Dr. Alvarez Dentist in Tijuana, 22320

Name: Ricardo Alvarez, DDS
Last name: Alvarez
Began aesthetic medicine in: 1983
Years experience: 40
Primary Specialty: Dentist
Business: Dental Alvarez Clinic
Address: Misión de Loreto #3045
Address suite: Zona Río
City: Tijuana
Zip Code: 22320
Country: MX
Consulting Fees: 30$
Consultation note: Clinical and Oral Evaluation.
Has Sponsored Offer : No
Clinical Privileges
  • Dental Alvarez
Education
  • Dental: DDS, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California, Mexico, 1984
Postdoc Training
  • Certifications:
  • Implant Prosthodontics, Loma Linda Univesity School of Dentistry, Loma Linda, CA, 2004
  • Advanced Surgical Training, Loma Linda University School of Dentistry, Loma Linda, CA, 2006
  • Harvard Dental Implant Course, Harvard School of Dental Medicine, Boston, MA, 2007
  • Full – Arch Reabilitation With the All on 4 Solution, Nobel Biocare, with Ken Parrish, MD, Louisville, KY, 2012
  • Innovation in Implant Surgery, International Academy of Dental Implantology, with Samuel Lee, DDS, Tijuana, B.C., 2014
GPS coordinates on map: 32.4225,-117.0431

Primary location
Location name: Tijuana
State: 02
Country: MX
Map point: 32.4225,-117.0431

Ricardo Alvarez, DDS

Treatments
  • Braces
  • BriteSmile
  • Clear Braces
  • Damon Braces
  • Dental Bonding
  • Dental Bone Graft
  • Dental Crown
  • Dental Implants
  • Lingual Braces
  • Mini Dental Implants
  • Porcelain Veneers
  • Smile Makeover
  • Teeth Whitening
  • Tooth Repair
  • Wisdom Teeth Removal
  • Zoom Whitening

RealSelf Info

Rating: 5.0
Profile views: 1768
Answer count: 80
Review count: 3
Star rating: 2.0473720558371
Profile created: Sep 24, 2018
Profile modified: Oct 2, 2019
Profile promotion: No
Profile inactive: No
Premier status: Free
Tier: Free-Unclaimed
RealCare Promise: No
Directory link: Dentist
RealSelf’s PRO: No
Doctor Designation Start Time: Oct 17, 2019
Doctor Designation End Time: Jan 1, 2033

Locations

  • Tijuana, 02, MX. GPS coordinates: 32.4225,-117.0431

Latest ratings of treatments

  • Porcelain Veneers (Sep 2023) – Overall rating: 5/5
  • Dental Implants (Sep 2023) – Overall rating: 5/5
  • Ideal Implant (Jun 2019) – Overall rating: 5/5
  • Porcelain Veneers (Apr 2021) – Overall rating: 5/5
  • Dental Implants (Feb 2020) – Overall rating: 5/5
  • Dental Implants (Aug 2019) – Overall rating: 5/5
  • Dental Implants (Jun 2019) – Overall rating: 5/5
  • Ideal Implant (Jun 2019) – Overall rating: 5/5
  • Ideal Implant (Jun 2019) – Overall rating: 5/5
  • Ideal Implant (Jun 2019) – Overall rating: 5/5
  • Porcelain Veneers (Apr 2019) – Overall rating: 5/5

Doctor’s answers

Question
Answer Header & Date
Answer Snippet
Can the overall shape of my teeth be changed with dental implants?
crowns over implants
Aug 28, 2019
Based on your pictures there is a noticeable overbite, if you would like to have your front teeth remove and have implants placed for cosmetic purposes this is not the best way to go, because preserving your natural teeth in healthy conditions for as long as you can is always the best option. I your front teeth are damage in a way is no longer possible to preserve them your best option is implants unfortunately once the implants are fully healed and is time to do the crowns, the anatomy of…
Is it possible to perform a dental implant and in the future to graft more bone, or gum, or both t
bone graft and tissue graft in the same surgery or one at a time
Aug 1, 2019
Based on the described situation, the provided images and the area in wish you require the dental implant my suggestion is to do the bone graft, the implant, temporary abutment/crown and make two vertical incisions in the in the gums in the are of laterals to detached part of the gum from the bone and contour the whole front of your smile including the temporary of the implant.

By doing this technique in 90% of the patients tissue graft is not needed and the aesthetic results are better,…

Does a crack under a crown on a tooth that has had a root canal always mean the tooth will have to
Tooth fractured requires to be extracted or not ?
Jul 31, 2019
The symptoms you describe are those of a tooth with a fracture, a fractured tooth does not always mean having to extract the tooth, this decision mainly depends on the level of the fracture if above gum level very likely your tooth can be preserved in mouth, but if below gum/bone level the probability of preserving the tooth is lower, this can be diagnose with an x-ray or sometimes with a CT scan.
Replacing crown will require a root canal? Lab made mistake on the color for 6 crowns. Thoughts? (
Crown replacing requires a root canal?
Jul 31, 2019
Having to cut a previous crown to remove it, re-prepare the tooth and take new impressions on a tooth that has not been previously treated with a root canal causes stress to the nerve underneath the dentine, putting the tooth is risk of needing a root canal, the possibility of this happening is very low but is always a possibility.
How can I find out if the Dr. sent my dental impressions to the lab. Is it possible to get redone
NOT happy with the result of my crown
Jul 31, 2019
The color is slightly lighter according to the provided images and the crown´s length is not even on the gum line both of this characteristics can be improved you should definitely mention it to your doctor, if the crown is sealing correctly the nonconformities that you mention don’t have much to do with the impressions.

The color can be changed with porcelain makeup and the level on the gum with tissue graft or simulating with pink porcelain just to mention some options.&n…

Could I get a porcelain replacement free of charge for my NHS metal crown?
Replacement under guarrante
Jul 15, 2019
This completely depends on the internal policies of the dental clinic you are being treated at, my suggestion is always ask about possible outcomes specially if these are negative, the reaction of a tooth that is being prep for a crown has a minimum risk of needing a root canal posterior to the crown prep, this should have been something advise by your doctor.

In this situation sometimes we do crown replacement with minimum fee such as materials and laboratory fee, if patient is…

Can a dentist reuse the extracted tooth and put it in the spot needed?
Reimplantation
Jul 15, 2019
A tooth can be implanted normally in the following situations:

*Accident in wish a tooth came out by a trauma or a hit, this is suggested to be placed immediately after the event happen.

*When an adjacent tooth (neighbor tooth) of a bad tooth is in good conditions and a bad tooth needs to be extracted the good tooth will immediately replace the bad tooth. This means they will both be extracted but only one be preserved.

In both cases the rate of success is not very low, and never…

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