Dental Fusion Clinics - Faro
According to our open methodology, this clinic scored 60.6/100 for transparency, reputation, service accessibility, and digital visibility.
Overall rank: #11 of 26 ranked clinics · Last checked: 24 September 2026
60.6/100
Positions by Rating Profile
- Overall Transparency & Trust#1160.6/100
- Best for Expats#1057/100
- Best for Dental Implants#1258/100
- Best for Emergency Dental Carenot ranked
- Best Price Transparency#1240.9/100
- Best English-speaking Clinics#860/100
- Best for Families / Children#965.6/100
- 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 Dedicated "Conscious Sedation" page: patient stays awake, maintains own airway, responds to verbal commands. [dental-fusion-clinics-faro-sedation]
Summary
Dental Fusion Clinics is a two-branch private dental group with locations in Faro and Tavira (Algarve). The Faro clinic is led by Dr. Luis Filipe Cataludo (Clinical Director and CEO) and offers 13 dental specialties including implantology, orthodontics, 3D tomography, conscious sedation, pediatric dentistry, and aesthetic injectables. The English-language website lists the full clinical team. Patient reviews are largely positive but include some complaints about pricing transparency. No ERS or OMD numbers are published.
Second mobile phone: +351 965 006 300. A former address (Rua Baptista Lopes 21 3ºE) appears on Yelp; the clinic's own website uses Largo do Sol Posto 6 and this is taken as current. DocDental mirror shows Google rating 4.3/100 reviews. One review mentioned paying €64 for an X-ray without prior pricing disclosure — noted under red flags.
Strengths
- Information Transparency: 20 of 20 points.
- Medical Infrastructure: 13.5 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)
- AI & Search Visibility: 2.5 of 10 verifiable points (missing: mentioned for: best dentist Portugal; mentioned for: English speaking dentist Portugal; mentioned for: dental implants Portugal; mentioned for: emergency dentist Portugal; mentioned for: Portugal dental clinic for expats; structured data on website)
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
20 / 20
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 Dr. Luis Filipe Cataludo (CEO/Clinical Director), Dr. Duarte Cataludo (Vice Clinical Director), Dr. Iryna Potomska [s1] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Dentist specializations listed Luis Cataludo: implantology, oral rehabilitation, aesthetics; Duarte Cataludo: general practice, endodontics, restorative; Iryna Potomska: general practice, pediatric dentistry [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Real clinic photos Own-domain clinical staff and named-doctor photos [dental-fusion-clinics-faro-deepen] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Service list published 13 listed specialties including implantology, orthodontics, 3D tomography, sedation, pediatrics, whitening, prosthetics [s1] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Clear contact details two phones, Facebook, Instagram on website [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | English website version English version at /en/ [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Address and map published [s1] | 2/2 |
Price Transparency
0 / 15
Whether patients can estimate costs before visiting. Published price ranges count; exact prices are not required.
| ✗ | Prices or price ranges published no prices found on official website [s1] | 0/3 |
| ✗ | Cleaning price listed Hygiene page read, no price figure [dental-fusion-clinics-faro-deepen-2] [dental-fusion-clinics-faro-deepen-3] | 0/2 |
| ✗ | Filling price listed No filling price found on any checked page [dental-fusion-clinics-faro-deepen-4] [dental-fusion-clinics-faro-deepen-3] | 0/2 |
| ✗ | Crown price listed Fixed prosthetics page read, no price figure [dental-fusion-clinics-faro-deepen-5] [dental-fusion-clinics-faro-deepen-3] | 0/2 |
| ✗ | Implant price listed Implantology page read, no price figure [dental-fusion-clinics-faro-deepen-6] [dental-fusion-clinics-faro-deepen-3] | 0/2 |
| ✗ | Consultation price listed No consultation fee published; only an appointment-request form [dental-fusion-clinics-faro-deepen-7] [dental-fusion-clinics-faro-deepen-3] | 0/2 |
| ✗ | X-ray / imaging price listed No CBCT/X-ray price found [dental-fusion-clinics-faro-deepen-8] [dental-fusion-clinics-faro-deepen-3] | 0/2 |
Reputation & Reviews
13.5 / 20
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 [dental-fusion-clinics-faro-refresh] | 3/6 |
| ◐ | Google review volume as of 2026-09-24 [dental-fusion-clinics-faro-deepen-15] | 2/3 |
| ✓ | Review recency Newest Google review is dated 2026-07-12 (listing read 2026-09-26). [dental-fusion-clinics-faro-gbp-2026-09-26] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Clinic responds to reviews Owner replies to critical reviews, including recent ones [dental-fusion-clinics-faro-deepen-12] | 2/2 |
| ✗ | No recurring complaints 18 of 100 Google reviews are one- or two-star; the lowest-rated, read on 2026-09-30, repeat two complaints: fillings or repairs that failed within months (2023, 2025) and reception and scheduling problems (2022, 2024). [dental-fusion-clinics-faro-i9] [dental-fusion-clinics-faro-deepen-9] | 0/2 |
| ✓ | No suspicious review patterns Natural rating spread with substantial genuine complaints, no manipulation signal [dental-fusion-clinics-faro-deepen-9] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Active Facebook presence [s1] | 1/1 |
| ? | TripAdvisor presence | 0/0.5 |
| ✓ | Other review platforms listed on docdental.pt, booking.dentist, top-rated.online [s3] | 0.5/0.5 |
Medical Infrastructure
13.5 / 15
The range of publicly documented equipment and services. This measures documented availability, not clinical quality.
| ✓ | On-site X-ray 3D tomography listed as a service implies imaging infrastructure; X-ray charged to a patient per review [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | CBCT (3D imaging) 3D tomography listed as a dedicated service [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Implantology [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Orthodontics [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Oral surgery oral surgery implied by implantology and the clinical team's documented specializations [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Pediatric dentistry pediatric dentistry listed; Dr. Iryna Potomska covers it [s1] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ✗ | Emergency care Full 13-specialty list and contacts read, no emergency/urgent-care category or claim [dental-fusion-clinics-faro-deepen-10] | 0/1.5 |
| ✓ | Works with international patients English-language site; team includes non-Portuguese dentist [s1] | 2/2 |
Communication & Service
5 / 10
How easy it is to contact the clinic, get answers, and book - especially for international patients.
| ✗ | WhatsApp / LINE available Contacts read in full for both branches, only landline/mobile and a message form [dental-fusion-clinics-faro-deepen-13] | 0/2 |
| ? | Response speed | 0/1.5 |
| ✓ | English spoken English-language website; international team [s1] | 2.5/2.5 |
| ? | Pre-visit consultation possible | 0/1.5 |
| ✓ | Clear service explanations 13 specialties each described on website [s1] | 1/1 |
| ✓ | Convenient opening hours Open until 19:00 on weekdays and Saturday mornings [dental-fusion-clinics-faro-deepen-11] | 1.5/1.5 |
AI & Search Visibility
2.5 / 10
Whether the clinic is discoverable when patients search - including via AI assistants. Checked with fixed queries: "best dentist Portugal", "English speaking dentist Portugal", "dental implants Portugal", "emergency dentist Portugal", "Portugal dental clinic for expats".
| ✗ | Mentioned for: best dentist Portugal [s4] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: English speaking dentist Portugal [s4] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: dental implants Portugal [s4] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: emergency dentist Portugal [s4] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: Portugal dental clinic for expats [s4] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Structured data on website No JSON-LD found on any page read [dental-fusion-clinics-faro-deepen-14] | 0/1.5 |
| ◐ | Google indexing quality clinic does not appear prominently in top search results for the five canonical city queries [s4] | 1/2 |
| ✓ | Dedicated service pages separate pages per specialty on the website [s1] | 1.5/1.5 |
Licensing & Credentials
Whether the clinic publishes its operating licence and the dentists working there together with their professional licence numbers. A verified “not published” is recorded as a red flag; data we have not checked yet is shown as unverified and carries no penalty.
Clinic operating licence: Registo N.º 124684; Licença N.º 9089 (ERS - Clínicas ou consultórios dentários, Licenciada) (ERS open registry, searched 'Dental Fusion' — exact address match (Largo do Sol Posto 6, Faro)) [dental-fusion-clinics-faro-lic]
Dentists & professional licences
| Dentist | Specialization | Licence No. |
|---|---|---|
| Dr. Luis Filipe Cataludo [s1] | Implantology, Oral Rehabilitation, Dental Aesthetics | not verified |
| Dr. Duarte Cataludo [s1] | General Dentistry, Endodontics, Restorative | not verified |
| Dr. Iryna Potomska [s1] | General Dentistry, Pediatric Dentistry | not verified |
Dentists are named; their licence numbers have not been checked against public sources yet — unverified, no penalty.
Red Flags
No red flags identified in the public sources we reviewed.
Data We Could Not Verify
- Reputation & Reviews: TripAdvisor presence
- Communication & Service: Response speed
- Communication & Service: Pre-visit consultation possible
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://clinicasdentalfusion.com/en/ |
|---|---|
| Phone | +351 289 828 991 |
| https://www.facebook.com/dentalfusionclinic/ | |
| Google Maps | Map listing |
| Address | Largo do Sol Posto 6, R/C, 8000-150 Faro, Portugal |
Contact details are provided for identification only and may change; verify with the clinic directly.
Sources
| ID | Source | What it supports | Accessed |
|---|---|---|---|
| s1 | https://clinicasdentalfusion.com/en/ | official English site: Faro address (Largo do Sol Posto 6 R/C 8000-150), phones (+351 289 828 991 / +351 965 006 300), full team (Dr. Luis Filipe Cataludo, Dr. Duarte Cataludo, Dr. Iryna Potomska) with specializations, 13 services including 3D tomography, Facebook and Instagram links | 2026-09-24 |
| s3 | https://docdental.pt/clinicas-dentais/faro/ | Google rating copy: Dental Fusion Clinics - Faro 4.3/5 from 100 reviews | 2026-08-18 |
| s4 | search:best dentist Faro / English speaking dentist Faro / dental implants Faro / emergency dentist Faro / Faro dental clinic for expats | AI/search visibility checks 2026-08-18: clinic not surfaced in top results for the five canonical city queries | 2026-08-18 |
| dental-fusion-clinics-faro-sedation | https://clinicasdentalfusion.com/en/especialidades/13/conscious-sed… | "a decreased state of the patient's consciousness level that does not affect one's capability of maintaining functional air passages...and the ability to adequately respond to physical stimuli and oral commands" | 2026-08-25 |
| dental-fusion-clinics-faro-lic | https://www2.ers.pt/dmz/pesquisa/DetalheEstabelecimento.aspx?id=356119 | ERS record for CDFL - CLINICAS DENTAL FUSION, LDA - FARO: Registo N.º 124684, Licença N.º 9089 (Clínicas ou consultórios dentários), Estado Licenciada; Responsável Técnico Luis Filipe Cataludo (Ordem dos Médicos Dentistas) | 2026-08-25 |
| dental-fusion-clinics-faro-refresh | https://www.google.com/maps/place/Dental+Fusion+Clinics+-+Faro/@37.… | Google rating 4.3 (101 reviews) as of 2026-08-25, up from previously recorded 4.3 (100 reviews); address Largo do Sol Posto 6, Faro | 2026-08-25 |
| dental-fusion-clinics-faro-deepen | https://clinicasdentalfusion.com/clinica/ | downloads/paginas/2/galeria/CORPO_CLINICO_CDFL.jpeg (clinical team photo) and doutor.jpg/doutor2.jpg/doutor3.jpg (doctor portraits) | 2026-09-24 |
| dental-fusion-clinics-faro-deepen-2 | https://clinicasdentalfusion.com/especialidades/6/higiene-oral | Oral hygiene page has no price figures | 2026-09-24 |
| dental-fusion-clinics-faro-deepen-3 | https://clinicasdentalfusion.com/sitemap.xml | Price check on 2026-09-24: 80 site pages read (13 specialty pages, consultations, financing, tomography, hours, contacts, English version; patient-testimonial pages excluded); no euro amounts on any page; /precos/ returns 404 | 2026-09-24 |
| dental-fusion-clinics-faro-deepen-4 | https://clinicasdentalfusion.com/especialidades/12/dentisteria | Dentistry page has no price figures | 2026-09-24 |
| dental-fusion-clinics-faro-deepen-5 | https://clinicasdentalfusion.com/especialidades/7/protese-fixa | Fixed-prosthetics/crowns page has no price figures | 2026-09-24 |
| dental-fusion-clinics-faro-deepen-6 | https://clinicasdentalfusion.com/especialidades/3/implantologia | Implantology page has no price figures | 2026-09-24 |
| dental-fusion-clinics-faro-deepen-7 | https://clinicasdentalfusion.com/consultas/ | Consultations page has an appointment form with no fee figure | 2026-09-24 |
| dental-fusion-clinics-faro-deepen-8 | https://clinicasdentalfusion.com/tomografia/ | 3D tomography page has no price figures | 2026-09-24 |
| dental-fusion-clinics-faro-deepen-9 | https://www.google.com/maps?cid=1942691416117392121&hl=en | Histogram 1★16/2★2/3★0/4★4/5★78 of 100 (16% one-star, not a skewed/manufactured distribution); reviewer accounts have long histories (49, 60, 11, 4 reviews) and dates span 2022-2025 | 2026-09-24 |
| dental-fusion-clinics-faro-deepen-10 | https://clinicasdentalfusion.com/contactos/ | Site-wide specialty menu (Reabilitação Estética, Dental Lifting, Implantologia, Ortodontia, Higiene Oral, Prótese Fixa, Odontopediatria, Branqueamento, Harmonização Orofacial, Prótese Removível, Dentisteria, Sedação Consciente, Tomografia) has no emergency/urgent category | 2026-09-24 |
| dental-fusion-clinics-faro-deepen-11 | https://clinicasdentalfusion.com/horarios/ | "Segunda a Sexta ... Tarde 14.30h - 19h; Sábados 9.30h - 13h (por confirmação prévia)" | 2026-09-24 |
| dental-fusion-clinics-faro-deepen-12 | https://www.google.com/maps?cid=1942691416117392121&hl=en | Owner replies dated 2025-05-03 and 2024-04-03 to 1-star reviews | 2026-09-24 |
| dental-fusion-clinics-faro-deepen-13 | https://clinicasdentalfusion.com/contactos/ | Faro and Tavira branch blocks list only fixed/mobile phone numbers and an email/message form; no WhatsApp link | 2026-09-24 |
| dental-fusion-clinics-faro-deepen-14 | https://clinicasdentalfusion.com/en/ | Structured-data check of the site: JSON-LD on 0/40 pages read | 2026-09-24 |
| dental-fusion-clinics-faro-deepen-15 | https://www.google.com/maps?cid=1942691416117392121&hl=en | Google listing 2026-09-24: 4.3 from 100 reviews (was 101, rounds to the same rating) | 2026-09-24 |
| dental-fusion-clinics-faro-gbp-2026-09-26 | https://www.google.com/maps?cid=1942691416117392121&hl=en | Google listing read on 2026-09-26: rating 4.3 from 100 reviews; star histogram 1★ 16 / 2★ 2 / 3★ 0 / 4★ 4 / 5★ 78; newest review dated 2026-07-12; 3 of the 5 newest reviews carry an owner reply, latest dated 2026-07-05. | 2026-09-26 |
| dental-fusion-clinics-faro-i9 | https://www.google.com/maps?cid=1942691416117392121&hl=en | Google listing "Dental Fusion Clinics - Faro", lowest-rated reviews read 2026-09-30: of 100 reviews, 16 are one-star and 2 two-star; the lowest read (2022-2025) repeat two complaints - fillings or repairs that failed within months (2023-10-13, 2025-04-28) and reception and scheduling problems (2022-08-09, 2024-02-06) - and one reports being charged for work the patient had not asked for (2023-12-17); owner replies on all five | 2026-09-30 |
Change History
| Date | Change |
|---|---|
| 2026-09-29 | Corrected 2026-09-29: review recency within 3 months (newest review dated 2026-07-12). |
| 2026-09-24 | 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. |
| 2026-09-07 | 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 | 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. |
| 2026-08-25 | 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 | 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 | 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. |
| 2026-08-18 | Imported from the city-tier dataset. |
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