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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-16 | Methodology v1.4.2 | Clarified when dentist names count: a name published by the clinic counts when it lets a patient find the dentist in a professional register; a first name alone is not enough, nor is a first name with a patronymic where surnames are in use. Applied the same day to the clinics whose own channels name their dentists by first name only, which lose the points for dentist names. No other score changes. |
| 2026-10-07 | Methodology v1.4.1 | Added a limit on re-checks made at a clinic's request: the next request from the same clinic about its own page is taken up no sooner than one month after the last re-check made at its request, which is dated in the clinic's change history; requests sent earlier are not processed. Corrections reported by anyone else are handled as before. No score changes. |
| 2026-10-05 | AIC - Advanced Implantology Center | Other review platforms re-checked on 2026-10-05: the DocDental page cited before only reproduces Google reviews, and no profile of the clinic was found on Doctoralia, WhatClinic, Trustpilot or Dental Departures; changed from yes to no. |
| 2026-10-05 | Bocca Clínica | Other review platforms re-checked on 2026-10-05: the DocDental page cited before only reproduces Google reviews, and no profile of the clinic was found on Doctoralia, WhatClinic, Trustpilot or Dental Departures; changed from yes to no. |
| 2026-10-05 | Clínica Jorge Moura (Jorge Moura Dental Centre) | Other review platforms re-checked on 2026-10-05: the DocDental page cited before only reproduces Google reviews, and no profile of the clinic was found on Doctoralia, WhatClinic, Trustpilot or Dental Departures; changed from yes to no. |
| 2026-10-05 | Clínica PCMFG - Medicina Dentária | Other review platforms re-checked on 2026-10-05: the DocDental page cited before only reproduces Google reviews, and no profile of the clinic was found on Doctoralia, WhatClinic, Trustpilot or Dental Departures; changed from yes to no. |
| 2026-10-05 | Clínica Prof. Machado Capelas - Medicina Dentária | Other review platforms re-checked on 2026-10-05: the DocDental page cited before only reproduces Google reviews, and no profile of the clinic was found on Doctoralia, WhatClinic, Trustpilot or Dental Departures; changed from yes to no. |
| 2026-10-05 | Dentalcore - Centro Médico Dentário | Other review platforms re-checked on 2026-10-05: the DocDental page cited before only reproduces Google reviews, and no profile of the clinic was found on Doctoralia, WhatClinic, Trustpilot or Dental Departures; changed from yes to no. |
| 2026-10-05 | Impress Porto | Other review platforms re-checked on 2026-10-05: the DocDental page cited before only reproduces Google reviews; the Trustpilot page linked from the clinic's site belongs to the Impress network as a whole, so presence of the Porto clinic itself is not established; changed from yes to unverified. |
| 2026-10-02 | Clínica Bessa | Read the clinic's own website (homepage, robots.txt, sitemap and service pages) for site structure: business structured data present. |
| 2026-10-02 | Clínica Jorge Moura (Jorge Moura Dental Centre) | Read the clinic's own website (homepage, robots.txt, sitemap and service pages) for site structure: no business structured data. |
| 2026-10-02 | Clínica Médico-Dentária da Prelada | Read the clinic's own website (homepage, robots.txt, sitemap and service pages) for site structure: business structured data present. |
| 2026-10-02 | Impress Porto | Read the clinic's own website (homepage, robots.txt, sitemap and service pages) for site structure: business structured data present. |
| 2026-10-02 | Instituto AreLuna | Read the clinic's own website (homepage, robots.txt, sitemap and service pages) for site structure: business structured data present. |
| 2026-10-02 | MALO CLINIC Porto | Read the group's team page and the Porto clinic page on 2026-10-02: the team list names the dentists of the Porto clinic, and the clinic page carries structured data. |
| 2026-10-02 | Molar Clinic | Read the clinic's own website (homepage, robots.txt, sitemap and service pages) for site structure: business structured data present. |
| 2026-10-01 | Carreira Dental Clinic - Porto | Presence on other review platforms re-checked: no profile on WhatClinic, Dental Departures or DocDental, so this criterion is now no. |
| 2026-10-01 | Clínica Bessa | Re-read the clinic's Facebook contact section and Google reviews on 2026-10-01: it is reachable by WhatsApp and treats English-speaking visitors from abroad. |
| 2026-10-01 | Clínica PCMFG - Medicina Dentária | Read the clinic's contact page on 2026-10-01: it publishes the street address with an embedded map, matching its Google listing pin, so address and map are recorded. |
| 2026-10-01 | CMDP - Centro de Medicina Dentária do Porto | Checked WhatClinic, DocDental and Trustpilot on 2026-10-01: no profile of the clinic on any of them, so presence on other review platforms is recorded as absent. |
| 2026-10-01 | Dentalcore - Centro Médico Dentário | Read 12 of the clinic's Google reviews in four orders on 2026-10-01: apart from three reviews on one day there is no burst, template wording or run of single-review accounts, so no suspicious review pattern is recorded. |
| 2026-10-01 | Instituto AreLuna | Read 15 of the clinic's Google reviews in four orders on 2026-10-01: no burst, no template wording and no run of single-review accounts, so no suspicious review pattern is recorded. |
| 2026-10-01 | MALO CLINIC Porto | Presence on other review platforms re-checked: no profile on WhatClinic, Dental Departures or DocDental, so this criterion is now no. |
| 2026-10-01 | MALO CLINIC Porto | Review platforms re-checked: WhatClinic has a profile of the clinic at its address (3 reviews), so "reviewed on other platforms" changed from no to yes. |
| 2026-09-30 | CMDP - Centro de Medicina Dentária do Porto | Searched Facebook directly by the clinic's name (the clinic's own website carries no Facebook link). Found the clinic's own page with matching address and phone. Recorded presence on Facebook. |
| 2026-09-29 | Impress Porto | Re-read the clinic's own website and public listings on 2026-09-29. Recorded: pricesPublished. |
| 2026-09-24 | AIC - Advanced Implantology Center | Re-read on 2026-09-24: the clinic's website (services, team, contact and booking pages) and its Google listing. Recorded: orthodontics offered, no pediatric dentistry, no emergency wording, an online consultation-request form, structured business data on the site, a Facebook link, and no TripAdvisor listing. Corrected: opening hours are Monday to Friday until 18:00 with weekends closed, so the convenient-hours criterion is not met. Google listing now shows 87 reviews (4.9), newest 2026-09-15, with owner replies and no recurring complaint theme. Still unverified: X-ray/CBCT equipment (not described on the site). |
| 2026-09-24 | AIC - Advanced Implantology Center | 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 | Bocca Clínica | Re-read on 2026-09-24: the clinic's website (treatments, clinic, contact pages) and its Google listing. Recorded: an on-site CT/CBCT scanner, an online consultation-request form, structured business data on the site, and no TripAdvisor listing. Google listing shows 112 reviews (5.0), newest 2026-09-23, with owner replies and no recurring complaint theme. Still unverified: plain X-ray equipment (only the CT/CBCT unit is described), emergency appointments (not listed among the clinic's treatments, though a patient review shown on its homepage describes an emergency visit), English-speaking staff and work with international patients (not documented on the site). |
| 2026-09-24 | Bocca Clínica | 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 | Carreira Dental Clinic - Porto | Re-read on 2026-09-24: the clinic's website (team, Porto-specific service pages, contact/booking) and its Google listing. Recorded: the Porto clinic's director and team named, no English site version, dedicated Porto orthodontics and pediatric dentistry pages, oral surgery offered, no emergency wording, an online booking form, Saturday and evening hours, no structured business data, and no TripAdvisor listing. Google listing unchanged at 59 reviews (4.8), newest review from mid-2026 (just past the three-month mark). Still unverified: on-site X-ray/CBCT (not described on the site; one review mentions X-rays being taken, short of the independent-review threshold), English-speaking staff and work with international patients. |
| 2026-09-24 | Carreira Dental Clinic - 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 | Carreira Dental Clinic - Porto | Re-read on 2026-09-24: the clinic's Google listing shows an owner reply (2026-09-14) to a low review, so the clinic is recorded as replying to reviews. |
| 2026-09-24 | Clínica Bessa | Re-read on 2026-09-24: the clinic's website (radiology, services, team, booking pages) and its Google listing. Recorded: a dedicated CBCT/3D imaging service, a pediatric dentistry section, an online consultation-request form, and no TripAdvisor listing. Corrected: the clinic's team page names its dentists, led by the clinical director. Low reviews about problematic front-desk communication are recorded as a recurring complaint. Google listing now shows 542 reviews (4.8), newest 2026-09-16, with owner replies to negative reviews. Still unverified: English-speaking staff and work with international patients (not documented on the clinic's own site). |
| 2026-09-24 | Clínica Bessa | 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": present for "best dentist Porto, Portugal"; not present for "English speaking dentist Porto, Portugal", "dental implants Porto, Portugal", "emergency dentist Porto, Portugal" and "Porto, Portugal dental clinic for expats". |
| 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 Médico-Dentária da Prelada | Re-read on 2026-09-24: the clinic's website (emergency FAQ, orthodontics, pediatric dentistry, English and contact pages) and its Google listing. Recorded: digital panoramic X-ray and computed tomography as part of the diagnostic workup, dedicated orthodontics and pediatric dentistry pages, a full English site, an online specialty-based booking form, Saturday and evening hours, and no TripAdvisor listing. Google listing now shows 158 reviews (4.1), newest 2026-09-13; the histogram itself argues against review manipulation. Still unverified: whether the clinic replies to reviews (none of the ten reviews read show an owner reply). |
| 2026-09-24 | Clínica Médico-Dentária da Prelada | 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": present for "emergency dentist Porto, Portugal"; not present for "best dentist Porto, Portugal", "English speaking dentist Porto, Portugal", "dental implants Porto, Portugal" and "Porto, Portugal dental clinic for expats". |
| 2026-09-24 | Clínica PCMFG - Medicina Dentária | Re-read on 2026-09-24: the clinic's website (homepage, contact page, clinical-team bios) and its Google listing. Recorded: six named dentists including a dedicated pediatric dentist, consistent phone/email contacts, a published emergency phone line, no English site version, an online information-request form, Saturday and evening hours, structured business data, a Facebook link, and no TripAdvisor listing. Google listing unchanged at 260 reviews (5.0), newest 2026-09-04, with owner replies to negative reviews; the three low reviews cover different, unrelated issues. Still unverified: a map or coordinates alongside the published street address (not confirmed in a static read of this Wix-built site), on-site X-ray/CBCT equipment (a "3D surgical guide" is mentioned for implants without naming the imaging equipment), and English-speaking staff. |
| 2026-09-24 | Clínica PCMFG - 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 | 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 | CMDP - Centro de Medicina Dentária do Porto | Re-read on 2026-09-24: the clinic's website (radiology, orthodontics, team, about-us, contact and booking pages) and its Google listing. Recorded: on-site panoramic/digital X-ray but no CBCT, orthodontic treatment for children, no emergency wording, an online appointment-request form, no structured business data, and no TripAdvisor listing. Corrected: the clinic's team page names its dentists. Two independent reviews about being billed extra for work usually included in a procedure are recorded as a recurring complaint. Google listing unchanged at 56 reviews (4.6), newest 2026-08-12. Still unverified: whether the clinic replies to reviews (none of the reviews read show an owner reply), a Facebook page (none found on the site) and a listing on other review platforms. |
| 2026-09-24 | CMDP - Centro de Medicina Dentária do 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 | Dentalcore - Centro Médico Dentário | Re-read on 2026-09-24: the clinic's website (diagnostics, technology, online questionnaire and booking pages) and its Google listing. Recorded: panoramic X-ray and CBCT/3D CT scanner documented, an online symptom questionnaire feeding into appointment booking, no structured business data on the site, and no TripAdvisor listing. Google listing now shows 35 reviews (4.8), newest 2026-09-10, no recurring complaint theme. Still unverified: whether the clinic replies to reviews (none of the reviews read show an owner reply), the review pattern (three reviews posted on one day in September 2026 on a small base), English-speaking staff and work with international patients (not documented on the site). |
| 2026-09-24 | Dentalcore - Centro Médico Dentário | 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 | 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 Porto | Re-read on 2026-09-24: the Porto clinic's page and the price page on the group website, and its Google listing. Recorded: orthodontics, pediatric dentistry and dental emergencies listed among the Porto clinic's specialties, an online appointment form, panoramic X-ray and CBCT named in the group's assessment consultation, and no TripAdvisor listing for the Porto location (only an unrelated Lisbon beauty-care listing under the same brand). Corrected: the group publishes an indicative price table (assessment consultation 95 €, scaling 99 €, whitening) — fillings, crowns, implants and X-rays are not itemised; the Porto clinic opens Monday to Friday 9:00-18:00 only. Two 2023 reviews about prices not being given by phone are recorded as a recurring complaint. Google listing now shows 67 reviews (4.0), newest 2026-09-22, with templated owner replies. Still unverified: which named dentists practise at the Porto location (the group's team listing is not filtered by clinic). |
| 2026-09-24 | MALO CLINIC 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 | Medway - Clínica Dentária | Re-read on 2026-09-24: the clinic's website (technology, contact/booking pages) and its Google listing. Recorded: panoramic X-ray on-site, a 24/7 emergency-care claim, a multi-step online booking form, structured business data on the site, a WhatClinic directory listing, and no TripAdvisor presence. Two independent reviews about being told a service was free and then billed are recorded as a recurring complaint. Google listing unchanged at 677 reviews (4.9), newest 2026-09-04, with owner replies to negative reviews. Still unverified: an on-site CBCT unit (not in the clinic's equipment list, though CT exams are mentioned as part of diagnosis), English-speaking staff and work with international patients (no statement on the clinic's own pages). |
| 2026-09-24 | Medway - Clínica 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": present for "English speaking dentist Porto, Portugal"; not present for "best dentist Porto, Portugal", "dental implants Porto, Portugal", "emergency dentist Porto, Portugal" and "Porto, Portugal dental clinic for expats". |
| 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". |
| 2026-09-10 | Clínica Jorge Moura (Jorge Moura Dental Centre) | Name-verification write-back 2026-09-10: 1 dentist confirmed on the clinic's own site https://clinicajorgemoura.constantcircle.co/; source added. |
| 2026-09-10 | Clínica Médico-Dentária da Prelada | Name-verification write-back 2026-09-10: 1 of 2 dentists confirmed on the clinic's own homepage https://dentista.com.pt/; source added. The second (Dr. Rui) is not named on the homepage, which is a spotlight/hero page rather than a full roster, so stays unconfirmed (queue-a6.json) rather than a removal candidate. |
| 2026-09-10 | Impress Porto | Twin parity 2026-09-10 (clinicLicense): both cards had the same licence (20983) and the same establishment number (157252), but this card carried the clinic's own footer labelling, in which 157252 is a "certidão" and a third number, 34320, is called the "número de registo". The twin read the ERS establishment record itself (detail page, address-matched to Rua Sá da Bandeira 676): Registo N.º 157252, Licença N.º 20983, Estado Licenciada. The cell now carries the register's reading on both cards, with the footer numbering kept in the note. |
| 2026-09-10 | Instituto AreLuna | Twin parity 2026-09-10 (clinicLicense): both cards published the same two numbers (161637 and 21593) — this card in the clinic's own footer labelling, the twin as the ERS establishment record states them, with the tipologia and the Estado Licenciada that a footer cannot carry. The cell now carries the register's reading on both cards; no number changed. |
| 2026-09-10 | Molar Clinic | Twin parity 2026-09-10 (clinicLicense): this card published the pair the clinic prints in its own site footer (Registo E121555, Licença 7903/2014) while the twin card portugal-dental published the ERS establishment record for the same street address (Registo N.º 149601, Licença N.º 19493, tipologia "Clínicas ou consultórios dentários", Estado Licenciada, entity Sorrisos Selvagens MD, Lda). The two do not agree, and the register is the register: the cell now carries the ERS reading on both cards, with the footer pair kept in the note and this card's own reading of the footer still cited. |
| 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 | AIC - Advanced Implantology Center | 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://aicporto.com/aic-english.html]: https://aicporto.com/aic-english.html (HTTP 404, rotten) |
| 2026-08-25 | AIC - Advanced Implantology Center | Re-verification 2026-08-25: confirmed website, name and phone; captured first Google rating 4.9 (85 reviews); corrected postal code to 4050-070 (was 4050-107 on file); added geo coordinates. |
| 2026-08-25 | AIC - Advanced Implantology Center | License verification 2026-08-25 against ERS (clinic) and OMD (doctors): clinic license FOUND self-published on aicporto.pt (ERS 18740/2020 | SRER 146782, and a second pair ERS 26968/2026 | SRER 175479) after ERS registry name search came up empty on 2 variants; both named doctors found registered with OMD by name/district match (Andrea/Andreia spelling variant noted for one). |
| 2026-08-25 | Bocca Clínica | Re-verification 2026-08-25: confirmed website, address, phone, and rating (5.0) unchanged; captured first Google review count of 112; added geo coordinates. |
| 2026-08-25 | Bocca Clínica | License verification 2026-08-25 against OMD: clinical director Dr. Jaime Guimaraes confirmed registered (Porto/Porto, Cirurgia Oral specialty). Clinic clinicLicense was already on file (16639/2018) and not re-searched. |
| 2026-08-25 | Carreira Dental Clinic - Porto | Re-verification 2026-08-25: confirmed website live; corrected address to R. de António Cardoso 391, 4150-079 Porto (record on file had 385, 4150-742); captured first phone number +351 220 925 530 (previously unset); captured first Google rating 4.8 (59 reviews); added geo coordinates. |
| 2026-08-25 | Carreira Dental Clinic - Porto | License verification 2026-08-25: clinic license found via ERS, Número de Registo 150739, address matches exactly (distinguished from same-brand Oliveira de Azemeis and Viseu branches). No named doctors on file for this clinic. |
| 2026-08-25 | Clínica Bessa | Re-verification 2026-08-25: confirmed website, address, phone, and rating (4.8) unchanged; Google review count increased to 540 (was 310); added geo coordinates. |
| 2026-08-25 | Clínica Bessa | License verification 2026-08-25: clinic license found self-published (ERS No 10515 / Licenca 1615/2011) on clinicabessa.pt, naming clinical director Dr. Edgar Felgueiras as the legal entity's namesake; OMD registry search confirms Dr. Edgar Felgueiras registered in Porto. |
| 2026-08-25 | Clínica Jorge Moura (Jorge Moura Dental Centre) | Re-verification 2026-08-25: confirmed website, address, phone, and rating (4.9) unchanged; Google review count increased to 231 (was 225); added geo coordinates. |
| 2026-08-25 | Clínica Jorge Moura (Jorge Moura Dental Centre) | License verification 2026-08-25 against OMD: Dra. Ana Carina Mendes confirmed registered (Porto/Amarante, exact name match). Dr. Pedro Moura left null: OMD searches for 'Pedro Moura' returned 4 results, none a clean match (the man himself is Distrito: Faro; a same-surname 'Pedro Dias Moura' is Porto/Amarante but with a different middle name) -- ambiguous, not treated as false. Clinic clinicLicense was already on file (8702/2014) and not re-searched. |
| 2026-08-25 | Clínica Médico-Dentária da Prelada | Re-verification 2026-08-25: original record on file website prelada.pt is unreachable (expired SSL certificate); confirmed via Google Maps and direct fetch that the clinic's current live site is https://dentista.com.pt/ (same clinic name, address, and phone), so contacts.website is corrected/moved; recorded full street address (the record on file previously had only "Porto, Portugal"); Google review count increased to 155 (was 128), rating unchanged at 4.1; added geo coordinates. |
| 2026-08-25 | Clínica Médico-Dentária da Prelada | License verification 2026-08-25: clinic FOUND via ERS (Número de Registo 107539), which also revealed the full legal name of the clinic's Responsável Técnico, 'Catia Arabela Albuquerque da Costa Reis Pinto Cardoso' (record on file only had 'Dra. Catia'). Doctor licenses left null: 'Dr. Rui' has only a first name (OMD requires 2+ words, registry: individual dentists only, unsearchable as-is); OMD searches for 'Catia' combined with 2-3 of her surname components ('Catia Cardoso', 'Catia Pinto Cardoso', 'Catia Reis Pinto Cardoso') returned no single unambiguous exact match among several similarly-surnamed Porto-district dentists (e.g. 'Catia Reis', 'Catia Arcanjo Pinto') -- transliteration/compound-surname ambiguity. |
| 2026-08-25 | Clínica PCMFG - Medicina Dentária | Re-verification 2026-08-25: confirmed website and rating (5.0) unchanged; recorded full street address (the record on file previously had only "Porto, Portugal"); captured first phone number +351 226 001 616 (previously unset); Google review count increased to 260 (was 257); added geo coordinates. Site documents general anaesthesia ("Bloco Operatório / Anestesia geral") for orthognathic/maxillofacial surgery. |
| 2026-08-25 | Clínica PCMFG - Medicina Dentária | Recorded sedation / general anaesthesia availability (informational): documented as available. Site documents general anaesthesia for orthognathic/maxillofacial surgery in an operating theatre |
| 2026-08-25 | Clínica PCMFG - Medicina Dentária | License verification 2026-08-25: clinic license search inconclusive -- ERS name search ('PCMFG', street name) found no match and clinic's own site has no published number, but a city-filtered ERS search was not completed, so recorded as null rather than false. No named doctors on file for this clinic. |
| 2026-08-25 | Clínica Prof. Machado Capelas - Medicina Dentária | Re-verification 2026-08-25: confirmed website, address, and rating (5.0) unchanged; captured first phone number +351 222 008 966 (previously unset); Google review count increased to 447 (was 303); added geo coordinates. Site describes IV sedation that explicitly is not general anaesthesia (patient not fully asleep). |
| 2026-08-25 | Clínica Prof. Machado Capelas - Medicina Dentária | Recorded sedation / general anaesthesia availability (informational): not documented in public sources. IV sedation reduces consciousness but page explicitly states it is NOT general anaesthesia (patient not fully asleep) |
| 2026-08-25 | CMDP - Centro de Medicina Dentária do Porto | Re-verification 2026-08-25: confirmed website, address and phone; captured first Google rating 4.6 (56 reviews); added geo coordinates. Site advertises conscious sedation only, not deep/general anaesthesia. |
| 2026-08-25 | CMDP - Centro de Medicina Dentária do Porto | Recorded sedation / general anaesthesia availability (informational): not documented in public sources. Site advertises "Sedação Consciente" as a featured service (conscious, patient stays aware) |
| 2026-08-25 | CMDP - Centro de Medicina Dentária do Porto | License verification 2026-08-25 against ERS: clinic FOUND, exact name and address match, Número de Registo 101356, Estado Registado. No named doctors on file for this clinic to verify. |
| 2026-08-25 | Dentalcore - Centro Médico Dentário | Re-verification 2026-08-25: confirmed website, address and phone; captured first Google rating 4.8 (31 reviews); added geo coordinates. Site documents conscious sedation only, not deep/general anaesthesia. |
| 2026-08-25 | Dentalcore - Centro Médico Dentário | Recorded sedation / general anaesthesia availability (informational): not documented in public sources. Site documents conscious sedation only ("minimal depression of consciousness"), with a sedation dentist listed |
| 2026-08-25 | Dentalcore - Centro Médico Dentário | License verification 2026-08-25 initially recorded clinic license as FALSE (ERS registry, 3 name variants, no match; clinic's own site footer publishes no license number either). CORRECTED 2026-08-26 after adversarial spot-check: the clinic's Termos e Condicoes page lists legal-entity name variants ('Penin & Santos Reis, Lda.' etc.) missed by the original search; ERS search on 'Penin' found the clinic registered as 'PENIN & SANTOS REIS - CLINICA DENTÁRIA, LDA', Número de Registo 107653, Estado Registado, address and Responsável Técnico matching the clinic exactly. All 5 named doctors remain confirmed registered with OMD by name/district/specialty match (unchanged). |
| 2026-08-25 | Impress Porto | Re-verification 2026-08-25: confirmed website and rating (4.9) unchanged; added postal code to address (4000-431, previously not recorded); captured first phone number +351 308 800 355 (previously unset); Google review count increased sharply to 2,572 (was 1,024); added geo coordinates. |
| 2026-08-25 | Impress Porto | License verification 2026-08-25: clinic license found self-published on the clinic's Porto page (Licenca 20983/2021, Registo 34320, Certidao E157252). No named doctors on file for this clinic. |
| 2026-08-25 | Instituto AreLuna | Re-verification 2026-08-25: confirmed website, address and phone; Google rating updated to 4.9 (was 5) and review count increased to 525 (was 354); added geo coordinates. |
| 2026-08-25 | Instituto AreLuna | License verification 2026-08-25: clinic license and all 4 named doctors' OMD registration numbers found self-published on the clinic's own site (institutoareluna.pt), which lists individual OMD numbers per clinician; not independently cross-checked against the OMD public registry due to time. |
| 2026-08-25 | MALO CLINIC Porto | Re-verification 2026-08-25: confirmed website, address and phone; captured first Google rating 3.9 (59 reviews); added geo coordinates. |
| 2026-08-25 | MALO CLINIC Porto | License verification 2026-08-25: clinic license found via ERS registry for the Porto-specific establishment (Número de Registo 104407), distinct from the entity-level ERS No. 12920 shown on the group's international website. No named doctors on file for this clinic. |
| 2026-08-25 | Medway - Clínica Dentária | Re-verification 2026-08-25: confirmed website, address and phone; captured first Google rating 4.9 (677 reviews); added geo coordinates. |
| 2026-08-25 | Medway - Clínica Dentária | License verification 2026-08-25 against ERS: clinic FOUND, Número de Registo 161261 (entity COMSMILE, LDA), address matches exactly; ERS record's Responsável Técnico 'Daniela Paiva' matches the clinic's own director. All 4 named doctors confirmed registered with OMD, matched to Porto district (3 by concelho match to the clinic's own address). |
| 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 | Re-verification 2026-08-25: confirmed website, address and phone; Google rating updated to 4.9 (was 5) and review count increased to 430 (was 382); confirmed not permanently closed (currently on a planned Aug 15–31 vacation break, per both Maps and the clinic's own site); added geo coordinates. |
| 2026-08-25 | Molar Clinic | License verification 2026-08-25: clinic license found self-published on molar.pt (Registo E121555 / Licenca 7903/2014). No named doctors on file for this clinic. |
| 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. |
| 2026-07-08 | 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. |
| 2026-07-03 | Methodology v1.0.0 | Initial public methodology. |