Clínica Dental Smile Design
According to our open methodology, this clinic scored 32.8/100 for transparency, reputation, service accessibility, and digital visibility.
Overall rank: #16 of 16 ranked clinics · Last checked: 25 September 2026
32.8/100
Positions by Rating Profile
- Overall Transparency & Trust#1632.8/100
- Best for Expats#1336/100
- Best for Dental Implants#1530/100
- Best for Emergency Dental Carenot ranked
- Best Price Transparency#1621.4/100
- Best English-speaking Clinics#940.3/100
- Best for Families / Childrennot ranked
- 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) — Not verified Current site (smiledesignpty.medic.red) has no anesthesia/sedation info.
Summary
Clinic offering implantology, orthodontics, whitening, veneers, composite bonding, endodontics, periodontics, crowns and bridges and Digital Smile Design, with a bilingual team reported to serve international patients. The clinic's website names its dentists with their specialties, explains its treatments on one page and offers online booking by dentist; it publishes no prices and no street address or map.
Strengths
No categories reached the strength threshold (80%).
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)
- Reputation & Reviews: 5 of 16 verifiable points (missing: review recency; no suspicious review patterns; tripAdvisor presence; other review platforms)
- AI & Search Visibility: 0 of 8 verifiable points (missing: mentioned for: best dentist Panama City; mentioned for: English speaking dentist Panama City; mentioned for: dental implants Panama City; mentioned for: emergency dentist Panama City; mentioned for: Panama City dental clinic for expats; structured data on website; dedicated service pages)
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
14 / 20
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 Each named dentist is shown with a specialization [clinica-dental-smile-design-doclic] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Real clinic photos Genuine storefront and treatment-in-progress photos on the Google listing [clinica-dental-smile-design-deepen] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Service list published [s1] | 3/3 |
| ✗ | Clear contact details [s1] | 0/2 |
| ✗ | English website version The site is in Spanish only, with no language switcher [clinica-dental-smile-design-deepen-2] | 0/2 |
| ✗ | Address and map published Branch page gives a building/floor only, with an explicit placeholder saying no map is configured [clinica-dental-smile-design-deepen-3] | 0/2 |
Price Transparency
0 / 15
Whether patients can estimate costs before visiting. Published price ranges count; exact prices are not required.
Reputation & Reviews
5 / 20
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-smile-design-refresh] | 3/6 |
| ◐ | Google review volume [clinica-dental-smile-design-refresh] | 1/3 |
| ✗ | Review recency Newest review dated 2022-03-07; as of 2026-09-25 [clinica-dental-smile-design-deepen-12] | 0/3 |
| ? | Clinic responds to reviews 14 reviews were read (1 from the last 24 months) and none has an owner reply, but fewer than 10 reviews from the last 24 months could be read, too few to record that the owner does not reply. [clinica-dental-smile-design-deepen-18] | 0/2 |
| ? | No recurring complaints 1–2★ are 15.4 % of 39 Google reviews (1★ 4 / 2★ 2 / 3★ 1 / 4★ 1 / 5★ 31), but fewer than three of the lowest-rated reviews carry text, so no common theme can be read. [clinica-dental-smile-design-deepen-18] | 0/2 |
| ✗ | No suspicious review patterns Seven of the 38 Google reviews are five-star reviews posted 2020-11-24 to 2020-11-27, most opening with the same phrase ("Excelente servicio" / "Excelente atención"); the listing has had no review since 2022. [clinica-dental-smile-design-deepen-17] | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Active Facebook presence [s1] | 1/1 |
| ✗ | TripAdvisor presence No TripAdvisor listing found [clinica-dental-smile-design-deepen-4] [clinica-dental-smile-design-deepen-13] | 0/0.5 |
| ✗ | Other review platforms No profile found on WhatClinic, Dental Departures or Bookimed (checked 2026-10-01). [clinica-dental-smile-design-platforms] [clinica-dental-smile-design-platforms-2] [clinica-dental-smile-design-platforms-3] | 0/0.5 |
Medical Infrastructure
8 / 15
The range of publicly documented equipment and services. This measures documented availability, not clinical quality.
| ? | On-site X-ray | 0/2 |
| ? | CBCT (3D imaging) | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Implantology [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Orthodontics [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Oral surgery Implant placement, periodontal surgery and frenectomy are among the clinic’s treatments [clinica-dental-smile-design-deepen-14] [clinica-dental-smile-design-deepen-6] | 2/2 |
| ? | Pediatric dentistry | 0/1.5 |
| ? | Emergency care | 0/1.5 |
| ✓ | Works with international patients [s1] | 2/2 |
Communication & Service
7 / 10
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 Site runs an online appointment-booking system with doctor selection [clinica-dental-smile-design-deepen-7] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ✓ | Clear service explanations The treatments page explains each procedure in a short paragraph [clinica-dental-smile-design-deepen-5] | 1/1 |
| ? | Convenient opening hours | 0/1.5 |
AI & Search Visibility
0 / 10
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 Not present for "best dentist Panama City, Panama", re-run as "best dentist Panama City, Republic of Panama" on 2026-09-25. [clinica-dental-smile-design-deepen-8] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: English speaking dentist Panama City Not present in the top web results for "English speaking dentist Panama City, Panama" on 2026-09-25. [clinica-dental-smile-design-deepen-16] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: dental implants Panama City Not present in the top web results for "dental implants Panama City, Panama" on 2026-09-25. [clinica-dental-smile-design-deepen-9] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: emergency dentist Panama City Not present for "emergency dentist Panama City, Panama", re-run as "emergency dentist Panama City, Republic of Panama" on 2026-09-25. [clinica-dental-smile-design-deepen-10] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: Panama City dental clinic for expats Not present in the top web results for "Panama City, Panama dental clinic for expats" on 2026-09-25. [clinica-dental-smile-design-deepen-11] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Structured data on website No structured data on any page of the site [clinica-dental-smile-design-deepen-2] | 0/1.5 |
| ? | Google indexing quality | 0/2 |
| ✗ | Dedicated service pages All treatments sit on one treatments page; no page for any single service [clinica-dental-smile-design-deepen-15] | 0/1.5 |
Ranking leaders in AI answers
The queries above are this index's own check. The three leading clinics have also been measured in full: how often ChatGPT and Gemini name them when a patient asks them to recommend a dentist.
- #1Clínica Ford (Ford Dental Spa)49.5 of 100View report → report in Spanish
- #2Dental One34.1 of 100View report → report in Spanish
- #3Clínica Dental Obarrio29.6 of 100View report → report in Spanish
Measured by Ansmeter, 8 October 2026. Ansmeter is an affiliated service. Its figure is not part of this rating and does not affect positions — scores change only when public data changes.
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. Luis Barrera [s1] [clinica-dental-smile-design-doclic] | — | not verified |
Dentists are named; their licence numbers have not been checked against public sources yet — unverified, no penalty.
Red Flags
- medium Suspicious review patterns (-5 pts) — Suspicious review patterns recorded in the data (derived).
Red-flag penalty applied: -5 points (capped at -20).
Data We Could Not Verify
- Reputation & Reviews: Clinic responds to reviews
- Reputation & Reviews: No recurring complaints
- Medical Infrastructure: On-site X-ray
- Medical Infrastructure: CBCT (3D imaging)
- Medical Infrastructure: Pediatric dentistry
- Medical Infrastructure: Emergency care
- Communication & Service: Response speed
- Communication & Service: Convenient opening hours
- 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://smiledesignpty.medic.red/ |
|---|---|
| Phone | +507 310-2439 |
| https://www.facebook.com/smiledesignpty/ | |
| Google Maps | Map listing |
| Address | Calle Ramón H. Jurado 8202, 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.facebook.com/smiledesignpty/ | clinic presence and branding | 2026-07-14 |
| clinica-dental-smile-design-refresh | https://www.google.com/maps/place/Clinica+Dental+Smile+Design/@8.97… | Google rating 4.3 (38 reviews) as of 2026-08-25 | 2026-08-25 |
| clinica-dental-smile-design-doclic | https://smiledesignpty.medic.red/profesionales | Professionals page: "Dr. Luis Barrera - Protesis e Implantologia"; "Dra. Marissa Cisneros - Periodoncista"; "Dra. Connie Monteverde - Odontologia General"; "Dra. Karina Nieto - Endodoncista", each with training background | 2026-09-25 |
| clinica-dental-smile-design-deepen | https://www.google.com/maps?cid=12914277510002260069&hl=en | Google listing photos, business upload 2018-11-29, viewed 2026-09-25: the clinic's storefront with "Smile Design Dental Clinic" signage, phone numbers and treatment banners | 2026-09-25 |
| clinica-dental-smile-design-deepen-2 | https://smiledesignpty.medic.red/ | Home, treatments, services, professionals, branches, before-and-after and contact pages read 2026-09-25: all in Spanish (html lang es-PA); no language switcher or English pages | 2026-09-25 |
| clinica-dental-smile-design-deepen-3 | https://smiledesignpty.medic.red/sucursales | Branches page: "The Panama Clinic - Torre A, piso 11, Consultorio medico 1109" (no street address) followed by "Se debe especificar una direccion para que un mapa este incrustado" (a map placeholder stating no address was set for embedding) | 2026-09-25 |
| clinica-dental-smile-design-deepen-4 | https://www.tripadvisor.com/TypeAheadJson?action=API&query=Smile%20… | TripAdvisor search 2026-09-25: 12 results, none matching (dental clinics of the same generic name in Vietnam, Mexico, the Philippines and Japan) | 2026-09-25 |
| clinica-dental-smile-design-deepen-5 | https://smiledesignpty.medic.red/tratamiento | Treatments page read 2026-09-25: e.g. "Blanqueamiento dental: Es un tratamiento de estética dental dirigido a eliminar las manchas o coloración…"; "Prótesis sobre implante: Son aquellas en las que sustituimos uno o varios dientes perdidos y se fijan atornilladas o cementadas sobre el implante" | 2026-09-25 |
| clinica-dental-smile-design-deepen-6 | https://smiledesignpty.medic.red/Def.%20de%20Servicios | Services page read 2026-09-25: "Cirugía Periodontal", "Frenectomía", "Implante dental" | 2026-09-25 |
| clinica-dental-smile-design-deepen-7 | https://smiledesignpty.medic.red/create/appointment | Booking page read 2026-09-25: "Reserve su Cita — Seleccionar Agenda y Cita del Profesional… se mostrarán todos los espacios disponibles", with dentist selection (e.g. "Dr. Angel Carrillo, Especialidad: Ortodoncia") | 2026-09-25 |
| clinica-dental-smile-design-deepen-8 | search:best dentist Panama City, Republic of Panama | Web search on 2026-09-25 for "best dentist Panama City, Republic of Panama" (re-run of "best dentist Panama City, Panama"): results 1–9 were whatclinic.com (x2), yelp.com (x3), arzuersoy.com, giannadentist.com, baytowndentalcenter.com, medicaltourismpackages.com; the clinic's site and name were not among them. | 2026-09-25 |
| clinica-dental-smile-design-deepen-9 | search:dental implants Panama City, Panama | Web search on 2026-09-25: results 1–9 were whatclinic.com (x2), baldwinfamilydental.com, oralsurgerypanamacity.com, baytowndentalcenter.com (x2), panamacitysmiles.com, panamacitygeneraldentist.com, medicaltourismpackages.com; the clinic's site and name were not among them. | 2026-09-25 |
| clinica-dental-smile-design-deepen-10 | search:emergency dentist Panama City, Republic of Panama | Web search on 2026-09-25 for "emergency dentist Panama City, Republic of Panama" (re-run of "emergency dentist Panama City, Panama"): results 1–9 were whatclinic.com, emergencydentistsusa.com, marinapointedental.com, emergencydentistpanamacity.com, forestparkdentalpc.com, standrewsdentalcenter.com, en.wikipedia.org, lynnhavendentalspecialists.com, emergency-dentist.org; the clinic's site and name were not among them. | 2026-09-25 |
| clinica-dental-smile-design-deepen-11 | search:Panama City, Panama dental clinic for expats | Web search on 2026-09-25: results 1–9 were vivatropical.com, tripadvisor.com, expatfocus.com, panamarelocationtours.com, panamaexpatexplorer.com (x3), worldpanamarealestate.com, medicaltourismpackages.com; the clinic's site and name were not among them. | 2026-09-25 |
| clinica-dental-smile-design-deepen-12 | https://www.google.com/maps?cid=12914277510002260069&hl=en | Google listing, newest reviews first, 2026-09-25: most recent review dated 2022-03-07, more than four years old | 2026-09-25 |
| clinica-dental-smile-design-deepen-13 | https://smiledesignpty.medic.red/ | All menu pages read 2026-09-25: no TripAdvisor link | 2026-09-25 |
| clinica-dental-smile-design-deepen-14 | https://smiledesignpty.medic.red/tratamiento | Treatments page read 2026-09-25: "Prótesis Implante Dental: Son unos elementos metálicos… que se colocan mediante una cirugía en los huesos maxilares"; "Cirugía periodontal: Es la técnica utilizada para tratar los tejidos de la boca afectados por la enfermedad periodontal" | 2026-09-25 |
| clinica-dental-smile-design-deepen-15 | https://smiledesignpty.medic.red/tratamiento | Site sitemap and menu read 2026-09-25: treatments are described on one /tratamiento page and listed on /Def. de Servicios; no page for any single service | 2026-09-25 |
| clinica-dental-smile-design-deepen-16 | search:English speaking dentist Panama City, Panama | Web search on 2026-09-25: results 1–10 were findadentist.ada.org, whatclinic.com (x2), pancarefl.org, panamarelocationtours.com, giannadentist.com, medicaltourismpackages.com (x3), allaboutpanamacity.com; the clinic's site and name were not among them. | 2026-09-25 |
| clinica-dental-smile-design-platforms | https://www.whatclinic.com/dentists/panama/panama-city | WhatClinic: its Panama City dentist listing (3 pages, 24 clinics) and its Panama listing (3 pages, 26 clinics), checked against its profile sitemaps (36 dentist profiles in Panama, the 10 not shown in the listings opened one by one) and the profile addresses built from the clinic's name (not found), have no profile for Clínica Dental Smile Design; the Dental Vita and The Mouth Clinic profiles on Calle Ramón H. Jurado name other dentists (checked 2026-10-01) | 2026-10-01 |
| clinica-dental-smile-design-platforms-2 | https://www.dentaldepartures.com/ | Dental Departures: lists no clinic in Panama (checked 2026-10-01) | 2026-10-01 |
| clinica-dental-smile-design-platforms-3 | https://bookimed.com/clinics/country=panama/ | Bookimed: lists no dental clinic in Panama (checked 2026-10-01) | 2026-10-01 |
| clinica-dental-smile-design-deepen-17 | https://www.google.com/maps?cid=12914277510002260069&hl=en | Google listing "Clinica Dental Smile Design", read 2026-10-01 in four review orders: 4.3 from 38 reviews (1★ 4 / 2★ 2 / 3★ 1 / 4★ 1 / 5★ 30); 14 distinct reviews read, seven of them five-star between 2020-11-24 and 2020-11-27, the newest review dated 2022-03-07 | 2026-10-01 |
| clinica-dental-smile-design-deepen-18 | https://www.google.com/maps?cid=12914277510002260069&hl=en | Google listing "Clinica Dental Smile Design" (Dentist, Dental clinic, Dental implants periodontist), read 2026-10-05 in 5 review pages (the five lowest-rated, the five newest and 3 further sets of five by relevance, rating or interface language): rated 4.4 from 39 reviews (1★ 4 / 2★ 2 / 3★ 1 / 4★ 1 / 5★ 31); 14 distinct reviews read, dated 2014-06-27 to 2026-10-03, 0 with an owner reply | 2026-10-05 |
Change History
| Date | Change |
|---|---|
| 2026-10-01 | Read 14 of the clinic's Google reviews on 2026-10-01: a burst of five-star reviews within a few days stands out against the rest of the listing, so a suspicious review pattern is recorded. |
| 2026-10-01 | Presence on other review platforms re-checked: no profile on WhatClinic, Dental Departures or Bookimed, so this criterion is now no. |
| 2026-09-25 | Search visibility for the remaining query checked (reusing the 2026-09-25 run recorded for this city): not present for "English speaking dentist Panama City, Panama". |
| 2026-09-25 | Search visibility checked on 2026-09-25 for the five standard Panama City, Panama queries: not present for "best dentist Panama City, Republic of Panama", "dental implants Panama City, Panama", "emergency dentist Panama City, Republic of Panama", "Panama City, Panama dental clinic for expats". |
| 2026-09-25 | Re-read on 2026-09-25: the clinic's website (home, treatments, services, professionals, branches, booking and contact pages) and its Google listing (newest and lowest-rated reviews, photos). Recorded: dentists are named with their specialties; a genuine storefront photo on the listing; online booking by dentist; treatments are explained in prose on one page, with implant placement and periodontal surgery among them; no English version, no structured data and no page for any single service; the branch page gives a building and floor but no street address and no map; newest review 2022-03-07; no TripAdvisor listing. Still unverified: X-ray and CBCT equipment, pediatric and emergency care, Saturday opening (the site says Saturdays by appointment, the Google listing shows Saturday closed), recurring complaints (6 of 38 reviews are 1-2 stars, on different themes) and whether a cluster of reviews in November 2020 reflects ordinary patient feedback. |
| 2026-09-10 | Name-verification write-back 2026-09-10: 1 dentist confirmed on the clinic's own roster page https://smiledesignpty.medic.red/profesionales; source added. |
| 2026-08-26 | Link-rot cleanup 2026-08-26: pruning 1 dead source(s) confirmed unreachable in an external-link check (checked 2026-08-26) and re-confirmed dead by direct recheck where applicable. s2 [https://smiledesignpanama.com/]: https://smiledesignpanama.com/ (getaddrinfo ENOTFOUND smiledesignpanama.com, rotten) |
| 2026-08-25 | Re-verification 2026-08-25: stored site smiledesignpanama.com is dead (DNS fails); Google Business lists smiledesignpty.medic.red as current site (confirmed live) - corrected; phone was unset, added +507 310-2439 from Google; address unchanged; captured rating 4.3 (38 reviews); no sedation info on new site. |
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