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Joel Martinez, DDS

Orthodontics • Harlingen, TX

★★★★★4.9/52,241 reviews across 2 platforms

Ratings by platform

  • Healthgrades: 4.9/5 (1,185 reviews)
  • US News Doctors: 5/5 (1,056 reviews)

What patients say

Patients praise

  • professional and friendly staff
  • no wait times
  • positive and honest attitude from the doctor
  • clean and inviting office atmosphere
  • good communication and explanations

Common complaints

  • reports of misleading information regarding treatment
  • dissatisfaction with long-term results of permanent retainers

In patients' words

"I have had my 3 kids see Dr. Martinez. His staff is very professional and extremely friendly. There is practically NO wait time which is awesome. I love Dr. Martinez attitude. He is so positive, gets along well with his patients and is very honest."

— Healthgrades user review

"Absolute trash can of an orthodontist.. colluded with Dr. Baker to mislead me about ortho work I had received."

— Healthgrades user review

"Gave me braces and forced me to use a permanent retainer. He said people lose regular retainers. 10 years later I have to get braces again because the ..."

— Yelp user review

How these reviews were compiled

Synthesized from public patient-review platforms as of Jul 11, 2026 — sources: [1][2][3][4][5][6].

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