Depau Dental
According to our open methodology, this clinic scored 44.7/100 for transparency, reputation, service accessibility, and digital visibility.
Overall rank: #8 of 15 ranked clinics · Last checked: 26 August 2026
Positions by Rating Profile
- Overall Transparency & Trust#844.7/100
- Best for Expats#842.3/100
- Best for Dental Implants#1036.5/100
- Best for Emergency Dental Carenot ranked
- Best Price Transparency#932.1/100
- Best English-speaking Clinicsnot ranked
- Best for Families / Children#346/100
- 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 sedation/general anaesthesia info found on site
Summary
Dental clinic in Quito led by Dra. Paula Vargas, offering aesthetic dentistry, oral rehabilitation, smile design, orthodontics, implantology and pediatric dentistry with digital technology. No prices published.
Strengths
- Information Transparency: 18 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)
- AI & Search Visibility: 1.5 of 6.5 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
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 [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Service list published [s1] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Clear contact details [s1] | 2/2 |
| ? | English website version | 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 2026-08-26 (was unset) [depau-dental-deepen] | 6/6 |
| ◐ | Google review volume as of 2026-08-26 [depau-dental-deepen] | 1.5/3 |
| ◐ | Review recency most recent review ~4 months old [depau-dental-deepen] | 1.5/3 |
| ✓ | Clinic responds to reviews [depau-dental-deepen] | 2/2 |
| ? | No recurring complaints | 0/2 |
| ? | No suspicious review patterns | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Active Facebook presence [s1] [s2] | 1/1 |
| ? | TripAdvisor presence | 0/0.5 |
| ✓ | Other review platforms [s1] | 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 | 0/2 |
| ? | CBCT (3D imaging) | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Implantology [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Orthodontics [s1] | 2/2 |
| ? | Oral surgery | 0/2 |
| ✓ | 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 international patients.
| ✓ | WhatsApp / LINE available [s1] | 2/2 |
| ? | 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 [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 Quito", "English speaking dentist Quito", "dental implants Quito", "emergency dentist Quito", "Quito dental clinic for expats".
| ✗ | Mentioned for: best dentist Quito [depau-dental-deepen-2] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: English speaking dentist Quito [depau-dental-deepen-3] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: dental implants Quito [depau-dental-deepen-4] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: emergency dentist Quito [depau-dental-deepen-5] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: Quito dental clinic for expats [depau-dental-deepen-6] | 0/1 |
| ? | Structured data on website | 0/1.5 |
| ? | 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. |
|---|---|---|
| Dra. Paula Vargas [s1] | Aesthetic dentistry, implantology, oral rehabilitation | 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 prices or price ranges published (derived from data).
Red-flag penalty applied: -2 points (capped at -20).
Data We Could Not Verify
- Information Transparency: English website version
- 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: Oral surgery
- 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: Structured data on website
- 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://depaudental.com/ |
|---|---|
| Phone | +593 98 383 2575 |
| +593 98 383 2575 | |
| https://www.facebook.com/depaudental/ | |
| Google Maps | Map listing |
| Address | Paul Rivet N30-166 y Whymper, 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://depaudental.com/ | name, lead dentist, services | 2026-07-14 |
| s2 | https://www.facebook.com/depaudental/ | address, phone, email confirmation | 2026-07-14 |
| depau-dental-deepen | https://www.google.com/maps/place/Depau+%7C+Cl%C3%ADnica+dental+en+… | Newest visible reviews dated ~4 months before 2026-08-26, with owner replies | 2026-08-26 |
| depau-dental-deepen-2 | search:best dentist Quito | AI/search visibility scout 2026-08-26: not present in top-10 organic Google results. | 2026-08-26 |
| depau-dental-deepen-3 | search:english speaking dentist Quito | AI/search visibility scout 2026-08-26: not present in top-10 organic Google results. | 2026-08-26 |
| depau-dental-deepen-4 | search:dental implants Quito | AI/search visibility scout 2026-08-26: not present in top-10 organic Google results. | 2026-08-26 |
| depau-dental-deepen-5 | search:emergency dentist Quito | AI/search visibility scout 2026-08-26: not present in top-10 organic Google results. | 2026-08-26 |
| depau-dental-deepen-6 | search:dentist for expats Quito | AI/search visibility scout 2026-08-26: not present in top-10 organic Google results. | 2026-08-26 |
Change History
| Date | Change |
|---|---|
| 2026-08-26 | Deepen 2026-08-26: rechecked website/address/phone (unchanged, live), added Google rating 5.0/81 reviews + pin coords + place URL (was unset), noted LGBTQ+-friendly/woman-owned GBP attributes; cited previously-uncited s2 (Facebook page, title-confirmed live) to reputation.onFacebook; visibility scout 0/5 true; sedation researched, no info found (see sedation/out/quito.json). |
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