Smile Center Panamá
According to our open methodology, this clinic scored 56.7/100 for transparency, reputation, service accessibility, and digital visibility.
Overall rank: #7 of 16 ranked clinics · Last checked: 25 September 2026
Positions by Rating Profile
- Overall Transparency & Trust#756.7/100
- Best for Expats#853.3/100
- Best for Dental Implants#753/100
- Best for Emergency Dental Care#358.3/100
- Best Price Transparency#638.5/100
- Best English-speaking Clinicsnot ranked
- Best for Families / Children#660.5/100
- 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) — Not verified Site (smilecenterpanama.com) has no anesthesia/sedation info.
Summary
Clinic near Boulevard El Dorado offering orthodontics, invisible aligners, smile design, whitening, implants, pediatric dentistry, maxillofacial surgery, periodontics and endodontics. The site lists a named team and services and provides WhatsApp contact but is Spanish-only with no published prices.
Strengths
- Information Transparency: 18 of 20 points.
- No red flags identified in public sources.
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)
- AI & Search Visibility: 3 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)
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.
Price Transparency
Whether patients can estimate costs before visiting. Published price ranges count; exact prices are not required.
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 [smile-center-panama-refresh] | 5/6 |
| ◐ | Google review volume [smile-center-panama-refresh] | 1.5/3 |
| ✓ | Review recency [smile-center-panama-refresh] | 3/3 |
| ? | Clinic responds to reviews 11 reviews were read (7 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. [smile-center-panama-deepen-13] | 0/2 |
| ✓ | No recurring complaints Only one negative review found, seven years old [smile-center-panama-deepen] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | No suspicious review patterns Rating not 100% 5★, dates spread over years, accounts with long review history [smile-center-panama-deepen-9] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Active Facebook presence [s1] | 1/1 |
| ✗ | TripAdvisor presence No TripAdvisor listing found; no link on the clinic's own site [smile-center-panama-deepen-2] [smile-center-panama-deepen-10] | 0/0.5 |
| ✗ | Other review platforms No profile found on WhatClinic, Dental Departures or Bookimed (checked 2026-10-01). [smile-center-panama-platforms] [smile-center-panama-platforms-2] [smile-center-panama-platforms-3] | 0/0.5 |
Medical Infrastructure
The range of publicly documented equipment and services. This measures documented availability, not clinical quality.
| ✓ | On-site X-ray X-rays documented as part of the diagnostic exam [smile-center-panama-deepen-3] | 2/2 |
| ? | CBCT (3D imaging) | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Implantology [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Orthodontics [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Oral surgery [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Pediatric dentistry [s1] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ✓ | Emergency care Dental trauma documented as treated urgently [smile-center-panama-deepen-11] | 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 | 0/2.5 |
| ? | Pre-visit consultation possible | 0/1.5 |
| ✓ | Clear service explanations [s1] | 1/1 |
| ✓ | Convenient opening hours Saturday hours 8:00-13:00 published on the Google listing [smile-center-panama-deepen-12] | 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 Not present for "best dentist Panama City, Panama", re-run as "best dentist Panama City, Republic of Panama" on 2026-09-25. [smile-center-panama-deepen-4] | 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. [smile-center-panama-deepen-5] | 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. [smile-center-panama-deepen-6] | 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. [smile-center-panama-deepen-7] | 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. [smile-center-panama-deepen-8] | 0/1 |
| ✓ | Structured data on website Organization entity in the homepage JSON-LD [s1] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ? | Google indexing quality | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Dedicated service pages [s1] | 1.5/1.5 |
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. Geoffrey Osorio S. [s1] | Orthodontics and dentofacial orthopedics | not verified |
| Dra. Carmen Guarnieri [s1] | — | not verified |
| Dra. Maylín González [s1] | — | not verified |
| Dr. Genaro Fung [s1] | — | not verified |
| Dr. Enzo Cano [s1] | — | not verified |
Dentists are named; their licence numbers have not been checked against public sources yet — unverified, no penalty.
Red Flags
No red flags identified in the public sources we reviewed.
Data We Could Not Verify
- Reputation & Reviews: Clinic responds to reviews
- Medical Infrastructure: CBCT (3D imaging)
- Medical Infrastructure: Works with international patients
- Communication & Service: Response speed
- Communication & Service: English spoken
- Communication & Service: Pre-visit consultation possible
- 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://smilecenterpanama.com/ |
|---|---|
| Phone | +507 236-0350 |
| +507 6228-7204 | |
| https://www.facebook.com/smilecenterpanama | |
| Google Maps | Map listing |
| Address | Boulevard El Dorado, frente a restaurante TGI Fridays, 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://smilecenterpanama.com/ | Homepage JSON-LD read 2026-09-25: "@type":"Organization" with a ContactPoint, alongside WebSite | 2026-09-25 |
| s2 | https://www.facebook.com/smilecenterpanama | Facebook page and contact | 2026-07-14 |
| smile-center-panama-refresh | https://www.google.com/maps/place/Smile+Center+%7C+Panam%C3%A1/@9.0… | Google rating 4.9 (59 reviews) as of 2026-08-25 | 2026-08-25 |
| smile-center-panama-deepen | https://www.google.com/maps?cid=5721668250327324576&hl=en | Histogram 1★ 1 / 2★ 0 / 3★ 0 / 4★ 2 / 5★ 57; lowest-rated first: single 1★ review from 2018-08-21 about a cleaning's price, no second matching complaint among the reviews read | 2026-09-25 |
| smile-center-panama-deepen-2 | https://www.tripadvisor.com/TypeAheadJson?action=API&query=Smile%20… | TripAdvisor search 2026-09-25: 12 results, none matching (a France tourism page, Panama attractions unrelated to dentistry, a Panama City, Florida art center) | 2026-09-25 |
| smile-center-panama-deepen-3 | https://smilecenterpanama.com/tratamientos/ | Page text: "el dentista tomara los registros y radiografias necesarios para cerciorarse de que los dientes, encias, lengua y estructuras oseas estan en perfecto estado" | 2026-09-25 |
| smile-center-panama-deepen-4 | 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 |
| smile-center-panama-deepen-5 | 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 |
| smile-center-panama-deepen-6 | 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 |
| smile-center-panama-deepen-7 | 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 |
| smile-center-panama-deepen-8 | 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 |
| smile-center-panama-deepen-9 | https://www.google.com/maps?cid=5721668250327324576&hl=en | Histogram 1★ 1 / 2★ 0 / 3★ 0 / 4★ 2 / 5★ 57 (95% 5★, not 100%); reviews dated 2016-2026 from accounts with 1-797 prior reviews | 2026-09-25 |
| smile-center-panama-deepen-10 | https://smilecenterpanama.com/tratamientos/ | Treatments page read in full: no tripadvisor.com link found | 2026-09-25 |
| smile-center-panama-deepen-11 | https://smilecenterpanama.com/tratamientos/ | Page text: "Los traumas dentales son considerados como una urgencia dentro de la consulta odontologica y deben ser tratados de a la mayor brevedad" | 2026-09-25 |
| smile-center-panama-deepen-12 | https://www.google.com/maps?cid=5721668250327324576&hl=en | Google Business Profile hours: sabado 8:00 AM-1:00 PM (weekdays close by 17:00) | 2026-09-25 |
| smile-center-panama-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 Smile Center Panamá; the Dr Smile Clinica Dental profile near El Dorado (Dr Gina Benavides) is another practice (checked 2026-10-01) | 2026-10-01 |
| smile-center-panama-platforms-2 | https://www.dentaldepartures.com/ | Dental Departures: lists no clinic in Panama (checked 2026-10-01) | 2026-10-01 |
| smile-center-panama-platforms-3 | https://bookimed.com/clinics/country=panama/ | Bookimed: lists no dental clinic in Panama (checked 2026-10-01) | 2026-10-01 |
| smile-center-panama-deepen-13 | https://www.google.com/maps?cid=5721668250327324576&hl=en | Google listing "Smile Center | Panamá" (Dental clinic), read 2026-10-05 in 6 review pages (the five lowest-rated, the five newest and 4 further sets of five by relevance, rating or interface language): rated 4.9 from 60 reviews (1★ 1 / 2★ 0 / 3★ 0 / 4★ 2 / 5★ 57); 11 distinct reviews read, dated 2016-10-07 to 2026-09-10, 0 with an owner reply | 2026-10-05 |
Change History
| Date | Change |
|---|---|
| 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 checked on 2026-09-25 for the five standard Panama City, Panama queries: not present for "best dentist Panama City, Republic of Panama", "English speaking dentist Panama City, 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 and treatments pages) and its Google listing (newest and lowest-rated reviews, hours). Recorded: X-rays in the diagnostic exam and dental trauma treated as an urgency are documented on the site; no recurring complaints or signs of manipulation; Saturday hours; Organization structured data; no TripAdvisor listing. Still unverified: CBCT, work with foreign patients, English support and whether the clinic replies to reviews. |
| 2026-08-25 | Re-verification 2026-08-25: Google address shown as C. 95 Oeste 3036 (same El Dorado area as stored Boulevard El Dorado address); phone unchanged; captured rating 4.9 (59 reviews); no sedation info on site. |
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