Clínica Prof. Machado Capelas - Medicina Dentária
According to our open methodology, this clinic scored 37.4/100 for transparency, reputation, service accessibility, and digital visibility.
Overall rank: #12 of 15 ranked clinics · Last checked: 25 August 2026
Positions by Rating Profile
- Overall Transparency & Trust#1237.4/100
- Best for Expats#1134.5/100
- Best for Dental Implantsnot ranked
- Best for Emergency Dental Carenot ranked
- Best Price Transparency#727.5/100
- Best English-speaking Clinics#539.3/100
- Best for Families / Children#636.8/100
- 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 IV sedation reduces consciousness but page explicitly states it is NOT general anaesthesia (patient not fully asleep) [clinica-prof-machado-capelas-medicina-dentaria-sedation]
Summary
Long-established dental clinic in central Porto (Praça D. João I), founded 1954, offering multidisciplinary dentistry including orthodontics for children and adults and aesthetic dentistry. Website has an English version. Displays an ERS operating licence (13677/2017). High directory rating (5.0 from ~303 reviews). Prices not published.
Strengths
- Information Transparency: 17 of 20 points.
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 | 0/3 |
| ✓ | 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] | 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 [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) [s1] | 6/6 |
| ◐ | Google review volume [clinica-prof-machado-capelas-medicina-dentaria-refresh] | 2.5/3 |
| ? | Review recency | 0/3 |
| ? | 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 [s1] | 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 | 0/2 |
| ? | CBCT (3D imaging) | 0/2 |
| ? | Implantology | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Orthodontics [s1] | 2/2 |
| ? | Oral surgery | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Pediatric dentistry [s1] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ? | Emergency care | 0/1.5 |
| ? | Works with international patients | 0/2 |
Communication & Service
How easy it is to contact the clinic, get answers, and book - especially for international patients.
| ✗ | WhatsApp / LINE available [s1] | 0/2 |
| ? | Response speed | 0/1.5 |
| ✓ | English spoken [s1] | 2.5/2.5 |
| ? | Pre-visit consultation possible | 0/1.5 |
| ✓ | Clear service explanations [s1] | 1/1 |
| ? | Convenient opening hours | 0/1.5 |
AI & Search Visibility
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 | 0/1 |
| ? | Mentioned for: English speaking dentist Porto | 0/1 |
| ? | Mentioned for: dental implants Porto | 0/1 |
| ? | Mentioned for: emergency dentist Porto | 0/1 |
| ? | Mentioned for: Porto dental clinic for expats | 0/1 |
| ? | Structured data on website | 0/1.5 |
| ? | 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: 13677/2017 [s1]
Dentists & professional licences
No published dentist roster is recorded for this clinic yet — unverified, no penalty.
Red Flags
- low Opaque or bait pricing (-2 pts) — No prices or price ranges published (derived from data).
Red-flag penalty applied: -2 points (capped at -20).
Data We Could Not Verify
- Information Transparency: Dentist names listed
- Reputation & Reviews: Review recency
- 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: Implantology
- Medical Infrastructure: Oral surgery
- Medical Infrastructure: Emergency care
- Medical Infrastructure: Works with international patients
- Communication & Service: Response speed
- Communication & Service: Pre-visit consultation possible
- Communication & Service: Convenient opening hours
- AI & Search Visibility: Mentioned for: best dentist Porto
- AI & Search Visibility: Mentioned for: English speaking dentist Porto
- AI & Search Visibility: Mentioned for: dental implants Porto
- AI & Search Visibility: Mentioned for: emergency dentist Porto
- AI & Search Visibility: Mentioned for: Porto 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://www.machadocapelas.pt/ |
|---|---|
| Phone | +351 222 008 966 |
| https://www.facebook.com/MachadoCapelasMedicinaDentaria/ | |
| Google Maps | Map listing |
| Address | Praça D. João I 25, 3º Andar, 4000-295 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.machadocapelas.pt/en/contactos/ | English version, address | 2026-07-14 |
| s2 | https://docdental.pt/clinicas-dentais/porto/ | 5.0 rating from ~303 reviews | 2026-07-14 |
| clinica-prof-machado-capelas-medicina-dentaria-refresh | https://www.google.com/maps/place/Prof.+Machado+Capelas+-+Medicina+… | 447 Google reviews as of 2026-08-25 (was 303) | 2026-08-25 |
| clinica-prof-machado-capelas-medicina-dentaria-sedation | https://www.machadocapelas.pt/servicos/sedacao/ | "não sendo uma anestesia geral, permite a diminuição do nível de consciência do paciente" (IV sedation, explicitly not general anaesthesia) | 2026-08-25 |
Change History
| Date | Change |
|---|---|
| 2026-08-25 | 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 | 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). |
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