Changelog
Every data update, correction, and methodology change is logged here and in each clinic's own change history. The rating updates whenever the underlying public data changes.
| Date | Subject | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-16 | Methodology v1.4.2 | Clarified when dentist names count: a name published by the clinic counts when it lets a patient find the dentist in a professional register; a first name alone is not enough, nor is a first name with a patronymic where surnames are in use. Applied the same day to the clinics whose own channels name their dentists by first name only, which lose the points for dentist names. No other score changes. |
| 2026-10-16 | Odonto Clinica Recreio | Corrected 2026-10-16: WhatsApp / LINE available now unverified: the only evidence was an archived copy of the clinic's website from 2025-10-10, more than a year old. |
| 2026-10-07 | Methodology v1.4.1 | Added a limit on re-checks made at a clinic's request: the next request from the same clinic about its own page is taken up no sooner than one month after the last re-check made at its request, which is dated in the clinic's change history; requests sent earlier are not processed. Corrections reported by anyone else are handled as before. No score changes. |
| 2026-10-05 | Clinica Odontologica For Dent (ForDent Odontologia) | onOtherPlatforms true → false: the Doctoralia clinic page it rested on is empty, with nothing from the clinic and no reviews. No profile found on WhatClinic, Dental Departures or Trustpilot. |
| 2026-10-05 | Gustavo Bastos Odontologia (Ortodontia e Estetica) | Read the clinic website (homepage, menu, Treatments page and sitemap): no structured data found; only two treatments have a page of their own. |
| 2026-10-05 | Gustavo Bastos Odontologia (Ortodontia e Estetica) | Read the clinic's Google listing on 2026-10-05 in 6 review orders (16 distinct reviews, dated 2023-10-08 to 2026-09-12; 5.0 from 189): owner replies false. |
| 2026-10-02 | Clinica Guilherme Rothier (Odontologia Estetica) | Presence re-checked on 2026-10-02: a Doctoralia clinic profile at the clinic's address and its dentist's Doctoralia profile with one opinion, so presence on other review platforms is recorded. |
| 2026-10-02 | Clinica Odontoliuzzi | Read the clinic's Google listing on 2026-10-02 in 3 review orders (14 distinct reviews, dated 2020-07-24 to 2026-10-01; 4.9 from 191): suspicious review patterns false. |
| 2026-10-02 | Clínica Rio Smile Odontologia | Read the clinic's Google listing on 2026-10-02 in 3 review orders (10 distinct reviews, dated 2018-06-26 to 2026-07-20; 4.2 from 15): recurring complaints false. |
| 2026-10-02 | Gustavo Bastos Odontologia (Ortodontia e Estetica) | Read the clinic's Google listing on 2026-10-02 in 4 review orders (11 distinct reviews, dated 2023-10-08 to 2026-09-12; 5.0 from 189): suspicious review patterns false. |
| 2026-10-02 | Irio Odontologia (Barra da Tijuca) | Read the clinic's Google listing on 2026-10-02 in 2 review orders (10 distinct reviews, dated 2016-07-06 to 2026-10-01; 5.0 from 1326): suspicious review patterns false. |
| 2026-10-02 | Prof. Dr. Rowan Vilar - Ortodontia, Estetica e Implantes Dentais | Read the clinic's Google listing on 2026-10-02 in 3 review orders (13 distinct reviews, dated 2020-09-30 to 2026-09-24; 4.9 from 114): owner replies true; suspicious review patterns false. |
| 2026-10-02 | Prof. Dr. Rowan Vilar - Ortodontia, Estetica e Implantes Dentais | Read the clinic's website HTML on 2026-10-02: structured data: absent, service pages: present. |
| 2026-10-02 | Rio Odonto - Clinica Odontologica | Read the clinic's Google listing on 2026-10-02 in 3 review orders (15 distinct reviews, dated 2024-04-08 to 2026-09-29; 5.0 from 786): owner replies true; suspicious review patterns false. |
| 2026-10-01 | Clinica Sorrio | Presence on other review platforms re-checked: no profile on Doctoralia, WhatClinic or Dental Departures, so this criterion is now no. |
| 2026-10-01 | DentalRio - Odontologia Integral (Barra da Tijuca) | Presence on other review platforms re-checked: no profile on Doctoralia, WhatClinic or Dental Departures, so this criterion is now no. |
| 2026-10-01 | DentalRio - Odontologia Integral (Barra da Tijuca) | Other review platforms re-checked on 2026-10-01: a Dentistas.net.br page at the clinic's address and phone, with 2 reviews, so onOtherPlatforms is now true. |
| 2026-10-01 | Facenter - Centro de Diagnostico Digital da Face (Ipanema) | Presence on other review platforms re-checked: no profile on Doctoralia, WhatClinic or Dental Departures, so this criterion is now no. |
| 2026-10-01 | OdontoCompany Copacabana | Presence on other review platforms re-checked: no profile on Doctoralia, WhatClinic or Dental Departures, so this criterion is now no. |
| 2026-10-01 | Renove Dente | Presence on other review platforms re-checked: no profile on Doctoralia, WhatClinic or Dental Departures, so this criterion is now no. |
| 2026-10-01 | Rio Odonto - Clinica Odontologica | Presence on other review platforms re-checked: no profile on Doctoralia, WhatClinic or Dental Departures, so this criterion is now no. |
| 2026-09-30 | Clínica Rio Smile Odontologia | Corrected 2026-09-30: published prices and the cleaning, filling, crown, implant, consultation and X-ray prices now unverified: they rested on a directory profile rather than on a channel of the clinic's own. |
| 2026-09-30 | Clínica Rio Smile Odontologia | Re-checked on 2026-09-30: the clinic runs a Facebook page, Rio Smile Odontologia, with the same Ipanema address and telephone as its Google listing; its intro, details and contact sections were read together with the Google listing. Recorded: present on Facebook; no dentist is named on either channel. Still unverified: prices, since the page's posts and photos could not be read in full. |
| 2026-09-30 | Clínica Rio Smile Odontologia | Re-checked on 2026-09-30 through the clinic's Facebook page (contact details and posts) and its Google listing. Corrected: the clinic's Facebook posts name its dentists, Dr. Renata and Dr. Rafaela Rezende, and state Dr. Rezende's specialisation in facial harmonisation. The service list is now unverified: it appeared only on a directory profile, and neither of the clinic's own channels publishes one. The contacts, the address and map, and the absence of a working website now rest on the clinic's own channels. |
| 2026-09-30 | Odonto Clinica Recreio | Checked on 2026-09-30: the clinic's website now shows a certificate warning and, behind it, an empty new installation with its former pages gone, so the card records no working website and cites the facts the site published from its archived copies of October to December 2025, the clinic's Google listing and its Instagram account. |
| 2026-09-30 | Rio Odonto - Clinica Odontologica | Looked for the clinic on Facebook under its name and city: no page exists (the site and Google listing link none either). Recorded: not present on Facebook. |
| 2026-09-29 | Clinica Odontologica For Dent (ForDent Odontologia) | Corrected 2026-09-29: review count 116 (was 107) from the Google listing on 2026-09-26. |
| 2026-09-29 | DentalRio - Odontologia Integral (Barra da Tijuca) | Corrected 2026-09-29: review recency within 3 months (newest review dated 2026-09-21). |
| 2026-09-29 | Facenter - Centro de Diagnostico Digital da Face (Ipanema) | Corrected 2026-09-29: review count 895 (was 837) from the Google listing on 2026-09-26. |
| 2026-09-29 | Irio Odontologia (Barra da Tijuca) | Corrected 2026-09-29: review count 1316 (was 1184) from the Google listing on 2026-09-26. |
| 2026-09-29 | Odoclyni - Clinica Odontologica (Leblon) | Corrected 2026-09-29: review count 65 (was 59) from the Google listing on 2026-09-26. |
| 2026-09-29 | Prof. Dr. Rowan Vilar - Ortodontia, Estetica e Implantes Dentais | Corrected 2026-09-29: review recency within 3 months (newest review dated 2026-09-24). |
| 2026-09-25 | Clinica Odontoliuzzi | Re-read on 2026-09-25: the clinic's website (services pages in Portuguese and English, team page) and its Google listing (newest and lowest-rated reviews). Recorded: X-rays used for wisdom-tooth and implant assessment; business-entity structured data and separate pages per treatment on the website; newest review from 2026-09-24; owner replies to reviews. Recurring complaint found: several low ratings describe implant or crown work failing within months, two of which the clinic disputes. Still unverified: CBCT/3D imaging and emergency-appointment documentation beyond what was already on record. |
| 2026-09-25 | Clinica Odontoliuzzi | Search visibility checked on 2026-09-25 for the five standard Rio de Janeiro, Brazil queries: present for "best dentist Rio de Janeiro, Brazil", "dental implants Rio de Janeiro, Brazil", "Rio de Janeiro, Brazil dental clinic for expats"; not present for "English speaking dentist Rio de Janeiro, Brazil", "emergency dentist Rio de Janeiro, Brazil". |
| 2026-09-25 | Clinica Odontologica For Dent (ForDent Odontologia) | Re-read on 2026-09-25: the clinic's website (treatment, team and unit pages) and its Google listing (newest and lowest-rated reviews). Corrected: the Quem Somos page names two directing dentists with their qualifications (previously recorded as not listed). Recorded: business-entity structured data and separate pages per treatment. Newest review from 2026-09-14; owner replies to most positive reviews. Recurring complaints found about scheduling and appointment availability. No signs of manipulation in the review history. |
| 2026-09-25 | Clinica Odontologica For Dent (ForDent Odontologia) | Search visibility checked on 2026-09-25 for the five standard Rio de Janeiro, Brazil queries: not present for "best dentist Rio de Janeiro, Brazil", "English speaking dentist Rio de Janeiro, Brazil", "dental implants Rio de Janeiro, Brazil", "emergency dentist Rio de Janeiro, Brazil", "Rio de Janeiro, Brazil dental clinic for expats". |
| 2026-09-25 | Clínica Rio Smile Odontologia | Re-read on 2026-09-25: the clinic's Google listing, including its uploaded photo strip (newest and lowest-rated reviews). Recorded: four business-uploaded photos showing a real treatment room, a procedure in progress, instruments and the waiting room; weekday closing at 19:00; the owner replied to a review, clarifying a location mix-up. Updated: the newest review is from 2026-07-20 (previously recorded as older). Still unverified: the clinic has no website on record, so its treatment list, equipment and English-language service could not be checked beyond what is already documented. |
| 2026-09-25 | Clínica Rio Smile Odontologia | Search visibility checked on 2026-09-25 for the five standard Rio de Janeiro, Brazil queries: not present for "best dentist Rio de Janeiro, Brazil", "English speaking dentist Rio de Janeiro, Brazil", "dental implants Rio de Janeiro, Brazil", "emergency dentist Rio de Janeiro, Brazil", "Rio de Janeiro, Brazil dental clinic for expats". |
| 2026-09-25 | Clinica Sorrio | Re-read on 2026-09-25: the clinic's website (26 pages including service, blog and emergency pages) and its Google listing (newest and lowest-rated reviews). Recorded: digital, panoramic and CT/tomography imaging documented across service pages, no business-entity structured data on the website, separate pages per treatment, Saturday hours with weekday closing at 19:00; newest review from 2026-09-13, owner replies consistently including to older negative reviews, no recurring complaint theme, no signs of manipulation. Still unverified: TripAdvisor and Instagram presence. |
| 2026-09-25 | Clinica Sorrio | Search visibility checked on 2026-09-25 for the five standard Rio de Janeiro, Brazil queries: not present for "best dentist Rio de Janeiro, Brazil", "English speaking dentist Rio de Janeiro, Brazil", "dental implants Rio de Janeiro, Brazil", "emergency dentist Rio de Janeiro, Brazil", "Rio de Janeiro, Brazil dental clinic for expats". |
| 2026-09-25 | Facenter - Centro de Diagnostico Digital da Face (Ipanema) | Re-read on 2026-09-25: the clinic's website (about, contact, unit and exam-type pages) and its Google listing (newest and lowest-rated reviews). Recorded: a dedicated page per exam type, no business-entity structured data on the homepage; weekday closing at 19:00 and Saturday hours. Owner replies consistently, including to critical reviews. Recurring complaints found on wait times and WhatsApp scheduling. No signs of manipulation in the review history. |
| 2026-09-25 | Facenter - Centro de Diagnostico Digital da Face (Ipanema) | Search visibility checked on 2026-09-25 for the five standard Rio de Janeiro, Brazil queries: not present for "best dentist Rio de Janeiro, Brazil", "English speaking dentist Rio de Janeiro, Brazil", "dental implants Rio de Janeiro, Brazil", "emergency dentist Rio de Janeiro, Brazil", "Rio de Janeiro, Brazil dental clinic for expats". |
| 2026-09-25 | Irio Odontologia (Barra da Tijuca) | Re-read on 2026-09-25: the clinic's website (full sitemap, in Portuguese) and its Google listing (newest and lowest-rated reviews). Recorded: implant placement with CT/tomography scanning for planning, a WhatsApp booking link, business-entity structured data and separate pages per treatment on the website, weekday-only hours; emergency care is not among the site's treatment pages. Newest review from 2026-09-24; owner replies within hours; no recurring complaint theme. Still unverified: on-site X-ray equipment (only CT scanning is documented), pediatric care and English-language service. |
| 2026-09-25 | Irio Odontologia (Barra da Tijuca) | Search visibility checked on 2026-09-25 for the five standard Rio de Janeiro, Brazil queries: not present for "best dentist Rio de Janeiro, Brazil", "English speaking dentist Rio de Janeiro, Brazil", "dental implants Rio de Janeiro, Brazil", "emergency dentist Rio de Janeiro, Brazil", "Rio de Janeiro, Brazil dental clinic for expats". |
| 2026-09-25 | Odoclyni - Clinica Odontologica (Leblon) | Re-read on 2026-09-25: the clinic's website (home, empresa, tratamentos, equipe, unidades and contact pages) and its Google listing (newest and lowest-rated reviews). Corrected: the Equipe page names three practicing dentists with their specialisations (previously recorded as not listed), and the Google listing is claimed with the owner replying to most reviews (previously recorded as not responding). Recorded: oral surgery is a listed treatment, pediatric dentistry is not; no WhatsApp link, no structured data, all treatments on one page rather than separate ones. Recurring complaints found, all concerning the clinic's emergency-care service (evaluation, availability, wait, quality). No signs of manipulation in the review history. |
| 2026-09-25 | Odoclyni - Clinica Odontologica (Leblon) | Search visibility checked on 2026-09-25 for the five standard Rio de Janeiro, Brazil queries: not present for "best dentist Rio de Janeiro, Brazil", "English speaking dentist Rio de Janeiro, Brazil", "dental implants Rio de Janeiro, Brazil", "emergency dentist Rio de Janeiro, Brazil", "Rio de Janeiro, Brazil dental clinic for expats". |
| 2026-09-25 | Odonto Clinica Recreio | Re-read on 2026-09-25: the clinic's Google listing (newest and lowest-rated reviews). The clinic's website could not be read on 2026-09-25 (certificate error and a verification page), so its team, equipment and service pages remain unchecked. Recorded from the Google listing: newest review from 2026-09-11, detailed owner replies to negative reviews, weekday-only hours closing at 18:00. Recurring complaints found about front-desk conduct (2018-2022). No signs of manipulation in the review history. |
| 2026-09-25 | Odonto Clinica Recreio | Search visibility checked on 2026-09-25 for the five standard Rio de Janeiro, Brazil queries: not present for "best dentist Rio de Janeiro, Brazil", "English speaking dentist Rio de Janeiro, Brazil", "dental implants Rio de Janeiro, Brazil", "emergency dentist Rio de Janeiro, Brazil", "Rio de Janeiro, Brazil dental clinic for expats". |
| 2026-09-25 | Oral 360 (Copacabana / Tijuca) | Re-read on 2026-09-25: the clinic's Copacabana landing page in full and its Google listing (newest and lowest-rated reviews). Recorded: business-entity structured data on the page, no separate page per service, no emergency-care section; Saturday hours. Newest review from 2026-09-24; owner replies consistently, including to negative reviews. Recurring complaint found: three independent reviews (July-September 2026) describe paying for treatment (prosthesis, implant surgery) that was not delivered. No signs of manipulation in the review history. |
| 2026-09-25 | Oral 360 (Copacabana / Tijuca) | Search visibility checked on 2026-09-25 for the five standard Rio de Janeiro, Brazil queries: not present for "best dentist Rio de Janeiro, Brazil", "English speaking dentist Rio de Janeiro, Brazil", "dental implants Rio de Janeiro, Brazil", "emergency dentist Rio de Janeiro, Brazil", "Rio de Janeiro, Brazil dental clinic for expats". |
| 2026-09-25 | Prime Dente Odontologia (Botafogo) | Re-read on 2026-09-25: the clinic's website (26 pages, treatment, team and blog content) and its Google listing (newest and lowest-rated reviews). Recorded: panoramic X-ray and CBCT documented, including a first-person statement about 3D tomography; business-entity structured data and separate pages per treatment; no emergency-appointment service among the treatments. Updated: the newest review is from 2026-08-25 (previously recorded as within the past year). Owner replies to most reviews; no recurring complaint theme; no signs of manipulation. |
| 2026-09-25 | Prime Dente Odontologia (Botafogo) | Search visibility checked on 2026-09-25 for the five standard Rio de Janeiro, Brazil queries: not present for "best dentist Rio de Janeiro, Brazil", "English speaking dentist Rio de Janeiro, Brazil", "dental implants Rio de Janeiro, Brazil", "emergency dentist Rio de Janeiro, Brazil", "Rio de Janeiro, Brazil dental clinic for expats". |
| 2026-09-25 | Renove Dente | Re-read on 2026-09-25: the clinic's website in full (12 pages: treatments, team, contact) and its Google listing (newest and lowest-rated reviews). Recorded: no emergency-care documentation anywhere on the site; business-entity structured data and separate pages per treatment; weekday closing at 19:00 on the Google listing. Newest review from 2026-09-21; no recurring complaint theme. Still unverified: owner replies to reviews (none among the reviews read) and on-site imaging equipment (the site names no equipment). |
| 2026-09-25 | Renove Dente | Search visibility checked on 2026-09-25 for the five standard Rio de Janeiro, Brazil queries: not present for "best dentist Rio de Janeiro, Brazil", "English speaking dentist Rio de Janeiro, Brazil", "dental implants Rio de Janeiro, Brazil", "emergency dentist Rio de Janeiro, Brazil", "Rio de Janeiro, Brazil dental clinic for expats". |
| 2026-09-25 | Rio Odonto - Clinica Odontologica | Found and read on 2026-09-25 the clinic's website, https://rioodonto.com.br/ (name, address and the technical-director credential Dra. Ruth Elen Tavares, CRO-RJ 46533, match the clinic), plus its Google listing (newest and lowest-rated reviews). Corrected: the clinic has a website (previously recorded as having none). The site is a dental-implant landing page: implant surgery is described; hours match the Google listing (Saturday morning included); no structured data and no separate service pages. No recurring complaint theme among the reviews. Still unverified: owner replies to reviews, on-site X-ray/CBCT equipment (the page mentions imaging exams without naming the equipment), services beyond implants, and Facebook presence. |
| 2026-09-25 | Rio Odonto - Clinica Odontologica | Search visibility checked on 2026-09-25 for the five standard Rio de Janeiro, Brazil queries: not present for "best dentist Rio de Janeiro, Brazil", "English speaking dentist Rio de Janeiro, Brazil", "dental implants Rio de Janeiro, Brazil", "emergency dentist Rio de Janeiro, Brazil", "Rio de Janeiro, Brazil dental clinic for expats". |
| 2026-09-17 | Clinica Guilherme Rothier (Odontologia Estetica) | Re-read on 2026-09-17: the clinic's equipment page, its dedicated treatment pages (surgery, pediatric dentistry, English-language emergency page) and its Google listing (5 most-relevant reviews). Recorded: digital X-ray present, oral surgery and pediatric dentistry offered, emergency care documented on the English site, 12 dedicated service pages, no recurring complaints or manipulation signs, structured data present sitewide. TripAdvisor presence checked and not found. Still unverified: whether cone-beam imaging is done in-house, and other listing platforms. |
| 2026-09-17 | Clinica Guilherme Rothier (Odontologia Estetica) | Search visibility checked on 2026-09-17 for the standard Rio de Janeiro queries: present for "English speaking dentist Rio de Janeiro", "emergency dentist Rio de Janeiro", "Rio de Janeiro dental clinic for expats"; not present for "best dentist Rio de Janeiro" and "dental implants Rio de Janeiro". |
| 2026-09-17 | DentalRio - Odontologia Integral (Barra da Tijuca) | Re-read on 2026-09-17: the clinic's site (7 dedicated treatment pages) and its Google listing (5 most-relevant reviews). Recorded: owner replies to all 5 read reviews including a negative one, no signs of manipulation, and JSON-LD that describes pages and breadcrumbs only, without clinic-level markup. Left open: recurring-complaint theme (share of 1-2 star reviews is 11.7% but only one was readable), CBCT disclosure, English/foreign-patient documentation beyond a single tourist review. |
| 2026-09-17 | DentalRio - Odontologia Integral (Barra da Tijuca) | Search visibility checked on 2026-09-17 for the standard Rio de Janeiro queries: not present for "best dentist Rio de Janeiro", "English speaking dentist Rio de Janeiro", "dental implants Rio de Janeiro", "emergency dentist Rio de Janeiro" and "Rio de Janeiro dental clinic for expats". |
| 2026-09-17 | OdontoCompany Copacabana | Re-read on 2026-09-17: the company-wide treatments page (13 dedicated service pages, no JSON-LD found) and the Google listing (5 most-relevant reviews, histogram). Recorded: oral surgery offered, no emergency/urgent care category, no recurring complaint theme, no manipulation signs, latest review from 2026-08-25 with an owner reply on a 2026-01 negative review. Still unverified: on-site X-ray/CBCT disclosure, international-patient documentation, English-language evidence, TripAdvisor presence. |
| 2026-09-17 | OdontoCompany Copacabana | Search visibility checked on 2026-09-17 for the standard Rio de Janeiro queries: not present for "best dentist Rio de Janeiro", "English speaking dentist Rio de Janeiro", "dental implants Rio de Janeiro", "emergency dentist Rio de Janeiro" and "Rio de Janeiro dental clinic for expats". |
| 2026-09-10 | DentalRio - Odontologia Integral (Barra da Tijuca) | Twin parity 2026-09-10 (clinicLicense): this card left the clinic licence unverified; the twin card brazil-dental, which publishes the same clinic (same phone and website), holds a sourced value. The number is not from a register at all: the clinic's own site — the same site this card cites — publishes "EPAO: 2552" in its professional-council information section, which the twin picked up on re-reading it on 2026-08-25. This card could not search CNES that day (HTTP 503 host-wide) and never re-read the site for a self-published number. The value, the note and the twin's own cited source(s) are copied here without new research. |
| 2026-09-10 | Gustavo Bastos Odontologia (Ortodontia e Estetica) | Twin parity 2026-09-10 (clinicLicense): this card left the clinic licence unverified because CNES — the open national establishment register — was returning HTTP 503 host-wide on its verification day and CRO-SP is captcha-gated, so no open registry search could be completed here. The twin card brazil-dental completed exactly that CNES search on 2026-08-25 (two name variants plus a São Paulo/Rio state filter, with the nearest namesake named in the reading as proof the register was answering) and found no establishment for this clinic, while the clinic's own site publishes no clinic-level number. That is a read registry negative, not an absence of a reading, so it is copied here with its source; this card's own record of the outage and of its CRO-SP search is kept in the note. |
| 2026-09-07 | Methodology v1.4.0 | Narrowed the "Opaque or bait pricing" red flag to what its published definition describes. Until now the flag was applied automatically to every clinic that does not publish a price list — a harsher statement than the evidence supports, since the catalogue defines the flag as complaints about final bills materially exceeding quoted prices, or advertised prices that are not honoured. Not publishing prices is already scored: it costs the clinic points in the price transparency category, and it is not, on its own, evidence of bait pricing. The automatic rule is removed, so the flag and its 2-point penalty come off about 1,300 clinic pages across the index; no clinic gains a flag, and no weight, severity or other scoring rule changed. The flag can still be recorded against a clinic by hand with cited sources, and about 210 clinics carry such an entry today; we are reviewing those entries in a follow-up pass, because some of them were also written for nothing more than an unpublished price list. |
| 2026-09-03 | Methodology v1.3.1 | Clarified that the publication criteria refer to the clinic’s own channels: a service list, the names of the dentists and a price list count when the clinic itself publishes them (its website, its social profiles or its own Google Business profile) — registers, directories and review sites do not, and a time-limited promotional offer is not a price list. Added a third state for a dentist’s licence, "checked, not found in the public register": a dentist we searched for in the national register and did not find is now recorded as checked-but-unverified with the date of the check, instead of being shown either as "not checked yet" or as the "not published" red flag. Neither change alters any weight or penalty; the red-flag rule still fires only on a verified negative. Also corrected the wording of the penalty note under the ranking table, which rendered as "20−" in right-to-left dictionaries. |
| 2026-08-25 | Clinica Guilherme Rothier (Odontologia Estetica) | Re-verification 2026-08-25: confirmed website live, address and phone unchanged, clinic open (Google Maps); recorded Google rating 4.9 (122 reviews) and Maps place URL/coordinates (not previously tracked). Note: a second, separately-listed Google Business profile 'Clinica Rothier Odontologia Integrada Invisalign Ipanema' (5.0, 124 reviews) exists at a nearby suite (Sl 719) in the same building - likely a related but distinct listing, not used here. |
| 2026-08-25 | Clinica Odontoliuzzi | Re-verification 2026-08-25: website (odontoliuzzi.com.br) returned HTTP 403 to automated fetch and could not be independently verified; confirmed via Google Maps profile that address is unchanged and clinic is open. Maps lists phone +55 21 96933-5067, differing from stored +55 21 3165-0909 - recorded as a correction (site could not be checked to reconcile). Recorded Google rating 4.9 (189 reviews) and Maps place URL/coordinates. |
| 2026-08-25 | Clinica Odontoliuzzi | License verification 2026-08-25 against Brazil dental registries: CNES estabelecimentos API (open, clinics scope) was unreachable (HTTP 503/connection-refused, repeated attempts) and CFO/CRO-RJ (dentist and both-scope) are captcha-gated - no registry lookup possible for the clinic or for Dra. Natalia Liuzzi Grossi Morales; recorded as null with notes. |
| 2026-08-25 | Clinica Odontologica For Dent (ForDent Odontologia) | Re-verification 2026-08-25: confirmed website live, address and phone unchanged, clinic open (Google Maps); recorded Google rating 4.1 (107 reviews) and Maps place URL/coordinates (not previously tracked). |
| 2026-08-25 | Clinica Odontologica For Dent (ForDent Odontologia) | License verification 2026-08-25: CNES estabelecimentos registry unreachable (HTTP 503/connection-refused) and CFO/CRO-RJ are captcha-gated - no registry lookup possible for this clinic (no named doctors on file); recorded clinicLicense as null with note. |
| 2026-08-25 | Clínica Rio Smile Odontologia | Re-verification 2026-08-25: no website on file to check (unchanged). Google Maps now lists the same address (R. Maria Quiteria 68, Sl 301) and same phone (+55 21 2287-1016) under the business name 'Clinica Rio Smile Odontologia' (rating 4.2, 15 reviews) rather than 'OII' - recorded as a likely rename/successor listing, though this could not be confirmed via an official site. Clinic is open; recorded Maps place URL/coordinates. |
| 2026-08-25 | Clínica Rio Smile Odontologia | License verification 2026-08-25: CNES estabelecimentos registry unreachable (HTTP 503/connection-refused) and CFO/CRO-RJ are captcha-gated - no registry lookup possible for this clinic (no named doctors on file); recorded clinicLicense as null with note. |
| 2026-08-25 | Clinica Sorrio | Re-verification 2026-08-25: confirmed website live, address and phone unchanged, clinic open (Google Maps); recorded Google rating 4.9 (474 reviews) and Maps place URL/coordinates (not previously tracked). |
| 2026-08-25 | DentalRio - Odontologia Integral (Barra da Tijuca) | Re-verification 2026-08-25: confirmed website live, address and phone unchanged, clinic open (Google Maps); Google rating updated to 4.5 (was 4.4), review count updated to 152 (was 145); recorded Maps place URL/coordinates. |
| 2026-08-25 | DentalRio - Odontologia Integral (Barra da Tijuca) | License verification 2026-08-25: CNES estabelecimentos registry unreachable (HTTP 503/connection-refused) and CFO/CRO-RJ are captcha-gated - no registry lookup possible for the clinic; doctor Dra. Rejane Muniz already had a recorded CRO-RJ number so was not re-checked. clinicLicense recorded as null with note. |
| 2026-08-25 | Facenter - Centro de Diagnostico Digital da Face (Ipanema) | Re-verification 2026-08-25: confirmed website live (this is a dental radiology/imaging center, not a treatment clinic), address and phone unchanged, open (Google Maps); recorded Google rating 4.7 (837 reviews), reviewRecency within_3_months, and Maps place URL/coordinates. |
| 2026-08-25 | Facenter - Centro de Diagnostico Digital da Face (Ipanema) | License verification 2026-08-25: CNES estabelecimentos registry unreachable (HTTP 503/connection-refused) and CFO/CRO-RJ are captcha-gated - no registry lookup possible for the clinic; all five unit-director doctors already had recorded CRO-RJ numbers so were not re-checked. clinicLicense recorded as null with note. |
| 2026-08-25 | Gustavo Bastos Odontologia (Ortodontia e Estetica) | Re-verification 2026-08-25: Google Maps' business listing for 'Gustavo Bastos Odontologia - RJ' (website gustavobastos.com.br, matching stored domain) now shows the clinic at Av. Ataulfo de Paiva 391-704, Leblon, with phone +55 21 98810-2383 - a relocation from the stored Rua Visconde de Piraja 407, Ipanema address/phone +55 21 2267-8373; recorded as corrections. Clinic open; Google rating remains 5.0, review count updated to 188 (was 180); recorded Maps place URL/coordinates. |
| 2026-08-25 | Gustavo Bastos Odontologia (Ortodontia e Estetica) | License verification 2026-08-25: CNES estabelecimentos registry unreachable (HTTP 503/connection-refused) and CFO/CRO-RJ are captcha-gated - no registry lookup possible for the clinic; doctor Dr. Gustavo Kreuzig Bastos already had a recorded CRO-RJ number so was not re-checked. clinicLicense recorded as null with note. |
| 2026-08-25 | Irio Odontologia (Barra da Tijuca) | Re-verification 2026-08-25: website loaded but rendered minimal extractable content (JS-heavy site), so address/phone could not be confirmed from it directly; confirmed via Google Maps that clinic is open. Maps shows postal code 22631-004 (was 22631-003) and phone +55 21 98900-3446 (was +55 21 3363-1000) - recorded as corrections. Recorded Google rating 5.0 (1184 reviews) and Maps place URL/coordinates. |
| 2026-08-25 | Methodology v1.3.0 | Corrected how the two licensing red flags are applied ("Clinic operating licence not published" and "Dentists / their licences not listed"). Previously they were applied whenever licensing data was absent from our records, which treated unchecked data as a negative finding — contrary to the methodology's own rule that unverified data is a fact about our coverage, not about the clinic. Both flags now apply only where we have verified that the information is not published. Manual licensing flags that rested on unverified data were removed from the affected clinics. No other scoring rules changed; most scores rise because the incorrect penalty is removed. |
| 2026-08-25 | Odoclyni - Clinica Odontologica (Leblon) | Re-verification 2026-08-25: confirmed website live, address and phone unchanged, clinic open (Google Maps); recorded Google rating 4.7 (59 reviews), reviewRecency within_3_months, and Maps place URL/coordinates (not previously tracked). |
| 2026-08-25 | Odoclyni - Clinica Odontologica (Leblon) | License verification 2026-08-25: CNES estabelecimentos registry unreachable (HTTP 503/connection-refused) and CFO/CRO-RJ are captcha-gated - no registry lookup possible for this clinic (no named doctors on file); recorded clinicLicense as null with note. |
| 2026-08-25 | Odonto Clinica Recreio | Re-verification 2026-08-25: confirmed website live, address and phone unchanged, clinic open (Google Maps); recorded Google rating 4.6 (177 reviews) and Maps place URL/coordinates (not previously tracked). |
| 2026-08-25 | Odonto Clinica Recreio | License verification 2026-08-25: CNES estabelecimentos registry unreachable (HTTP 503/connection-refused) and CFO/CRO-RJ are captcha-gated - no registry lookup possible for this clinic (no named doctors on file); recorded clinicLicense as null with note. |
| 2026-08-25 | OdontoCompany Copacabana | Re-verification 2026-08-25: confirmed website live, phone unchanged, clinic open (Google Maps); Maps shows postal code 22031-072 (was 22031-071) - recorded as a correction. Google rating remains 4.7, review count updated to 522 (was 501); recorded Maps place URL/coordinates. |
| 2026-08-25 | Oral 360 (Copacabana / Tijuca) | Re-verification 2026-08-25: confirmed website live, address and phone unchanged, clinic open (Google Maps); Google rating remains 4.9, review count updated to 623 (was 607); recorded Maps place URL/coordinates. |
| 2026-08-25 | Oral 360 (Copacabana / Tijuca) | License verification 2026-08-25: CNES estabelecimentos registry unreachable (HTTP 503/connection-refused) and CFO/CRO-RJ are captcha-gated - no registry lookup possible for this clinic (no named doctors on file); recorded clinicLicense as null with note. |
| 2026-08-25 | Prime Dente Odontologia (Botafogo) | Re-verification 2026-08-25: confirmed website live, address and phone unchanged, clinic open (Google Maps); recorded Google rating 4.8 (93 reviews) and Maps place URL/coordinates (not previously tracked). |
| 2026-08-25 | Prime Dente Odontologia (Botafogo) | License verification 2026-08-25: CNES estabelecimentos registry unreachable (HTTP 503/connection-refused) and CFO/CRO-RJ are captcha-gated - no registry lookup possible for the clinic; all seven listed dentists already had recorded CRO-RJ numbers so were not re-checked. clinicLicense recorded as null with note. |
| 2026-08-25 | Prof. Dr. Rowan Vilar - Ortodontia, Estetica e Implantes Dentais | Re-verification 2026-08-25: confirmed website live, address and phone unchanged, clinic open (Google Maps); recorded Google rating 4.9 (111 reviews) and Maps place URL/coordinates (not previously tracked). |
| 2026-08-25 | Renove Dente | Re-verification 2026-08-25: confirmed website live, address and phone unchanged, clinic open (Google Maps); recorded Google rating 4.9 (55 reviews) and Maps place URL/coordinates (not previously tracked). |
| 2026-08-25 | Renove Dente | License verification 2026-08-25: CNES estabelecimentos registry unreachable (HTTP 503/connection-refused) and CFO/CRO-RJ are captcha-gated - no registry lookup possible for the clinic; all three listed dentists already had recorded CRO-RJ numbers so were not re-checked. clinicLicense recorded as null with note. |
| 2026-08-25 | Rio Odonto - Clinica Odontologica | Re-verification 2026-08-25: no website on file to check (unchanged; still none listed on Google Maps either). Confirmed address and phone unchanged via Google Maps; clinic open. Recorded Google rating 5.0 (755 reviews), reviewRecency within_3_months, and Maps place URL/coordinates. |
| 2026-08-25 | Rio Odonto - Clinica Odontologica | License verification 2026-08-25: CNES estabelecimentos registry unreachable (HTTP 503/connection-refused) and CFO/CRO-RJ are captcha-gated - no registry lookup possible for the clinic; doctor Dra. Ruth Elen Tavares already had a recorded CRO-RJ number so was not re-checked. clinicLicense recorded as null with note. |
| 2026-08-23 | Methodology v1.2.0 | Added an informational "Sedation & general anaesthesia" availability field to every clinic and a new "Sleep Dentistry (Sedation / GA)" list, for patients who cannot tolerate — or would rather not be awake for — treatment. This field is informational and does not change any transparency score. |
| 2026-07-08 | Methodology v1.1.0 | Added licensing transparency: clinics are now penalised when they do not publish their operating licence, or do not list their dentists together with their professional licence numbers. Each clinic page now shows a Licensing & Credentials section. |
| 2026-07-03 | Methodology v1.0.0 | Initial public methodology. |