Registro de cambios
Cada actualización de datos, corrección y cambio de metodología se registra aquí y en el historial de cambios de cada clínica. La clasificación se actualiza cada vez que cambian los datos públicos de base.
| Fecha | Objeto | Cambio |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-16 | Metodología v1.4.2 | Clarified when dentist names count: a name published by the clinic counts when it lets a patient find the dentist in a professional register; a first name alone is not enough, nor is a first name with a patronymic where surnames are in use. Applied the same day to the clinics whose own channels name their dentists by first name only, which lose the points for dentist names. No other score changes. |
| 2026-10-07 | Metodología v1.4.1 | Added a limit on re-checks made at a clinic's request: the next request from the same clinic about its own page is taken up no sooner than one month after the last re-check made at its request, which is dated in the clinic's change history; requests sent earlier are not processed. Corrections reported by anyone else are handled as before. No score changes. |
| 2026-10-05 | Clínica Dental Life | Read the clinic's Google listing on 2026-10-05 (its lowest-rated and newest reviews with the star histogram): the owner replies to reviews; no repeated complaint; no sign of manipulated reviews. |
| 2026-10-05 | Clínica Dental Obarrio | Read the clinic's Google listing on 2026-10-05 (its lowest-rated and newest reviews with the star histogram): no repeated complaint; no sign of manipulated reviews. |
| 2026-10-02 | Clínica Dental Life | Other review platforms checked on 2026-10-02: no profile of the clinic. |
| 2026-10-02 | Clínica Dental Life | Read the clinic's own website (homepage, robots.txt, sitemap and service pages) for site structure: business structured data present. |
| 2026-10-02 | Dental One | Read the clinic's own website (homepage, robots.txt, sitemap and service pages) for site structure: business structured data present. |
| 2026-10-01 | Centro Nacional de Ortodoncia (CNO) | Presence on other review platforms re-checked: no profile on WhatClinic, Dental Departures or Bookimed, so this criterion is now no. |
| 2026-10-01 | Clínica Dental Bannavá Smiles | Re-read the clinic's whole website, its Facebook page (a year of posts) and its Google listing on 2026-10-01: none offers emergency or same-day care or mentions foreign patients, so both are now recorded as not offered; whether English is spoken stays unknown. |
| 2026-10-01 | Clínica Dental Dr. Virgilio Castillero | Read 9 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 | Clínica Dental Dr. Virgilio Castillero | Read the clinic's website and the review platforms on 2026-10-01: its own digital X-ray unit is recorded; it has no profile on WhatClinic, Bookimed, Trustpilot or Dental Departures, so presence on other review platforms is recorded as absent. |
| 2026-10-01 | Clínica Dental Dr. Virgilio Castillero | Re-assessed the clinic's Google reviews on 2026-10-01: the January 2025 cluster of five-star reviews has individual texts from established accounts, so no suspicious review pattern is asserted and the criterion is left open. |
| 2026-10-01 | Clínica Dental Smile Design | Presence on other review platforms re-checked: no profile on WhatClinic, Dental Departures or Bookimed, so this criterion is now no. |
| 2026-10-01 | Clínica Dental Smile Design | 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 | Clínica Dental Sofer | Read the clinic's Facebook page in full and its Google listing on 2026-10-01: they document no imaging, children's or emergency care, no dentist specialisation and no consultation offer. |
| 2026-10-01 | Clínica Dental Sofer | Corrected on 2026-10-01: the clinic's Facebook page carries a WhatsApp contact button, so a WhatsApp line is offered. |
| 2026-10-01 | Clínica Ford (Ford Dental Spa) | Re-read the clinic's website clinicaford.com on 2026-10-01: it carries schema.org structured data, says each periodontal case is assessed with radiographs, and its implant page gives an indicative cost of 1700-1800 for a complete implant treatment, so all three are now recorded. |
| 2026-10-01 | Pacific Dental Clinic | Read 13 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 | Perfect Smile | Read the clinic's Facebook page in full for the past year, its Instagram and its Google listing on 2026-10-01: its dentists, their specialities, paediatric and surgical care and X-ray are documented; prices appear only in a dated promotion. |
| 2026-10-01 | Smile Center Panamá | Presence on other review platforms re-checked: no profile on WhatClinic, Dental Departures or Bookimed, so this criterion is now no. |
| 2026-09-30 | Clínica Dental Sofer | Re-read the clinic's Google listing (with its storefront photos) and its Facebook page on 2026-09-30: dentist name, service list, contacts and address now rest on these channels; prices recorded as not published, as neither channel gives any and the website named on the Facebook page, clinicasofer.com, shows no content. |
| 2026-09-30 | Pacific Dental Clinic | Re-read the clinic's website (in full), its Google listing, its Facebook page and its newest Instagram posts on 2026-09-30: English website version corrected to absent, as the site is in Spanish only, and WhatsApp contact corrected to available, as the site books through a WhatsApp chat (the earlier values rested on an aggregator listing); dentists and their fields updated to the six the website names; prices recorded as not published on any of these channels. |
| 2026-09-29 | Centro Nacional de Ortodoncia (CNO) | Checked the review pattern: three 5-star reviews arrived on the same day, two from single-review accounts, right after a 1-star review. Recorded: signs of manipulation confirmed. |
| 2026-09-29 | Clínica Dental Bannavá Smiles | The clinic's website opened normally on 2026-09-29 and was read in full: it links to no review platform, and the clinic is not in the WhatClinic directory for Panama. Recorded: not present on other review platforms. |
| 2026-09-29 | Clínica Dental Bannavá Smiles | Read the clinic's website on 2026-09-29. Recorded: the clinic documents placing dental implants itself. Still unverified: emergency care, international patients, and whether English is spoken. |
| 2026-09-29 | Clínica Dental Sofer | Corrected 2026-09-29: published prices and the cleaning, filling, crown, implant, consultation and X-ray prices now unverified: the clinic has no website and its social page was not checked for this. |
| 2026-09-29 | Clínica Dental y de Ortodoncia Ibarra | Corrected 2026-09-29: review recency older than a year (newest review dated 2025-08-14). |
| 2026-09-29 | Clínica Ford (Ford Dental Spa) | The clinic's website opened normally on 2026-09-29 and was read in full: it carries no TripAdvisor link, and a name-and-city search on TripAdvisor found no matching profile. Recorded: not listed on TripAdvisor. |
| 2026-09-29 | Clínica Ford (Ford Dental Spa) | Read the clinic's website on 2026-09-29. Recorded: every "Schedule an appointment" button opens a WhatsApp chat pre-filled with an appointment request. Still unverified: X-ray, CBCT and structured data. |
| 2026-09-29 | Dental One | Found the clinic's Facebook page on 2026-09-29 via a name search - its published address and phone match the card exactly. |
| 2026-09-29 | Perfect Smile | Corrected 2026-09-29: dentist names listed, published prices and the cleaning, filling, crown, implant, consultation and X-ray prices now unverified: the clinic has no website and its social page was not checked for this. |
| 2026-09-29 | Perfect Smile | Checked the review pattern: five 5-star reviews arrived within a 6-day window, two of them from single-review accounts. Recorded: signs of manipulation confirmed. |
| 2026-09-29 | The Mouth Clinic | Checked the review pattern: the rating is almost unanimously 5-star, and most of the recent reviews read come from accounts with very little review activity. Recorded: signs of manipulation confirmed. |
| 2026-09-25 | Centro Nacional de Ortodoncia (CNO) | Re-read on 2026-09-25: the clinic's website (a single page) and its Google listing (newest and lowest-rated reviews). Corrected: a named pediatric dentist (Dra. Jimena Cavero) is credited in the clinic's own Instagram posts embedded on its homepage, so dentist names are published. Recorded: no prices on the site (only a financing plan); the owner replies to reviews, including critical ones; recurring complaints about reception staff across independent reviews; online booking through a scheduling system with branch and dentist selection; Organization structured data; no emergency care or TripAdvisor listing. Still unverified: CBCT, English support, work with foreign patients, and whether a same-day cluster of five-star reviews on 2026-07-01 reflects ordinary patient feedback. |
| 2026-09-25 | Centro Nacional de Ortodoncia (CNO) | 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 | Clínica Arango Orillac | Re-read on 2026-09-25: the clinic's website (home and team pages) and its Google listing (newest and lowest-rated reviews, hours). Recorded: no recurring complaint pattern or signs of manipulation in the reviews; no emergency or same-day care in the published service list; the appointment form has no service or time selection; Saturday morning hours; no TripAdvisor listing; no structured data on the site. Corrected: the team page names the clinic's dentists with their specialties. Still unverified: CBCT and whether the clinic replies to reviews. |
| 2026-09-25 | Clínica Arango Orillac | Search visibility checked on 2026-09-25 for the five standard Panama City, Panama queries: present for "English speaking dentist Panama City, Panama", "Panama City, Panama dental clinic for expats"; not present for "best dentist Panama City, Republic of Panama", "dental implants Panama City, Panama", "emergency dentist Panama City, Republic of Panama". |
| 2026-09-25 | Clínica Dental 74 | Re-read on 2026-09-25: the clinic's website (treatments and booking pages, live) and its Google listing (newest and lowest-rated reviews). Recorded: newest review is over three years old; no recurring complaints or manipulation signs; the full eight-category service list has no emergency/same-day item; the booking page has a real appointment form with service and date selection; Organization structured data is present. Still unverified: X-ray/CBCT equipment, work with foreign patients and English support, not described on the pages read. |
| 2026-09-25 | Clínica Dental 74 | 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 | Clínica Dental Bannavá Smiles | Re-read on 2026-09-25: the Google listing (newest and lowest-rated reviews, hours) and the clinic's homepage, read as text because the site shows a security challenge to direct requests; its inner pages stayed behind that challenge. Recorded: no recurring complaints or signs of manipulation; no TripAdvisor listing; every booking button opens WhatsApp; Organization structured data. Still unverified: surgery, emergency care, work with foreign patients, English and other review platforms. |
| 2026-09-25 | Clínica Dental Bannavá Smiles | 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 | Clínica Dental Dr. Virgilio Castillero | Re-read on 2026-09-25: the Google listing (newest and lowest-rated reviews, hours) and the clinic's homepage and contact page, read as text because the site shows a security challenge to direct requests. Recorded: the owner replies to a critical review; no recurring complaints; booking through WhatsApp or a general contact form; the contact page gives the address (Vía España, Plaza Regency, 9th floor) with a map and publishes Saturday hours (9:00-12:00), while the Google listing shows Saturday closed; Organization structured data; no TripAdvisor listing. The Google listing shows the phone +507 398-2092, while the clinic's site gives +507 6754-2371 (also its WhatsApp); the card keeps the site's number. Still unverified: equipment, emergency care, work with foreign patients, English, and whether a cluster of reviews in January 2025 reflects ordinary patient feedback. |
| 2026-09-25 | Clínica Dental Dr. Virgilio Castillero | 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 | Clínica Dental Life | Search visibility checked for the five standard Panama City queries (reusing the 2026-09-25 run recorded for this city): not present for any of the five queries. |
| 2026-09-25 | Clínica Dental Obarrio | Search visibility checked for the five standard Panama City queries (reusing the 2026-09-25 run recorded for this city): not present for any of the five queries. |
| 2026-09-25 | Clínica Dental Smile Design | 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. |
| 2026-09-25 | Clínica Dental Smile Design | 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 | Clínica Dental Smile Design | 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 | Clínica Dental Sofer | Re-read on 2026-09-25: the clinic's Google listing (newest and lowest-rated reviews, hours, photos) and its former website address. Recorded: genuine storefront photos on the listing; Saturday morning hours; no TripAdvisor listing; no English version, structured data or service pages, since the clinic has no working website. Corrected: the former domain clinicadentalsofer.com no longer resolves and the Google listing shows no website, so the clinic is recorded as having no website. With a base of 4 reviews, complaint and review-pattern criteria are left unscored. Still unverified: equipment, pediatric and emergency care, work with foreign patients and booking (the Facebook page is not readable without login). |
| 2026-09-25 | Clínica Dental Sofer | 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 | Clínica Dental y de Ortodoncia Ibarra | Re-read on 2026-09-25: the clinic's website (home, services and contact pages) and its Google listing (newest and lowest-rated reviews, hours). Recorded: an owner reply among the readable reviews; no complaints (all 11 reviews are five-star) and no signs of manipulation; tooth extraction is a documented service; no emergency care in the services list; the contact page invites patients to request a no-obligation quote online; not listed on TripAdvisor or WhatClinic; no structured data on the site. Still unverified: X-ray/CBCT equipment and work with foreign patients (not described on the pages read). |
| 2026-09-25 | Clínica Dental y de Ortodoncia Ibarra | 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 | Clínica Ford (Ford Dental Spa) | Re-read on 2026-09-25: the Google listing (newest and lowest-rated reviews, hours, photos); the clinic's own site (clinicaford.com) showed a security challenge on every attempt that day, including as text, so it could not be read. Recorded from the Google listing: genuine treatment-room and reception photos; the owner replies personally to reviews, including negative ones; at least two independent reviews describe being charged more than the price quoted; weekday-only hours with no evening or weekend opening. Still unverified: X-ray/CBCT equipment, online booking, structured data and TripAdvisor presence. |
| 2026-09-25 | Clínica Ford (Ford Dental Spa) | Search visibility checked on 2026-09-25 for the five standard Panama City, Panama queries: present for "dental implants Panama City, Panama"; not present for "best dentist Panama City, Republic of Panama", "English speaking dentist Panama City, Panama", "emergency dentist Panama City, Republic of Panama", "Panama City, Panama dental clinic for expats". |
| 2026-09-25 | Clínica Ford (Ford Dental Spa) | Aligned with the clinic's entry on panamadentalrating.com: recorded General anaesthesia / deep sedation (sleep dentistry) (no) from sources read on 2026-08-25. |
| 2026-09-25 | Dental One | Re-read on 2026-09-25: the clinic's website (English homepage) and its Google listing (newest and lowest-rated reviews, hours). Recorded: the owner replies to most reviews, including critical ones; at least two independent reviews describe long waits despite arriving on time for a booked appointment; the homepage inquiry form lets patients select specific treatments; no TripAdvisor listing. Still unverified: Facebook presence, on-site X-ray/CBCT and emergency care (not described on the pages read). |
| 2026-09-25 | Dental One | 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 | Dental One | Aligned with the clinic's entry on panamadentalrating.com: recorded General anaesthesia / deep sedation (sleep dentistry) (yes) from sources read on 2026-08-25. |
| 2026-09-25 | Pacific Dental Clinic | Re-read on 2026-09-25: the clinic's site (a single-page app, read from its script) and its Google listing (newest and lowest-rated reviews, photos). Recorded: genuine staff and treatment-room photos on the Google listing; pediatric dentistry by a named specialist; the owner replies to reviews in several languages; no recurring complaints; Google 4.8 from 16 reviews; booking through a WhatsApp chat or a general contact form, not a service-selection form; no structured data; no TripAdvisor listing. Still unverified: X-ray and CBCT equipment (not described on the site) and whether a cluster of reviews in October 2025 reflects ordinary patient feedback. |
| 2026-09-25 | Pacific Dental Clinic | Search visibility checked on 2026-09-25 for the five standard Panama City, Panama queries: present for "best dentist Panama City, Republic of Panama", "English speaking dentist Panama City, Panama"; not present for "dental implants Panama City, Panama", "emergency dentist Panama City, Republic of Panama", "Panama City, Panama dental clinic for expats". |
| 2026-09-25 | Perfect Smile | Re-read on 2026-09-25: the Google listing (newest and lowest-rated reviews, hours), the WhatClinic Panama City directory and TripAdvisor's own search. Recorded: newest review dated 2023-04-26; not listed on WhatClinic or TripAdvisor; no structured data possible without a live site. Corrected: the clinic's website perfectsmile.com.pa no longer resolves, so the clinic is recorded as having no working website. Still unverified: equipment, services, foreign-patient support, English and booking (the Facebook page is not readable without login), recurring complaints (3 of 30 reviews are 1-2 stars, only one with text) and whether a cluster of reviews in August 2022 reflects ordinary patient feedback. |
| 2026-09-25 | Perfect Smile | 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 | Smile Center Panamá | 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. |
| 2026-09-25 | Smile Center Panamá | 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 | The Mouth Clinic | Re-read on 2026-09-25: the clinic's website (homepage) and its Google listing (newest and lowest-rated reviews, hours), plus the WhatClinic Panama City directory. Recorded: the owner replies to reviews consistently, including in English; no recurring complaint pattern (one 1-2-star review out of 575); a homepage testimonial and independent English-language reviews document English-speaking staff; the booking form lets patients choose a doctor; a WhatClinic profile; Organization structured data; no weekend or evening hours; no TripAdvisor listing (Panama City, Florida results excluded). Still unverified: emergency care, work with foreign patients, and whether the near-uniform five-star pattern (571 of 575) reflects ordinary patient feedback. |
| 2026-09-25 | The Mouth Clinic | Search visibility checked on 2026-09-25 for the five standard Panama City, Panama queries: present for "best dentist Panama City, Republic of Panama"; not present for "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". |
| 2026-09-10 | Clínica Dental Smile Design | Name-verification write-back 2026-09-10: 1 dentist confirmed on the clinic's own roster page https://smiledesignpty.medic.red/profesionales; source added. |
| 2026-09-10 | Clínica Dental Sofer | Website https://clinicadentalsofer.com/ has been offline since the 2026-08-26 link sweep and was re-probed dead on 2026-09-10 (3 attempts, protocol and host variants, Maps listing checked for a replacement); removed from the card. |
| 2026-09-10 | Perfect Smile | Website https://perfectsmile.com.pa/ has been offline since the 2026-08-26 link sweep and was re-probed dead on 2026-09-10 (3 attempts, protocol and host variants, Maps listing checked for a replacement); removed from the card. |
| 2026-09-07 | Metodología v1.4.0 | Narrowed the "Opaque or bait pricing" red flag to what its published definition describes. Until now the flag was applied automatically to every clinic that does not publish a price list — a harsher statement than the evidence supports, since the catalogue defines the flag as complaints about final bills materially exceeding quoted prices, or advertised prices that are not honoured. Not publishing prices is already scored: it costs the clinic points in the price transparency category, and it is not, on its own, evidence of bait pricing. The automatic rule is removed, so the flag and its 2-point penalty come off about 1,300 clinic pages across the index; no clinic gains a flag, and no weight, severity or other scoring rule changed. The flag can still be recorded against a clinic by hand with cited sources, and about 210 clinics carry such an entry today; we are reviewing those entries in a follow-up pass, because some of them were also written for nothing more than an unpublished price list. |
| 2026-09-03 | Metodología v1.3.1 | Clarified that the publication criteria refer to the clinic’s own channels: a service list, the names of the dentists and a price list count when the clinic itself publishes them (its website, its social profiles or its own Google Business profile) — registers, directories and review sites do not, and a time-limited promotional offer is not a price list. Added a third state for a dentist’s licence, "checked, not found in the public register": a dentist we searched for in the national register and did not find is now recorded as checked-but-unverified with the date of the check, instead of being shown either as "not checked yet" or as the "not published" red flag. Neither change alters any weight or penalty; the red-flag rule still fires only on a verified negative. Also corrected the wording of the penalty note under the ranking table, which rendered as "20−" in right-to-left dictionaries. |
| 2026-09-01 | Clínica Dental Obarrio | 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. |
| 2026-08-26 | Clínica Arango Orillac | 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. s1 [https://www.arango-orillac.com/en/home]: https://www.arango-orillac.com/en/home (HTTP 404, rotten) |
| 2026-08-26 | Clínica Arango Orillac | Link-rot cleanup round 2 (2026-08-26): s1's stored path (/en/home) still 404s; the domain root (https://www.arango-orillac.com/) is live and re-confirmed to support the same facts (English site, specialties, contact/WhatsApp, no published prices, no individual dentist names). All s1-only criteria re-cited against the root; s1 pruned as no longer cited by anything (licensing has no doctor entries for this clinic). perfect-smile (perfectsmile.com.pa) remains genuinely unreachable (ENOTFOUND, re-confirmed) with no live replacement found; left unresolved, along with its website field flagged for review. clinica-dental-sofer (review-list only, clinicadentalsofer.com) also genuinely unreachable (ENOTFOUND) with no replacement found; left unresolved. |
| 2026-08-26 | Clínica Dental Smile Design | 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) |
| 2026-08-26 | Perfect Smile | Link-rot cleanup 2026-08-26: pruning 2 dead source(s) confirmed unreachable in an external-link check (checked 2026-08-26) and re-confirmed dead by direct recheck where applicable. s1 [https://perfectsmile.com.pa/]: https://perfectsmile.com.pa/ (getaddrinfo ENOTFOUND perfectsmile.com.pa, rotten) | s2 [https://perfectsmile.com.pa/contacto/]: https://perfectsmile.com.pa/contacto/ (getaddrinfo ENOTFOUND perfectsmile.com.pa, rotten) |
| 2026-08-25 | Centro Nacional de Ortodoncia (CNO) | Re-verified live facts (website, contacts, operating status, Google reputation): no changes; captured rating 3.9 (56 reviews, mixed recent feedback on billing). |
| 2026-08-25 | Clínica Arango Orillac | Re-verification 2026-08-25: confirmed address/phone (Marbella branch) unchanged, site live at root domain (stored /en/home path 404s - corrected to https://www.arango-orillac.com/); captured Google rating 4.5 (15 reviews); no sedation/GA info on site. |
| 2026-08-25 | Clínica Dental 74 | Re-verified live facts (website, contacts, operating status, Google reputation): address/phone unchanged (Google Maps shows a secondary line +507 270-4952 vs site/stored ...4951); captured rating 4.4 (7 reviews). |
| 2026-08-25 | Clínica Dental Bannavá Smiles | Re-verified live facts (website, contacts, operating status, Google reputation): no changes; captured rating 4.8 (31 reviews). |
| 2026-08-25 | Clínica Dental Dr. Virgilio Castillero | Re-verification 2026-08-25: address was unset - added from Google Business listing (Via Espana, Plaza Regency, Piso 9); phone confirmed via site unchanged; captured rating 4.9 (27 reviews); no sedation info on site. |
| 2026-08-25 | Clínica Dental Life | Re-verification 2026-08-25: official site and Google Business listing both show clinic at Costa del Este (Torre Palmeras, Town Center, Piso 5, #543), not stored Via Espana/Plaza Regency address - corrected; phone unchanged; captured rating 4.8 (35 reviews); no sedation info found. |
| 2026-08-25 | Clínica Dental Obarrio | 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. |
| 2026-08-25 | Clínica Dental Obarrio | 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 | Clínica Dental Smile Design | 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. |
| 2026-08-25 | Clínica Dental Sofer | Re-verification 2026-08-25: website clinicadentalsofer.com is dead (DNS fails, no successor found); Google Business listing has no site link either, but clinic itself confirmed open (address/phone unchanged, rating 5.0/4 reviews, recent activity). |
| 2026-08-25 | Clínica Dental y de Ortodoncia Ibarra | Re-verified live facts (website, contacts, operating status, Google reputation): no changes; captured rating 5.0 (11 reviews). |
| 2026-08-25 | Clínica Ford (Ford Dental Spa) | Re-verified live facts (website, contacts, operating status, Google reputation): no changes; captured rating 4.8 (81 reviews). |
| 2026-08-25 | Dental One | Re-verified live facts (website, contacts, operating status, Google reputation): no changes; captured rating 4.8 (105 reviews); owner posted as recently as Jul 13 2026. |
| 2026-08-25 | Metodología v1.3.0 | Corrected how the two licensing red flags are applied ("Clinic operating licence not published" and "Dentists / their licences not listed"). Previously they were applied whenever licensing data was absent from our records, which treated unchecked data as a negative finding — contrary to the methodology's own rule that unverified data is a fact about our coverage, not about the clinic. Both flags now apply only where we have verified that the information is not published. Manual licensing flags that rested on unverified data were removed from the affected clinics. No other scoring rules changed; most scores rise because the incorrect penalty is removed. |
| 2026-08-25 | Pacific Dental Clinic | 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. |
| 2026-08-25 | Perfect Smile | Re-verification 2026-08-25: website perfectsmile.com.pa is dead (DNS fails for apex and www, no successor found), though Google still lists it; clinic confirmed open (address/phone unchanged); captured rating 4.6 (30 reviews); own social posts mention offering 'anestesia general y sedacion'. |
| 2026-08-25 | Perfect Smile | Recorded sedation / general anaesthesia availability (informational): documented as available. Clinic's own IG post (Jul 2026, reposted by partners): offers 'anestesia general y sedacion' for patient comfort/safety. |
| 2026-08-25 | Smile Center Panamá | 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. |
| 2026-08-25 | The Mouth Clinic | Re-verification 2026-08-25: official website themouthclinic.com is down (Bluehost account-suspended page); address/phone confirmed unchanged via Google Business listing, very active (rating 5.0, 559 reviews, owner post Aug 9 2026); clinic partners with in-house 'Sedarte Panama' offering pediatric sedation/anesthesiology. |
| 2026-08-25 | The Mouth Clinic | Recorded sedation / general anaesthesia availability (informational): documented as available. In-house partner 'Sedarte Panama' + maxillofacial surgeon provide pediatric sedation; posts cite 'anestesia general'. |
| 2026-08-23 | Metodología v1.2.0 | Added an informational "Sedation & general anaesthesia" availability field to every clinic and a new "Sleep Dentistry (Sedation / GA)" list, for patients who cannot tolerate — or would rather not be awake for — treatment. This field is informational and does not change any transparency score. |
| 2026-07-08 | Metodología v1.1.0 | Added licensing transparency: clinics are now penalised when they do not publish their operating licence, or do not list their dentists together with their professional licence numbers. Each clinic page now shows a Licensing & Credentials section. |
| 2026-07-03 | Metodología v1.0.0 | Initial public methodology. |