Pacific Dental Clinic
According to our open methodology, this clinic scored 44.7/100 for transparency, reputation, service accessibility, and digital visibility.
Overall rank: #6 of 16 ranked clinics · Last checked: 25 August 2026
Positions by Rating Profile
- Overall Transparency & Trust#644.7/100
- Best for Expats#643/100
- Best for Dental Implants#640.5/100
- Best for Emergency Dental Care#347.3/100
- Best Price Transparency#630.5/100
- Best English-speaking Clinics#546.8/100
- 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 Site (pacificdentalclinic.com) describes services in detail; no sedation/GA mention.
Summary
Bilingual dental clinic located inside Hospital Punta Pacifica (a Johns Hopkins Medicine International affiliate). Markets to international/tourist patients with translation and accommodation assistance and offers orthodontics, implants, maxillofacial surgery, cosmetic work and emergency service. A WhatClinic aggregator listing reports a 4.8 score from 45 reviews; this was not verifiable on Google Maps.
Strengths
- Information Transparency: 18 of 20 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 | 0/2 |
| ✓ | 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 [pacific-dental-clinic-refresh] | 3/6 |
| ◐ | Google review volume [pacific-dental-clinic-refresh] | 0.5/3 |
| ✓ | Review recency [pacific-dental-clinic-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 [s1] | 0.5/0.5 |
Medical Infrastructure
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 [s1] | 2/2 |
| ? | Pediatric dentistry | 0/1.5 |
| ✓ | Emergency care [s1] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ✓ | Works with international patients [s1] | 2/2 |
Communication & Service
How easy it is to contact the clinic, get answers, and book - especially for international patients.
| ✗ | WhatsApp / LINE available [s1] | 0/2 |
| ? | 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 | 0/1.5 |
| ? | 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. Monica Shedden [s1] | General dentistry | not verified |
| Dr. Gloria Ho [s1] | Orthodontics | not verified |
| Dr. Ginette Nuñez [s1] | General dentistry | 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
- Information Transparency: Real clinic photos
- Reputation & Reviews: Clinic responds to reviews
- Reputation & Reviews: No recurring complaints
- Reputation & Reviews: No suspicious review patterns
- Reputation & Reviews: TripAdvisor presence
- Medical Infrastructure: On-site X-ray
- Medical Infrastructure: CBCT (3D imaging)
- Medical Infrastructure: Pediatric dentistry
- 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: Structured data on website
- 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.pacificdentalclinic.com/ |
|---|---|
| Phone | +507 6747-4874 |
| https://www.facebook.com/pacificdentalpa/ | |
| Google Maps | Map listing |
| Address | Hospital Punta Pacifica, Boulevard Pacifica y Via Punta Darien, Offices 131 & 132, 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.whatclinic.com/dentists/panama/panama-city/pacific-dent… | aggregator rating, prices, hours, languages, dentist names | 2026-07-14 |
| s2 | https://www.pacificdentalclinic.com/ | address, hospital affiliation, services | 2026-07-14 |
| pacific-dental-clinic-refresh | https://www.google.com/maps/place/Pacific+Dental+Clinic/@8.9820502,… | most recent review 1 month ago (Heather Thornton) | 2026-08-25 |
Change History
| Date | Change |
|---|---|
| 2026-08-25 | Re-verification 2026-08-25: site live (pacificdentalclinic.com, address confirmed as Hospital Punta Pacifica); Google Business phone shown as +507 6747-4874, differing from stored +507 204-8368 - corrected; captured rating 4.7 (14 reviews), recent activity; no sedation info on site. |
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