SmileMed
According to our open methodology, this clinic scored 54.1/100 for transparency, reputation, service accessibility, and digital visibility.
Overall rank: #2 of 12 ranked clinics · Last checked: 25 August 2026
Positions by Rating Profile
- Overall Transparency & Trust#254.1/100
- Best for Expats#254.5/100
- Best for Dental Implants#249/100
- Best for Emergency Dental Carenot ranked
- Best Price Transparency#236.1/100
- Best English-speaking Clinics#259.3/100
- Best for Families / Children#256.5/100
- 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 sedation/anesthesia info found on site incl. services/specialties pages
Summary
Providencia clinic with a full English version of its site, oriented in part toward international patients. Offers implants, orthodontics, pediatric dentistry, endodontics, periodontics, surgery, veneers and whitening; mentions CEREC technology and states it provides written estimates upfront. Accepts US PPO out-of-network reimbursement.
Strengths
- Information Transparency: 18 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 Dr. Lorena Bandini García and Dr. Karla Reséndiz named. [s1] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Dentist specializations listed [s1] | 2/2 |
| ? | Real clinic photos | 0/2 |
| ✓ | 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 No public price list; states a detailed written estimate is given from the outset. [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 [smilemed-guadalajara-refresh] | 6/6 |
| ◐ | Google review volume [smilemed-guadalajara-refresh] | 2/3 |
| ? | 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 Listed on WhatClinic and other directories. [s2] | 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 [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Oral surgery [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Pediatric dentistry [s1] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ? | Emergency care | 0/1.5 |
| ✓ | Works with international patients English site; accepts US PPO out-of-network reimbursement. [s1] | 2/2 |
Communication & Service
How easy it is to contact the clinic, get answers, and book - especially for non-Thai speakers.
| ✓ | WhatsApp / LINE available [s1] | 2/2 |
| ? | 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 Open Mon-Sat with varying hours; closed Sunday. [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 Guadalajara", "English speaking dentist Guadalajara", "dental implants Guadalajara", "emergency dentist Guadalajara", "Guadalajara dental clinic for expats".
| ✗ | Mentioned for: best dentist Guadalajara [sq] | 0/1 |
| ✓ | Mentioned for: English speaking dentist Guadalajara [sq] | 1/1 |
| ✓ | Mentioned for: dental implants Guadalajara [sq] | 1/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: emergency dentist Guadalajara [sq] | 0/1 |
| ✓ | Mentioned for: Guadalajara dental clinic for expats [sq] | 1/1 |
| ? | Structured data on website | 0/1.5 |
| ✓ | Google indexing quality [sq] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | 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: not checked against public sources yet — unverified, no penalty
Dentists & professional licences
| Dentist | Specialization | Licence No. |
|---|---|---|
| Dr. Lorena Bandini García [s1] | Odontopediatría | not verified |
| Dr. Karla Reséndiz [s1] | — | not verified |
Dentists are named; their licence numbers have not been checked against public sources yet — unverified, no penalty.
Red Flags
- low Opaque or bait pricing (-2 pts) — No public price list; estimates only provided individually. [s1]
Red-flag penalty applied: -2 points (capped at -20).
Data We Could Not Verify
- Information Transparency: Real clinic photos
- 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: Emergency care
- Communication & Service: Response speed
- Communication & Service: Pre-visit consultation possible
- AI & Search Visibility: Structured data on website
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.smilemed.com.mx/en |
|---|---|
| Phone | 33 3615 3291 |
| 33 3615 3291 | |
| https://www.facebook.com/clinicasmilemed | |
| Google Maps | Map listing |
| Address | C. José Bonifacio Andrada 2725, Providencia, 44657 Guadalajara, Jalisco |
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.smilemed.com.mx/en | Clinic name, Providencia address, phone, email, Facebook/Instagram/YouTube, named dentists, services, English site, US PPO reimbursement, written estimates, hours. | 2026-07-12 |
| s2 | https://www.whatclinic.com/dentists/mexico/guadalajara/smile-med | Third-party directory listing. | 2026-07-12 |
| sq | search:English speaking dentist Guadalajara / dental implants Guadalajara / Guadalajara dental clinic for expats | AI/search visibility scout 2026-07-12 | 2026-07-12 |
| smilemed-guadalajara-refresh | https://www.google.com/maps/place/Dentista+SmileMed+-+Consultorio+D… | Google rating 4.9 (153 reviews) as of 2026-08-25, listed as 'Dentista SmileMed - Consultorio Dental' | 2026-08-25 |
Change History
| Date | Change |
|---|---|
| 2026-08-25 | License verification 2026-08-25 against CLUES and RNP: both unreachable/non-functional today. No clinic or doctor license found or ruled false for the 2 named dentists; all fields null. |
| 2026-08-25 | Re-verification 2026-08-25: confirmed website live, street address and main phone unchanged, not permanently closed; recorded Google rating 4.9 (153 reviews) and geo/URL, none previously tracked. Notes: Google Maps lists a WhatsApp/mobile number (33 2535 3595) that differs from the confirmed office phone, and shows postal code 44630 vs stored 44657 for the same street address; neither changed pending confirmation. |
| 2026-07-12 | Initial data collection. |
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