Dental Fusion Clinics - Faro
De acordo com a nossa metodologia aberta, esta clínica obteve 38.9/100 em transparência, reputação, acessibilidade dos serviços e visibilidade digital.
Posição geral: #6 de 26 clínicas classificadas · Última verificação: 2026-08-18
Posições por Perfil de Avaliação
- Overall Transparency & Trust#638.9/100
- Best for Expats#934.8/100
- Best for Dental Implants#538.5/100
- Best for Emergency Dental Carenão classificada
- Best Price Transparency#1520.1/100
- Best English-speaking Clinics#736.5/100
- Best for Families / Children#542.4/100
Resumo
A Dental Fusion Clinics é um grupo dentário privado com dois estabelecimentos, em Faro e em Tavira (Algarve). A clínica de Faro é liderada pelo Dr. Luis Filipe Cataludo (diretor clínico e CEO) e oferece 13 especialidades dentárias, incluindo implantologia, ortodontia, tomografia 3D, sedação consciente, odontopediatria e injetáveis estéticos. O site em inglês apresenta a equipa clínica completa. As avaliações de pacientes são maioritariamente positivas, mas incluem algumas queixas sobre transparência de preços. Não são publicados números da ERS nem da OMD.
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.
Pontos Fortes
- Information Transparency: 18 de 20 pontos.
- Medical Infrastructure: 13.5 de 15 pontos.
Pontos Fracos
- Price Transparency: 0 de 3 pontos verificáveis (em falta: prices or price ranges published)
- AI & Search Visibility: 2.5 de 8.5 pontos verificáveis (em falta: 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)
Detalhe da Pontuação
Cada critério abaixo é pontuado a partir de fontes públicas. ✓ confirmado sim · ✗ confirmado não / não encontrado · ◐ parcial · ? não verificado (obtém 0, não é uma constatação negativa).
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. 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 | 0/2 |
| ✓ | 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
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 | 0/2 |
| ? | Filling price listed | 0/2 |
| ? | Crown price listed | 0/2 |
| ? | Implant price listed | 0/2 |
| ? | Consultation price listed | 0/2 |
| ? | X-ray / imaging price listed | 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) 4.3 from 100 reviews per docdental.pt mirror [s3] | 3/6 |
| ◐ | Google review volume [s3] | 2/3 |
| ? | Review recency | 0/3 |
| ? | Clinic responds to reviews | 0/2 |
| ✗ | No recurring complaints multiple reviews note pricing complaints — bill exceeded expectations, inadequate pricing even with insurance, charged €64 for X-ray when seeking a quote; positive reviews coexist with these concerns [s2] | 0/2 |
| ? | No suspicious review patterns | 0/2 |
| ✓ | 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
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 | 0/1.5 |
| ✓ | Works with international patients English-language site; team includes non-Portuguese dentist [s1] | 2/2 |
Communication & Service
How easy it is to contact the clinic, get answers, and book - especially for international patients.
| ? | WhatsApp / LINE available WhatsApp not found in accessible sources | 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 one source shows 09:30-13:00 and 14:30-19:00 weekdays; weekend hours unconfirmed | 0/1.5 |
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 [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 | 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 |
Licenciamento e Credenciais
Se a clínica publica a sua licença de funcionamento e os dentistas que nela trabalham, juntamente com os respetivos números de licença profissional. Os itens em falta são penalizados.
Licença de funcionamento da clínica: não publicada no website da clínica — penalização aplicada
Dentistas e licenças profissionais
| Dentista | Especialização | N.º de licença |
|---|---|---|
| Dr. Luis Filipe Cataludo [s1] | Implantology, Oral Rehabilitation, Dental Aesthetics | não publicado |
| Dr. Duarte Cataludo [s1] | General Dentistry, Endodontics, Restorative | não publicado |
| Dr. Iryna Potomska [s1] | General Dentistry, Pediatric Dentistry | não publicado |
Os dentistas são identificados, mas os seus números de licença profissional não estão publicados — penalização aplicada.
Sinais de Alerta
- média Clinic operating licence not published (-4 pts) — The clinic does not publish its operating licence or registration number (derived from data).
- média Dentists / their licences not listed (-4 pts) — The clinic does not publish its dentists with their professional licence numbers (derived from data).
- baixa Opaque or bait pricing (-2 pts) — Multiple patient reviews mention costs exceeding expectations and that pricing was not disclosed in advance; one patient was charged €64 for an X-ray when requesting a quote without prior notice. No price list published.
Penalização por sinais de alerta aplicada: -10 pontos (limitada a -20).
Dados Que Não Conseguimos Verificar
- Information Transparency: Real clinic photos
- Price Transparency: Cleaning price listed
- Price Transparency: Filling price listed
- Price Transparency: Crown price listed
- Price Transparency: Implant price listed
- Price Transparency: Consultation price listed
- Price Transparency: X-ray / imaging price listed
- Reputation & Reviews: Review recency
- Reputation & Reviews: Clinic responds to reviews
- Reputation & Reviews: No suspicious review patterns
- Reputation & Reviews: TripAdvisor presence
- Medical Infrastructure: Emergency care
- Communication & Service: WhatsApp / LINE available
- Communication & Service: Response speed
- Communication & Service: Pre-visit consultation possible
- Communication & Service: Convenient opening hours
- AI & Search Visibility: Structured data on website
Os itens não verificados obtêm 0 pontos, mas não são tratados como constatações negativas. Se puder documentar algum deles, por favor envie uma correção.
Informações de Contacto
| Website | https://clinicasdentalfusion.com/en/ |
|---|---|
| Telefone | +351 289 828 991 |
| https://www.facebook.com/dentalfusionclinic/ | |
| Morada | Largo do Sol Posto 6, R/C, 8000-150 Faro, Portugal |
Os dados de contacto são fornecidos apenas para fins de identificação e podem mudar; confirme diretamente com a clínica.
Fontes
| ID | Fonte | O que fundamenta | Acedido em |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 2026-08-18 |
| s2 | search:Dental Fusion Faro Cataludo reviews | review snippets from clinicasdentalfusion.pt/testemunhos/ and general search: mix of 5-star praise and complaints about opaque pricing; one patient charged €64 for X-ray without prior disclosure | 2026-08-18 |
| s3 | https://docdental.pt/clinicas-dentais/faro/ | Google rating mirror: Dental Fusion Clinics - Faro 4.3/5 from 100 reviews | 2026-08-18 |
| s4 | search:the five canonical city queries | AI/search visibility checks 2026-08-18: clinic not surfaced in top results for the five canonical city queries | 2026-08-18 |
Histórico de Alterações
| Data | Alteração |
|---|---|
| 2026-08-18 |
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