MALO CLINIC Porto
According to our open methodology, this clinic scored 35.2/100 for transparency, reputation, service accessibility, and digital visibility.
Overall rank: #13 of 15 ranked clinics · Last checked: 25 August 2026
Positions by Rating Profile
- Overall Transparency & Trust#1335.2/100
- Best for Expats#934.8/100
- Best for Dental Implants#1129/100
- Best for Emergency Dental Carenot ranked
- Best Price Transparency#1125.4/100
- Best English-speaking Clinics#439.5/100
- Best for Families / Childrennot ranked
- 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 Implant-focused clinic group; no anaesthesia/sedation info found on site (maloclinics.com)
Summary
Porto unit of the international MALO CLINIC group on Avenida da Boavista, known as pioneers of the All-on-4 implant technique, specialising in implantology, oral surgery and prosthodontics. Multilingual, markets to international patients and has an English website. Google rating not verified from public sources here; 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)
- Reputation & Reviews: 4 of 10.5 verifiable points.
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) as of 2026-08-25 [malo-clinic-porto-refresh] | 1/6 |
| ◐ | Google review volume [malo-clinic-porto-refresh] | 1.5/3 |
| ? | 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 [s1] | 2/2 |
| ? | Orthodontics | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Oral surgery [s1] | 2/2 |
| ? | Pediatric dentistry | 0/1.5 |
| ? | Emergency care | 0/1.5 |
| ✓ | Works with international patients [s1] | 2/2 |
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 [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 | 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: 104407 (ERS - Numero de Registo, Estado: Registado) (Registry: ERS. Searched 'Malo Clinic' at www2.ers.pt/DMZ/Pesquisa - matched 'MALO CLINIC SA - PORTO' among Faro/Coimbra/Lisboa/Porto branches, entity 'MALO CLINIC, SA' (NIF 503411434), address Avenida da Boavista 1243, 4100-130 Porto. Note: the clinic's own site (maloclinics.com) only publishes an entity-level 'ERS No. 12920' for the whole company, not this establishment-specific number; the ERS registry lookup gives the Porto-establishment-specific registration used here. No named doctors to check. Checked 2026-08-25.) [malo-clinic-porto-lic]
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: Orthodontics
- Medical Infrastructure: Pediatric dentistry
- Medical Infrastructure: Emergency care
- Communication & Service: Response speed
- Communication & Service: Pre-visit consultation possible
- 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.maloclinics.com/en/ |
|---|---|
| Phone | +351 220 127 300 |
| https://www.facebook.com/maloclinics/ | |
| Google Maps | Map listing |
| Address | Av. da Boavista 1243, 4100-130 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.maloclinics.com/en/clinics | Group, English site, international focus, All-on-4 | 2026-07-14 |
| s2 | https://readymap.space/en/5052/35964 | Address and phone number | 2026-07-14 |
| malo-clinic-porto-refresh | https://www.google.com/maps/place/Malo+Clinic+Porto/@41.1593085,-8.… | Google rating 3.9 (59 reviews) as of 2026-08-25 | 2026-08-25 |
| malo-clinic-porto-lic | https://www2.ers.pt/dmz/pesquisa/DetalheEstabelecimento.aspx?id=475630 | Estabelecimento 'MALO CLINIC SA - PORTO', Numero de Registo 104407, Estado Registado, Entidade 'MALO CLINIC, SA', address Avenida da Boavista 1243, 4100-130 Porto. | 2026-08-25 |
Change History
| Date | Change |
|---|---|
| 2026-08-25 | License verification 2026-08-25: clinic license found via ERS registry for the Porto-specific establishment (Numero 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 | Re-verification 2026-08-25: confirmed website, address and phone; captured first Google rating 3.9 (59 reviews); added geo coordinates. |
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