Dental Specialist Center of Davao
According to our open methodology, this clinic scored 33/100 for transparency, reputation, service accessibility, and digital visibility.
Overall rank: #13 of 21 ranked clinics · Last checked: 18 August 2026
Positions by Rating Profile
- Overall Transparency & Trust#1333/100
- Best for Expats#1232.3/100
- Best for Dental Implants#732.5/100
- Best for Emergency Dental Carenot ranked
- Best Price Transparency#1714.8/100
- Best English-speaking Clinics#1234.7/100
- Best for Families / Children#835.5/100
Summary
Dental Specialist Center of Davao is a multi-specialty private dental clinic in the Marfori Heights area, staffed by specialists, fellows, and general practitioners covering oral and maxillofacial surgery, pediatric dentistry, orthodontics, endodontics, prosthodontics, and periodontics. The clinic is open until 10pm and also maintains an Instagram account. No individual dentist names are published on the clinic's own website. PhilHealth accreditation is stated to be in progress and HMO insurance is not currently accepted.
ClinicFinderPH lists an alternative address (Door 3, GND Building, Duterte St.) and phone ((082) 222-2098) that could not be confirmed against the clinic's own website, which consistently shows the Marfori Heights address. The ClinicFinderPH data may describe a different entity or an outdated address and was not used. A second mobile number (0917-715-1028) appears on the official site. Individual specialist names are not published; the website describes the team in aggregate. Patient feedback found via search mentions positive atmosphere but some appointment delays.
Strengths
No categories reached the strength threshold (80%).
Weaknesses
- Price Transparency: 0 of 3 verifiable points (missing: prices or price ranges published)
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 no individual dentist names published on official website; team described in aggregate as specialists, fellows, GPs [s1] | 0/3 |
| ✓ | Dentist specializations listed specializations listed at category level: oral & maxillofacial surgery, pediatric dentistry, orthodontics, endodontics, prosthodontics, periodontics [s1] [s2] | 2/2 |
| ? | Real clinic photos | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Service list published smile design, dental implants, TMJ management, pediatric dental services, oral surgery, prosthodontics, cosmetic dentistry, periodontal treatment, preventive and restorative care [s2] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Clear contact details phone +63 917 710 0930, second mobile 0917-715-1028, email [email protected] published on official site [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | English website version website is in English [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Address and map published Marfori Heights address published on official website [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 price list found on official website [s1] | 0/3 |
| ? | Cleaning price listed | 0/2 |
| ? | Filling price listed | 0/2 |
| ? | Crown price listed | 0/2 |
| ? | Implant price listed | 0/2 |
| ? | Consultation price listed | 0/2 |
| ? | X-ray / imaging price listed | 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) Google Maps rating not verifiable via accessible sources | 0/6 |
| ? | Google review volume | 0/3 |
| ? | Review recency | 0/3 |
| ? | Clinic responds to reviews | 0/2 |
| ✗ | No recurring complaints some patient feedback mentions appointment delays and suggests staff could better communicate wait times; not a severe pattern but a recurring minor theme [s4] | 0/2 |
| ✓ | No suspicious review patterns [s4] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Active Facebook presence facebook.com/dentalspecialistcenterofdavao confirmed [s3] | 1/1 |
| ? | TripAdvisor presence | 0/0.5 |
| ✓ | Other review platforms Instagram @dentalspecialistdvo; LinkedIn; ClinicFinderPH profile [s4] | 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 advanced imaging including dental CT documented on services page [s2] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | CBCT (3D imaging) TMJ management page references state-of-the-art imaging; dental CT scans documented [s2] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Implantology [s2] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Orthodontics orthodontic services including braces listed; ClinicFinderPH indicates braces from PHP 35,000 [s2] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Oral surgery oral and maxillofacial surgery including extractions, grafting, biopsies, bone augmentation [s2] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Pediatric dentistry pediatric dental services including fluoride treatment, sealants, crowns, sedation, trauma care [s2] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ? | Emergency care no explicit emergency dental care documented; clinic is open until 10pm which may accommodate urgent cases | 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 | 0/2 |
| ? | Response speed | 0/1.5 |
| ✓ | English spoken English-language website; specialist-level training implies English proficiency [s1] | 2.5/2.5 |
| ? | Pre-visit consultation possible | 0/1.5 |
| ✓ | Clear service explanations individual service pages explain each specialty in plain language [s2] | 1/1 |
| ✓ | Convenient opening hours open until 10pm per official website; days of week not fully specified [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 Philippines", "English speaking dentist Philippines", "dental implants Philippines", "emergency dentist Philippines", "Philippines dental clinic for expats".
| ✓ | Mentioned for: best dentist Philippines Dental Specialist Center appears prominently in top guide results for Davao dental searches surfaced by the five canonical city queries [s5] | 1/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: English speaking dentist Philippines [s5] | 0/1 |
| ✓ | Mentioned for: dental implants Philippines appears in implant-focused search results [s5] | 1/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: emergency dentist Philippines [s5] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: Philippines dental clinic for expats [s5] | 0/1 |
| ? | Structured data on website structured data presence not verified | 0/1.5 |
| ✓ | Google indexing quality official site ranks in Davao dental searches; clinic name and specialty searches return official pages [s5] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Dedicated service pages individual pages per specialty: oral surgery, pediatric, orthodontics, endodontics, prosthodontics, periodontics, cosmetic, TMJ [s2] | 1.5/1.5 |
Licensing & Credentials
Whether the clinic publishes its operating licence and the dentists working there together with their professional licence numbers. Missing items are penalised.
Clinic operating licence: not published on the clinic’s website — penalty applied
Dentists & professional licences
The clinic does not publish the dentists working there or their professional licence numbers — penalty applied.
Red Flags
- medium Dentists / their licences not listed (-4 pts) — No individual dentist names are published on the clinic website, making it impossible for patients to verify who will treat them or confirm their licensure. The clinic describes the team only in aggregate.
- low Clinic operating licence not published (-3 pts) — No clinic operating licence or DOH registration number published on official website. PhilHealth accreditation stated as in progress.
- low No dentists identified anywhere (-2 pts) — No dentist names published (derived from data).
- low Opaque or bait pricing (-2 pts) — No prices or price ranges published (derived from data).
- low Recurring communication complaints (-1 pts) — Some patient feedback mentions appointment delays without adequate advance notice; a minor recurring communication theme.
Red-flag penalty applied: -12 points (capped at -20).
Data We Could Not Verify
- Information Transparency: Real clinic photos
- Price Transparency: Cleaning price listed
- Price Transparency: Filling price listed
- Price Transparency: Crown price listed
- Price Transparency: Implant price listed
- Price Transparency: Consultation price listed
- Price Transparency: X-ray / imaging price listed
- Reputation & Reviews: Google rating (Bayesian-adjusted)
- Reputation & Reviews: Google review volume
- Reputation & Reviews: Review recency
- Reputation & Reviews: Clinic responds to reviews
- Reputation & Reviews: TripAdvisor presence
- Medical Infrastructure: Emergency care
- Medical Infrastructure: Works with international patients
- Communication & Service: WhatsApp / LINE available
- 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.davaodentalspecialist.com.ph/ |
|---|---|
| Phone | +63-917-710-0930 |
| https://www.facebook.com/dentalspecialistcenterofdavao/ | |
| Address | J.A. Sarenas Circumferential Road Corner Pearl St., Marfori Heights, Barangay 10-A, Poblacion District, Davao City 8000 |
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.davaodentalspecialist.com.ph/ | official website: clinic name, Marfori Heights address, phones +63 917 710 0930 and 0917-715-1028, email [email protected], social media (FB, Instagram, LinkedIn), open until 10pm, PhilHealth in progress, HMO not accepted | 2026-08-18 |
| s2 | https://www.davaodentalspecialist.com.ph/services/specialized | specialized services: smile design, dental implants, TMJ management (with advanced imaging), pediatric dentistry, oral surgery (including grafting, biopsies, bone augmentation), prosthodontics, cosmetic dentistry, periodontal treatment | 2026-08-18 |
| s3 | https://www.facebook.com/dentalspecialistcenterofdavao/ | Facebook page confirmed | 2026-08-18 |
| s4 | search:Dental Specialist Center Davao Marfori Heights reviews patients specialists | review snippets: positive aesthetic environment, warm staff; recurring minor complaint about appointment delays and communication of wait times; no upselling complaints found | 2026-08-18 |
| s5 | search:the five canonical city queries for Philippines dental visibility | AI/search visibility checks 2026-08-18: Dental Specialist Center of Davao appears prominently in guide articles and implant search results surfaced by the five canonical city queries | 2026-08-18 |
Change History
| Date | Change |
|---|---|
| 2026-08-18 |
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