Odonto Advance Panamá
According to our open methodology, this clinic scored 50/100 for transparency, reputation, service accessibility, and digital visibility.
Overall rank: #10 of 17 ranked clinics · Last checked: 29 September 2026
Positions by Rating Profile
- Overall Transparency & Trust#1050/100
- Best for Expats#753.3/100
- Best for Dental Implantsnot ranked
- Best for Emergency Dental Carenot ranked
- Best Price Transparency#738.3/100
- Best English-speaking Clinics#560.7/100
- Best for Families / Childrennot ranked
- 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
Summary
Odonto Advance Panamá is a private, endodontics-focused dental practice in David, Chiriquí, led by Dr. Juan Carlos Ortiz Hugues, a specialist trained in Argentina. It documents apical surgery and complex root-canal retreatment using surgical microscopes and three-dimensional imaging, and holds a 4.7 rating from 41 Google reviews.
The site's contact page lists a second landline, +507-730-7169, alongside the mobile number that matches the Google listing and the WhatsApp booking link. No MINSA operating licence number found; no publicly reachable registry of dental clinics was found to check it against.
Strengths
- Information Transparency: 18 of 20 points.
- Communication & Service: 8.5 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.
| ✓ | Has a working website Live multi-page site: home, clinic, specialist, treatments, blog and contact pages [s1] | 4/4 |
| ✓ | Dentist names listed Homepage and specialist page name Dr. Juan Carlos Ortiz Hugues [s1] [s2] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Dentist specializations listed Specialist page: specialist in endodontics, Universidad Maimónides, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2006-2008 [s2] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Real clinic photos Own-hosted gallery photo on the clinic page shows the office interior, not stock imagery [s3] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Service list published Treatments page documents apical surgery and complex root-canal retreatment with detailed descriptions [s4] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Clear contact details Phone +507-6130-4820 matches the Google listing and the WhatsApp booking link; street address published [s5] [s1] [s7] | 2/2 |
| ✗ | English website version Every page is in Spanish; no English version in the site's menu [s1] [s2] [s3] [s4] [s5] | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Address and map published Street address on the contact page; the clinic's Google listing publishes the same address with a map pin (no map is embedded on the site) [s5] [s7] | 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 No price figures on the homepage, clinic, specialist, treatments, contact or blog pages [s1] [s2] [s3] [s4] [s5] [s6] | 0/3 |
| ✗ | Cleaning price listed No cleaning price found on any page checked [s1] [s2] [s3] [s4] [s5] [s6] | 0/2 |
| ✗ | Filling price listed No filling price found on any page checked [s1] [s2] [s3] [s4] [s5] [s6] | 0/2 |
| ✗ | Crown price listed No crown price found on any page checked [s1] [s2] [s3] [s4] [s5] [s6] | 0/2 |
| ✗ | Implant price listed No implant price found on any page checked [s1] [s2] [s3] [s4] [s5] [s6] | 0/2 |
| ✗ | Consultation price listed No consultation price found on any page checked [s1] [s2] [s3] [s4] [s5] [s6] | 0/2 |
| ✗ | X-ray / imaging price listed No X-ray price found on any page checked [s1] [s2] [s3] [s4] [s5] [s6] | 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 2026-09-29 [s7] | 4/6 |
| ◐ | Google review volume as of 2026-09-29 [s7] | 1/3 |
| ✓ | Review recency Newest review dated 2026-09-09 (Google listing, sorted by newest) [s7] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Clinic responds to reviews Owner replied to reviews dated 2026-06-18, 2026-06-11 and 2026-05-26, all within the last year [s7] [s9] | 2/2 |
| ✗ | No recurring complaints 3 of 41 reviews are 1★; two of them (2021-02-13, 2025-10-29) both describe lasting pain and sensitivity after root-canal treatment [s8] [s7] | 0/2 |
| ✓ | No suspicious review patterns 38 of 41 reviews are 5★ and 3 are 1★; reviews dated 2021-2026 from accounts with 1 to 164 reviews, with no date burst [s7] [s8] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Active Facebook presence A 2016 blog post on the clinic's own site embeds a post from facebook.com/odontoadvancepanama [s6] | 1/1 |
| ✗ | TripAdvisor presence TripAdvisor's own search returns no matching result, and neither the site nor the Google listing links to a TripAdvisor profile [s10] [s1] [s7] | 0/0.5 |
| ✗ | Other review platforms Absent from WhatClinic's David, Panama directory page; neither the site nor the Google listing links to another review platform [s11] [s1] [s7] | 0/0.5 |
Medical Infrastructure
The range of publicly documented equipment and services. This measures documented availability, not clinical quality.
| ✓ | On-site X-ray Clinic page documents digital radiography; a blog post presents radiographs of a treated case [s3] [s6] | 2/2 |
| ? | CBCT (3D imaging) The treatments page mentions three-dimensional imaging systems but does not name cone-beam CT | 0/2 |
| ? | Implantology | 0/2 |
| ? | Orthodontics | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Oral surgery Treatments page has a dedicated apical (root-end) surgery section [s4] | 2/2 |
| ? | Pediatric dentistry | 0/1.5 |
| ? | 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 Homepage booking button links to a WhatsApp short link for the clinic's number [s1] | 2/2 |
| ? | Response speed | 0/1.5 |
| ✓ | English spoken Specialist page's languages section lists Spanish and English; the clinic's owner replies on Google are written in English [s2] [s7] | 2.5/2.5 |
| ✓ | Pre-visit consultation possible Homepage's dedicated 'book an appointment' WhatsApp button opens a pre-filled appointment request, separate from the generic contact form [s1] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ✓ | Clear service explanations Treatments page gives multi-paragraph explanations of apical surgery and complex root-canal retreatment, not just names [s4] | 1/1 |
| ✓ | Convenient opening hours Saturday hours (8:30am-1pm) published on the Google listing and the site [s7] [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 | 0/1 |
| ? | Mentioned for: English speaking dentist Panama | 0/1 |
| ? | Mentioned for: dental implants Panama | 0/1 |
| ? | Mentioned for: emergency dentist Panama | 0/1 |
| ? | Mentioned for: Panama dental clinic for expats | 0/1 |
| ✓ | Structured data on website Homepage JSON-LD includes an Organization entity for the clinic [s1] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ? | Google indexing quality | 0/2 |
| ✗ | Dedicated service pages Both documented treatments are sections on one shared treatments page, not separate URLs [s4] | 0/1.5 |
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. Juan Carlos Ortiz Hugues [s2] | Endodontics | 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: CBCT (3D imaging)
- Medical Infrastructure: Implantology
- Medical Infrastructure: Orthodontics
- Medical Infrastructure: Pediatric dentistry
- Medical Infrastructure: Emergency care
- Medical Infrastructure: Works with international patients
- Communication & Service: Response speed
- AI & Search Visibility: Mentioned for: best dentist Panama
- AI & Search Visibility: Mentioned for: English speaking dentist Panama
- AI & Search Visibility: Mentioned for: dental implants Panama
- AI & Search Visibility: Mentioned for: emergency dentist Panama
- AI & Search Visibility: Mentioned for: Panama dental clinic for expats
- 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://odontoadvance.com/ |
|---|---|
| Phone | +507 6130-4820 |
| +507 6130-4820 | |
| https://www.facebook.com/odontoadvancepanama | |
| Google Maps | Map listing |
| Address | Avenida 3a Oeste, 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://odontoadvance.com/ | Homepage (read 2026-09-29): 'led by Dr. Ortiz Hugues, a specialist with international training'; Organization JSON-LD; a 'book an appointment' button linking to https://wa.link/g85x4u, which redirects to WhatsApp number +507 6130-4820 with a pre-filled appointment request; published hours Mon-Fri 8:30am-6pm, Sat 8:30am-1pm; no Facebook, Instagram or TripAdvisor link; no prices | 2026-09-29 |
| s2 | https://odontoadvance.com/especialista.html | Specialist page (read 2026-09-29): university degrees 'Doctor of Dentistry, Universidad Latina de Costa Rica, 2000-2005' and 'Specialist in Endodontics, Universidad Maimónides, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2006-2008'; languages section: Spanish, English; an extensive list of academy memberships and certifications; no licence number published | 2026-09-29 |
| s3 | https://odontoadvance.com/clinica.html | Clinic page (read 2026-09-29): a practice specialised in microscope endodontics, with precise diagnosis 'supported by digital radiography and other technologies'; three microscopes, one per operatory; own-hosted gallery photo of the office interior (10-clinica-odonto-advance-panama.jpeg); no prices | 2026-09-29 |
| s4 | https://odontoadvance.com/tramientos.html | Treatments page (read 2026-09-29): a dedicated apical surgery section ('surgical microscopes and three-dimensional imaging systems, to perform these procedures with precision') and a complex endodontics section, both with own-hosted photos and multi-paragraph descriptions; both on this one URL; no CBCT, cone-beam or tomography wording; no prices | 2026-09-29 |
| s5 | https://odontoadvance.com/contacto.html | Contact page (read 2026-09-29): 'ODONTO ADVANCE, Avenida 3a Oeste, David, Chiriquí Panamá, +507-730-7169 / +507-6130-4820'; no embedded map; the contact form asks only for name, contact number, email and a message, with no service or time selection; no prices | 2026-09-29 |
| s6 | https://odontoadvance.com/blog/item/microfotografias-y-radiografias… | Blog post 'Microphotographs and radiographs', dated 2016 (read 2026-09-29): a clinical case with radiographic findings, and an embedded post from https://www.facebook.com/odontoadvancepanama (post 951455101638972); no prices | 2026-09-29 |
| s7 | https://www.google.com/maps?cid=17464474142277076668&hl=en | Google listing sorted by newest reviews (read 2026-09-29): rating 4.7 from 41 reviews, histogram 5★38/4★0/3★0/2★0/1★3; address Av. 3a Oeste, David, with a map pin; phone +507 6130-4820 and website link odontoadvance.com; hours Tue-Fri 8:30am-6pm, Sat 8:30am-1pm, Sun closed, Mon 8:30am-6pm; listing claimed; newest review 2026-09-09 (V Allen); owner replies in English dated 2026-06-18 and 2026-06-11 | 2026-09-29 |
| s8 | https://www.google.com/maps?cid=17464474142277076668&hl=en | Google listing sorted by lowest reviews (read 2026-09-29): Marco Tulio Greco, 1★, 2021-02-13, Local Guide with 164 reviews: the root canals were 'very bad and costly… I still have considerable sensitivity in the treated teeth'; jessica gomes, 1★, 2025-10-29, 10 reviews: 'I had a root canal on a healthy tooth… the tooth still hurts and is sensitive, and it is very expensive'; a third 1★ review (2021-12-09) has no text; no owner replies on these three | 2026-09-29 |
| s9 | https://www.google.com/maps?cid=17464474142277076668&hl=en | Google listing read in Spanish (hl=es, 2026-09-29): owner reply dated 2026-05-26 ('Thank you very much for your review, Dylan…'); reviews consistently name 'Dr. Juan Carlos Ortiz' or 'Dr. Carlos'; hours match the English listing | 2026-09-29 |
| s10 | https://www.tripadvisor.com/TypeAheadJson?action=API&query=Odonto%2… | TripAdvisor's own type-ahead search for 'Odonto Advance Panama' (read 2026-09-29) returns only unrelated results (places named 'Advance' in the US, Australia and Nepal); no result for this clinic | 2026-09-29 |
| s11 | https://www.whatclinic.com/dentists/panama/david | WhatClinic's 'Dentists in David, Panama' directory page (read 2026-09-29) lists one David practice (Odontologicas Specialties Clinic, Calle A Sur) and does not include Odonto Advance Panamá | 2026-09-29 |
Change History
| Date | Change |
|---|---|
| 2026-09-29 | Added to the directory on 2026-09-29 after reading the clinic's website (home, clinic, specialist, treatments, contact and one blog post) and its Google listing (newest, lowest and Spanish-language reviews). Recorded a named endodontics specialist with a university degree and postgraduate training, apical surgery and complex root-canal retreatment under surgical microscopes and three-dimensional imaging, digital X-ray, English spoken per the clinic's own language list, a WhatsApp booking channel, a Facebook page embedded on the site, and a 4.7 rating from 41 reviews. Two independent low-rated reviews describe lasting pain after a root-canal treatment. No price list was found on any page. Still unverified: cone-beam CT, implants, orthodontics, pediatric and emergency care, and work with international patients. |
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