Clínica de Especialidades Dentales San Antonio
According to our open methodology, this clinic scored 29.9/100 for transparency, reputation, service accessibility, and digital visibility.
Overall rank: #9 of 16 ranked clinics · Last checked: 18 August 2026
Positions by Rating Profile
- Overall Transparency & Trust#929.9/100
- Best for Expats#832/100
- Best for Dental Implants#1124.5/100
- Best for Emergency Dental Carenot ranked
- Best Price Transparency#818.3/100
- Best English-speaking Clinics#637.5/100
- Best for Families / Children#733.4/100
Summary
Clínica de Especialidades Dentales San Antonio, operating under the website panamadentalclinic.com, is a multi-specialty private clinic on Avenida Obaldía in David led by Doctora Luz Magalys Serrano. The clinic markets itself partly to dental tourists, offering preferential scheduling for patients visiting on vacation and discounts for senior citizens. Services include orthodontics, periodontics, implantology, general dentistry, cosmetic dentistry, and children's dentistry. Dental work is described as carrying a five-year guarantee.
The website panamadentalclinic.com uses the name 'Clínica Medico Y Dental San Antonio' in some directory sources; helpmecovid.com and vymaps.com confirm address on Avenida Obaldía and phone 777-4887. Hours from near-place.com: Mon-Fri 08:00-18:00, Sat 08:30-15:00. A second San Antonio entity (San Antonio Clínica Dental, micita.pa) at D Nte 413-14 with phone 6238-2346 lists different contact details and prices; this may be a separate clinic or a second location — deduplicated by address: Avenida Obaldía vs. D Nte 413-14 are distinct. This entry covers only the Avenida Obaldía / panamadentalclinic.com clinic.
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 of 7 verifiable points (missing: mentioned for: best dentist panama; mentioned for: english speaking dentist panama; mentioned for: dental implants panama; mentioned for: emergency dentist panama; mentioned for: panama 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 Doctora Luz Magalys Serrano listed as principal dentist [s1] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Dentist specializations listed orthodontics, periodontics, implantology, cosmetic dentistry listed [s1] | 2/2 |
| ? | Real clinic photos | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Service list published orthodontics, periodontics, implant dentistry, general dentistry, children's dentistry, cosmetic dentistry, dental bonding, bridges, crowns, dentures, veneers, resin fillings, whitening [s1] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Clear contact details phone 777-4887, WhatsApp 6611-1939, email [email protected] confirmed across official site and directory [s1] [s2] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | English website version panamadentalclinic.com is in English, targeting international/dental tourism patients [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Address and map published Avenida Obaldía, David confirmed via helpmecovid.com and near-place.com [s2] | 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 website mentions 'affordable price' and a 5-year guarantee but no price list 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) Google Maps rating not accessible via non-Google mirrors | 0/6 |
| ? | Google review volume | 0/3 |
| ? | Review recency | 0/3 |
| ? | Clinic responds to reviews | 0/2 |
| ? | No recurring complaints | 0/2 |
| ? | No suspicious review patterns | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Active Facebook presence [s3] | 1/1 |
| ✗ | TripAdvisor presence [s4] | 0/0.5 |
| ✓ | Other review platforms listed in helpmecovid.com, vymaps.com, near-place.com [s2] | 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 English-language website explicitly targets dental tourism patients; preferential scheduling for vacation patients; senior citizen discounts mentioned [s1] | 2/2 |
Communication & Service
How easy it is to contact the clinic, get answers, and book - especially for international patients.
| ✓ | WhatsApp / LINE available WhatsApp listed on website [s1] | 2/2 |
| ? | Response speed | 0/1.5 |
| ✓ | English spoken English-language website and dental tourism marketing imply English communication capability [s1] | 2.5/2.5 |
| ? | Pre-visit consultation possible | 0/1.5 |
| ✓ | Clear service explanations [s1] | 1/1 |
| ✓ | Convenient opening hours Monday-Friday 08:00-18:00, Saturday 08:30-15:00 per near-place.com [s2] | 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 Panama", "English speaking dentist Panama", "dental implants Panama", "emergency dentist Panama", "Panama dental clinic for expats".
| ✗ | Mentioned for: best dentist Panama [s4] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: English speaking dentist Panama [s4] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: dental implants Panama [s4] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: emergency dentist Panama [s4] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: Panama dental clinic for expats [s4] | 0/1 |
| ? | Structured data on website | 0/1.5 |
| ◐ | Google indexing quality appears in directory search results; English-language dental tourism content may aid indexing [s4] | 1/2 |
| ? | Dedicated service pages website structure not fully navigable during research | 0/1.5 |
Licensing & Credentials
Whether the clinic publishes its operating licence and the dentists working there together with their professional licence numbers. Missing items are penalised.
Clinic operating licence: not published on the clinic’s website — penalty applied
Dentists & professional licences
| Dentist | Specialization | Licence No. |
|---|---|---|
| Dra. Luz Magalys Serrano [s1] | General Dentistry / Implantology / Orthodontics | not published |
Dentists are named, but their professional licence numbers are not published — penalty applied.
Red Flags
- medium Clinic operating licence not published (-4 pts) — MINSA facility operating licence not published on website
- low Dentists / their licences not listed (-3 pts) — Dentist name listed but no professional licence number published
- low Opaque or bait pricing (-2 pts) — No prices or price ranges published (derived from data).
Red-flag penalty applied: -9 points (capped at -20).
Data We Could Not Verify
- Information Transparency: Real clinic photos
- Reputation & Reviews: Google rating (Bayesian-adjusted)
- Reputation & Reviews: Google review volume
- Reputation & Reviews: Review recency
- Reputation & Reviews: Clinic responds to reviews
- Reputation & Reviews: No recurring complaints
- Reputation & Reviews: No suspicious review patterns
- Medical Infrastructure: On-site X-ray
- Medical Infrastructure: CBCT (3D imaging)
- Medical Infrastructure: Oral surgery
- Medical Infrastructure: Emergency care
- Communication & Service: Response speed
- Communication & Service: Pre-visit consultation possible
- AI & Search Visibility: Structured data on website
- AI & Search Visibility: Dedicated service pages
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://panamadentalclinic.com/ |
|---|---|
| Phone | +507 777-4887 |
| +507 6611-1939 | |
| https://www.facebook.com/p/Cl%C3%ADnica-Especialidades-Dentales-San-Antonio-100078944163116/ | |
| Address | Avenida Obaldía, David, Provincia de Chiriquí, Panamá |
Contact details are provided for identification only and may change; verify with the clinic directly.
Sources
| ID | Source | What it supports | Accessed |
|---|---|---|---|
| s1 | https://panamadentalclinic.com/ | official website: clinic name (Clínica de Especialidades Dentales San Antonio), Dra. Luz Magalys Serrano (principal dentist), phones 507-775-8191 / 507-6611-1939, email [email protected], English-language site, dental tourism focus, 5-year guarantee, services: orthodontics/periodontics/implants/general/cosmetic/children's dentistry | 2026-08-18 |
| s2 | https://www.helpmecovid.com/pa/49939_clinica-medico-y-dental-san-an… | independent directory: confirms address as Avenida Obaldía, David; phone 777-4887; hours Mon-Fri 08:00-18:00 / Sat 08:30-15:00 | 2026-08-18 |
| s3 | https://www.facebook.com/p/Cl%C3%ADnica-Especialidades-Dentales-San… | independent confirmation of Facebook page for Clínica Especialidades Dentales San Antonio in David | 2026-08-18 |
| s4 | search:the five canonical city queries for David Panama dental clinics | AI/search visibility checks 2026-08-18: clinic does not appear by name in top answers for the five canonical city queries; no TripAdvisor listing found | 2026-08-18 |
Change History
| Date | Change |
|---|---|
| 2026-08-18 |
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