Clinica Odontologica For Dent (ForDent Odontologia)
According to our open methodology, this clinic scored 21.3/100 for transparency, reputation, service accessibility, and digital visibility.
Overall rank: #13 of 17 ranked clinics · Last checked: 14 July 2026
Positions by Rating Profile
- Overall Transparency & Trust#1321.3/100
- Best for Expatsnot ranked
- Best for Dental Implants#1218/100
- Best for Emergency Dental Care#427/100
- Best Price Transparency#1510.2/100
- Best English-speaking Clinicsnot ranked
- Best for Families / Childrennot ranked
Summary
ForDent Odontologia is a multi-unit dental clinic operating in Rio de Janeiro for over 20 years, with three locations (Sao Cristovao, Centro and Barra da Tijuca). Services include implants, Invisalign, orthodontics, prosthetics, periodontics, endodontics, oral surgery, facial harmonization and emergency care, with a stated warranty on procedures and hours Monday-Friday 8am-7pm. Contact is via phone and WhatsApp.
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)
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] | 0/3 |
| ✓ | 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 [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.
| ✗ | 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) | 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 [s1] | 1/1 |
| ✗ | TripAdvisor presence [s1] | 0/0.5 |
| ✓ | Other review platforms [s1] | 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 [s1] | 2/2 |
| ? | Pediatric dentistry | 0/1.5 |
| ✓ | Emergency care [s1] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ✗ | Works with international patients [s1] | 0/2 |
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 | 0/2.5 |
| ✓ | Pre-visit consultation possible [s1] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ✓ | 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 Rio de Janeiro", "English speaking dentist Rio de Janeiro", "dental implants Rio de Janeiro", "emergency dentist Rio de Janeiro", "Rio de Janeiro dental clinic for expats".
| ? | Mentioned for: best dentist Rio de Janeiro | 0/1 |
| ? | Mentioned for: English speaking dentist Rio de Janeiro | 0/1 |
| ? | Mentioned for: dental implants Rio de Janeiro | 0/1 |
| ? | Mentioned for: emergency dentist Rio de Janeiro | 0/1 |
| ? | Mentioned for: Rio de Janeiro dental clinic for expats | 0/1 |
| ? | Structured data on website | 0/1.5 |
| ? | Google indexing quality | 0/2 |
| ? | Dedicated service pages | 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
The clinic does not publish the dentists working there or their professional licence numbers — penalty applied.
Red Flags
- medium Clinic operating licence not published (-4 pts) — The clinic does not publish its operating licence or registration number (derived from data).
- medium Dentists / their licences not listed (-4 pts) — The clinic does not publish its dentists with their professional licence numbers (derived from data).
- low No dentists identified anywhere (-2 pts) — No dentist names published (derived from data).
- low Opaque or bait pricing (-2 pts) — No prices or price ranges published (derived from data).
Red-flag penalty applied: -12 points (capped at -20).
Data We Could Not Verify
- 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: Pediatric dentistry
- Communication & Service: Response speed
- Communication & Service: English spoken
- AI & Search Visibility: Mentioned for: best dentist Rio de Janeiro
- AI & Search Visibility: Mentioned for: English speaking dentist Rio de Janeiro
- AI & Search Visibility: Mentioned for: dental implants Rio de Janeiro
- AI & Search Visibility: Mentioned for: emergency dentist Rio de Janeiro
- AI & Search Visibility: Mentioned for: Rio de Janeiro dental clinic for expats
- AI & Search Visibility: Structured data on website
- AI & Search Visibility: Google indexing quality
- 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://fordent.com.br/ |
|---|---|
| Phone | +55 21 2580-4316 |
| +55 21 96713-6610 | |
| https://www.facebook.com/clinicafordent/ | |
| Address | Rua Sao Luiz Gonzaga, 410, Sobreloja, Sao Cristovao, Rio de Janeiro, RJ (also units in Centro: Rua Sete de Setembro 98 salas 407-409; and Barra da Tijuca: Av. das Americas 700 Bloco B Loja 117c, Shopping Citta America) |
Contact details are provided for identification only and may change; verify with the clinic directly.
Sources
| ID | Source | What it supports | Accessed |
|---|---|---|---|
| s1 | https://fordent.com.br/ | addresses, phones, WhatsApp, services, hours, 20+ years, warranty | 2026-07-14 |
| s2 | https://www.instagram.com/clinicafordent/ | Instagram handle confirming clinic identity | 2026-07-14 |
Change History
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