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 ...

On weekday mornings in late winter, they start to arrive before dawn. They drive in from Arizona or California, catch a shuttle from Yuma, or park their car in a lot in the Sonoran Desert and cross ...

Over the past decade, Dental Solutions Algodones (DSA) has blossomed from its humble beginnings, operating in a clinic with just 2 cubicles, to become a prominent presence in the heart of Molar City.

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 ...

Los Algodones, Baja Calif., is actually considered part of the municipality of Mexicali, Baja Calif. Algodones has about 15,000 residents. Its main industries include tourism, agriculture and brick ...

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 ...

Los Algodones (Mexico) (AFP) – Hundreds of thousands of Americans travel across the Mexican border every year to the tiny town of Los Algodones, in search not of sun and sand, but root canals and ...

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 ...

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 ...