Depau Dental
According to our open methodology, this clinic scored 62.8/100 for transparency, reputation, service accessibility, and digital visibility.
Overall rank: #2 of 15 ranked clinics · Last checked: 24 September 2026
Positions by Rating Profile
- Overall Transparency & Trust#262.8/100
- Best for Expats#162.5/100
- Best for Dental Implants#258.5/100
- Best for Emergency Dental Care#167.5/100
- Best Price Transparency#543.3/100
- Best English-speaking Clinics#166.8/100
- Best for Families / Children#169.2/100
- 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.
- Reputation & Reviews: 17.5 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)
- 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
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 No hreflang or /en/ pages; sitemap lists 36 Spanish-only URLs, homepage lang=es [s1] | 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.
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 2026-09-24 [depau-dental-deepen-12] | 1.5/3 |
| ✓ | Review recency as of 2026-09-24; newest review 2026-09-11 [depau-dental-deepen-11] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Clinic responds to reviews Read on the clinic's own Google listing on 2026-09-11: the practice has answered 5 of the 5 reviews shown there (88 published in total), most recently on 2026-04-27. One reply reads: "¡Muchísimas gracias por sus amables palabras! Entendemos que viajar al extranjero para recibir atención dental es una decisión importante, y nos ll...". [depau-dental-deepen] [gm-replies] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | No recurring complaints Histogram 1★:1 of 83 (2026-09-24); the one low review disputes ever being a patient, no repeated theme [depau-dental-deepen-13] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | No suspicious review patterns Reviewers have histories (4-55 prior reviews); dates span 2024-06 to 2026-09; not literal 100% 5★ (1 of 83 is 1★) [depau-dental-deepen-14] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Active Facebook presence [s1] [s2] | 1/1 |
| ✗ | TripAdvisor presence TripAdvisor search returns no match for the clinic; no TripAdvisor link on its own channels [depau-dental-deepen-7] | 0/0.5 |
| ✗ | Other review platforms No profile found on WhatClinic, Dental Departures or Bookimed (checked 2026-10-01). [depau-dental-platforms] [depau-dental-platforms-2] [depau-dental-platforms-3] | 0/0.5 |
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 Surgery page lists wisdom-tooth extraction, dental extractions and orthognathic surgery [depau-dental-deepen-8] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Pediatric dentistry [s1] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ✓ | Emergency care Clinic's blog documents a rapid-care protocol for pain relief in urgent cases [depau-dental-deepen-9] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ✓ | Works with international patients Clinic's own blog cites international patients' feedback; reviews from US patients describe travelling to Quito for treatment [depau-dental-deepen-10] [gm-replies] | 2/2 |
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 Consistent English-language reviews describing treatment received, with an English owner reply [depau-dental-deepen-15] | 2.5/2.5 |
| ? | 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 Homepage carries schema.org Dentist markup [depau-dental-deepen-16] | 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. |
|---|---|---|
| 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
No red flags identified in the public sources we reviewed.
Data We Could Not Verify
- Medical Infrastructure: On-site X-ray
- Medical Infrastructure: CBCT (3D imaging)
- Communication & Service: Response speed
- 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://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/ | Homepage <html lang="es">, no hreflang tags; sitemap.xml (36 non-blog URLs) has no English pages | 2026-09-24 |
| 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 |
| gm-replies | https://www.google.com/maps?cid=11145430593511734834&hl=en | Google reviews (read 2026-09-24): Marco Pennacchia (2026-04-17) travelled from the United States for treatment, Boris Abad (2026-08-07) "worth the trip to Quito, Ecuador"; owner reply: "Entendemos que viajar al extranjero para recibir atención dental es una decisión importante" | 2026-09-24 |
| depau-dental-deepen-7 | https://www.tripadvisor.com/TypeAheadJson?action=API&query=Depau%20… | 12 unrelated results (dental-themed attractions abroad); no Depau Dental Quito listing | 2026-09-24 |
| depau-dental-deepen-8 | https://depaudental.com/cirugia/ | Cirugía page: "Extracciones de Terceros Molares • Extracciones Dentales • Cirugía Ortognática" | 2026-09-24 |
| depau-dental-deepen-9 | https://depaudental.com/blog/mejor-clinica-dental-quito-resenas-goo… | Clinic blog comparison table, row "Atención ante Urgencias": "Protocolo de atención rápida para aliviar el dolor" | 2026-09-24 |
| depau-dental-deepen-10 | https://depaudental.com/blog/elegir-mejor-clinica-dental-quito/ | Clinic blog: "Pacientes internacionales han comparado el nivel de servicio de DEPAU con un estándar de 'estrella Michelin', destacando que es difícil encontrar un nivel de atención similar incluso en países como Estados Unidos" | 2026-09-24 |
| depau-dental-deepen-11 | https://www.google.com/maps?cid=11145430593511734834&hl=en | Newest-sort review: Leonardo, 5★, 2026-09-11 | 2026-09-24 |
| depau-dental-deepen-12 | https://www.google.com/maps?cid=11145430593511734834&hl=en | Google listing 2026-09-24: 5.0 from 83 reviews, histogram 1★:1 / 5★:82 | 2026-09-24 |
| depau-dental-deepen-13 | https://www.google.com/maps?cid=11145430593511734834&hl=en | Lowest-sort review (Tania, 1★, 2025-01-20): clinic replies she was never a patient; no other 1-2★ review among 83 | 2026-09-24 |
| depau-dental-deepen-14 | https://www.google.com/maps?cid=11145430593511734834&hl=en | Newest/lowest sort reviewers show 4,5,6,8,9,17,28,55 prior reviews each; dates spread over 2 years | 2026-09-24 |
| depau-dental-deepen-15 | https://www.google.com/maps?cid=11145430593511734834&hl=en | Four independent English-language reviews (Pennacchia, Williams, Ceron, Sheedy); owner reply to Sheedy also in English | 2026-09-24 |
| depau-dental-deepen-16 | https://depaudental.com/ | Page source contains a JSON-LD script with @type "Dentist" | 2026-09-24 |
| depau-dental-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 Depau Dental (checked 2026-10-01) | 2026-10-01 |
| depau-dental-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 |
| depau-dental-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 |
Change History
| Date | Change |
|---|---|
| 2026-10-01 | Presence on other review platforms re-checked: no profile on WhatClinic, Dental Departures or Bookimed, so this criterion is now no. |
| 2026-09-24 | Re-read on 2026-09-24: the clinic's website (full sitemap, surgery, FAQ, general-dentistry and blog pages) and its Google listing (newest and lowest reviews). Recorded: no English site version; wisdom-tooth extraction and orthognathic surgery on the surgery page; the clinic's own blog cites feedback from international patients, and reviews from US patients describe travelling to Quito for treatment; consistent English-language reviews with English owner replies; a rapid-care protocol for urgent pain relief described on the clinic's blog; homepage carries Dentist structured data; Google listing now shows 83 reviews (previously 81), newest dated 2026-09-11; no recurring complaints and no signs of review manipulation; not found on TripAdvisor. Still unverified: X-ray/CBCT equipment and online consultation booking. |
| 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, 5 of the 5 reviews read carry a dated reply from the practice, the newest dated 2026-04-27. |
| 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; visible for 0 of 5 canonical queries; sedation researched, no info found. |
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