Clínica Dental La Prensa
According to our open methodology, this clinic scored 46.1/100 for transparency, reputation, service accessibility, and digital visibility.
Overall rank: #10 of 15 ranked clinics · Last checked: 24 September 2026
46.1/100
Positions by Rating Profile
- Overall Transparency & Trust#1046.1/100
- Best for Expats#946.5/100
- Best for Dental Implants#1041.5/100
- Best for Emergency Dental Carenot ranked
- Best Price Transparency#1032.5/100
- Best English-speaking Clinicsnot ranked
- 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 No sedation/general anaesthesia info found on site despite implant/oral-surgery focus
Summary
Long-established dental clinic in Quito focused on implantology (All-on-4, bone grafts, sinus lifts), oral rehabilitation, maxillofacial surgery, endodontics and orthodontics. Several named specialists with stated experience. No prices published and no full street address on the site.
Strengths
- Information Transparency: 16 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)
- Reputation & Reviews: 8.5 of 18 verifiable points (missing: review recency; tripAdvisor presence; other review platforms)
- AI & Search Visibility: 3 of 8 verifiable points (missing: mentioned for: best dentist Quito; mentioned for: English speaking dentist Quito; mentioned for: dental implants Quito; mentioned for: emergency dentist Quito; mentioned for: Quito 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
16 / 20
Whether basic facts about the clinic - its team, premises, services, and location - are publicly verifiable.
Price Transparency
0 / 15
Whether patients can estimate costs before visiting. Published price ranges count; exact prices are not required.
Reputation & Reviews
8.5 / 20
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 2026-09-24 [clinica-dental-la-prensa-deepen-12] | 3/6 |
| ◐ | Google review volume as of 2026-09-24 [clinica-dental-la-prensa-deepen-13] | 0.5/3 |
| ✗ | Review recency Corrected: newest review dated 2025-09-18, more than a year old; review count 12, not grown since the previous check (as of 2026-09-24) [clinica-dental-la-prensa-deepen-11] | 0/3 |
| ✓ | Clinic responds to reviews Owner reply found among readable reviews [clinica-dental-la-prensa-deepen-14] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | No recurring complaints Histogram 1★:1 of 12; the only low-starred review's text describes prompt, good service [clinica-dental-la-prensa-deepen-8] | 2/2 |
| ? | No suspicious review patterns Only 9 of the 12 reviews could be read (dated 2017-11-30 to 2025-09-18); fewer than ten, so a pattern cannot be judged from them. [clinica-dental-la-prensa-deepen-20] | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Active Facebook presence [clinica-dental-la-prensa-deepen-2] | 1/1 |
| ✗ | TripAdvisor presence TripAdvisor search returns no match; no TripAdvisor link on the clinic's channels [clinica-dental-la-prensa-deepen-9] | 0/0.5 |
| ✗ | Other review platforms No profile found on WhatClinic, Dental Departures, Bookimed or Trustpilot (checked 2026-10-01). [clinica-dental-la-prensa-deepen-10] [clinica-dental-la-prensa-platforms] [clinica-dental-la-prensa-platforms-2] [clinica-dental-la-prensa-platforms-3] | 0/0.5 |
Medical Infrastructure
8 / 15
The range of publicly documented equipment and services. This measures documented availability, not clinical quality.
| ✓ | On-site X-ray [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✗ | CBCT (3D imaging) Equipment section names only digital radiography and lab; no CBCT/3D tomography [clinica-dental-la-prensa-deepen-15] | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Implantology [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Orthodontics [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Oral surgery [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✗ | Pediatric dentistry Full service list (single-page site) has no pediatric item [s1] | 0/1.5 |
| ✗ | Emergency care Same full service list has no same-day/urgent item [clinica-dental-la-prensa-deepen-16] | 0/1.5 |
| ? | Works with international patients | 0/2 |
Communication & Service
6 / 10
How easy it is to contact the clinic, get answers, and book - especially for international patients.
| ✓ | WhatsApp / LINE available [s1] | 2/2 |
| ? | Response speed | 0/1.5 |
| ? | English spoken | 0/2.5 |
| ✓ | Pre-visit consultation possible Booking form promises a personalized plan at the consultation [clinica-dental-la-prensa-deepen-17] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ✓ | Clear service explanations [s1] | 1/1 |
| ✓ | Convenient opening hours GBP hours: Mon-Fri 9am-7pm, Sat 9am-3pm [clinica-dental-la-prensa-deepen-18] | 1.5/1.5 |
AI & Search Visibility
3 / 10
Whether the clinic is discoverable when patients search - including via AI assistants. Checked with fixed queries: "best dentist Quito", "English speaking dentist Quito", "dental implants Quito", "emergency dentist Quito", "Quito dental clinic for expats".
| ✗ | Mentioned for: best dentist Quito [clinica-dental-la-prensa-deepen-3] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: English speaking dentist Quito [clinica-dental-la-prensa-deepen-4] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: dental implants Quito [clinica-dental-la-prensa-deepen-5] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: emergency dentist Quito [clinica-dental-la-prensa-deepen-6] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: Quito dental clinic for expats [clinica-dental-la-prensa-deepen-7] | 0/1 |
| ✓ | Structured data on website Homepage carries schema.org Dentist markup [clinica-dental-la-prensa-deepen-19] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ? | 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: not checked against public sources yet — unverified, no penalty
Dentists & professional licences
| Dentist | Specialization | Licence No. |
|---|---|---|
| Juan Carlos Obando [s1] | Advanced oral implantology | not verified |
| Remigio Obando [s1] | Oral rehabilitation and implantology | not verified |
| Jorge Luis Ochoa [s1] | Endodontics | not verified |
| Franklin Saltos [s1] | Orthodontics | 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
- Reputation & Reviews: No suspicious review patterns
- Medical Infrastructure: Works with international patients
- Communication & Service: Response speed
- Communication & Service: English spoken
- 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://implantesecuador.com/ |
|---|---|
| Phone | +593 98 713 6423 |
| +593 98 713 6423 | |
| Google Maps | Map listing |
| Address | Av. de la Prensa N56-176, 170512 Quito, Ecuador |
Contact details are provided for identification only and may change; verify with the clinic directly.
Sources
| ID | Source | What it supports | Accessed |
|---|---|---|---|
| s1 | https://implantesecuador.com/ | "Nuestros Servicios": Implantes, Rehabilitación Oral, Cirugía Maxilofacial, Endodoncias, Ortodoncia, Estética Dental — no odontopediatría | 2026-09-24 |
| clinica-dental-la-prensa-deepen | https://www.google.com/maps/place/Clinica+dental+La+Prensa/@-0.1342… | Newest visible review dated ~1 year before 2026-08-26 | 2026-08-26 |
| clinica-dental-la-prensa-deepen-2 | https://www.facebook.com/p/Cl%C3%ADnica-de-Especialidades-Odontol%C… | Independent Facebook business page for "Clínica de Especialidades Odontológicas La Prensa" confirming address Av La Prensa N56-176, discovered 2026-08-26 | 2026-08-26 |
| clinica-dental-la-prensa-deepen-3 | search:best dentist Quito | AI/search visibility scout 2026-08-26: not present in top-10 organic Google results. | 2026-08-26 |
| clinica-dental-la-prensa-deepen-4 | search:english speaking dentist Quito | AI/search visibility scout 2026-08-26: not present in top-10 organic Google results. | 2026-08-26 |
| clinica-dental-la-prensa-deepen-5 | search:dental implants Quito | AI/search visibility scout 2026-08-26: not present in top-10 organic Google results. | 2026-08-26 |
| clinica-dental-la-prensa-deepen-6 | search:emergency dentist Quito | AI/search visibility scout 2026-08-26: not present in top-10 organic Google results. | 2026-08-26 |
| clinica-dental-la-prensa-deepen-7 | search:dentist for expats Quito | AI/search visibility scout 2026-08-26: not present in top-10 organic Google results. | 2026-08-26 |
| clinica-dental-la-prensa-deepen-8 | https://www.google.com/maps/place/Clinica+dental+La+Prensa/@-0.1342… | Lowest-sort: Mini Rodriguez, 1★, 2018-01-29: "Llego con un terrible dolor de muela me atendieron de inmediato solucionando mi problema, buena atencion" | 2026-09-24 |
| clinica-dental-la-prensa-deepen-9 | https://www.tripadvisor.com/TypeAheadJson?action=API&query=Clinica%… | 12 unrelated results; no Clinica Dental La Prensa listing | 2026-09-24 |
| clinica-dental-la-prensa-deepen-10 | https://www.whatclinic.com/dentists/ecuador/quito | WhatClinic: its Quito dentist listing (1 page, 3 clinics) and its Ecuador listing (1 page, 5 clinics), checked against its profile sitemaps (5 dentist profiles in Ecuador, 3 of them in Quito, all in the listings) and the profile addresses built from the clinic's name (not found), have no profile for Clínica Dental La Prensa and none at Av. de la Prensa N56-176 (checked 2026-10-01) | 2026-10-01 |
| clinica-dental-la-prensa-deepen-11 | https://www.google.com/maps?cid=805865960533205264&hl=en | Google listing read 2026-09-24, newest reviews first: most recent reviews dated 2025-09-18 (two) and 2025-09-17; 12 reviews in total, down from 13 on 2026-08-26 | 2026-09-24 |
| clinica-dental-la-prensa-deepen-12 | https://www.google.com/maps/place/Clinica+dental+La+Prensa/@-0.1342… | Google listing 2026-09-24: 4.6 from 12 reviews, histogram 1★:1/4★:1/5★:10 | 2026-09-24 |
| clinica-dental-la-prensa-deepen-13 | https://www.google.com/maps/place/Clinica+dental+La+Prensa/@-0.1342… | Google listing 2026-09-24: 12 reviews (previously 13) | 2026-09-24 |
| clinica-dental-la-prensa-deepen-14 | https://www.google.com/maps/place/Clinica+dental+La+Prensa/@-0.1342… | Reply to Nesyuri Angel (2025-02-28): "Muchas gracias Nesyuri..." | 2026-09-24 |
| clinica-dental-la-prensa-deepen-15 | https://implantesecuador.com/ | "Tecnología Avanzada": "Disponemos de avanzados equipos de radiología dental y laboratorio"; no tomografía/CBCT mentioned | 2026-09-24 |
| clinica-dental-la-prensa-deepen-16 | https://implantesecuador.com/ | Full "Nuestros Servicios" list (6 items) has no emergency/urgente wording | 2026-09-24 |
| clinica-dental-la-prensa-deepen-17 | https://implantesecuador.com/ | "Agenda Tu Cita": "Reserva tu cita y recibe un plan personalizado para transformar tu sonrisa" | 2026-09-24 |
| clinica-dental-la-prensa-deepen-18 | https://www.google.com/maps/place/Clinica+dental+La+Prensa/@-0.1342… | Google listing hours: Monday-Friday 9 AM-7 PM, Saturday 9 AM-3 PM | 2026-09-24 |
| clinica-dental-la-prensa-deepen-19 | https://implantesecuador.com/ | Page source contains a JSON-LD script with @type "Dentist" | 2026-09-24 |
| clinica-dental-la-prensa-platforms | https://www.dentaldepartures.com/dentists/ecuador | Dental Departures: its 2 Quito clinics (Dra. Karla Moscoso, OdontoSalud) do not include Clínica Dental La Prensa (checked 2026-10-01) | 2026-10-01 |
| clinica-dental-la-prensa-platforms-2 | https://bookimed.com/clinics/country=ecuador/ | Bookimed: its Ecuador ranking lists 2 verified options, both other Quito practices (Dentalis Atelier Clinic on Avenida Amazonas N41; Ortodoncia & Implantes in the World Trade Center building), and none of the 2,127 clinic pages in its clinic sitemap carries this clinic's name (checked 2026-10-01) | 2026-10-01 |
| clinica-dental-la-prensa-platforms-3 | https://www.trustpilot.com/review/implantesecuador.com | Trustpilot: no company page for implantesecuador.com (checked 2026-10-01) | 2026-10-01 |
| clinica-dental-la-prensa-deepen-20 | https://www.google.com/maps?cid=805865960533205264&hl=en | Google listing "Clinica dental La Prensa" (Dental clinic; Av. de la Prensa N56-176, 170512 Quito, Ecuador), read 2026-10-02 in 4 review orders (lowest-rated first, newest first, most relevant first, highest-rated first): 4.6 from 12 reviews (1★ 1 / 2★ 0 / 3★ 0 / 4★ 1 / 5★ 10); 9 distinct reviews read, dated 2017-11-30 to 2025-09-18, 1 with an owner reply. | 2026-10-02 |
Change History
| Date | Change |
|---|---|
| 2026-09-24 | Re-read on 2026-09-24: the clinic's single-page website and its Google listing (newest and lowest reviews). Recorded: digital radiography but no CBCT/3D tomography; no pediatric or same-day emergency service in the published list; online booking promises a personalized plan; Saturday hours; homepage carries Dentist structured data; Google listing now shows 4.6 from 12 reviews (previously 4.3 from 13), with an owner reply and no recurring complaints. Not found on TripAdvisor or in the WhatClinic Quito directory. Still unverified: English-speaking staff and international-patient experience. Corrected: review recency lowered to older than one year - the newest review on the listing is dated 2025-09-18 and the review count has not grown since the previous check. |
| 2026-08-26 | Deepen 2026-08-26: rechecked website/phone (unchanged, live); resolved vague stored address ('La Prensa area') to precise street address via Maps + independent Facebook confirmation; added Google rating 4.3/13 reviews + pin coords + place URL (was unset); added new independent Facebook source to onFacebook; visible for 0 of 5 canonical queries; no uncited sources existed (only s1); sedation researched, no info found. |
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