OralMED Braga
According to our open methodology, this clinic scored 20.1/100 for transparency, reputation, service accessibility, and digital visibility.
Overall rank: #25 of 26 ranked clinics · Last checked: 18 August 2026
Positions by Rating Profile
- Overall Transparency & Trust#2520.1/100
- Best for Expats#2516.3/100
- Best for Dental Implants#2416/100
- Best for Emergency Dental Carenot ranked
- Best Price Transparency#2511.8/100
- Best English-speaking Clinicsnot ranked
- Best for Families / Children#1919/100
Summary
OralMED Braga is a branch of the OralMED Saúde Group, described as the first Portuguese group dedicated exclusively to dentistry and operating over 63 units nationally. The Braga clinic opened in January 2015 and is operated by Sorrisocumprido – Clínica Dentária, Lda. Its ERS registration number (25116) and operating licence (10367/2015) are published on the OralMED group legal page. Clinical director is named as Dr. Nuno Cintra. Opening hours are Monday to Saturday 09:00–20:00.
The OralMED Braga legal information page gives ERS registration 25116 and licence 10367/2015, company name Sorrisocumprido – Clínica Dentária, Lda., NIF 513269460. No individual dentist OMD numbers found. No price list is published on the clinic page. WhatsApp number +351 967 107 878 is listed on the OralMED group general contact page but attribution to the Braga location specifically is not confirmed. A Facebook page (facebook.com/oralmed.braga) is found. Coordinates from clinic page: 41.545714, -8.41974.
Strengths
No categories reached the strength threshold (80%).
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)
- Reputation & Reviews: 1.5 of 4.5 verifiable points (missing: review recency)
- AI & Search Visibility: 1 of 8.5 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; dedicated service pages)
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 Dr. Nuno Cintra named as clinical director on the legal page [s3] | 3/3 |
| ✗ | Dentist specializations listed Dr. Nuno Cintra's specialization not stated; other dentists at this branch not individually named on accessible pages [s1] | 0/2 |
| ? | Real clinic photos | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Service list published Endodontics, aesthetic dentistry, implantology, pediatric dentistry, orthodontics, periodontics, aesthetic prosthetics listed [s1] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Clear contact details Phone +351 253 143 062, email [email protected], Facebook, coordinates on clinic page [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✗ | English website version Clinic page in Portuguese only; OralMED group site not available in English [s1] | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Address and map published Full address and GPS coordinates published on clinic page [s1] | 2/2 |
Price Transparency
Whether patients can estimate costs before visiting. Published price ranges count; exact prices are not required.
| ✗ | Prices or price ranges published No price list found on clinic or group website [s1] | 0/3 |
| ✗ | Cleaning price listed [s1] | 0/2 |
| ✗ | Filling price listed [s1] | 0/2 |
| ✗ | Crown price listed [s1] | 0/2 |
| ✗ | Implant price listed [s1] | 0/2 |
| ✗ | Consultation price listed [s1] | 0/2 |
| ✗ | X-ray / imaging price listed [s1] | 0/2 |
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) Google Maps rating not directly verifiable; a business directory (empresasportugal.net) shows 5/5 from 2 opinions only — insufficient for meaningful rating | 0/6 |
| ? | Google review volume Only 2 directory opinions found; no accessible Google review corpus | 0/3 |
| ✗ | Review recency Two directory reviews dated 2014 and 2018 — no more recent reviews found in accessible sources [s4] | 0/3 |
| ? | Clinic responds to reviews | 0/2 |
| ? | No recurring complaints Insufficient review corpus to assess | 0/2 |
| ? | No suspicious review patterns | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Active Facebook presence facebook.com/oralmed.braga confirmed via search [s2] | 1/1 |
| ? | TripAdvisor presence | 0/0.5 |
| ✓ | Other review platforms Listed on empresasportugal.net and Yelp; WhatClinic listing found with no score [s4] | 0.5/0.5 |
Medical Infrastructure
The range of publicly documented equipment and services. This measures documented availability, not clinical quality.
| ? | On-site X-ray X-ray mentioned in initial evaluation description but specific equipment not documented for Braga branch | 0/2 |
| ? | CBCT (3D imaging) | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Implantology [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Orthodontics [s1] | 2/2 |
| ? | Oral surgery Oral surgery not explicitly listed; implied by implantology | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Pediatric dentistry Pediatric dentistry listed among specialties [s1] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ? | Emergency care No emergency care claim found for this branch | 0/1.5 |
| ? | Works with international patients No international patient program or English-language service documented | 0/2 |
Communication & Service
How easy it is to contact the clinic, get answers, and book - especially for international patients.
| ? | WhatsApp / LINE available WhatsApp +351 967 107 878 on OralMED group general page; not confirmed as specific to Braga branch | 0/2 |
| ? | Response speed | 0/1.5 |
| ? | English spoken No English-language content or multilingual staff claim found for this branch | 0/2.5 |
| ? | Pre-visit consultation possible | 0/1.5 |
| ? | Clear service explanations | 0/1 |
| ✓ | Convenient opening hours Mon–Sat 09:00–20:00 published on clinic page [s1] | 1.5/1.5 |
AI & Search Visibility
Whether the clinic is discoverable when patients search - including via AI assistants. Checked with fixed queries: "best dentist Portugal", "English speaking dentist Portugal", "dental implants Portugal", "emergency dentist Portugal", "Portugal dental clinic for expats".
| ✗ | Mentioned for: best dentist Portugal [sq] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: English speaking dentist Portugal [sq] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: dental implants Portugal [sq] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: emergency dentist Portugal [sq] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: Portugal dental clinic for expats [sq] | 0/1 |
| ? | Structured data on website | 0/1.5 |
| ◐ | Google indexing quality Clinic-name searches surface the OralMED group page; Braga-specific branch page has lower prominence in search results [sq] | 1/2 |
| ✗ | Dedicated service pages Braga branch page is a single location page within the group site; dedicated per-service pages exist at group level, not branch level [s1] | 0/1.5 |
Licensing & Credentials
Whether the clinic publishes its operating licence and the dentists working there together with their professional licence numbers. Missing items are penalised.
Clinic operating licence: ERS 25116; Licença de Utilização 10367/2015 (ERS registration 25116 and operating licence 10367/2015 published on OralMED group legal page. Operated by Sorrisocumprido – Clínica Dentária, Lda., NIF 513269460.) [s3]
Dentists & professional licences
| Dentist | Specialization | Licence No. |
|---|---|---|
| Dr. Nuno Cintra [s3] | Clinical Director | not published |
Dentists are named, but their professional licence numbers are not published — penalty applied.
Red Flags
- medium Dentists / their licences not listed (-4 pts) — The clinic does not publish its dentists with their professional licence numbers (derived from data).
- low Opaque or bait pricing (-2 pts) — No prices or price ranges published (derived from data).
Red-flag penalty applied: -6 points (capped at -20).
Data We Could Not Verify
- Information Transparency: Real clinic photos
- Reputation & Reviews: Google rating (Bayesian-adjusted)
- Reputation & Reviews: Google review volume
- Reputation & Reviews: Clinic responds to reviews
- Reputation & Reviews: No recurring complaints
- Reputation & Reviews: No suspicious review patterns
- Reputation & Reviews: TripAdvisor presence
- Medical Infrastructure: On-site X-ray
- Medical Infrastructure: CBCT (3D imaging)
- Medical Infrastructure: Oral surgery
- Medical Infrastructure: Emergency care
- Medical Infrastructure: Works with international patients
- Communication & Service: WhatsApp / LINE available
- Communication & Service: Response speed
- Communication & Service: English spoken
- Communication & Service: Pre-visit consultation possible
- Communication & Service: Clear service explanations
- AI & Search Visibility: Structured data on website
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://www.oralmed.pt/braga |
|---|---|
| Phone | +351 253 143 062 |
| https://www.facebook.com/oralmed.braga/ | |
| Address | Av. da Liberdade, 175, 4715-037 Braga, 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://www.oralmed.pt/braga | Clinic name OralMED Braga, address Av. da Liberdade 175, phone +351 253 143 062, email [email protected], GPS 41.545714/-8.41974, opening hours Mon–Sat 09:00–20:00, services (implantology, orthodontics, aesthetics, periodontology, pediatric, endodontics) | 2026-08-18 |
| s2 | https://www.facebook.com/oralmed.braga/ | OralMED Braga Facebook page confirmed; inaugurated January 2015; part of OralMED Saúde Group | 2026-08-18 |
| s3 | https://www.oralmed.pt/legal | ERS registration 25116, licence 10367/2015, company Sorrisocumprido – Clínica Dentária Lda., NIF 513269460, Dr. Nuno Cintra as clinical director, address Av. da Liberdade 175 Braga | 2026-08-18 |
| s4 | https://braga.empresasportugal.net/dentist/clinica-dentaria-oralmed… | 5/5 from 2 directory opinions (dated 2014 and 2018); opening hours listed as 10:00–21:00 Mon–Sat (differs from official site; official site used) | 2026-08-18 |
| sq | search:the five canonical city queries (the five canonical city queries Braga) | AI/search visibility checks 2026-08-18: OralMED Braga does not appear in top answers for any of the five queries | 2026-08-18 |
Change History
| Date | Change |
|---|---|
| 2026-08-18 |
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