Clínica Dentária São Dente
According to our open methodology, this clinic scored 57.2/100 for transparency, reputation, service accessibility, and digital visibility.
Overall rank: #15 of 26 ranked clinics · Last checked: 25 August 2026
Positions by Rating Profile
- Overall Transparency & Trust#1557.2/100
- Best for Expats#1553.8/100
- Best for Dental Implants#1357.5/100
- Best for Emergency Dental Care#963/100
- Best Price Transparency#1837.4/100
- Best English-speaking Clinics#1255.5/100
- Best for Families / Children#1263.1/100
- 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 Oral surgery page states procedures done under local anaesthesia only. [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.
- 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 | 0/2 |
| ? | No recurring complaints | 0/2 |
| ? | No suspicious review patterns | 0/2 |
| ✓ | 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 Portugal", "English speaking dentist Portugal", "dental implants Portugal", "emergency dentist Portugal", "Portugal dental clinic for expats".
| ? | Mentioned for: best dentist Portugal | 0/1 |
| ? | Mentioned for: English speaking dentist Portugal | 0/1 |
| ? | Mentioned for: dental implants Portugal | 0/1 |
| ✓ | Mentioned for: emergency dentist Portugal [sq] | 1/1 |
| ? | Mentioned for: Portugal dental clinic for expats | 0/1 |
| ? | Structured data on website | 0/1.5 |
| ? | Google indexing quality | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Dedicated service pages [s3] | 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 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] | 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: Clinic responds to reviews
- Reputation & Reviews: No recurring complaints
- Reputation & Reviews: No suspicious review patterns
- 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 Portugal
- AI & Search Visibility: Mentioned for: English speaking dentist Portugal
- AI & Search Visibility: Mentioned for: dental implants Portugal
- AI & Search Visibility: Mentioned for: Portugal dental clinic for expats
- AI & Search Visibility: Structured data on website
- 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-sedation | https://saodente.pt/en/oral-surgery/ | "always carried out under local anesthesia" | 2026-08-25 |
| sao-dente-refresh | https://www.google.com/maps/place/Cl%C3%ADnica+S%C3%A3o+Dente/@38.7… | Google rating 4.7 (125 reviews) as of 2026-08-25; address R. Borges Carneiro 20B, 1200-619 Lisboa; phone +351 21 397 0096 | 2026-08-25 |
Change History
| Date | Change |
|---|---|
| 2026-08-25 | 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 | Recorded sedation / general anaesthesia availability (informational): not documented in public sources. Oral surgery page states procedures done under local anaesthesia only. |
| 2026-08-18 | Imported from the city-tier dataset (data originally collected 2026-07-12). |
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