Clínica Odontológica Fernando Sandoval
According to our open methodology, this clinic scored 59.4/100 for transparency, reputation, service accessibility, and digital visibility.
Overall rank: #4 of 15 ranked clinics · Last checked: 26 August 2026
Positions by Rating Profile
- Overall Transparency & Trust#459.4/100
- Best for Expats#555.8/100
- Best for Dental Implants#356/100
- Best for Emergency Dental Carenot ranked
- Best Price Transparency#939/100
- Best English-speaking Clinicsnot ranked
- Best for Families / Children#460/100
- 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 anaesthesia protocol stated for maxillofacial surgery or other services on site
Summary
Dental clinic with branches in Quito and Cumbayá offering maxillofacial surgery, orthodontics, implants, oral rehabilitation, pediatric dentistry, periodontics and endodontics. Uses 3D CBCT tomography and has an English-language section. No prices published.
Strengths
- Information Transparency: 18 of 20 points.
- AI & Search Visibility: 8 of 10 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.
Price Transparency
Whether patients can estimate costs before visiting. Published price ranges count; exact prices are not required.
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 2026-09-26; previously 4.3 [clinica-odontologica-fernando-sandoval-gbp-2026-09-26] | 3/6 |
| ◐ | Google review volume as of 2026-08-26 [clinica-odontologica-fernando-sandoval-deepen] | 0.5/3 |
| ✓ | Review recency most recent review ~2 months old [clinica-odontologica-fernando-sandoval-deepen] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Clinic responds to reviews The owner replies to reviews on Google: 10 of the 13 reviews read carry an owner reply, 4 of them to reviews from the last 12 months; the latest reply is dated 2026-10-01 (to a review of 2026-09-30). [clinica-odontologica-fernando-sandoval-deepen-8] [clinica-odontologica-fernando-sandoval-deepen] [gm-replies] | 2/2 |
| ✗ | No recurring complaints One recent 1-star review cites a very short (<10 min) paid consultation as poor value; otherwise reviews are positive [clinica-odontologica-fernando-sandoval-deepen] | 0/2 |
| ✓ | No suspicious review patterns No burst and no templated texts: the 13 reviews read (dated 2020-10-24 to 2026-09-30) fall on 13 different days, at most 1 five-star review fall within any 3 days, and no two open with the same wording. [clinica-odontologica-fernando-sandoval-deepen-8] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Active Facebook presence restated to add new source [clinica-odontologica-fernando-sandoval-deepen-2] | 1/1 |
| ? | TripAdvisor presence | 0/0.5 |
| ✗ | Other review platforms No profile found on WhatClinic, Dental Departures or Bookimed (checked 2026-10-01). [clinica-odontologica-fernando-sandoval-platforms] [clinica-odontologica-fernando-sandoval-platforms-2] [clinica-odontologica-fernando-sandoval-platforms-3] | 0/0.5 |
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 Quito", "English speaking dentist Quito", "dental implants Quito", "emergency dentist Quito", "Quito dental clinic for expats".
| ✓ | Mentioned for: best dentist Quito [clinica-odontologica-fernando-sandoval-deepen-3] | 1/1 |
| ✓ | Mentioned for: English speaking dentist Quito [clinica-odontologica-fernando-sandoval-deepen-4] | 1/1 |
| ✓ | Mentioned for: dental implants Quito [clinica-odontologica-fernando-sandoval-deepen-5] | 1/1 |
| ✓ | Mentioned for: emergency dentist Quito [clinica-odontologica-fernando-sandoval-deepen-6] | 1/1 |
| ✓ | Mentioned for: Quito dental clinic for expats [clinica-odontologica-fernando-sandoval-deepen-7] | 1/1 |
| ✓ | Structured data on website JSON-LD on the homepage declares Organization and MedicalBusiness. [clinica-odontologica-fernando-sandoval-deepen-9] | 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. |
|---|---|---|
| Dr. Fernando José Sandoval [s1] | Oral and maxillofacial surgery | 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: Address and map published
- Reputation & Reviews: TripAdvisor presence
- Medical Infrastructure: Emergency care
- Medical Infrastructure: Works with international patients
- Communication & Service: Response speed
- Communication & Service: English spoken
- Communication & Service: Pre-visit consultation possible
- 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://clinicafernandosandoval.com/ |
|---|---|
| Phone | +593 2 246 7137 |
| +593 93 967 6036 | |
| https://es-la.facebook.com/ClinicaFernandoSandoval/ | |
| Google Maps | Map listing |
| Address | Quito and Cumbayá, Ecuador (two branches) |
Contact details are provided for identification only and may change; verify with the clinic directly.
Sources
| ID | Source | What it supports | Accessed |
|---|---|---|---|
| s1 | https://clinicafernandosandoval.com/ | name, branches, phones, WhatsApp, services, CBCT, English version | 2026-07-14 |
| clinica-odontologica-fernando-sandoval-deepen | https://www.google.com/maps/place/Clinica+Odontologica+Fernando+San… | Google rating 4.3 (16 reviews) as of 2026-08-26; phone +593 2-246-7137 and website clinicafernandosandoval.com match stored record | 2026-08-26 |
| clinica-odontologica-fernando-sandoval-deepen-2 | https://es-la.facebook.com/ClinicaFernandoSandoval/ | Live Facebook business page titled "Clinica Fernando Sandoval | Quito", confirmed 2026-08-26 | 2026-08-26 |
| clinica-odontologica-fernando-sandoval-deepen-3 | search:best dentist Quito | AI/search visibility scout 2026-08-26: clinicafernandosandoval.com appears on page 1 (About Us page). | 2026-08-26 |
| clinica-odontologica-fernando-sandoval-deepen-4 | search:english speaking dentist Quito | AI/search visibility scout 2026-08-26: clinicafernandosandoval.com appears on page 1. | 2026-08-26 |
| clinica-odontologica-fernando-sandoval-deepen-5 | search:dental implants Quito | AI/search visibility scout 2026-08-26: clinicafernandosandoval.com appears twice on page 1 (dental-implants service page and a blog post). | 2026-08-26 |
| clinica-odontologica-fernando-sandoval-deepen-6 | search:emergency dentist Quito | AI/search visibility scout 2026-08-26: clinicafernandosandoval.com appears twice on page 1 (useful-guide and homepage). | 2026-08-26 |
| clinica-odontologica-fernando-sandoval-deepen-7 | search:dentist for expats Quito | AI/search visibility scout 2026-08-26: clinicafernandosandoval.com appears on page 1. | 2026-08-26 |
| gm-replies | https://www.google.com/maps?cid=6960768217160545700&hl=en | Reviews read on the clinic's Google listing 2026-09-11: 3 of 5 carry a reply from the practice, newest 2026-07-08 | 2026-09-11 |
| clinica-odontologica-fernando-sandoval-gbp-2026-09-26 | https://www.google.com/maps?cid=6960768217160545700&hl=en | Google listing read on 2026-09-26: rating 4 from 16 reviews; star histogram 1★ 4 / 2★ 0 / 3★ 0 / 4★ 0 / 5★ 12; newest review dated 2026-09-21; 3 of the 5 newest reviews carry an owner reply, latest dated 2026-07-08. | 2026-09-26 |
| clinica-odontologica-fernando-sandoval-platforms | 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) and the profile addresses built from the clinic's name (not found), have no profile for Clínica Odontológica Fernando Sandoval (checked 2026-10-01) | 2026-10-01 |
| clinica-odontologica-fernando-sandoval-platforms-2 | https://www.dentaldepartures.com/ | Dental Departures: none of the 3 clinics it lists in Ecuador is this one (checked 2026-10-01) | 2026-10-01 |
| clinica-odontologica-fernando-sandoval-platforms-3 | https://bookimed.com/clinics/country=ecuador/ | Bookimed: lists two clinics in Ecuador (Dentalis Atelier; Ortodoncia & Implantes), neither of them this one (checked 2026-10-01) | 2026-10-01 |
| clinica-odontologica-fernando-sandoval-deepen-8 | https://www.google.com/maps?cid=6960768217160545700&hl=en | Google listing "Clinica Odontologica Fernando Sandoval Quito" (Dental clinic; El Universo E8-14 y, Av. de los Shyris, 170135 Quito, Ecuador), read 2026-10-02 in 4 review orders (lowest-rated first, newest first, most relevant first, highest-rated first): 4.1 from 17 reviews (1★ 4 / 2★ 0 / 3★ 0 / 4★ 0 / 5★ 13); 13 distinct reviews read, dated 2020-10-24 to 2026-09-30, 10 with an owner reply. | 2026-10-02 |
| clinica-odontologica-fernando-sandoval-deepen-9 | https://clinicafernandosandoval.com/ | Homepage HTML read on 2026-10-02: JSON-LD declares the types Organization and MedicalBusiness, alongside WebPage, BreadcrumbList and WebSite. | 2026-10-02 |
Change History
| Date | Change |
|---|---|
| 2026-10-02 | Read the clinic's website HTML on 2026-10-02: structured data: present. |
| 2026-10-02 | Read the clinic's Google listing on 2026-10-02 in 4 review orders (13 distinct reviews, dated 2020-10-24 to 2026-09-30; 4.1 from 17): suspicious review patterns false. |
| 2026-10-01 | Presence on other review platforms re-checked: no profile on WhatClinic, Dental Departures or Bookimed, so this criterion is now no. |
| 2026-09-29 | Corrected 2026-09-29: Google rating 4 (was 4.3) from the Google listing on 2026-09-26. |
| 2026-09-11 | Rechecked whether this practice answers its Google reviews by reading the reviews on its own Google listing on 2026-09-11: confirmed, 3 of the 5 reviews read carry a dated reply from the practice, the newest dated 2026-07-08. |
| 2026-08-26 | Deepen 2026-08-26: rechecked website (live) and phone; identified the correct Maps listing among 2 similarly-named results by matching stored phone number (4.3/16 reviews; a different 'matriz' listing shows 4.6/41 under a different phone); added pin coords + place URL; added Facebook page as new source to onFacebook; visible for 5 of 5 canonical queries (strong page-1 presence, tied with Asiri/DQC as the only cohort clinics visible); pruned s2 (well-reviewed.online listing, now returns HTTP 403/dead); sedation researched, no info found on homepage despite maxillofacial-surgery offering. |
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