Clínica Orthomed
According to our open methodology, this clinic scored 22.1/100 for transparency, reputation, service accessibility, and digital visibility.
Overall rank: #14 of 16 ranked clinics · Last checked: 18 August 2026
Positions by Rating Profile
- Overall Transparency & Trust#1422.1/100
- Best for Expats#1422.8/100
- Best for Dental Implantsnot ranked
- Best for Emergency Dental Care#528.3/100
- Best Price Transparency#1310.3/100
- Best English-speaking Clinicsnot ranked
- Best for Families / Children#1126.4/100
Summary
Clínica Orthomed is an orthodontics and general dentistry clinic in David with two locations. It is directed by Dra. Lissy Elizabeth Torres Clemente, an orthodontics specialist and listed member of the Sociedad Panameña de Ortodoncia y Ortopedia Dentofacial (SPO). A second dentist, Dr. Numalo G. Scott G., covers general dentistry and dental aesthetics. Services include orthodontics with Myobrace, general and pediatric dentistry, teeth whitening, prosthetics, and extractions. The Facebook page has approximately 877 likes.
Additional phone numbers: 730-3440 (sucursal 2), 6385-8592 (sucursal 1). Dra. Torres Clemente's SPO membership is listed at ortodonciapanama.com/directorio-de-miembros/chiriqui/. No dedicated website found. Operating on Sundays for emergency calls only according to guiasmedica.com listing.
Strengths
No categories reached the strength threshold (80%).
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 8.5 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; dedicated service pages)
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 no dedicated clinic website found; presence is via Facebook and directory listings only [s1] [s2] | 0/4 |
| ✓ | Dentist names listed Dra. Lissy Elizabeth Torres Clemente (orthodontics director), Dr. Numalo G. Scott G. (general dentistry/aesthetics) [s1] [s2] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Dentist specializations listed Dra. Torres Clemente: orthodontics specialist, SPO member; Dr. Scott: general dentistry, dental aesthetics [s1] [s3] | 2/2 |
| ? | Real clinic photos | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Service list published general and pediatric dentistry, orthodontics and Myobrace, third molar extraction, cleanings, whitening, prosthetics (total/fixed/removable), aesthetic restorations, radiographs [s1] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Clear contact details phones 776-6610 / 730-3440 / 6385-8592, WhatsApp 6769-2389, email [email protected], Facebook page [s1] [s2] | 2/2 |
| ✗ | English website version [s1] | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Address and map published two addresses confirmed: Avenida Bolívar (Edif. El Campeón) and 1ra Este 575-13, David [s1] [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 [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; Cybo score 3.5 noted but Cybo scores are not equivalent to Google ratings | 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 Facebook page with approximately 877 likes confirmed [s2] | 1/1 |
| ✗ | TripAdvisor presence [s4] | 0/0.5 |
| ✓ | Other review platforms listed in guiasmedica.com, SPO member directory (ortodonciapanama.com), findglocal, cybo.com [s1] [s4] | 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 radiographs listed in services [s1] | 2/2 |
| ? | CBCT (3D imaging) | 0/2 |
| ✗ | Implantology not listed in services; clinic focuses on orthodontics and general dentistry [s1] | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Orthodontics core specialty; Myobrace system offered; director is SPO-member orthodontist [s1] [s3] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Oral surgery third molar extractions listed [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Pediatric dentistry [s1] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ✓ | Emergency care Sunday emergency calls documented per guiasmedica.com listing [s1] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ? | 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 WhatsApp 6769-2389 [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 Monday-Friday 09:00-18:00, Saturday 09:00-16:00, Sunday emergency calls; two locations [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 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 clinic appears in multiple directory results but no dedicated website found [s4] | 1/2 |
| ✗ | Dedicated service pages no website; services listed only in directory entries [s1] | 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. Lissy Elizabeth Torres Clemente [s1] [s3] | Orthodontics | not published |
| Dr. Numalo G. Scott G. [s1] | General Dentistry / Dental Aesthetics | 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; no website exists to display it
- low Dentists / their licences not listed (-3 pts) — Dentist names listed; Dra. Torres Clemente's SPO membership is public (ortodonciapanama.com) but professional licence numbers not 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: CBCT (3D imaging)
- 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
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
| Phone | +507 776-6610 |
|---|---|
| +507 6769-2389 | |
| https://www.facebook.com/ClinicadeOrtodonciayOdontologiaIntegral/ | |
| Address | 1ra Este 575-13, David, Provincia de Chiriquí, Panamá (sucursal 2); Avenida Bolívar, David, Panamá (sucursal 1 / Edif. El Campeón) |
Contact details are provided for identification only and may change; verify with the clinic directly.
Sources
| ID | Source | What it supports | Accessed |
|---|---|---|---|
| s1 | https://guiasmedica.com/directorio/clinica-orthomed/ | clinic name, two addresses (Avenida Bolívar/Edif. El Campeón and 1ra Este 575-13), phones 776-6610/730-3440/6385-8592, WhatsApp 6769-2389, email [email protected], dentists (Dra. Lissy Torres, Dr. Numalo Scott), services, hours Mon-Fri 09-18 / Sat 09-16 / Sun emergency only | 2026-08-18 |
| s2 | https://www.facebook.com/ClinicadeOrtodonciayOdontologiaIntegral/ | independent confirmation of Facebook page for Orthomed David with ~877 likes | 2026-08-18 |
| s3 | https://ortodonciapanama.com/directorio-de-miembros/chiriqui/ | Dra. Lissy Elizabeth Torres Clemente listed as SPO member in Chiriquí with clinic at Hospital Chiriquí phone 777-9121 and Calle 2da David 788-8151; independent credential confirmation | 2026-08-18 |
| s4 | search:the five canonical city queries for David Panama dental clinics | AI/search visibility checks 2026-08-18: Clínica Orthomed 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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