Clínica Bessa
According to our open methodology, this clinic scored 70/100 for transparency, reputation, service accessibility, and digital visibility.
Overall rank: #1 of 15 ranked clinics · Last checked: 24 September 2026
70/100
Positions by Rating Profile
- Overall Transparency & Trust#170/100
- Best for Expats#171.3/100
- Best for Dental Implants#269/100
- Best for Emergency Dental Care#179.8/100
- Best Price Transparency#246.6/100
- Best English-speaking Clinics#175/100
- Best for Families / Children#179.4/100
- 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) — Not verified No anaesthesia/sedation info found on site (clinicabessa.pt); only a patient review mentions ordinary local anaesthesia
Summary
Clinic in the Boavista/Bessa area of Porto, operating since 2008 under Dr. Edgar Felgueiras. Offers implantology, All-on-4, Invisalign, oral surgery, radiology and a 24-hour dental emergency service. Its Google listing shows a 4.8 rating from 542 reviews. Website is Portuguese only; prices not published.
Strengths
- Information Transparency: 18 of 20 points.
- Reputation & Reviews: 17.5 of 20 points.
- Medical Infrastructure: 15 of 15 points.
- Communication & Service: 8.5 of 10 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
18 / 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 The clinic's team page names its dentists, led by clinical director Dr. Edgar Felgueiras [clinica-bessa-deepen-6] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Dentist specializations listed [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Real clinic photos [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Service list published [s1] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Clear contact details [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✗ | English website version [s1] | 0/2 |
| ✓ | 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.
Reputation & Reviews
17.5 / 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) [s1] | 6/6 |
| ✓ | Google review volume as of 2026-09-24 [clinica-bessa-deepen-12] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Review recency Newest dated review 2026-09-16 [clinica-bessa-deepen-13] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Clinic responds to reviews Owner replies to reviews, including negative ones, with dated responses [clinica-bessa-deepen-14] | 2/2 |
| ✗ | No recurring complaints Low reviews repeat a complaint about front-desk communication and appointment handling [clinica-bessa-deepen] | 0/2 |
| ✓ | No suspicious review patterns Not a 100% 5-star histogram; dates spread across 2025-2026; reviewers mostly have review history [clinica-bessa-deepen-15] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Active Facebook presence [s1] | 1/1 |
| ✗ | TripAdvisor presence No TripAdvisor listing found; no link from the site or Google listing [clinica-bessa-deepen-2] [clinica-bessa-deepen-16] | 0/0.5 |
| ✓ | Other review platforms Listed on WhatClinic (no reviews yet) and on DocDental (no reviews yet). [clinica-bessa-platforms] [clinica-bessa-platforms-2] | 0.5/0.5 |
Medical Infrastructure
15 / 15
The range of publicly documented equipment and services. This measures documented availability, not clinical quality.
| ✓ | On-site X-ray [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | CBCT (3D imaging) Dedicated CBCT/3D imaging service documented [clinica-bessa-deepen-3] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Implantology [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Orthodontics [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Oral surgery [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Pediatric dentistry Dedicated pediatric dentistry section on the services page [clinica-bessa-deepen-4] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ✓ | Emergency care [s1] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ✓ | Works with international patients Google reviews by visitors from abroad describe urgent treatment at the clinic, and the clinic's replies acknowledge those visits (2026). [clinica-bessa-deepen-17] | 2/2 |
Communication & Service
8.5 / 10
How easy it is to contact the clinic, get answers, and book - especially for international patients.
| ✓ | WhatsApp / LINE available The clinic's Facebook contact section gives a WhatsApp number, +351 912 308 905, and patients report reaching it by WhatsApp. [clinica-bessa-deepen-18] [clinica-bessa-deepen-17] | 2/2 |
| ? | Response speed | 0/1.5 |
| ✓ | English spoken Patients, including visitors to Porto, review the clinic on Google in English about treatment arranged and carried out with its staff (2026). [clinica-bessa-deepen-17] | 2.5/2.5 |
| ✓ | Pre-visit consultation possible Online form to request a consultation with a preferred date [clinica-bessa-deepen-5] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ✓ | Clear service explanations [s1] | 1/1 |
| ✓ | Convenient opening hours [s1] | 1.5/1.5 |
AI & Search Visibility
4 / 10
Whether the clinic is discoverable when patients search - including via AI assistants. Checked with fixed queries: "best dentist Porto", "English speaking dentist Porto", "dental implants Porto", "emergency dentist Porto", "Porto dental clinic for expats".
| ✓ | Mentioned for: best dentist Porto Named directly in the AI-generated summary of the top web results for "best dentist Porto, Portugal" on 2026-09-24. [clinica-bessa-deepen-7] | 1/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: English speaking dentist Porto Not present in the top web results for "English speaking dentist Porto, Portugal" on 2026-09-24. [clinica-bessa-deepen-8] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: dental implants Porto Not present in the top web results for "dental implants Porto, Portugal" on 2026-09-24. [clinica-bessa-deepen-9] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: emergency dentist Porto Not present in the top web results for "emergency dentist Porto, Portugal" on 2026-09-24. [clinica-bessa-deepen-10] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: Porto dental clinic for expats Not present in the top web results for "Porto, Portugal dental clinic for expats" on 2026-09-24. [clinica-bessa-deepen-11] | 0/1 |
| ✓ | Structured data on website JSON-LD on the homepage declares the type MedicalClinic. [clinica-bessa-r6s3] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ? | Google indexing quality | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Dedicated service pages [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: ERS Nº 10515 | Licenca de Funcionamento Nº 1615/2011 (Registry: ERS. Self-published on the clinic's own site (clinicabessa.pt footer/contactos), which names the legal entity as 'Clinica de Medicina Dentaria Dr. Edgar Felgueiras, Lda.' -- matching the clinical director on file. Checked 2026-08-25.) [clinica-bessa-lic]
Dentists & professional licences
| Dentist | Specialization | Licence No. | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dr. Edgar Felgueiras [s1] [clinica-bessa-doclic] [clinica-bessa-omd-cedula] | Clinical Director | OMD 01526 | Confirmed in the OMD public register of dentists; professional domicile on record: Porto, district of Porto. |
Red Flags
No red flags identified in the public sources we reviewed.
Data We Could Not Verify
- Communication & Service: Response speed
- 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://www.clinicabessa.pt/ |
|---|---|
| Phone | +351 223 321 239 |
| https://www.facebook.com/ClinicaBessa/ | |
| Google Maps | Map listing |
| Address | Avenida do Bessa 171, 4100-012 Porto, 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.clinicabessa.pt/contactos/ | Name, address, phone, email, services, Facebook, hours | 2026-07-14 |
| s2 | https://docdental.pt/clinicas-dentais/porto/ | 4.8 rating from ~310 reviews | 2026-07-14 |
| clinica-bessa-refresh | https://www.google.com/maps/place/Cl%C3%ADnica+Bessa/@41.1648879,-8… | 540 Google reviews as of 2026-08-25 (was 310) | 2026-08-25 |
| clinica-bessa-lic | https://www.clinicabessa.pt/ | Footer/contacts section shows 'ERS Nº 10515', 'Licenca Funcionamento Nº 1615/2011', and legal entity name 'Clinica de Medicina Dentaria Dr. Edgar Felgueiras, Lda.' | 2026-09-24 |
| clinica-bessa-doclic | https://www.omd.pt/pesquisa-de-medicos-dentistas/ | searched: 'Edgar Felgueiras' - 1 exact-name result, Distrito: Porto, Concelho: Porto. Also matches the clinic's own legal name 'Clinica de Medicina Dentaria Dr. Edgar Felgueiras, Lda.' published on clinicabessa.pt. | 2026-08-25 |
| clinica-bessa-omd-cedula | https://www.omd.pt/pesquisa-de-medicos-dentistas/ | OMD public register of dentists, read 2026-09-11 through the register's own search endpoint. Cédulas profissionais and professional domiciles as the register publishes them: "Edgar Felgueiras" — Cédula profissional 01526, professional domicile Porto / Porto; the query "Edgar Felgueiras" returned 1 result(s) in the whole register, of which exactly one carries that name. | 2026-09-11 |
| clinica-bessa-deepen | https://www.google.com/maps?cid=1598708941693014222&hl=en | Lowest-sorted read: 1★ 2026-07-14 "recepcionista só complicou o atendimento e deu informações que depois disse que não disse"; 1★ 2026-05-11 repeated booking and cancelling, "ninguém me deu qualquer informação"; 1★ 2025-10-05 reception dispute over a promised free first consultation | 2026-09-24 |
| clinica-bessa-deepen-2 | https://www.tripadvisor.com/TypeAheadJson?action=API&query=Clinica+… | Name+city search returned no matching dental business, only unrelated Porto clinics/hotels | 2026-09-24 |
| clinica-bessa-deepen-3 | https://www.clinicabessa.pt/radiologia/ | "CBCT é um novo exame... permite obter imagens em 3D de toda a sua boca e dentição. Na Clínica Bessa realizamos CBCT para todos os pacientes..." | 2026-09-24 |
| clinica-bessa-deepen-4 | https://www.clinicabessa.pt/medicina-dentaria/ | "Odontopediatria: a odontopediatria é a área da medicina dentária dedicada à saúde oral das crianças e adolescentes..." | 2026-09-24 |
| clinica-bessa-deepen-5 | https://www.clinicabessa.pt/marcar-consulta/ | "Marque aqui a sua consulta na Clínica Bessa": online form with name, contact and preferred date, confirmed by email or phone | 2026-09-24 |
| clinica-bessa-deepen-6 | https://www.clinicabessa.pt/corpo-clinico/ | Team page "Corpo Clínico - Medicina Dentária": Dr. Edgar Felgueiras (Diretor Clínico), Drª. Paula Coelho, Drª. Ana Reis Pinto, Dr. Leonardo Mendes, Drª. Catarina Teixeira, Dr. Diogo Magalhães and others, each "Medicina Dentária" (read 2026-09-24) | 2026-09-24 |
| clinica-bessa-deepen-7 | search:best dentist Porto, Portugal | Web search on 2026-09-24: the AI-generated answer named "Clinica Bessa" directly among the Porto clinics it listed; not tied to a single organic URL in the returned link list (organics were whatclinic.com, yelp.com (x4), perfeito-smile.com, booking.dentist and dentavacation.com). | 2026-09-24 |
| clinica-bessa-deepen-8 | search:English speaking dentist Porto, Portugal | Web search on 2026-09-24: results 1–9 were www.whatclinic.com (x2), www.expatica.com, vita-center.com, englishspeakingdentists.com, oportoblog.com, en.wikipedia.org (x2), smilejet.app; the clinic's site and name were not among them. | 2026-09-24 |
| clinica-bessa-deepen-9 | search:dental implants Porto, Portugal | Web search on 2026-09-24: results 1–9 were www.whatclinic.com (x3), smile-porto.com (x2), perfeito-smile.com (x2), www.123.clinic (x2); the clinic's site and name were not among them. | 2026-09-24 |
| clinica-bessa-deepen-10 | search:emergency dentist Porto, Portugal | Web search on 2026-09-24: results 1–9 were www.whatclinic.com (x2), www.dentista.com.pt, www.expatica.com, oportoblog.com, en.wikipedia.org (x2), vita-center.com, smilejet.app; the clinic's site and name were not among them. | 2026-09-24 |
| clinica-bessa-deepen-11 | search:Porto, Portugal dental clinic for expats | Web search on 2026-09-24: results 1–9 were imin-portugal.com, www.expatica.com, www.expatfocus.com, portodentalrating.com, vita-center.com, treatmentsinternational.com, perfeito-smile.com, viscura.org, newholidays.co.uk; the clinic's site and name were not among them. | 2026-09-24 |
| clinica-bessa-deepen-12 | https://www.google.com/maps?cid=1598708941693014222&hl=en | Google listing 2026-09-24: 4.8 from 542 reviews; histogram 5★ 511 / 4★ 3 / 3★ 3 / 2★ 3 / 1★ 22; newest review 2026-09-16 | 2026-09-24 |
| clinica-bessa-deepen-13 | https://www.google.com/maps?cid=1598708941693014222&hl=en | Newest-sorted read: most recent review dated 2026-09-16 | 2026-09-24 |
| clinica-bessa-deepen-14 | https://www.google.com/maps?cid=1598708941693014222&hl=en | Owner reply dated 2025-10-27 to a 1-star review about a Sunday emergency visit: "Pedimos as mais sinceras desculpas por só agora respondermos..." | 2026-09-24 |
| clinica-bessa-deepen-15 | https://www.google.com/maps?cid=1598708941693014222&hl=en | Histogram 5★ 511/542; review dates from 2025 to 2026; reviewers show 2-45 prior reviews | 2026-09-24 |
| clinica-bessa-deepen-16 | https://www.clinicabessa.pt/ | Site's social links are Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn only; no TripAdvisor link on site or Google listing | 2026-09-24 |
| clinica-bessa-platforms | https://www.whatclinic.com/dentists/portugal/porto-area/porto/clini… | WhatClinic: profile of Clínica Bessa, Av. do Bessa 171, Porto; no reviews yet (checked 2026-10-01) | 2026-10-01 |
| clinica-bessa-platforms-2 | https://docdental.pt/clinica-dental/clinica-bessa/ | DocDental: clinic page of Clínica Bessa Porto, postcode 4100-012; no DocDental patient reviews yet (checked 2026-10-01) | 2026-10-01 |
| clinica-bessa-deepen-17 | https://www.google.com/maps?cid=1598708941693014222&hl=en | Google reviews of the clinic read 2026-10-01 in four sort orders (15 of 548): at least six are written in English by patients, among them visitors treated urgently - a walker on the Camino who "whatsapped them" on a Sunday and was "fitted in within less than an hour" (2026-05-31), a patient with a broken front tooth on a public holiday (2026-05-09), a dental laminate fixed the same evening (2026-01-12); the clinic answers them, in Portuguese, thanking them for the visit | 2026-10-01 |
| clinica-bessa-deepen-18 | https://www.facebook.com/ClinicaBessa/about_contact_and_basic_info/ | Facebook page "Clínica Bessa" contact section, read 2026-10-01: Av. do Bessa 171, phone and WhatsApp +351 912 308 905, e-mail geral@clinicabessa.pt, website clinicabessa.pt; the page's 149 posts of the past 12 months are in Portuguese | 2026-10-01 |
| clinica-bessa-r6s3 | https://www.clinicabessa.pt/ | Homepage HTML read on 2026-10-02: JSON-LD types MedicalClinic | 2026-10-02 |
Change History
| Date | Change |
|---|---|
| 2026-10-02 | Read the clinic's own website (homepage, robots.txt, sitemap and service pages) for site structure: business structured data present. |
| 2026-10-01 | 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. |
| 2026-09-24 | 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 | 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). |
| 2026-08-25 | 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 | 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. |
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