Facenter - Centro de Diagnostico Digital da Face (Ipanema)

Item: Facenter - Centro de Diagnostico Digital da Face (Ipanema)
Rating: 43.3

According to our open methodology, this clinic scored 43.3/100 for transparency, reputation, service accessibility, and digital visibility.

Overall rank: #10 of 17 ranked clinics · Last checked: 25 August 2026

43.3/100

Positions by Rating Profile

Overall Transparency & Trust#1043.3/100
Best for Expats#841.3/100
Best for Dental Implantsnot ranked
Best for Emergency Dental Carenot ranked
Best Price Transparency#833.2/100
Best English-speaking Clinicsnot ranked
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 This is a dental radiology/imaging center (X-rays, tomography), not a treatment provider; sedation not applicable.

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Summary

Facenter is a dental radiology and imaging diagnostic center (not a treatment clinic), operating in Rio de Janeiro since 1999 with its main unit in Ipanema and additional units in Barra da Tijuca, Centro, Tijuca and Campo Grande. It provides CBCT cone-beam tomography, panoramic and periapical radiography, teleradiography, TMJ and sinus imaging, and orthodontic documentation. Each unit is led by a CRO-registered radiology dentist; no Google rating was verifiable and the site is Portuguese-only.

Strengths

Information Transparency: 18 of 20 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)
Medical Infrastructure: 4 of 13 verifiable points (missing: implantology; orthodontics; oral surgery; pediatric dentistry; emergency care)

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

18 / 20

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]	3/3
✓	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

0 / 15

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

12.5 / 20

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 2026-08-25 [facenter-centro-de-diagnostico-digital-da-face-ipanema-refresh]	5/6
✓	Google review volume [facenter-centro-de-diagnostico-digital-da-face-ipanema-refresh]	3/3
✓	Review recency [facenter-centro-de-diagnostico-digital-da-face-ipanema-refresh]	3/3
?	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

4 / 15

The range of publicly documented equipment and services. This measures documented availability, not clinical quality.

✓	On-site X-ray [s1]	2/2
✓	CBCT (3D imaging) [s1]	2/2
✗	Implantology [s1]	0/2
✗	Orthodontics [s1]	0/2
✗	Oral surgery [s1]	0/2
✗	Pediatric dentistry [s1]	0/1.5
✗	Emergency care [s1]	0/1.5
?	Works with international patients	0/2

Communication & Service

4.5 / 10

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	0/1.5

AI & Search Visibility

0 / 10

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. 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.
Dra. Viviane Todeschini [s1]	Dental radiology (Ipanema unit director)	CRO-RJ 16328
Dra. Marcia Provenzano [s1]	Dental radiology (Barra da Tijuca unit director)	CRO-RJ 25255
Dra. Lelia Pessanha [s1]	Dental radiology (Centro unit director)	CRO-RJ 16188
Dr. Miguel Nader [s1]	Dental radiology (Campo Grande unit director)	CRO-RJ 16055
Dra. Claudia Oroski Leal [s1]	Dental radiology (Tijuca unit director)	CRO-RJ 19820

Red Flags

No red flags identified in the public sources we reviewed.

Data We Could Not Verify

Reputation & Reviews: Clinic responds to reviews
Reputation & Reviews: No recurring complaints
Reputation & Reviews: No suspicious review patterns
Medical Infrastructure: Works with international patients
Communication & Service: Response speed
Communication & Service: English spoken
Communication & Service: Convenient opening hours
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://facenter.com.br/
Phone	+55 21 2239-0513
WhatsApp	+55 21 2239-0513
Google Maps	Map listing
Address	Rua Visconde de Piraja, 550, Edificio Top Center, Sala 322, Ipanema, Rio de Janeiro, RJ (plus units in Barra da Tijuca, Centro, Tijuca and Campo Grande)

Contact details are provided for identification only and may change; verify with the clinic directly.

Sources

ID	Source	What it supports	Accessed
s1	https://facenter.com.br/contato/	unit addresses, phone, email, WhatsApp, unit director names with CRO numbers	2026-07-14
s2	https://facenter.com.br/	imaging services list including CBCT and panoramic radiography, radiology-only nature since 1999	2026-07-14
facenter-centro-de-diagnostico-digital-da-face-ipanema-refresh	https://www.google.com/maps/place/Facenter+Ipanema+-+Radiologia+Odo…	most recent review flagged NEW, posted 3 weeks ago (as of 2026-08-25)	2026-08-25

Change History

Date	Change
2026-08-25	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	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.

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