Clínica Dentária São Dente
According to our open methodology, this clinic scored 65.6/100 for transparency, reputation, service accessibility, and digital visibility.
Overall rank: #8 of 11 ranked clinics · Last checked: 25 August 2026
Positions by Rating Profile
- Overall Transparency & Trust#865.6/100
- Best for Expats#961.3/100
- Best for Dental Implants#665/100
- Best for Emergency Dental Care#769.8/100
- Best Price Transparency#942.6/100
- Best English-speaking Clinics#863/100
- Best for Families / Children#871.4/100
- 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 Conscious sedation (sedação consciente) offered as an anxiety-control alternative alongside anesthesia; no mention of general anaesthesia/deep sedation. [sao-dente-sedation]
Summary
Multidisciplinary dental clinic in central Lisbon offering emergency care (9am–7pm), CBCT imaging and a pediatric line (São Dente Kids), with an English-language site. Publishes registration/licence numbers.
Strengths
- Information Transparency: 18 of 20 points.
- Reputation & Reviews: 17.5 of 20 points.
- Medical Infrastructure: 15 of 15 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)
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 Prof. Maria Cristina de Faria Teixeira, Ph.D. (Orthodontics) named. [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.
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 [sao-dente-refresh] | 5/6 |
| ◐ | Google review volume [sao-dente-refresh] | 2/3 |
| ✓ | Review recency [sao-dente-refresh] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Clinic responds to reviews The owner replies to reviews on Google: 4 of the 10 reviews read carry an owner reply, 1 of them to reviews from the last 12 months; the latest reply is dated 2025-10-15 (to a review of 2025-10-14). [sao-dente-deepen] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | No recurring complaints Three of the five lowest-rated Google reviews complain about orthodontic treatment, but all date from 2021-12 to 2023-06 and are not repeated in the last 24 months; the two newer ones raise different issues (an invoice dispute, a phone refusal to quote prices); 1–2★ are 7.7 % of 130 (1★ 8 / 2★ 2 / 3★ 2 / 4★ 1 / 5★ 117). [sao-dente-deepen] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | No suspicious review patterns The 10 Google reviews read (dated 2021-12-14 to 2026-09-28, from accounts with 1–33 reviews) show no burst of five-star reviews and no repeated opening wording; star histogram 1★ 8 / 2★ 2 / 3★ 2 / 4★ 1 / 5★ 117. [sao-dente-deepen] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Active Facebook presence [s1] | 1/1 |
| ? | TripAdvisor presence | 0/0.5 |
| ✓ | Other review platforms [s2] | 0.5/0.5 |
Medical Infrastructure
The range of publicly documented equipment and services. This measures documented availability, not clinical quality.
Communication & Service
How easy it is to contact the clinic, get answers, and book - especially for international patients.
AI & Search Visibility
Whether the clinic is discoverable when patients search - including via AI assistants. Checked with fixed queries: "best dentist Lisbon", "English speaking dentist Lisbon", "dental implants Lisbon", "emergency dentist Lisbon", "Lisbon dental clinic for expats".
| ? | Mentioned for: best dentist Lisbon | 0/1 |
| ? | Mentioned for: English speaking dentist Lisbon | 0/1 |
| ? | Mentioned for: dental implants Lisbon | 0/1 |
| ✓ | Mentioned for: emergency dentist Lisbon [sq] | 1/1 |
| ? | Mentioned for: Lisbon dental clinic for expats | 0/1 |
| ✓ | Structured data on website JSON-LD on the homepage declares the type Organization (alongside Place, WebSite). [sao-dente-r6s3] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ? | Google indexing quality | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Dedicated service pages [s3] | 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 Dentária de Lisboa (CDL)33 of 100View report →
- #2Mint Dental Clinic (Clínica Mint)24.9 of 100View report →
- #3IAD - International Advanced Dentistry23.1 of 100View report →
Measured by Ansmeter, 7 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: Registo N.º 24931 / Estab. E126865; Lic. N.º 9987/2015 (Registration/establishment and licence numbers published on the site.) [s1]
Dentists & professional licences
| Dentist | Specialization | Licence No. |
|---|---|---|
| Prof. Maria Cristina de Faria Teixeira, Ph.D. [s1] [sao-dente-doclic] | Orthodontics | 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
- Information Transparency: Real clinic photos
- Reputation & Reviews: TripAdvisor presence
- Communication & Service: Response speed
- Communication & Service: Pre-visit consultation possible
- Communication & Service: Clear service explanations
- Communication & Service: Convenient opening hours
- AI & Search Visibility: Mentioned for: best dentist Lisbon
- AI & Search Visibility: Mentioned for: English speaking dentist Lisbon
- AI & Search Visibility: Mentioned for: dental implants Lisbon
- AI & Search Visibility: Mentioned for: Lisbon 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://saodente.pt/en/ |
|---|---|
| Phone | +351 213 970 096 |
| +351 965 479 515 | |
| https://www.facebook.com/ClinicaSaoDente | |
| Google Maps | Map listing |
| Address | Rua Borges Carneiro, 20B, 1200-619 Lisboa |
Contact details are provided for identification only and may change; verify with the clinic directly.
Sources
| ID | Source | What it supports | Accessed |
|---|---|---|---|
| s1 | https://saodente.pt/en/ | Name, address, phone, email, WhatsApp, Facebook, Google Maps, registration/licence, services, CBCT, English | 2026-07-12 |
| s2 | https://www.whatclinic.com/dentists/portugal/lisbon/clinica-sao-dente | Listed on third-party review platform | 2026-07-12 |
| s3 | https://saodente.pt/en/emergencies/ | Dedicated emergency service page (9am–7pm) | 2026-07-12 |
| sq | search:emergency dentist Lisbon | AI/search visibility scout 2026-07-12 | 2026-07-12 |
| sao-dente-refresh | https://www.google.com/maps/place/Cl%C3%ADnica+S%C3%A3o+Dente/@38.7… | most recent review 1 month ago (as of 2026-08-25) | 2026-08-25 |
| sao-dente-sedation | https://saodente.pt/clinica-dentaria-sao-dente/tecnologia-avancada/ | "Além da anestesia, a sedação consciente é uma alternativa para combater a ansiedade durante a consulta" | 2026-08-25 |
| sao-dente-doclic | https://www.omd.pt/pesquisa-de-medicos-dentistas/ | searched (2026-08-25): 'Maria Cristina de Faria Teixeira' (20 broad fuzzy matches, none an exact match), 'Cristina Faria Teixeira' and 'Faria Teixeira' (both returned only 'Cristina Teixeira', domicílio profissional Braganca/Mirandela - geographically inconsistent with a Lisboa clinic and missing 'Faria'); no confirmed match found -> null | 2026-08-25 |
| sao-dente-r6s3 | https://saodente.pt/en/ | Homepage HTML read on 2026-10-02: JSON-LD types Place, Organization, WebSite, ImageObject, WebPage, Person, Article | 2026-10-02 |
| sao-dente-deepen | https://www.google.com/maps?cid=691705289549434362&hl=en | Google listing "Clínica São Dente" (Dental clinic, Cosmetic dentist, Dental implants periodontist), read 2026-10-02 in two review orders (the five lowest-rated and the five newest): rated 4.7 from 130 reviews (1★ 8 / 2★ 2 / 3★ 2 / 4★ 1 / 5★ 117); 10 distinct reviews read, dated 2021-12-14 to 2026-09-28, 4 with an owner reply | 2026-10-02 |
Change History
| Date | Change |
|---|---|
| 2026-10-02 | Read the clinic's Google listing on 2026-10-02 (its lowest-rated and newest reviews with the star histogram): the owner replies to reviews; no repeated complaint; no sign of manipulated reviews. |
| 2026-10-02 | Read the clinic's own website (homepage, robots.txt, sitemap and service pages) for site structure: business structured data present. |
| 2026-08-25 | License verification 2026-08-25: clinic's own clinicLicense already on file (Registo N.o 24931 / Estab. E126865) so no clinic lookup performed. Named dentist Prof. Maria Cristina de Faria Teixeira could not be confidently matched in OMD across several name-variant searches; recorded null (not false) given ambiguity. |
| 2026-08-25 | Recorded sedation / general anaesthesia availability (informational): not documented in public sources. Conscious sedation (sedação consciente) offered as an anxiety-control alternative alongside anesthesia; no mention of general anaesthesia/deep sedation. |
| 2026-08-25 | Re-verification 2026-08-25: confirmed website live, address and phone unchanged, not permanently closed; recorded Google rating 4.7 (125 reviews), coordinates, and reviewRecency for the first time. |
| 2026-07-12 | Initial data collection. |
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