60 minutes depending on how still you can be. You also can't eat anything for 2 hours afterwards and they suggest nothing with either food colouring or lots of natural colour for 1-2 weeks. Not sure we will make it that long. They were very professional in the process. Good value, also.

Dr Espinoza is a Godsend for a person who has a fear of the dentist and bad experiences in the past with the dentist! I had 6 crowns, 2 wisdom teeth extracted and deep cleaning and I can honestly say if I had to do it again I would choose to have it done there. Belen arranged everything from the shuttle to the hotel to the anesthesiologist!

Thank you, Belen! Dr Espinoza was understanding, patient and he honestly understood my fear of dentist. I give this office for cleanliness, efficiency, compassion and pricing 5 stars. If you are looking for a dentist, your search should end at this office!

I had a "great" experience at Fortuna Dental Clinic. If having 6 veneers removed and replaced with crowns plus six more crowns needed because of old amalgam fillings that needed replacing can be considered great. Dr Elias Rodrigues was so easy to talk to, gentle and caring. He was very concerned that I do not have any pain. When removing one of my front veneers he found the tooth under it had fractured along the root (thanks to stepping on a rake and having it hit me in the face) so he called in a root canal specialist who was also awesome...procedure is done quickly and painlessly. They put a post in that tooth. That was a long gruelling day for both of us...7 hours in the chair. I left with temporaries and permanent crowns went in the next day. Again, Elias took lots of time seating them and making sure my bite was good before cementing them all in. Then he checked bite again and ground off any high places. A teeth cleaning and whitening followed. Dr Elias Rodriguez is a perfectionist. The bill was $4500. Fortuna clinic was very clean and well run. Belen was very quick and responsive to my email questions prior to my appointment. I talked with numerous other US and Canadian patients while in the waiting room who were all extremely happy with their care as well. I give Fortuna Clinic an A+++ rating!

One thing to remember when going is that though Algodones sits south of California and is technically in Pacific time zone, the town all operates on Arizona (mountain) time. Also, we assumed with the many hotels in Yuma, we wouldn't have any trouble finding a room - wrong. All the hotels were sold out. One suggested La Fuenta Inn and we got the last room. It was a nice place and they have a happy hour with free drinks and pizza for guests. Book a room before you go!

Easy to find location. The staff is very friendly and the office and dental rooms are very clean. Dr Gustavo Espinoza was wonderful at explaining everything he was doing. I felt at ease and very comfortable. I will be coming and recommending all my family and friends to Dr. Espionza. Thank you all so much for attending me and taking care of me even though I did not have an appointment. I am very grateful. Muchas Gracias.