Facenter - Centro de Diagnostico Digital da Face (Ipanema)
According to our open methodology, this clinic scored 50.6/100 for transparency, reputation, service accessibility, and digital visibility.
Overall rank: #13 of 17 ranked clinics · Last checked: 25 September 2026
Positions by Rating Profile
- Overall Transparency & Trust#1350.6/100
- Best for Expats#950/100
- Best for Dental Implantsnot ranked
- Best for Emergency Dental Carenot ranked
- Best Price Transparency#1138.1/100
- 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.
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; the site is Portuguese-only.
Strengths
- Information Transparency: 18 of 20 points.
- Reputation & Reviews: 16 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)
- AI & Search Visibility: 1.5 of 8 verifiable points (missing: mentioned for: best dentist Rio de Janeiro; mentioned for: English speaking dentist Rio de Janeiro; mentioned for: dental implants Rio de Janeiro; mentioned for: emergency dentist Rio de Janeiro; mentioned for: Rio de Janeiro dental clinic for expats; structured data on website)
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.
Price Transparency
Whether patients can estimate costs before visiting. Published price ranges count; exact prices are not required.
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.
Medical Infrastructure
The range of publicly documented equipment and services. This measures documented availability, not clinical quality.
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 weekday closing at 19:00 and Saturday hours [facenter-centro-de-diagnostico-digital-da-face-ipanema-deepen-10] | 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 Not present in the top web results for "best dentist Rio de Janeiro, Brazil" on 2026-09-25. [facenter-centro-de-diagnostico-digital-da-face-ipanema-deepen-3] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: English speaking dentist Rio de Janeiro Not present in the top web results for "English speaking dentist Rio de Janeiro, Brazil" on 2026-09-25. [facenter-centro-de-diagnostico-digital-da-face-ipanema-deepen-4] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: dental implants Rio de Janeiro Not present in the top web results for "dental implants Rio de Janeiro, Brazil" on 2026-09-25. [facenter-centro-de-diagnostico-digital-da-face-ipanema-deepen-5] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: emergency dentist Rio de Janeiro Not present in the top web results for "emergency dentist Rio de Janeiro, Brazil" on 2026-09-25. [facenter-centro-de-diagnostico-digital-da-face-ipanema-deepen-6] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: Rio de Janeiro dental clinic for expats Not present in the top web results for "Rio de Janeiro, Brazil dental clinic for expats" on 2026-09-25. [facenter-centro-de-diagnostico-digital-da-face-ipanema-deepen-7] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Structured data on website no business-entity structured data found [s2] | 0/1.5 |
| ? | Google indexing quality | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Dedicated service pages separate page per exam type [facenter-centro-de-diagnostico-digital-da-face-ipanema-deepen-2] | 1.5/1.5 |
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
- Medical Infrastructure: Works with international patients
- Communication & Service: Response speed
- Communication & Service: English spoken
- 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://facenter.com.br/ |
|---|---|
| Phone | +55 21 2239-0513 |
| +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/ | JSON-LD present but only WebPage, WebSite, BreadcrumbList and ImageObject types found on the homepage and checked pages; no Organization/Dentist type | 2026-09-25 |
| 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 |
| facenter-centro-de-diagnostico-digital-da-face-ipanema-deepen | https://www.google.com/maps?cid=7560728379549528982&hl=en | Three readable reviews describe long waits for booked exams (2026-09-23, 2025-08-25, 2026-03-03) and three describe unhelpful WhatsApp scheduling (2026-01-27, 2026-02-26, 2026-03-09); histogram 1★ 36 / 2★ 6 of 891 | 2026-09-25 |
| facenter-centro-de-diagnostico-digital-da-face-ipanema-deepen-2 | https://facenter.com.br/exame/tomografia-cone-beam/ | Site has a distinct /exame/ page for each exam type: tomografia-cone-beam, radiografia-panoramica, raio-x-periapical-completo, radiografia-atm, etc. | 2026-09-25 |
| facenter-centro-de-diagnostico-digital-da-face-ipanema-deepen-3 | search:best dentist Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | Web search on 2026-09-25: results 1–9 were whatclinic.com (x3), yelp.com, m.yelp.com, odontoliuzzi.com.br, flyhospital.com, whodoyou.com, dentavacation.com; the clinic's site and name were not among them. | 2026-09-25 |
| facenter-centro-de-diagnostico-digital-da-face-ipanema-deepen-4 | search:English speaking dentist Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | Web search on 2026-09-25: results 1–9 were linkedin.com, mardem.com.br, riotimesonline.com, guilhermerothier.com.br, drapatriciavelloso.com.br, flyhospital.com (x2), en.wikipedia.org, odontosite.com.br; the clinic's site and name were not among them. | 2026-09-25 |
| facenter-centro-de-diagnostico-digital-da-face-ipanema-deepen-5 | search:dental implants Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | Web search on 2026-09-25: results 1–9 were whatclinic.com (x3), flyhospital.com, placidway.com, health-tourism.com, medicaltourismco.com (x3); the clinic's site and name were not among them. | 2026-09-25 |
| facenter-centro-de-diagnostico-digital-da-face-ipanema-deepen-6 | search:emergency dentist Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | Web search on 2026-09-25: results 1–9 were whatclinic.com (x3), en.wikipedia.org, rentechdigital.com, qanomed.com (x4); the clinic's site and name were not among them. | 2026-09-25 |
| facenter-centro-de-diagnostico-digital-da-face-ipanema-deepen-7 | search:Rio de Janeiro, Brazil dental clinic for expats | Web search on 2026-09-25: results 1–9 were whatclinic.com, expatfocus.com, guilhermerothier.com.br, flyhospital.com, en.wikipedia.org (x2), placidway.com, odontoliuzzi.com.br, medicaltourismco.com; the clinic's site and name were not among them. | 2026-09-25 |
| facenter-centro-de-diagnostico-digital-da-face-ipanema-deepen-8 | https://www.google.com/maps?cid=7560728379549528982&hl=en | Owner replied on 2026-09-24 to a Mauro Appolinario review and on 2026-09-24 to a critical Jovana Lopes review about wait times | 2026-09-25 |
| facenter-centro-de-diagnostico-digital-da-face-ipanema-deepen-9 | https://www.google.com/maps?cid=7560728379549528982&hl=en | Histogram spans all star levels (1★ 36 / 2★ 6 / 3★ 15 / 4★ 30 / 5★ 804 of 891, 90.2% 5★); reviewer dates spread widely; reviewers include Local Guides with review histories | 2026-09-25 |
| facenter-centro-de-diagnostico-digital-da-face-ipanema-deepen-10 | https://www.google.com/maps?cid=7560728379549528982&hl=en | Google Business Profile hours: Mon-Thu 07:30-19:00, Sat 08:00-17:00 | 2026-09-25 |
| facenter-centro-de-diagnostico-digital-da-face-ipanema-gbp-2026-09-26 | https://www.google.com/maps?cid=7560728379549528982&hl=en | Google listing read on 2026-09-26: rating 4.7 from 895 reviews; star histogram 1★ 36 / 2★ 6 / 3★ 16 / 4★ 30 / 5★ 807; newest review dated 2026-09-25; 3 of the 5 newest reviews carry an owner reply, latest dated 2026-09-25. | 2026-09-26 |
| facenter-centro-de-diagnostico-digital-da-face-ipanema-platforms | https://www.doctoralia.com.br/pesquisa?q=Facenter&loc=Rio%20de%20Ja… | Doctoralia: its search for "Facenter" returns no clinic of that name (checked 2026-10-01) | 2026-10-01 |
| facenter-centro-de-diagnostico-digital-da-face-ipanema-platforms-2 | https://www.whatclinic.com/dentists/brazil/rio-de-janeiro | WhatClinic: its Rio de Janeiro dentist listing (3 pages, 26 clinics), checked against its profile sitemaps (116 dentist profiles in Brazil, 28 of them in Rio de Janeiro and 1 elsewhere in the state; the 3 not shown in the listing opened one by one) and the profile addresses built from the clinic's name (not found), has no profile for Facenter (checked 2026-10-01) | 2026-10-01 |
| facenter-centro-de-diagnostico-digital-da-face-ipanema-platforms-3 | https://www.dentaldepartures.com/ | Dental Departures: lists one clinic in Brazil (Odontoliuzzi), not this one (checked 2026-10-01) | 2026-10-01 |
Change History
| Date | Change |
|---|---|
| 2026-10-01 | Presence on other review platforms re-checked: no profile on Doctoralia, WhatClinic or Dental Departures, so this criterion is now no. |
| 2026-09-29 | Corrected 2026-09-29: review count 895 (was 837) from the Google listing on 2026-09-26. |
| 2026-09-25 | 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 | 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. |
| 2026-08-25 | 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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