Dentalcore - Centro Médico Dentário
According to our open methodology, this clinic scored 55/100 for transparency, reputation, service accessibility, and digital visibility.
Overall rank: #13 of 15 ranked clinics · Last checked: 24 September 2026
Positions by Rating Profile
- Overall Transparency & Trust#1355/100
- Best for Expats#1351/100
- Best for Dental Implants#853.5/100
- Best for Emergency Dental Care#658.8/100
- Best Price Transparency#1436.8/100
- Best English-speaking Clinicsnot ranked
- Best for Families / Children#1160.2/100
- 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 Site documents conscious sedation only ("minimal depression of consciousness"), with a sedation dentist listed [s1]
Summary
Multidisciplinary dental clinic based in Matosinhos (greater Porto) with additional units at CUF facilities. Offers implantology, orthodontics, oral surgery, pediatric dentistry, endodontics and more, with a large listed team and an emergency line. Website is Portuguese only and prices are not published.
Strengths
- Information Transparency: 18 of 20 points.
- Medical Infrastructure: 13 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)
- AI & Search Visibility: 1.5 of 8 verifiable points (missing: mentioned for: best dentist Porto; mentioned for: English speaking dentist Porto; mentioned for: dental implants Porto; mentioned for: emergency dentist Porto; mentioned for: Porto dental clinic for expats; structured data on website)
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.
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 [dentalcore-centro-medico-dentario-refresh] | 4/6 |
| ◐ | Google review volume as of 2026-09-24 [dentalcore-centro-medico-dentario-deepen] | 1/3 |
| ✓ | Review recency Newest dated review 2026-09-10 [dentalcore-centro-medico-dentario-deepen-10] | 3/3 |
| ? | Clinic responds to reviews | 0/2 |
| ✓ | No recurring complaints Only one 1-star review (no text) out of 35; no repeated theme [dentalcore-centro-medico-dentario-deepen-11] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | No suspicious review patterns Twelve Google reviews read: three five-star reviews share 2026-09-10 (two from single-review accounts), but the rest run one at a time from 2020 to 2026, mostly from accounts with 17-195 reviews; no wider burst or template wording. [dentalcore-centro-medico-dentario-deepen-12] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Active Facebook presence [s1] | 1/1 |
| ✗ | TripAdvisor presence No TripAdvisor listing found; no link from the site or Google listing [dentalcore-centro-medico-dentario-deepen-2] [s1] | 0/0.5 |
| ✗ | Other review platforms No profile on Doctoralia, WhatClinic, Trustpilot or Dental Departures (checked 2026-10-05); the DocDental page cited before only reproduces Google reviews. [dentalcore-centro-medico-dentario-g7] [dentalcore-centro-medico-dentario-g7-2] [dentalcore-centro-medico-dentario-g7-3] [dentalcore-centro-medico-dentario-g7-4] | 0/0.5 |
Medical Infrastructure
The range of publicly documented equipment and services. This measures documented availability, not clinical quality.
| ✓ | On-site X-ray Panoramic and specific radiographs documented as part of the diagnostic protocol [dentalcore-centro-medico-dentario-deepen-3] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | CBCT (3D imaging) 3D CT/CBCT scanner listed as a clinic technology [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Implantology [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Orthodontics [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Oral surgery [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Pediatric dentistry [s1] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ✓ | Emergency care [s1] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ? | 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 | 0/2.5 |
| ✓ | Pre-visit consultation possible Online symptom questionnaire leads to an appointment-request form with date/time [dentalcore-centro-medico-dentario-deepen-4] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ✓ | Clear service explanations [s1] | 1/1 |
| ✓ | Convenient opening hours [s1] | 1.5/1.5 |
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 Not present in the top web results for "best dentist Porto, Portugal" on 2026-09-24. [dentalcore-centro-medico-dentario-deepen-5] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: English speaking dentist Porto Not present in the top web results for "English speaking dentist Porto, Portugal" on 2026-09-24. [dentalcore-centro-medico-dentario-deepen-6] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: dental implants Porto Not present in the top web results for "dental implants Porto, Portugal" on 2026-09-24. [dentalcore-centro-medico-dentario-deepen-7] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: emergency dentist Porto Not present in the top web results for "emergency dentist Porto, Portugal" on 2026-09-24. [dentalcore-centro-medico-dentario-deepen-8] | 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. [dentalcore-centro-medico-dentario-deepen-9] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Structured data on website No JSON-LD found on any page read [s1] | 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: 107653 (ERS Registo, PENIN & SANTOS REIS - CLINICA DENTÁRIA, LDA) (Registry: ERS. CORRECTED 2026-08-26: the 2026-08-25 'false' determination (based on ERS name searches for 'Dentalcore' / 'Centro Medico Dentario' variants, and a footer-only check of dentalcore.pt) was refuted by an adversarial spot-check. The clinic's own site's Termos e Condicoes page (not the footer) names the operating legal entity as 'Centro Medico Dentario' (da Penin & Santos Reis, Lda. / Miguel Penin & Henrique Santos Reis, Lda. / Angel & Reis — Medicina Dentaria Lda.). Searching ERS (www2.ers.pt/DMZ/Pesquisa) for 'Penin' surfaced an exact establishment match: 'PENIN & SANTOS REIS - CLINICA DENTÁRIA, LDA', Número de Registo 107653, Estado Registado, Entidade 'PENIN & SANTOS REIS-CLÍNICA DENTÁRIA, LDA' (NIF/NIPC 502193212, Estado Registado), Morada 'ESTRADA EXTERIOR DA CIRCUNVALAÇÃO 14632, 4450-098 MATOSINHOS' (matches the clinic's on-file address 'Estrada Ext. Circunvalação, 14632, 4450-097 Matosinhos' bar a one-digit postal-code variance), Responsável Técnico 'Henrique José Oliveira dos Santos Reis' — corroborating the clinic's own listed clinical director 'Dr. Henrique Reis'. Re-checked 2026-08-26.) [dentalcore-centro-medico-dentario-lic] [dentalcore-centro-medico-dentario-lic-2] [dentalcore-centro-medico-dentario-lic-3]
Dentists & professional licences
| Dentist | Specialization | Licence No. | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dr. Miguel Santana [s1] [dentalcore-centro-medico-dentario-doclic] [dentalcore-centro-medico-dentario-omd-cedula] | Implantology / Occlusion (Clinical Direction) | OMD 00857 | Confirmed in the OMD public register of dentists; professional domicile on record: Porto, district of Porto. |
| Dr. Henrique Reis [s1] [dentalcore-centro-medico-dentario-doclic] [dentalcore-centro-medico-dentario-omd-cedula] | Implantology / Occlusion (Clinical Direction) | OMD 00545 | Confirmed in the OMD public register of dentists under the name “Henrique Santos Reis”; professional domicile on record: Matosinhos, district of Porto. |
| Dr. João Bravo [s1] [dentalcore-centro-medico-dentario-doclic] [dentalcore-centro-medico-dentario-omd-cedula] | Implantology | OMD 04723 | Confirmed in the OMD public register of dentists; professional domicile on record: Porto, district of Porto. |
| Dr. Duarte Senra [s1] [dentalcore-centro-medico-dentario-doclic] [dentalcore-centro-medico-dentario-omd-cedula] | Orthodontics | OMD 03162 | Confirmed in the OMD public register of dentists, which records the specialist title “Ortodontia”; professional domicile on record: Porto, district of Porto. |
| Dr. Ana Marinho [s1] [dentalcore-centro-medico-dentario-doclic] [dentalcore-centro-medico-dentario-omd-cedula] | Pediatric Dentistry | OMD 06347 | Confirmed in the OMD public register of dentists under the name “Ana Roleira Marinho”, with the specialist title “Odontopediatria”; professional domicile on record: Matosinhos, district of Porto. |
Red Flags
No red flags identified in the public sources we reviewed.
Data We Could Not Verify
- Reputation & Reviews: Clinic responds to reviews
- Medical Infrastructure: Works with international patients
- Communication & Service: Response speed
- Communication & Service: English spoken
- 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.dentalcore.pt/ |
|---|---|
| Phone | +351 229 376 497 |
| https://www.facebook.com/DentalCoreCMD/ | |
| Google Maps | Map listing |
| Address | Estrada Ext. Circunvalação, 14632, 4450-097 Matosinhos (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.dentalcore.pt/ | Site's social links are Facebook, Instagram and YouTube only; no TripAdvisor link on site or Google listing | Site-wide technology menu lists "Tomografia computadorizada 3D - CBCT" alongside CAD-CAM and digital workflow | Site-wide read (40 pages) found no JSON-LD/microdata block of any type | 2026-09-24 |
| s2 | https://docdental.pt/clinica-dental/centro-medico-dentario-sede/ | Aggregate patient comments (5-star average) | 2026-07-14 |
| dentalcore-centro-medico-dentario-refresh | https://www.google.com/maps/place/Centro+M%C3%A9dico+Dent%C3%A1rio-… | Google rating 4.8 (31 reviews) as of 2026-08-25 | 2026-08-25 |
| dentalcore-centro-medico-dentario-lic | https://www2.ers.pt/dmz/pesquisa/DetalheEstabelecimento.aspx?id=450035 | Estabelecimento 'PENIN & SANTOS REIS - CLINICA DENTÁRIA, LDA', Número de Registo 107653, Estado Registado, Entidade 'PENIN & SANTOS REIS-CLÍNICA DENTÁRIA, LDA' NIF/NIPC 502193212 (Estado Registado), Morada 'ESTRADA EXTERIOR DA CIRCUNVALAÇÃO 14632, 4450-098 MATOSINHOS, Matosinhos, Porto', Responsável Técnico 'Henrique José Oliveira dos Santos Reis' (Ordem dos Médicos Dentistas). | 2026-08-25 |
| dentalcore-centro-medico-dentario-lic-2 | https://www2.ers.pt/DMZ/Pesquisa/Pesquisa.aspx | searched: 'Penin' - 8 results, including 'PENIN & SANTOS REIS - CLINICA DENTÁRIA, LDA' (Registado) and other Penin/Santos-Reis-linked Dentalcore-group establishments ('CENTRO MEDICO DENTARIO (INSTITUTO CUF - PORTO)', 'CENTRO MEDICO DENTARIO (SAO JOAO DA MADEIRA)'). | 2026-08-25 |
| dentalcore-centro-medico-dentario-lic-3 | https://www.dentalcore.pt/termos-e-condicoes/ | Page names the operating legal entity as 'Centro Medico Dentario (da Penin & Santos Reis, Lda. / Miguel Penin & Henrique Santos Reis, Lda. / Angel & Reis — Medicina Dentaria Lda.)', supplying the name variant used to find the ERS record; this text is not on the homepage footer, which shows only a copyright line. | 2026-08-25 |
| dentalcore-centro-medico-dentario-doclic | https://www.omd.pt/pesquisa-de-medicos-dentistas/ | searched: 'Ana Marinho' - 2 results; the Porto one is 'Ana Roleira Marinho', Concelho: Matosinhos, Especialidades: Odontopediatria (matches clinics.json specialization 'Pediatric Dentistry'); the other result is Distrito: Braga (different person). | 2026-08-25 |
| dentalcore-centro-medico-dentario-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: "Miguel Santana" — Cédula profissional 00857, professional domicile Porto / Porto; the query "Miguel Santana" returned 1 result(s) in the whole register, of which exactly one carries that name; "Henrique Santos Reis" (the dentist this card lists as "Dr. Henrique Reis") — Cédula profissional 00545, professional domicile Porto / Matosinhos; the query "Henrique Santos Reis" returned 4 result(s) in the whole register, of which exactly one carries that name; "João Bravo" — Cédula profissional 04723, professional domicile Porto / Porto; the query "Joao Bravo" returned 1 result(s) in the whole register, of which exactly one carries that name; "Duarte Senra" — Cédula profissional 03162, professional domicile Porto / Porto, Especialidades: Ortodontia; the query "Duarte Senra" returned 1 result(s) in the whole register, of which exactly one carries that name; "Ana Roleira Marinho" (the dentist this card lists as "Dr. Ana Marinho") — Cédula profissional 06347, professional domicile Porto / Matosinhos, Especialidades: Odontopediatria; the query "Ana Roleira Marinho" returned 2 result(s) in the whole register, of which exactly one carries that name. | 2026-09-11 |
| dentalcore-centro-medico-dentario-deepen | https://www.google.com/maps?cid=14478716705675740671&hl=en | Google listing 2026-09-24: 4.8 from 35 reviews; histogram 5★ 32 / 4★ 2 / 3★ 0 / 2★ 0 / 1★ 1; newest review 2026-09-10 | 2026-09-24 |
| dentalcore-centro-medico-dentario-deepen-2 | https://www.tripadvisor.com/TypeAheadJson?action=API&query=Dentalco… | Name+city search returned no matching business, only unrelated hotels/attractions | 2026-09-24 |
| dentalcore-centro-medico-dentario-deepen-3 | https://www.dentalcore.pt/diagnostico-e-plano-tratamento/ | "realização de uma ortopantomografia – radiografia panorâmica; realização de radiografias mais específicas" | 2026-09-24 |
| dentalcore-centro-medico-dentario-deepen-4 | https://www.dentalcore.pt/doutor-online/questionario/ | "Doutor Online" questionnaire (Tenho Dores / Sangro das Gengivas / ...) leads to "Pedido de Marcação de Consulta" with a preferred date and time | 2026-09-24 |
| dentalcore-centro-medico-dentario-deepen-5 | search:best dentist Porto, Portugal | Web search on 2026-09-24: results 1–9 were www.whatclinic.com (x2), www.yelp.com (x4), perfeito-smile.com, www.booking.dentist, www.dentavacation.com; the clinic's site and name were not among them. | 2026-09-24 |
| dentalcore-centro-medico-dentario-deepen-6 | 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 |
| dentalcore-centro-medico-dentario-deepen-7 | 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 |
| dentalcore-centro-medico-dentario-deepen-8 | 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 |
| dentalcore-centro-medico-dentario-deepen-9 | 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 |
| dentalcore-centro-medico-dentario-deepen-10 | https://www.google.com/maps?cid=14478716705675740671&hl=en | Newest-sorted read: most recent review dated 2026-09-10 | 2026-09-24 |
| dentalcore-centro-medico-dentario-deepen-11 | https://www.google.com/maps?cid=14478716705675740671&hl=en | Lowest-sorted read: histogram 1★ 1 / 2★ 0 of 35; the nine reviews read across both sorts raise no repeated complaint | 2026-09-24 |
| dentalcore-centro-medico-dentario-deepen-12 | https://www.google.com/maps?cid=14478716705675740671&hl=en | Google listing "Centro Médico Dentário- Sede", read 2026-10-01 in four review orders: 4.8 from 35 reviews (1★ 1 / 4★ 2 / 5★ 32); 12 distinct reviews dated 2020-06-05 to 2026-09-10 | 2026-10-01 |
| dentalcore-centro-medico-dentario-g7 | https://www.doctoralia.com.pt/sitemaps/monolith/sitemap.facility.xml | Doctoralia, read 2026-10-05: its sitemap of clinic pages (11,361) has no page for this clinic | 2026-10-05 |
| dentalcore-centro-medico-dentario-g7-2 | https://www.whatclinic.com/sitemaps/sitemap-brochure-0.xml | WhatClinic, read 2026-10-05: its clinic-profile sitemaps (202 dentist profiles in Portugal) have no profile of this clinic | 2026-10-05 |
| dentalcore-centro-medico-dentario-g7-3 | https://www.trustpilot.com/review/dentalcore.pt | Trustpilot, read 2026-10-05: no company page for dentalcore.pt, the clinic's website (page not found) | 2026-10-05 |
| dentalcore-centro-medico-dentario-g7-4 | https://www.dentaldepartures.com/ | Dental Departures, read 2026-10-05: its clinic search lists two clinics in Portugal (CPRO in Lisbon and IPRO Clinic in Funchal), neither of them this clinic | 2026-10-05 |
Change History
| Date | Change |
|---|---|
| 2026-10-05 | 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. |
| 2026-10-01 | 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. |
| 2026-09-24 | 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": 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 | 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). |
| 2026-08-25 | 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 | 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 | 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. |
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