Los Algodones, Mexico, is a small border town located in the state of Baja California. The town is known for its discount stores and affordable medical services, including dental implants. Dental ...

A sleepy border village in Mexico, just one-square mile and steps from the dusty deserts of Arizona, has slowly become one of the dental capitals of the world. Los Algodones, nicknamed Molar City, has ...

LOS ALGODONES, Mexico --Mark Bolzern traveled 3,700 miles to go to the dentist. The 56-year-old Anchorage, Alaska, native left home this spring, made a pit stop in Las Vegas to pick up a friend, and ...

This is part of Reason's 2025 summer travel issue. Click here to read the rest of the issue. I crossed the U.S./Mexico border six times in a month in 2018, an economic refugee in my own way. While the ...

This story is part of a series on The Brave New World of Middle-Age Medical Tourism, from stem cell treatments to knee replacements. Read the rest of the stories here. “MANY PEOPLE IN my family have ...

LOS ALGODONES, Mexico — Mark Bolzern traveled 3,700 miles to go to the dentist. The 56-year-old Anchorage, Alaska, native left home this spring, made a pit stop in Las Vegas to pick up a friend, and ...

In a New Yorker piece, Burkhard Bilger accompanies Americans who cross a dusty strip of the Sonoran Desert into Los Algodones, aka "Molar City," where more than a thousand dentists work in a town of 5 ...

In recent years, an increasing number of Canadians have been making an interesting migration during the winter months - not to warmer climates for relaxation, but rather to Los Algodones, Mexico, a ...

Medical tourism is booming, and Mexico is at the forefront of this global trend, especially for dental care. Approximately 1.3 million medical tourists flock to Mexico annually, drawn by the promise ...

Simon Fraser University provides funding as a member of The Conversation CA. Simon Fraser University provides funding as a member of The Conversation CA-FR. The town of Los Algodones in Mexico is ...