Clínica Dental Obarrio
According to our open methodology, this clinic scored 55.8/100 for transparency, reputation, service accessibility, and digital visibility.
Overall rank: #1 of 16 ranked clinics · Last checked: 1 September 2026
Positions by Rating Profile
- Overall Transparency & Trust#155.8/100
- Best for Expats#155.5/100
- Best for Dental Implants#153/100
- Best for Emergency Dental Care#162/100
- Best Price Transparency#137.2/100
- Best English-speaking Clinics#159.7/100
- Best for Families / Children#161.4/100
- Sleep Dentistry (GA / deep sedation)not ranked
General Anaesthesia & Deep Sedation
Whether the clinic documents treatment under general anaesthesia or deep / twilight sedation — "sleep dentistry", where the patient is asleep and unaware (does not feel, see, or hear the procedure). Ordinary conscious sedation, where the patient stays awake and responsive, does not count here. This is informational and does not affect the transparency score.
- ✗ General anaesthesia / deep sedation (sleep dentistry) — No general anaesthesia or deep sedation documented Only conscious sedation documented (sedación consciente page, Spanish only); no general anaesthesia or deep sedation. [clinica-dental-obarrio-sedation]
Summary
Full-service clinic in the Obarrio district with an English website version, a dedicated specialists page listing multiple named dentists, and published diagnostic capabilities including CT/CBCT and digital X-rays. Offers orthodontics, implants, pediatric dentistry, endodontics, periodontics and maxillofacial surgery. No prices are published.
Strengths
- Information Transparency: 20 of 20 points.
- Medical Infrastructure: 13 of 15 points.
Weaknesses
- Price Transparency: 0 of 15 verifiable points (missing: prices or price ranges published; cleaning price listed; filling price listed; crown price listed; implant price listed; consultation price listed; x-ray / imaging price listed)
Score Breakdown
Every criterion below is scored from public sources. ✓ verified yes · ✗ verified no / not found · ◐ partial · ? unverified (scores 0, not a negative finding).
Information Transparency
Whether basic facts about the clinic - its team, premises, services, and location - are publicly verifiable.
| ✓ | Has a working website [s1] | 4/4 |
| ✓ | Dentist names listed [s1] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Dentist specializations listed [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Real clinic photos [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Service list published [s1] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Clear contact details [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | English website version [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Address and map published [s1] | 2/2 |
Price Transparency
Whether patients can estimate costs before visiting. Published price ranges count; exact prices are not required.
| ✗ | Prices or price ranges published [s1] | 0/3 |
| ✗ | Cleaning price listed [s1] | 0/2 |
| ✗ | Filling price listed [s1] | 0/2 |
| ✗ | Crown price listed [s1] | 0/2 |
| ✗ | Implant price listed [s1] | 0/2 |
| ✗ | Consultation price listed [s1] | 0/2 |
| ✗ | X-ray / imaging price listed [s1] | 0/2 |
Reputation & Reviews
Public review signals. The Google rating is adjusted with a Bayesian prior (rating 4.0, weight 25) so a 5.0 from a handful of reviews does not outrank a 4.8 from hundreds.
| ◐ | Google rating (Bayesian-adjusted) as of 2026-08-25 [clinica-dental-obarrio-refresh] | 4/6 |
| ◐ | Google review volume [clinica-dental-obarrio-refresh] | 1/3 |
| ✓ | Review recency [clinica-dental-obarrio-refresh] | 3/3 |
| ? | Clinic responds to reviews | 0/2 |
| ? | No recurring complaints | 0/2 |
| ? | No suspicious review patterns | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Active Facebook presence [s1] | 1/1 |
| ? | TripAdvisor presence | 0/0.5 |
| ? | Other review platforms | 0/0.5 |
Medical Infrastructure
The range of publicly documented equipment and services. This measures documented availability, not clinical quality.
| ✓ | On-site X-ray [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | CBCT (3D imaging) [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Implantology [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Orthodontics [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Oral surgery [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Pediatric dentistry [s1] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ✓ | Emergency care [clinica-dental-obarrio-emergency] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ? | Works with international patients | 0/2 |
Communication & Service
How easy it is to contact the clinic, get answers, and book - especially for international patients.
| ✓ | WhatsApp / LINE available [s1] | 2/2 |
| ? | Response speed | 0/1.5 |
| ✓ | English spoken [s1] | 2.5/2.5 |
| ? | Pre-visit consultation possible | 0/1.5 |
| ✓ | Clear service explanations [s1] | 1/1 |
| ✓ | Convenient opening hours [s1] | 1.5/1.5 |
AI & Search Visibility
Whether the clinic is discoverable when patients search - including via AI assistants. Checked with fixed queries: "best dentist Panama City", "English speaking dentist Panama City", "dental implants Panama City", "emergency dentist Panama City", "Panama City dental clinic for expats".
| ? | Mentioned for: best dentist Panama City | 0/1 |
| ? | Mentioned for: English speaking dentist Panama City | 0/1 |
| ? | Mentioned for: dental implants Panama City | 0/1 |
| ? | Mentioned for: emergency dentist Panama City | 0/1 |
| ? | Mentioned for: Panama City dental clinic for expats | 0/1 |
| ✓ | Structured data on website Dentist/Organization JSON-LD on the homepage (both locales) carries name, url and openingHours only — no telephone, address or geo; its openingHours (Mo–Su 09:00–17:00) contradict the visible hours (Mon–Fri 8:00–17:00, Sat 8:00–12:00). [s1] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ? | Google indexing quality | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Dedicated service pages [s1] | 1.5/1.5 |
Licensing & Credentials
Whether the clinic publishes its operating licence and the dentists working there together with their professional licence numbers. A verified “not published” is recorded as a red flag; data we have not checked yet is shown as unverified and carries no penalty.
Clinic operating licence: not checked against public sources yet — unverified, no penalty
Dentists & professional licences
| Dentist | Specialization | Licence No. |
|---|---|---|
| Dr. Raúl Morales [s1] [clinica-dental-obarrio-team] | Orthodontics | not verified |
| Dr. Javier Trejos [s1] [clinica-dental-obarrio-team] | Orthodontics | not verified |
| Dr. Franklin Halphen [s1] [clinica-dental-obarrio-team] | Oral rehabilitation / prosthetics / aesthetics | not verified |
| Dr. Roberto Vásquez [s1] [clinica-dental-obarrio-team] | Endodontics | not verified |
| Dr. Mario Macrini [s1] [clinica-dental-obarrio-team] | Periodontics | not verified |
| Dr. Anabella Herrera [s1] [clinica-dental-obarrio-team] | Oral and maxillofacial surgery | not verified |
| Dr. Jorge A. Nuñez [s1] [clinica-dental-obarrio-team] | Oral and maxillofacial surgery | not verified |
| Dra. Luisana Feghali [clinica-dental-obarrio-team] | Orthodontics | not verified |
| Dr. Tomás Flores [clinica-dental-obarrio-team] | Orthodontics | not verified |
| Dr. Carlos De Gracia [clinica-dental-obarrio-team] | General dentistry | not verified |
| Dra. Alexandra Miranda [clinica-dental-obarrio-team] | General dentistry | not verified |
| Dra. Daniela Castro [clinica-dental-obarrio-team] | General dentistry; pediatric dentistry | not verified |
| Dra. Jimena Cavero [clinica-dental-obarrio-team] | Pediatric dentistry | not verified |
| Dr. Rodolfo Epifanio [clinica-dental-obarrio-team] | Oral medicine & oral pathology | not verified |
Dentists are named; their licence numbers have not been checked against public sources yet — unverified, no penalty.
Red Flags
- low Opaque or bait pricing (-2 pts) — No prices or price ranges published (derived from data).
Red-flag penalty applied: -2 points (capped at -20).
Data We Could Not Verify
- Reputation & Reviews: Clinic responds to reviews
- Reputation & Reviews: No recurring complaints
- Reputation & Reviews: No suspicious review patterns
- Reputation & Reviews: TripAdvisor presence
- Reputation & Reviews: Other review platforms
- Medical Infrastructure: Works with international patients
- Communication & Service: Response speed
- Communication & Service: Pre-visit consultation possible
- AI & Search Visibility: Mentioned for: best dentist Panama City
- AI & Search Visibility: Mentioned for: English speaking dentist Panama City
- AI & Search Visibility: Mentioned for: dental implants Panama City
- AI & Search Visibility: Mentioned for: emergency dentist Panama City
- AI & Search Visibility: Mentioned for: Panama City dental clinic for expats
- AI & Search Visibility: Google indexing quality
Unverified items score 0 points but are not treated as negative findings. If you can document any of them, please send a correction.
Contact Information
| Website | https://www.dentalobarrio.com/en/ |
|---|---|
| Phone | +507 6503-5267 |
| +507 6503-5267 | |
| https://www.facebook.com/dentalobarrio | |
| Google Maps | Map listing |
| Address | Plaza Mont Blanc, Local No. 4, Ave. Abel Bravo and Calle 60, Urbanización Obarrio, Panama City |
Contact details are provided for identification only and may change; verify with the clinic directly.
Sources
| ID | Source | What it supports | Accessed |
|---|---|---|---|
| s1 | https://www.dentalobarrio.com/en/ | address, WhatsApp, hours, services, CT/X-ray, photos | 2026-09-01 |
| s2 | https://www.dentalobarrio.com/en/dental-implants-in-panama-get-your… | implant services | 2026-07-14 |
| clinica-dental-obarrio-refresh | https://www.google.com/maps/place/Cl%C3%ADnica+Dental+Obarrio/@8.98… | Google rating 4.8 (24 reviews) as of 2026-08-25 | 2026-08-25 |
| clinica-dental-obarrio-emergency | https://www.dentalobarrio.com/urgencia-odontologicas-panama/ | emergency dental care page (Spanish-language site only; no English equivalent in the sitemap) | 2026-09-01 |
| clinica-dental-obarrio-sedation | https://www.dentalobarrio.com/sedacion-consciente-procedimientos-de… | conscious sedation for dental procedures (Spanish-language page only); no general anaesthesia or deep sedation described | 2026-09-01 |
| clinica-dental-obarrio-team | https://www.dentalobarrio.com/nuestros-especialistas/ | 14 named dentists grouped by specialty; no licence numbers | 2026-09-01 |
Change History
| Date | Change |
|---|---|
| 2026-09-01 | Re-read of the clinic's own website following its 2026-08-15 report: emergency dental care page verified (Spanish only) — emergency care recorded; conscious-sedation page recorded (Spanish only; no general anaesthesia / deep sedation); specialists page lists 14 named dentists — 7 added to the card (was 7); structured data recorded as present on the homepage (Dentist/Organization JSON-LD), noting it carries no telephone/address and states opening hours (Mo–Su 09:00–17:00) that contradict the visible hours. The English version of the site does not carry the emergency or sedation pages. No licence numbers published for any dentist; prices remain unpublished. |
| 2026-08-25 | Reviewed a score-accuracy report submitted by the clinic on 2026-08-15 via the site's report-error form. Finding: the published score was computed correctly under the open methodology, but two categories (reputation & reviews; search/AI visibility — 30 of 100 weight points) had not been collected for any Panama City clinic at that time. On 2026-08-25 reputation data was re-verified and recorded for all 16 listed clinics, including this card's current Google rating and review count; the published score now reflects the added data. |
| 2026-08-25 | Re-verification 2026-08-25: address confirmed unchanged; official site (dentalobarrio.com) lists phone +507 6503-5267, differing from stored +507 263-0200 (Google Maps shows a third number, +507 6747-9111) - corrected to site-confirmed number; captured rating 4.8 (24 reviews); no sedation info on site. |
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