Smiling Art, Especialidades Dentales
According to our open methodology, this clinic scored 37.4/100 for transparency, reputation, service accessibility, and digital visibility.
Overall rank: #8 of 12 ranked clinics · Last checked: 25 August 2026
Positions by Rating Profile
- Overall Transparency & Trust#837.4/100
- Best for Expats#933.3/100
- Best for Dental Implants#933/100
- Best for Emergency Dental Carenot ranked
- Best Price Transparency#924.9/100
- Best English-speaking Clinicsnot ranked
- Best for Families / Children#536.8/100
- 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) — Not verified Maxillofacial surgery listed as a specialty but no anesthesia/sedation detail given
Summary
Multi-specialty clinic in Zapopan with five named specialists covering periodontics/implants, oral rehabilitation, orthodontics, pediatric dentistry and endodontics, plus maxillofacial surgery. No professional licence numbers or prices are published.
Strengths
- Information Transparency: 16 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: 6 of 13 verifiable points.
- AI & Search Visibility: 3.5 of 8.5 verifiable points (missing: mentioned for: best dentist guadalajara; mentioned for: english speaking dentist guadalajara; mentioned for: emergency dentist guadalajara; mentioned for: guadalajara dental clinic for expats)
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 [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] | 0/2 |
| ✓ | 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 [smiling-art-dental-zapopan-refresh] | 3/6 |
| ◐ | Google review volume [smiling-art-dental-zapopan-refresh] | 0.5/3 |
| ◐ | Review recency [smiling-art-dental-zapopan-refresh] | 1.5/3 |
| ? | 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 | 0/0.5 |
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 | 0/2 |
Communication & Service
How easy it is to contact the clinic, get answers, and book - especially for non-Thai speakers.
| ? | WhatsApp / LINE available | 0/2 |
| ? | Response speed | 0/1.5 |
| ? | English spoken | 0/2.5 |
| ? | Pre-visit consultation possible | 0/1.5 |
| ✓ | Clear service explanations [s1] | 1/1 |
| ✓ | Convenient opening hours Mon-Fri 9:00-20:00, Sat 9:00-13:00. [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] | 0/1 |
| ✓ | Mentioned for: dental implants Guadalajara [sq] | 1/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: emergency dentist Guadalajara [sq] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: Guadalajara dental clinic for expats [sq] | 0/1 |
| ? | Structured data on website | 0/1.5 |
| ◐ | Google indexing quality [sq] | 1/2 |
| ✓ | 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. Juan Ramón Aramoni Hernández [s1] | Periodoncia e Implantes | not verified |
| Dr. Victor Esponda García Rulfo [s1] | Rehabilitación e Implantes | not verified |
| Dr. Fernando E. Godínez Gutiérrez [s1] | Ortodoncia y Ortopedia Dentofacial | not verified |
| Dra. Margarita Lara Subía [s1] | Odontopediatría | not verified |
| Dra. Susana Oviedo Uribe [s1] | Endodoncia | 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 treatment prices published. [s1]
Red-flag penalty applied: -2 points (capped at -20).
Data We Could Not Verify
- Information Transparency: Real clinic photos
- Reputation & Reviews: Clinic responds to reviews
- Reputation & Reviews: No recurring complaints
- Reputation & Reviews: No suspicious review patterns
- Reputation & Reviews: TripAdvisor presence
- Reputation & Reviews: Other review platforms
- Medical Infrastructure: On-site X-ray
- Medical Infrastructure: CBCT (3D imaging)
- Medical Infrastructure: Emergency care
- Medical Infrastructure: Works with international patients
- Communication & Service: WhatsApp / LINE available
- Communication & Service: Response speed
- Communication & Service: English spoken
- 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://smilingartdental.com/ |
|---|---|
| Phone | 33 3610 1064 |
| https://www.facebook.com/SmilingArtDental | |
| Google Maps | Map listing |
| Address | Av. Pablo Neruda 4162, Fracc. Villa Universitaria, 45110 Zapopan, 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://smilingartdental.com/ | Clinic name, Zapopan address, phone, Facebook, five named specialists with specializations, services, hours, no prices, no cédula. | 2026-07-12 |
| sq | search:dental implants Guadalajara | AI/search visibility scout 2026-07-12 | 2026-07-12 |
| smiling-art-dental-zapopan-refresh | https://www.google.com/maps/place/Smiling+Art/@20.6919921,-103.4109… | most recent review approx. March 2026 (shown '5 months ago' on 2026-08-25) | 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 5 named specialists; all fields null. |
| 2026-08-25 | Re-verification 2026-08-25: confirmed website live, address/phone unchanged, not permanently closed; recorded Google rating 4.3 (8 reviews) and geo/URL, none previously tracked. |
| 2026-07-12 | Initial data collection. |
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