¡Our team!

  • Dr. José Saturno

    Dr. Jose Saturno is affiliated with the ADA (American Dental Association). His studies have been accredited by the ECE Inc. (Educational Credential Evaluators) in Milwaukee Wisconsin. He is also an active member of the MDA (Mexican Dental Association), the ICOI (International Congress of Oral Implantologists).


    Dr. Saturno attended the Autonomous University of Zacatecas, Zacatecas, Mexico from 1991-1997.

    Where he graduated with the title of Dental Surgeon. Finishing his studies Dr. Saturno returned to his native land, Panama, where he spent two years in the country's social services division on the North Caribbean Coast prior to obtaining his license as a dentist. That was followed by spending a year in private practice there in Panama. Following that Dr. Saturno moved to Arizona to work as a volunteer in a Rural Health program at the U of A (University of Arizona) Mobil


    Clinic. Dr. Saturno continues his education in the latest and most modern dental technology by constantly attending seminars and enrolling in dental courses in the United States, Mexico and Europe. His credentials are the same as those issued to dentists in United States, and Europe (and of course, Mexico). 

    He is also an active member of the American Dental Association, the Mexican Dental Association, and the College of Dental Surgeons in Nogales, Sonora, Mexico, and the ICOI (International Congress of Oral Implantologists).


    His student credits were accredited by the ECE (Educational Credential Evaluators Inc.) in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and the school of Dentistry in Zacatecas, Mexico.


  • Dra. Alma Rentería

    Dr. Renteria is part of the team of dentists working at Border Dental Clinic. She is a graduate of the Autonomous University of Sinaloa, and has extensive experience in cosmetic dentistry that includes four years of private practice in the city of Obregon in the Mexican state of Sonora.


    From 2000 to 2004 she worked as a volunteer specializing in maxillofacial surgeries in the same city. In 2005 she joined the staff at the Border Dental Clinic here in Nogales. Her ongoing education continues by attending classes and seminars on both sides of the border. 


    Continuing education is an opportunity provided by the clinic for all of the staff.

  • Dr. Carlos Leyva

    Dr. Levya is part of the team of doctors working at the Border Dental Clinic. He is a graduate of the Pagan Institute of Contemporary Orthodontics.


    He specialized in the study of Multidisciplinary Orthodontics. He also spent 2 years in the city of Saltillo, Coahuila attended a hands-on course in Orthodontic Biomechanics.

  • Dr. Alejandro Ruiz

    Dr. Ruiz graduated from the University of Los Mochis in Sinaloa in 2011. He practiced one year of social service in the family Medical Clinic, part of the Social Services medical network in Sinaloa He spent his free time attending conferences and seminars to keep him current on the latest developments in his field of practice, including a hands on course in theoretical and practical whitening.

  • Dr. María Barreras

    Studied as a dental surgeon at the Autonomous University of Sinaloa in the city of Culiacán, from which she graduated in 2016. She worked for one year from 2016-2017 as a service provider at the Family Medical Unit 33 IMSS.


    He has been part of the Border Dental Clinic team from 2017 to date.


    He has attended different conferences as part of his update, as well as the digital flow diploma, for better attention to digitalization advances in the dental area.

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