Changelog
Every data update, correction, and methodology change is logged here and in each clinic's own change history. The rating updates whenever the underlying public data changes.
| Date | Subject | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-02 | MALO CLINIC Lisboa | Checked TripAdvisor on 2026-10-02: the only Malo Clinic listing in Lisbon is the group's beauty and spa unit, not the dental clinic. |
| 2026-10-01 | Bellas Dental | Other review platforms: the DocDental profile was re-read; its own review section has no reviews yet (the rating at the top of the page is not from DocDental), and the note now says so. |
| 2026-10-01 | Clínica Caniço | Other review platforms: now cited to the clinic's own DocDental profile (no DocDental reviews yet); the Fada do Dente page, which repeats the Google rating, no longer counts here. |
| 2026-10-01 | Clínica Mais Dental – Centro Avançado de Implantologia | Re-read the clinic's Google listing and searched TripAdvisor, WhatClinic, DocDental and Fada do Dente on 2026-09-30 and 2026-10-01: recurring-complaints check and presence on other review platforms reset to unassessed, as the earlier values rested on search results and the 13 Google reviews are too few to judge. |
| 2026-10-01 | Clínica Mais Dental – Centro Avançado de Implantologia | Presence on other review platforms re-read: no profile on WhatClinic, DocDental, Trustpilot or Dental Departures, and the earlier Doctoralia listing cannot be confirmed, so this criterion is now no. |
| 2026-10-01 | Dental House – Clínica de Medicina Dentária | Other review platforms: the Fada do Dente page was dropped as evidence (it repeats the Google rating and holds no reviews of its own); the DocDental profile with one review of its own remains. |
| 2026-10-01 | MALO CLINIC Coimbra | Re-read the clinic's Google listing on 2026-09-30: recurring-complaints check reset to unassessed, as the earlier value rested on search results and the three one-star reviews among 23 each raise a different matter. |
| 2026-10-01 | MALO CLINIC Coimbra | Other review platforms: the DocDental profile was re-read; its own review section has no reviews yet (the rating at the top of the page is not from DocDental), and the note now says so. |
| 2026-10-01 | XL Smile – Clínica Dentária | Re-read the clinic's Google listing and searched TripAdvisor, WhatClinic, DocDental and Fada do Dente on 2026-09-30 and 2026-10-01: suspicious-review check and presence on other review platforms reset to unassessed, as the earlier values rested on search results; no complaint pattern recorded from Google. |
| 2026-10-01 | XL Smile – Clínica Dentária | Presence on other review platforms re-read: no profile on WhatClinic, DocDental, Trustpilot or Dental Departures, and the earlier Doctoralia listing cannot be confirmed, so this criterion is now no. |
| 2026-09-30 | Clínica Médico Dentária Peter Nielsen Lda | The clinic's site (home, about and team pages) links LinkedIn and WhatsApp but no Facebook page. Searched Facebook by the clinic's name, its trading name and its phone number; none of the searches found a page. Recorded absence on Facebook. |
| 2026-09-30 | Clínica Médico Dentária Peter Nielsen Lda | Re-read the clinic's website in full on 2026-09-30: English website version corrected to absent, as every page is in Portuguese (the earlier value rested on a directory listing); the two further dentists and the OMD numbers on the clinic's team page are now reflected in the summary and notes. |
| 2026-09-30 | GREENMED Clinic | Re-read the clinic's website (every page, in four languages) and its Facebook page (every post of the past year) on 2026-09-30: published prices and the crown, implant and consultation prices corrected to not published, as neither channel gives a price (the earlier values rested on a directory listing); cleaning, filling and X-ray prices recorded as not published; the Facebook page linked from the website no longer exists, and the clinic's current page, GreenMedClinicfaro, is recorded. |
| 2026-09-30 | Origem Dental Clinic | Re-read the clinic's website (every page), its Facebook page (every post of the past year) and its Google listing on 2026-09-30: published prices and the cleaning, filling, consultation and X-ray prices corrected to not published, as the website gives no price and says quotes are given after an evaluation, and the Facebook page gives none (the earlier values rested on a directory listing); the summary no longer states a price list; opening hours now rest on the clinic's Google listing. |
| 2026-09-29 | Bellas Dental | Corrected 2026-09-29: review recency within 3 months (newest review dated 2026-09-21). |
| 2026-09-29 | Clínica Caniço | Corrected 2026-09-29: owner replies to reviews confirmed on the Google listing (owner reply dated 2026-09-25). |
| 2026-09-29 | Clínica Delille – Medicina Dentária e Implantologia | Corrected 2026-09-29: review recency within 3 months (newest review dated 2026-09-24). |
| 2026-09-29 | Clínica Médico Dentária Peter Nielsen Lda | Corrected 2026-09-29: review recency within a year (newest review dated 2026-06-23). |
| 2026-09-29 | Dental Fusion Clinics - Faro | Corrected 2026-09-29: review recency within 3 months (newest review dated 2026-07-12). |
| 2026-09-29 | Impress Porto | Re-read the clinic's own website and public listings on 2026-09-29. Recorded: pricesPublished. |
| 2026-09-29 | MALO CLINIC Coimbra | Corrected 2026-09-29: review recency within 3 months (newest review dated 2026-09-25). |
| 2026-09-29 | Oral XXI - Clínica Médica e Dentária | Corrected 2026-09-29: review recency within 3 months (newest review dated 2026-09-21). |
| 2026-09-29 | Origem Dental Clinic | Corrected 2026-09-29: review recency within 3 months (newest review dated 2026-09-16); owner replies to reviews confirmed on the Google listing (owner reply dated 2026-09-18). |
| 2026-09-24 | Bellas Dental | Re-read on 2026-09-24: the clinic's full bilingual site (all six service pages, services listing, contacts) and its Google listing. Recorded: genuine branded reception photos on the Google listing (the website itself uses stock imagery); implant placement documented as a surgical procedure; English-language site and materials throughout; weekday-only hours ending before 19:00 with no weekend opening. No WhatsApp contact, no pediatric or emergency care documented, and no prices published for cleaning, fillings, crowns, implants, consultation or X-ray — every service ends in a quote request. Google rating steady at 4.2, now from 37 reviews; recurring complaints about high or unexpected prices appear across multiple independent reviews, alongside frequent owner replies and a rating distribution with no signs of manipulation. Still unverified: TripAdvisor presence, CBCT, online pre-consultation with a treatment estimate. |
| 2026-09-24 | Clínica Delille – Medicina Dentária e Implantologia | Re-read on 2026-09-24: the clinic's team, surgery, implants, first-consultation and hygiene pages (no dedicated price page exists on the site) and its Google listing. Recorded: genuine clinic gallery and named-staff photos; on-site digital panoramic X-ray and CBCT for implant planning; a WhatsApp contact widget; English listed among the languages spoken by several dentists on the clinic's own team page. No prices found for cleaning, filling, crowns, implants, consultation or X-ray on any checked page. Google rating steady at 4.9, now from 439 reviews, with recent owner replies to critical reviews. Still unverified: whether the clinic works with international patients beyond its multilingual staff. |
| 2026-09-24 | Clínica Dentária de Lisboa (CDL) | Re-read on 2026-09-24: the clinic's website (team, technology, implant/veneer/prosthesis price pages, FAQ, full page sitemap) and its Google listing. Recorded: named dentists and staff photos; implant price published (600-900 EUR/tooth) with veneer and full-arch prosthesis prices, a definitive crown price range and a 1 EUR check-up consultation, but no cleaning, filling or x-ray price; CBCT and children's orthodontics offered; online consultation request available; service pages explain procedures; structured business data present on the site. Google listing: owner replies to reviews; two reviews describe an unresolved problem after treatment; no signs of manipulated reviews. Not found on TripAdvisor. Still unverified: plain/panoramic x-ray equipment. |
| 2026-09-24 | Clínica Dentária de Lisboa (CDL) | Search visibility checked on 2026-09-24 for the two pending Lisbon queries — "best dentist Lisbon" and "dental implants Lisbon": present for "best dentist Lisbon"; not present for "dental implants Lisbon". |
| 2026-09-24 | Clínica Dentária de Lisboa (CDL) | Aligned with the clinic's entry on lisbondentalrating.com: recorded General anaesthesia / deep sedation (sleep dentistry) (no) from sources read on 2026-08-25. |
| 2026-09-24 | Clínica Jorge Moura (Jorge Moura Dental Centre) | Re-read on 2026-09-24: the clinic's website (homepage, pediatric dentistry page) and its Google listing. Recorded: no English version, a dedicated pediatric dentistry page, an online contact form, and no TripAdvisor listing. Emergency care and weekday closing time past 19:00 are documented via the clinic's Google Business Profile (the website is silent on both, and doesn't contradict them). Google listing unchanged at 231 reviews (4.9), newest review from spring 2026; the five low reviews cover different issues, not a repeated theme. Still unverified: whether the clinic replies to reviews (none of the twelve reviews read show an owner reply), on-site X-ray/CBCT equipment, English-speaking staff and work with international patients (none documented on the site). |
| 2026-09-24 | Clínica Jorge Moura (Jorge Moura Dental Centre) | Search visibility checked on 2026-09-24 for five Porto, Portugal queries — "best dentist Porto, Portugal", "English speaking dentist Porto, Portugal", "dental implants Porto, Portugal", "emergency dentist Porto, Portugal" and "Porto, Portugal dental clinic for expats": not present for "best dentist Porto, Portugal", "English speaking dentist Porto, Portugal", "dental implants Porto, Portugal", "emergency dentist Porto, Portugal" and "Porto, Portugal dental clinic for expats". |
| 2026-09-24 | Clínica Mais Dental – Centro Avançado de Implantologia | Re-read on 2026-09-24: the clinic's about, contact and all nine service pages (implantology, oral surgery, restorative dentistry, etc.), and its Google listing. Recorded: genuine premises and named-staff photos; structured business data present. A WhatsApp contact is published; no imaging/equipment description anywhere on the site, and no prices published for cleaning, fillings, crowns, implants, consultation or X-ray. Google rating steady at 4.2 from 13 reviews, with owner replies to both positive and critical reviews. Still unverified: X-ray/CBCT equipment, emergency care, international-patient services, English-speaking staff, online pre-consultation. |
| 2026-09-24 | Clínica Médica Dentária de Merelim | Re-read on 2026-09-24: the clinic's full website (services, technology, facilities and booking pages) and its Google listing. Recorded: genuine premises and named-staff photos; in-house digital panoramic X-ray; daily urgent-care appointments including after-hours phone contact; evening hours on weekdays; structured business data present. Google rating steady at 4.9, now from 523 reviews, with a recent owner reply. Still unverified: TripAdvisor presence, CBCT, international-patient services, English-speaking staff (only one review mentions it), online pre-consultation. |
| 2026-09-24 | Clínica Médico Dentária Peter Nielsen Lda | Re-read on 2026-09-24: the clinic's full itemised price list, treatments overview, about and team pages, and its Google listing. Recorded: a genuine storefront photo; a detailed published price list covering cleaning, fillings, crowns, implants, X-ray and CBCT, an emergency consultation, and pediatric items; CBCT and same-day emergency care confirmed through the price list itself; no structured data and no individual service pages (one general treatments overview). Google rating steady at 4.8 from 19 reviews; no owner replies found among the reviews read. Still unverified: TripAdvisor presence, a Facebook page, whether the clinic responds to reviews beyond the sample read. Corrected: the published price list (first consultation 80 EUR) contradicts the earlier no-price-list record. |
| 2026-09-24 | Clínica Prisma – Clínica Médica e Dentária | Re-read on 2026-09-24: the clinic's about, team and all nine dedicated service pages, and its Google listing. Recorded: a genuine photo of the waiting area; X-ray used diagnostically; implant surgery and urgent pediatric trauma evaluation documented; nine distinct, substantive service pages; structured business data present. No WhatsApp contact found (phone and email only) and no prices published for fillings, crowns, implants, consultation or X-ray — all quoted individually after examination. Google rating steady at 4.9, now from 120 reviews, with an owner reply on record. Still unverified: CBCT, English-speaking staff, online pre-consultation. |
| 2026-09-24 | Clínica Prof. Machado Capelas - Medicina Dentária | Re-read on 2026-09-24: the clinic's website (team, implantology, oral surgery, contact and booking pages) and its Google listing. Recorded: a full team of named dentists, radiographic and CT imaging used for implant planning, implantology and oral surgery offered, an online booking form, Saturday and evening hours, no structured business data, and no TripAdvisor listing. Google listing now shows 452 reviews (5.0), newest 2026-09-22, with owner replies; the four low reviews cover different, unrelated issues. Still unverified: emergency appointments (not listed among the clinical areas, though a patient testimonial on the homepage mentions urgent care), English-speaking staff and work with international patients (several travellers' reviews describe being seen quickly and served in English, but the clinic's own pages make no such statement). |
| 2026-09-24 | Clínica Prof. Machado Capelas - Medicina Dentária | Search visibility checked on 2026-09-24 for five Porto, Portugal queries — "best dentist Porto, Portugal", "English speaking dentist Porto, Portugal", "dental implants Porto, Portugal", "emergency dentist Porto, Portugal" and "Porto, Portugal dental clinic for expats": not present for "best dentist Porto, Portugal", "English speaking dentist Porto, Portugal", "dental implants Porto, Portugal", "emergency dentist Porto, Portugal" and "Porto, Portugal dental clinic for expats". |
| 2026-09-24 | Dental Fusion Clinics - Faro | Re-read on 2026-09-24: the clinic's implantology, prosthetics, hygiene, dentistry, imaging, financing, hours and contact pages for both the Faro and Tavira branches, and its Google listing. Recorded: genuine clinical-team and doctor photos; evening and Saturday-morning hours. No WhatsApp contact and no prices published for cleaning, fillings, crowns, implants, consultation or X-ray. The full specialty list has no emergency/urgent-care category. Google rating steady at 4.3 from 100 reviews, with owner replies to critical reviews and a natural rating spread showing no signs of manipulation. Still unverified: TripAdvisor presence, online pre-consultation with a treatment estimate. |
| 2026-09-24 | Dental House – Clínica de Medicina Dentária | Re-read on 2026-09-24: the clinic's imaging, implants, surgery, prosthetics, restorative and contact pages, its photo gallery, and its Google listing. Recorded: a professionally photographed premises gallery; in-house CBCT; twelve distinct, substantive specialty pages; structured business data present. No WhatsApp contact and no prices published for cleaning, fillings, crowns, implants, consultation or X-ray. The full treatments menu has no emergency/urgent-care category. Google rating steady at 5.0, now from 221 reviews, with frequent, very recent owner replies. Still unverified: international-patient services, English-speaking staff, online pre-consultation. |
| 2026-09-24 | Gambelas Smile Clinic | Re-read on 2026-09-24: the clinic's imaging, implantology, crowns, restorative, hygiene, consultation and contact pages, its about page, and its Google listing. Recorded: genuine branded staff photos in a real treatment room; CBCT for diagnosis and implant planning; over two dozen distinct, substantive treatment pages; structured business data present. No prices published for cleaning, fillings, crowns, implants, consultation or X-ray on any checked page. Google rating steady at 4.9, now from 127 reviews, with recent owner replies to critical reviews and no clear signs of manipulated reviews. Still unverified: TripAdvisor presence, online pre-consultation with a treatment estimate. |
| 2026-09-24 | Impress Porto | Re-read on 2026-09-24: the clinic's website (Porto clinic and pricing pages) and its Google listing. Recorded: child orthodontics offered, no oral surgery and no emergency wording, weekday-evening and Saturday hours, a Facebook link, no dentist individually named, and no TripAdvisor listing. Four independent reviews about long delays getting appointments or aligner follow-up are recorded as a recurring complaint. Google listing now shows 2,728 reviews (4.9), newest 2026-09-23, with owner replies to negative reviews. Still unverified: on-site X-ray/CBCT equipment (the clinic's own pages do not describe any imaging equipment) and whether prices are published beyond the entry-level aligner plan (1,920 €). |
| 2026-09-24 | Impress Porto | Search visibility checked on 2026-09-24 for five Porto, Portugal queries — "best dentist Porto, Portugal", "English speaking dentist Porto, Portugal", "dental implants Porto, Portugal", "emergency dentist Porto, Portugal" and "Porto, Portugal dental clinic for expats": not present for "best dentist Porto, Portugal", "English speaking dentist Porto, Portugal", "dental implants Porto, Portugal", "emergency dentist Porto, Portugal" and "Porto, Portugal dental clinic for expats". |
| 2026-09-24 | Instituto AreLuna | Re-read on 2026-09-24: the clinic's website (treatments, contact and dental-tourism pages) and its Google listing. Recorded: an emergency-consultation option on the contact form, a multilingual team including English, an online consultation request, and no TripAdvisor listing. On-site X-ray is documented via the clinic's Google Business Profile category. Low reviews repeating a complaint about pricing are recorded as a recurring complaint. Google listing now shows 537 reviews (4.9), newest 2026-09-23, with owner replies, including to negative reviews. Still unverified: an on-site CBCT/3D scanner (the site's "3D digital scan" wording for guided implant surgery does not name the equipment) and the review pattern (many recent reviews come from accounts with a single review). |
| 2026-09-24 | Instituto AreLuna | Search visibility checked on 2026-09-24 for five Porto, Portugal queries — "best dentist Porto, Portugal", "English speaking dentist Porto, Portugal", "dental implants Porto, Portugal", "emergency dentist Porto, Portugal" and "Porto, Portugal dental clinic for expats": not present for "best dentist Porto, Portugal", "English speaking dentist Porto, Portugal", "dental implants Porto, Portugal", "emergency dentist Porto, Portugal" and "Porto, Portugal dental clinic for expats". |
| 2026-09-24 | MALO CLINIC Coimbra | Re-read on 2026-09-24: the clinic's Coimbra branch page, the group's dated national price list, its emergency, implants, crowns, check-up and root-canal pages, and its Google listing. Recorded: a genuine reception photo with the clinic's signage; CBCT and panoramic X-ray for diagnosis; a Facebook page linked from the site. Corrected: the group publishes a dated, itemised price list (hygiene 99 EUR, dental evaluation consultation 95 EUR, emergency consultation 98 EUR, whitening, etc.), contradicting the previous "no price list" record; fillings, crowns, implants and X-ray remain quoted individually rather than itemised. Google rating steady at 4.4, now from 21 reviews, with an owner reply on record. Still unverified: online pre-consultation. |
| 2026-09-24 | MALO CLINIC Lisboa | Re-read on 2026-09-24: the clinic's website (team, digital workflow technology page, Lisbon clinic page) and its Google listing. Recorded: named dentists; CBCT and panoramic x-ray as standard same-visit imaging; a link to the clinic's Facebook page; no WhatsApp; detailed explanation of the digital planning process; no structured business data. Google listing: templated owner replies to negative reviews; four reviews describe scheduling and communication failures; no signs of manipulated reviews. TripAdvisor presence unconfirmed: a MALO CLINIC listing at the same address could not be read. Still unverified: an online consultation-booking mechanism beyond phone/email. Corrected: the group's own price table lists hygiene at 99 EUR and the evaluation consultation at 95 EUR, contradicting the previous no-prices record. Google rating updated to 4.4 from 246 reviews. |
| 2026-09-24 | MALO CLINIC Lisboa | Search visibility checked on 2026-09-24 for the three pending Lisbon queries — "English speaking dentist Lisbon", "emergency dentist Lisbon" and "Lisbon dental clinic for expats": not present for "English speaking dentist Lisbon", "emergency dentist Lisbon" and "Lisbon dental clinic for expats". |
| 2026-09-24 | MALO CLINIC Lisboa | Aligned with the clinic's entry on lisbondentalrating.com: recorded General anaesthesia / deep sedation (sleep dentistry) (no) from sources read on 2026-08-25. |
| 2026-09-24 | Medibracara – Clínica Dentária | Re-read on 2026-09-24: the clinic's website (full site, all service pages, team and contact pages, Portuguese only) and its Google listing. Recorded: genuine premises and staff photos; oral surgery, pediatric dentistry, emergency care and treatment planning for patients living abroad documented; structured business data present; Google 4.8 from 103 reviews with a recent owner reply. Corrected: prices are not published on any page today (cleaning, filling, crown, implant, consultation, X-ray all unlisted), contradicting the previous general-prices record. Still unverified: TripAdvisor presence, review-pattern signals, English-speaking staff, online pre-consultation. |
| 2026-09-24 | Molar Clinic | Re-read on 2026-09-24: the clinic's website (about/equipment, treatments and contact pages) and its Google listing. Recorded: on-site digital X-ray and a CT/CBCT scanner, no emergency wording, an online consultation-booking form, and no TripAdvisor listing. Low reviews describing treatment that failed and had to be redone are recorded as a recurring complaint. Google listing now shows 433 reviews (4.9), newest 2026-09-18, with owner replies to both positive and negative reviews. Still unverified: English-speaking staff and work with international patients (not documented on the clinic's own site), and the review pattern (one low review alleges a discount offered for a five-star review, which the clinic denies). |
| 2026-09-24 | Molar Clinic | Search visibility checked on 2026-09-24 for five Porto, Portugal queries — "best dentist Porto, Portugal", "English speaking dentist Porto, Portugal", "dental implants Porto, Portugal", "emergency dentist Porto, Portugal" and "Porto, Portugal dental clinic for expats": not present for "best dentist Porto, Portugal", "English speaking dentist Porto, Portugal", "dental implants Porto, Portugal", "emergency dentist Porto, Portugal" and "Porto, Portugal dental clinic for expats". |
| 2026-09-24 | Oral XXI - Clínica Médica e Dentária | Re-read on 2026-09-24: the clinic's website (implants page, promotions page, booking page, full site sitemap) and its Google listing. Recorded: no English version; no filling, crown, implant or x-ray price found; WhatsApp available; online booking form; detailed implant-procedure explanation; emergency service documented via the Google profile's own category; no structured business data. Google listing: owner replies to every recent low review; three reviews describe long waits past the scheduled time; no signs of manipulated reviews. Not found on TripAdvisor. |
| 2026-09-24 | Oral XXI - Clínica Médica e Dentária | Search visibility checked on 2026-09-24 for the five pending Lisbon queries — "best dentist Lisbon", "English speaking dentist Lisbon", "dental implants Lisbon", "emergency dentist Lisbon" and "Lisbon dental clinic for expats": not present for "best dentist Lisbon", "English speaking dentist Lisbon", "dental implants Lisbon", "emergency dentist Lisbon" and "Lisbon dental clinic for expats". |
| 2026-09-24 | OralMED Braga | Re-read on 2026-09-24: the clinic's OralMED Braga page, the group's general and implantology pages, and its Google listing. Recorded: a genuine reception photo on the Google listing; on-site panoramic X-ray; implant surgery documented; a WhatsApp contact line; a free online checkup that gives an immediate preliminary diagnosis; plain-language service explanations. Google rating updated to 4.1 from 59 reviews, with recent owner replies to critical reviews and no signs of manipulated reviews. Still unverified: TripAdvisor presence, CBCT, emergency/same-day care, international-patient services, English-speaking staff. |
| 2026-09-24 | XL Smile – Clínica Dentária | Re-read on 2026-09-24: the clinic's team, surgery, implants, restorative, preventive and prosthetics pages, and both branches' contact details, plus its Google listing. Recorded: a genuine team photo; oral surgery (impacted-tooth extraction) documented. A WhatsApp contact button on every page; no prices published for cleaning, fillings, crowns, implants, consultation or X-ray on either branch's pages. Google rating steady at 4.8 from 24 reviews; no owner replies found among the reviews read. Still unverified: CBCT, emergency care, international-patient services, English-speaking staff, online pre-consultation. |
| 2026-09-10 | Clínica Caniço | Name-verification pass 2026-09-10: Dr. Bernardo Machado and Dra. Carla Veloso confirmed via the clinic's own team page (https://clinicacanico.pt/melhor-clinica-dentaria-em-braga/#equipa), a URL not fetched in the original check. Source added per doctor; license values left exactly as on record (both null). |
| 2026-09-10 | Clínica Delille – Medicina Dentária e Implantologia | Name-verification pass 2026-09-10: Dra. Margarida Carvalho and Dra. Ana Roseiro confirmed via the clinic's own team page (https://clinicadelille.pt/clinica/, linked from the homepage as "#equipa" but not itself fetched in the original check). Source added per doctor; license values left exactly as on record (both OMD numbers, unchanged). |
| 2026-09-10 | Clínica Jorge Moura (Jorge Moura Dental Centre) | Name-verification write-back 2026-09-10: 2 dentists confirmed on the clinic's own site https://clinicajorgemoura.constantcircle.co/; sources added. |
| 2026-09-10 | Clínica Mais Dental – Centro Avançado de Implantologia | Licence cell rewritten to the identifier form the twin city cards use: "Cédula profissional NNNNN (Ordem dos Médicos Dentistas)" becomes "OMD NNNNN". Same number, same register, same reading — on instituto-areluna the twin card porto-dental already published exactly "OMD 11845" for the number this card wrote out in full. The long form also ran one character past the width the clinic template pins an identifier at, so it was being laid out as prose. The original text is kept in the row's internal research note. |
| 2026-09-10 | Clínica Médica Dentária de Merelim | Name-verification pass 2026-09-10: 6 of 7 previously no-match dentists confirmed via the clinic's own homepage image-alt captions (https://clinicamdmerelim.pt/), which the automated text-only re-scan does not read. The 7th, "Dr. Alberto", was checked against the same full alt-text roster (9 named staff: 6 confirmed dentists above plus hygienist Marlene Silva and an unlisted 9th dentist "Dr.André Costa") and is not present under any spelling; reported separately to per the two-negative rule (own-site read alone is not sufficient to remove). Source added per doctor; license values left exactly as on record. |
| 2026-09-10 | Clínica Médica Dentária de Merelim | Licence cell rewritten to the identifier form the twin city cards use: "Cédula profissional NNNNN (Ordem dos Médicos Dentistas)" becomes "OMD NNNNN". Same number, same register, same reading — on instituto-areluna the twin card porto-dental already published exactly "OMD 11845" for the number this card wrote out in full. The long form also ran one character past the width the clinic template pins an identifier at, so it was being laid out as prose. The original text is kept in the row's internal research note. |
| 2026-09-10 | Gambelas Smile Clinic | Name-verification write-back 2026-09-10: 6 dentists confirmed on the clinic's own roster page https://www.gambelassmileclinic.com/pt/equipa/; sources added. |
| 2026-09-10 | Gambelas Smile Clinic | Name-verification pass 2026-09-10: all 6 previously no-match dentists confirmed via the clinic's own "Equipa" page (https://www.gambelassmileclinic.com/pt/equipa/), a URL not fetched in the original check (only /pt/ was fetched). Source added per doctor; license values left exactly as on record. |
| 2026-09-10 | GREENMED Clinic | Name-verification pass 2026-09-10: Dr. Nádia Alves and Dr. Marcelo Carvalho confirmed via the clinic's own "Clinical Staff" page (/en-gb/corpo-clínico), reached via a nav link the original A-1 read (which fetched /en-gb/, /services twice, and /about) did not follow. Source added per doctor; license values left exactly as on record (both null). |
| 2026-09-10 | Instituto AreLuna | Licence cell rewritten to the identifier form the twin city cards use: "Cédula profissional NNNNN (Ordem dos Médicos Dentistas)" becomes "OMD NNNNN". Same number, same register, same reading — on instituto-areluna the twin card porto-dental already published exactly "OMD 11845" for the number this card wrote out in full. The long form also ran one character past the width the clinic template pins an identifier at, so it was being laid out as prose. The original text is kept in the row's internal research note. |
| 2026-09-10 | Instituto AreLuna | Twin parity (porto-dental / portugal-dental publish the same clinic): 3 dentist row(s) that this card left unchecked now carry the licence number the twin card recorded for the same person, together with the twin's own source and its reading. Both cards cite the clinic's own site for this card's dentists, and these three numbers are what that site publishes; the fourth dentist's number, which this card already held from the OMD register, agrees with the site's number for her exactly. |
| 2026-09-10 | Medibracara – Clínica Dentária | Licence cell rewritten to the identifier form the twin city cards use: "Cédula profissional NNNNN (Ordem dos Médicos Dentistas)" becomes "OMD NNNNN". Same number, same register, same reading — on instituto-areluna the twin card porto-dental already published exactly "OMD 11845" for the number this card wrote out in full. The long form also ran one character past the width the clinic template pins an identifier at, so it was being laid out as prose. The original text is kept in the row's internal research note. |
| 2026-09-10 | Oral XXI - Clínica Médica e Dentária | Licence cell rewritten to the identifier form the twin city cards use: "Cédula profissional NNNNN (Ordem dos Médicos Dentistas)" becomes "OMD NNNNN". Same number, same register, same reading — on instituto-areluna the twin card porto-dental already published exactly "OMD 11845" for the number this card wrote out in full. The long form also ran one character past the width the clinic template pins an identifier at, so it was being laid out as prose. The original text is kept in the row's internal research note. |
| 2026-09-10 | Origem Dental Clinic | Name-verification pass 2026-09-10: Dra. Pamela Mertens and Dr. André Rebolo confirmed via the clinic's own "Clínica" team page (https://www.origemdentalclinic.pt/clinica), not previously fetched. Source added per doctor; license values left exactly as on record (both null). |
| 2026-09-10 | XL Smile – Clínica Dentária | Name-verification pass 2026-09-10: all 3 previously no-match dentists confirmed by re-reading the clinic's own "Equipa" page (https://www.xlsmile.pt/equipa) in full — the homepage-only fetch the original A-1 read captured only summarised the team as photo/name tiles without the specialization text this page carries. Source added per doctor; license values left exactly as on record. |
| 2026-09-07 | Dental Fusion Clinics - Faro | opaque_prices flag reviewed under methodology v1.4.0 and kept: the note hints at opacity but cites nothing verifiable, so it is annotated for re-verification at the next check. |
| 2026-09-07 | Dental Fusion Clinics - Faro | Opaque_prices flag removed under methodology v1.4.0 (no citable evidence found on re-verification 2026-09-07: the clinic's own EN and PT sites, its testimonials page and its financing page publish no prices and no teaser price; the €64 X-ray report traces only to a 2026-08-18 search snippet with no citable URL, and the docdental.pt profile carries a rating and no review text. Google reviews are not readable by automated fetch). |
| 2026-09-07 | Methodology 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 | Methodology 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. |
| 2026-08-26 | Clínica Médico Dentária Peter Nielsen Lda | 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 [http://www.algarve-portal.com/detail.php?p=30&id=43]: http://www.algarve-portal.com/detail.php?p=30&id=43 (attempt1: HTTP 500; attempt2 (+30s): HTTP 500, other->stable-dead on recheck) |
| 2026-08-26 | MALO CLINIC Coimbra | 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://www.maloclinics.com/en/malo-clinic-coimbra-en]: https://www.maloclinics.com/en/malo-clinic-coimbra-en (HTTP 404, rotten) |
| 2026-08-26 | MALO CLINIC Coimbra | Link-rot re-check 2026-08-26 (round 2): s2 (maloclinics.com/en/malo-clinic-coimbra-en) re-confirmed dead (HTTP 404, site restructured). Located the current live page at https://www.maloclinics.com/en/clinics/coimbra (found via the MALO Clinic clinics directory), fetched and verified it shows the same clinic (same address, same phone numbers, English content, dental-tourism/international-patient orientation). Re-cited all three facts that depended on s2 to the new URL and pruned the old one. |
| 2026-08-25 | Bellas Dental | License verification 2026-08-25 against ERS: clinic ERS registration found (Registo 152558 / Licença 20226, Licenciada). |
| 2026-08-25 | Bellas Dental | Re-verification 2026-08-25: confirmed website live, address/phone unchanged, open on Google Maps; Google rating improved to 4.2 (36 reviews), up from 3.6/23; recorded geo coordinates. |
| 2026-08-25 | Clínica Caniço | Re-verification 2026-08-25: correction - both the clinic's own website and its Google Maps profile now show Av. Padre Júlio Fragata 52, 4710-413 Braga (Maps profile updated by the business 9 weeks ago), replacing the stored Av. da Liberdade 156, Salas 5 e 6, 4715-037 Braga; phone unchanged, clinic open; recorded first Google rating 4.8 (312 reviews) and geo coordinates. |
| 2026-08-25 | Clínica Delille – Medicina Dentária e Implantologia | Recorded sedation / general anaesthesia availability (informational): not documented in public sources. Implant surgery page states local anaesthesia only. |
| 2026-08-25 | Clínica Delille – Medicina Dentária e Implantologia | Re-verification 2026-08-25: confirmed website live, address/phone unchanged, open on Google Maps; recorded first Google rating 4.9 (435 reviews) and geo coordinates. |
| 2026-08-25 | Clínica Dentária de Lisboa (CDL) | Re-verification 2026-08-25: read as text from the site; confirmed address/phone unchanged and clinic open; recorded first Google rating 4.8 (902 reviews) and geo coordinates. |
| 2026-08-25 | Clínica Dentária São Dente | Recorded sedation / general anaesthesia availability (informational): not documented in public sources. Oral surgery page states procedures done under local anaesthesia only. |
| 2026-08-25 | Clínica Dentária São Dente | Re-verification 2026-08-25: confirmed website live, address/phone unchanged, open on Google Maps; recorded first Google rating 4.7 (125 reviews) and geo coordinates. |
| 2026-08-25 | Clínica Jorge Moura (Jorge Moura Dental Centre) | Re-verification 2026-08-25: confirmed website live, address/phone unchanged, open on Google Maps; Google review count updated to 231 (rating steady at 4.9); recorded geo coordinates. |
| 2026-08-25 | Clínica Mais Dental – Centro Avançado de Implantologia | Removed manual red flag(s) no_clinic_license, no_doctor_credentials: they asserted unpublished licensing while the underlying data was unverified (null means "not checked", not "not published"). See methodology v1.3.0. |
| 2026-08-25 | Clínica Mais Dental – Centro Avançado de Implantologia | License verification 2026-08-25 against ERS and OMD: clinic ERS registration found (Registo 146838 / Licença 18702, Licenciada); clinical director Miguel Gonçalves confirmed with OMD Cédula 05266. |
| 2026-08-25 | Clínica Mais Dental – Centro Avançado de Implantologia | Re-verification 2026-08-25: confirmed website live, address/phone unchanged, open on Google Maps; recorded first Google rating 4.2 (13 reviews) and geo coordinates. |
| 2026-08-25 | Clínica Médica Dentária de Merelim | License verification 2026-08-25 against ERS and OMD: clinic ERS registration found (Registo 121135 / Licença 7655, Licenciada); Dra. Sandra Mota Borges confirmed with OMD Cédula 04772. |
| 2026-08-25 | Clínica Médica Dentária de Merelim | Re-verification 2026-08-25: confirmed website live, address/phone unchanged, open on Google Maps; recorded first Google rating 4.9 (520 reviews) and geo coordinates. |
| 2026-08-25 | Clínica Médico Dentária Peter Nielsen Lda | License verification 2026-08-25 against ERS: clinic ERS registration found (Registo 100842 / Licença 624, Licenciada), confirmed via matching phone/email despite an address discrepancy with the clinic's own website; Responsável Técnico Peter Aagaard Nielsen matches named doctor Dr. Peter Nielsen, confirming OMD affiliation (no Cédula number looked up). |
| 2026-08-25 | Clínica Médico Dentária Peter Nielsen Lda | Re-verification 2026-08-25: confirmed website live, phone unchanged, open on Google Maps; captured full postal code 8005-328 (previously not on file); Google review count updated to 19, up from 17 (rating steady at 4.8); recorded geo coordinates. |
| 2026-08-25 | Clínica Prisma – Clínica Médica e Dentária | Re-verification 2026-08-25: confirmed website live, address/phone unchanged, open on Google Maps; recorded first Google rating 4.9 (119 reviews) and geo coordinates. |
| 2026-08-25 | Clínica Prof. Machado Capelas - Medicina Dentária | Recorded sedation / general anaesthesia availability (informational): not documented in public sources. Uses IV sedation explicitly described as "não sendo uma anestesia geral" (not general anaesthesia), reduces consciousness only. |
| 2026-08-25 | Clínica Prof. Machado Capelas - Medicina Dentária | Re-verification 2026-08-25: confirmed website live, address unchanged, open on Google Maps; captured phone +351 222 008 966 (previously unset); Google review count updated to 447 (rating steady at 5.0); recorded geo coordinates. |
| 2026-08-25 | Dental Fusion Clinics - Faro | Recorded sedation / general anaesthesia availability (informational): not documented in public sources. Dedicated "Conscious Sedation" page: patient stays awake, maintains own airway, responds to verbal commands. |
| 2026-08-25 | Dental Fusion Clinics - Faro | License verification 2026-08-25 against ERS: clinic ERS registration found (Registo 124684 / Licença 9089, Licenciada); Responsável Técnico Luis Filipe Cataludo matches named doctor Dr. Luis Filipe Cataludo, confirming OMD affiliation (no Cédula number looked up). |
| 2026-08-25 | Dental Fusion Clinics - Faro | Re-verification 2026-08-25: confirmed website live, address/phone unchanged, open on Google Maps; Google review count updated to 101, up from 100 (rating steady at 4.3); recorded geo coordinates. |
| 2026-08-25 | Dental House – Clínica de Medicina Dentária | Re-verification 2026-08-25: website and Google Maps both show the clinic on its own announced vacation closure Aug 17-31 2026 (reopening Sept 1), so not permanently closed; address/phone unchanged; recorded first Google rating 5.0 (205 reviews) and geo coordinates. |
| 2026-08-25 | Gambelas Smile Clinic | Recorded sedation / general anaesthesia availability (informational): not documented in public sources. Offers "Sedação Consciente" (conscious sedation) as a listed service. |
| 2026-08-25 | Gambelas Smile Clinic | Re-verification 2026-08-25: confirmed website live, address/phone unchanged, open on Google Maps; Google review count updated to 125, up from 79 (rating steady at 4.9); recorded geo coordinates. |
| 2026-08-25 | GREENMED Clinic | License verification 2026-08-25 against ERS: clinic ERS registration found (Registo 165512 / Licença 22580, Licenciada); Responsável Técnico Nádia Alves matches named doctor Dr. Nádia Alves, confirming OMD affiliation (no Cédula number looked up). |
| 2026-08-25 | GREENMED Clinic | Re-verification 2026-08-25: confirmed website live, address/phone unchanged, open on Google Maps (note: the Google Maps listing itself shows postal code 8000-422 vs. the clinic's own site and the stored 8000-076 - kept the site-confirmed postal code, not changed); Google review count updated to 8, up from 6 (rating steady at 5.0); recorded geo coordinates. |
| 2026-08-25 | Impress Porto | License verification 2026-08-25 against ERS: clinic ERS registration found (Registo 157252 / Licença 20983, Licenciada). |
| 2026-08-25 | Impress Porto | Re-verification 2026-08-25: website live but did not itself display a full street address (only nearby landmarks); Google Maps confirms R. de Sá da Bandeira 676, 4000-431 Porto (postal code newly captured) and phone +351 308 800 355 (previously unset); Google review count updated to 2,574 (rating steady at 4.9); recorded geo coordinates. |
| 2026-08-25 | Instituto AreLuna | License verification 2026-08-25 against ERS and OMD: clinic ERS registration found (Registo 161637 / Licença 21593, Licenciada); Dra. Arethuza Luna confirmed with OMD Cédula 11845. |
| 2026-08-25 | Instituto AreLuna | Re-verification 2026-08-25: confirmed website live, address/phone unchanged, open on Google Maps; Google rating updated to 4.9 (526 reviews), up from 5.0/354; recorded geo coordinates. |
| 2026-08-25 | MALO CLINIC Coimbra | Re-verification 2026-08-25: confirmed website live, address/phone unchanged, open on Google Maps; recorded first Google rating 4.4 (20 reviews) and geo coordinates. |
| 2026-08-25 | MALO CLINIC Lisboa | Re-verification 2026-08-25: website and Google Maps both now show phone +351 217 228 100, correcting the stored +351 217 228 120; address unchanged, clinic open; recorded first Google rating 4.3 (206 reviews) and geo coordinates. |
| 2026-08-25 | Medibracara – Clínica Dentária | License verification 2026-08-25 against ERS and OMD: clinic ERS registration found (Registo 158316 / Licença 21140, Licenciada) under the entity name 'Medibracara - Centro Médico Lda'; Dr. Filipe Amado confirmed with OMD Cédula 05771. |
| 2026-08-25 | Medibracara – Clínica Dentária | Re-verification 2026-08-25: confirmed website live, address/phone unchanged, open on Google Maps; recorded first Google rating 4.8 (103 reviews) and geo coordinates. |
| 2026-08-25 | Methodology 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 | Molar Clinic | License verification 2026-08-25 against ERS: clinic ERS registration found (Registo 149601 / Licença 19493, Licenciada). |
| 2026-08-25 | Molar Clinic | Re-verification 2026-08-25: website live but shows an Aug 15-31 vacation closure notice, and Google Maps flags the listing 'Temporarily closed' for the same period (not permanently closed - reopens after Aug 31); address/phone unchanged. Google rating updated to 4.9 (430 reviews), up from 5.0/382; recorded geo coordinates. |
| 2026-08-25 | Oral XXI - Clínica Médica e Dentária | License verification 2026-08-25 against ERS and OMD: clinic ERS registration found (Registo 170768 / Licença 24119, Licenciada); clinical director Dr. Priêsh Ramniklal confirmed with OMD Cédula 01666. |
| 2026-08-25 | Oral XXI - Clínica Médica e Dentária | Re-verification 2026-08-25: confirmed website live, address/phone unchanged, open on Google Maps; recorded first Google rating 4.8 (271 reviews) and geo coordinates. |
| 2026-08-25 | OralMED Braga | Re-verification 2026-08-25: confirmed website live, address/phone unchanged, open on Google Maps; recorded first Google rating 4.2 (57 reviews) and geo coordinates. |
| 2026-08-25 | Origem Dental Clinic | License verification 2026-08-25 against ERS (re-check with direct www2.ers.pt search, 2 name variants): still no ERS registration found for Origem Dental Clinic Braga; remains null (not verified-false — no city/district filter combination was exhaustively tried). |
| 2026-08-25 | Origem Dental Clinic | Re-verification 2026-08-25: confirmed website live, address/phone unchanged, open on Google Maps; recorded first Google rating 4.8 (131 reviews) and geo coordinates. |
| 2026-08-25 | White Clinic | Recorded sedation / general anaesthesia availability (informational): not documented in public sources. Dental-phobia page offers conscious sedation only. |
| 2026-08-25 | White Clinic | License verification 2026-08-25 marked verified-false was refuted on adversarial spot-check 2026-08-26: ERS registration found under the legal-entity name 'Lifezest, S.A.' (harvested from the clinic's privacy policy, not tried in the original 2-variant search) — establishment LIFEZEST WHITE, Registo 116923, Licença 3909, Licenciada; Responsável Técnico Miguel Stanley Rosa da Silva matches clinic founder Dr. Miguel Stanley. |
| 2026-08-25 | White Clinic | Re-verification 2026-08-25: confirmed website live, address/phone unchanged, open on Google Maps; recorded first Google rating 4.8 (349 reviews) and geo coordinates. |
| 2026-08-25 | XL Smile – Clínica Dentária | Re-verification 2026-08-25: confirmed website live, address/phone unchanged, open on Google Maps; recorded first Google rating 4.8 (24 reviews) and geo coordinates. |
| 2026-08-23 | Methodology 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. |
| 2026-08-18 | Bellas Dental | Imported from the city-tier dataset. |
| 2026-08-18 | Clínica Caniço | Imported from the city-tier dataset. |
| 2026-08-18 | Clínica Delille – Medicina Dentária e Implantologia | Imported from the city-tier dataset. |
| 2026-08-18 | Clínica Dentária de Lisboa (CDL) | Imported from the city-tier dataset (data originally collected 2026-07-12). |
| 2026-08-18 | Clínica Dentária São Dente | Imported from the city-tier dataset (data originally collected 2026-07-12). |
| 2026-08-18 | Clínica Mais Dental – Centro Avançado de Implantologia | Imported from the city-tier dataset. |
| 2026-08-18 | Clínica Médica Dentária de Merelim | Imported from the city-tier dataset. |
| 2026-08-18 | Clínica Médico Dentária Peter Nielsen Lda | Imported from the city-tier dataset. |
| 2026-08-18 | Clínica Prisma – Clínica Médica e Dentária | Imported from the city-tier dataset. |
| 2026-08-18 | Dental Fusion Clinics - Faro | Imported from the city-tier dataset. |
| 2026-08-18 | Dental House – Clínica de Medicina Dentária | Imported from the city-tier dataset. |
| 2026-08-18 | Gambelas Smile Clinic | Imported from the city-tier dataset. |
| 2026-08-18 | GREENMED Clinic | Imported from the city-tier dataset. |
| 2026-08-18 | MALO CLINIC Coimbra | Imported from the city-tier dataset. |
| 2026-08-18 | MALO CLINIC Lisboa | Imported from the city-tier dataset (data originally collected 2026-07-12). |
| 2026-08-18 | Medibracara – Clínica Dentária | Imported from the city-tier dataset. |
| 2026-08-18 | Methodology v1.0.0 | Initial public methodology. (methodology version released 2026-07-03) |
| 2026-08-18 | Methodology 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. (methodology version released 2026-07-08) |
| 2026-08-18 | Oral XXI - Clínica Médica e Dentária | Imported from the city-tier dataset (data originally collected 2026-07-12). |
| 2026-08-18 | OralMED Braga | Imported from the city-tier dataset. |
| 2026-08-18 | Origem Dental Clinic | Imported from the city-tier dataset. |
| 2026-08-18 | White Clinic | Imported from the city-tier dataset (data originally collected 2026-07-12). |
| 2026-08-18 | XL Smile – Clínica Dentária | Imported from the city-tier dataset. |