SmileMed
According to our open methodology, this clinic scored 61.7/100 for transparency, reputation, service accessibility, and digital visibility.
Overall rank: #18 of 25 ranked clinics · Last checked: 25 August 2026
Positions by Rating Profile
- Overall Transparency & Trust#1861.7/100
- Best for Expats#1861.5/100
- Best for Dental Implants#1956/100
- Best for Emergency Dental Carenot ranked
- Best Price Transparency#2142.3/100
- Best English-speaking Clinics#1866.3/100
- Best for Families / Children#764.7/100
- Sleep Dentistry (GA / deep sedation)#561.7/100
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) — General anaesthesia / deep sedation documented Specialties page lists 'General anesthesia treatment in pediatric patients' under children's dentistry. [smilemed-guadalajara-sedation]
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.
- 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)
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 (Google Maps, read as text) [smilemed-guadalajara-refresh] | 6/6 |
| ◐ | Google review volume [smilemed-guadalajara-refresh-tw] | 2/3 |
| ✓ | Review recency Newest Google review is dated 2026-08-06 (listing read 2026-09-26). [smilemed-guadalajara-gbp-2026-09-26] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Clinic responds to reviews Owner replies to reviews on the Google listing: 5 of the 5 newest reviews answered, owner reply dated 2026-08-18 (read 2026-09-26). [smilemed-guadalajara-gbp-2026-09-26] | 2/2 |
| ? | 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.
Communication & Service
How easy it is to contact the clinic, get answers, and book - especially for international patients.
AI & Search Visibility
Whether the clinic is discoverable when patients search - including via AI assistants. Checked with fixed queries: "best dentist Mexico", "English speaking dentist Mexico", "dental implants Mexico", "emergency dentist Mexico", "Mexico dental clinic for expats".
| ✗ | Mentioned for: best dentist Mexico [sq] | 0/1 |
| ✓ | Mentioned for: English speaking dentist Mexico [sq] | 1/1 |
| ✓ | Mentioned for: dental implants Mexico [sq] | 1/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: emergency dentist Mexico [sq] | 0/1 |
| ✓ | Mentioned for: Mexico 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
No red flags identified in the public sources we reviewed.
Data We Could Not Verify
- Information Transparency: Real clinic photos
- 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-sedation | https://www.smilemed.com.mx/en/especialidades | Lists 'General anesthesia treatment in pediatric patients' as a specialty service | 2026-08-23 |
| smilemed-guadalajara-refresh | https://maps.google.com/?cid=7344144896503704329 | Google rating 4.9 as of 2026-08-25 | 2026-08-25 |
| smilemed-guadalajara-refresh-tw | 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 |
| smilemed-guadalajara-gbp-2026-09-26 | https://www.google.com/maps?cid=7344144896503704329&hl=en | Google listing read on 2026-09-26: rating 4.9 from 153 reviews; star histogram 1★ 3 / 2★ 0 / 3★ 1 / 4★ 3 / 5★ 146; newest review dated 2026-08-06; 5 of the 5 newest reviews carry an owner reply, latest dated 2026-08-18. | 2026-09-26 |
Change History
| Date | Change |
|---|---|
| 2026-09-29 | Corrected 2026-09-29: review recency within 3 months (newest review dated 2026-08-06); owner replies to reviews confirmed on the Google listing (owner reply dated 2026-08-18). |
| 2026-09-25 | Aligned with the clinic's entry on guadalajaradentalrating.com: recorded Google review volume (153) from sources read on 2026-08-25. |
| 2026-09-07 | opaque_prices flag removed under methodology v1.4.0 (no evidence of bait/opacity; non-publication is scored by price criteria). |
| 2026-08-25 | Re-verification 2026-08-25: confirmed smilemed.com.mx live, address/phone unchanged. Captured first Google rating 4.9 (review count not observed ). |
| 2026-08-25 | License verification 2026-08-25 against Mexico's mapped registries (RNP - SEP cédula profesional; CLUES - Secretaría de Salud): both registries were confirmed unreachable/non-functional today (RNP connection refused/timeout; CLUES master workbook download timed out, no online search form exists). CLUES clinic-registry search not executable (workbook download timed out); RNP dentist-registry search not executable for 2 named doctor(s) (SEP cédula lookup unreachable). No new registry matches found; existing licensing data left unchanged. |
| 2026-08-23 | Recorded sedation / general anaesthesia availability (informational): documented as available. Specialties page lists 'General anesthesia treatment in pediatric patients' under children's dentistry. |
| 2026-08-14 | Imported from the city-tier dataset (data originally collected 2026-07-12). |
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