About Due South Dental
Due South Dental is a small, independent decision hub for US patients considering full-arch dental implants in Tijuana or Los Algodones. This page is the long version of who we are, how we make money, and the things we deliberately won't do.
Who we are
Due South Dental is run by Kim and Taurus Colvin. Kim's grandfather was one of the first patients to receive a dental implant — while her father was in dental school. Her father went on to practice dentistry and oral surgery for 40 years, often in underserved communities, with the same artistry and care he brought to every patient. Kim grew up watching what good dental work looks like.
We are not a clinic, not a travel agency, not a facilitator-on-commission, and not a content farm. We are an independent publisher and lightweight referral hub.
We are not licensed dental professionals. Nothing on Due South Dental is medical advice. The actual treatment plan is between you and a dentist who has examined you. We help with the framing, cost math, vetting, and city decision — not the clinical decision.
What we are not
- Not a clinic. We don't operate or own dental practices.
- Not a travel agency. We don't book your flights or hotels. Our travel-logistics overlay surfaces affiliate links to recovery-friendly hotels and transfers — see Affiliate Disclosure.
- Not a facilitator on commission. Most medical-tourism facilitators get paid as a percentage of the procedure cost. We don't trust those incentives. Our fee is fixed and decoupled from procedure size.
- Not aligned with a clinic chain or implant brand. Listed clinics are on our panel because they meet the written vetting criteria, not because they have a relationship with the founder.
How we make money
When you finish our wizard and we route your information to one of our partner clinics, that clinic pays us a performance-based marketing fee. Fees are uniform across every clinic on our directory and paid from the clinic's marketing budget — they do not increase your treatment cost.
Rankings in our wizard are determined by your stated preferences and clinic profile attributes. Clinics cannot pay for higher placement.
We don't sell ads. We don't sell email lists. We don't bundle clinical fees with travel revenue. We don't deploy behavioral retargeting pixels.
How clinics get on our short panel
Every clinic we partner with meets all of:
- Cédula Profesional (Mexican professional license) verifiable for the lead implantologist.
- At least 5 years operating with full-arch implant cases under one practice name.
- Documented use of major implant brands (Straumann, Nobel Biocare, BioHorizons, Zimmer) — no off-brand.
- Written warranty on implants of ≥ 5 years; warranty terms posted on their site.
- Public review presence on at least two independent platforms (Yelp, WhatClinic, Google).
- Willingness to provide references from 3 prior US full-arch patients we can call.
We do not accept paid placement. A clinic does not get on the panel by paying us more. If a clinic stops meeting these criteria, we remove them.
Contact
Email kim@duesouthdental.com. We answer within 1–2 business days. For clinical questions, we won't give clinical advice — but we can route you to a partner clinic for a real consult.