Gustavo Bastos Odontologia (Ortodontia e Estetica)
According to our open methodology, this clinic scored 55.7/100 for transparency, reputation, service accessibility, and digital visibility.
Overall rank: #1 of 17 ranked clinics · Last checked: 14 July 2026
Positions by Rating Profile
- Overall Transparency & Trust#155.7/100
- Best for Expats#159.5/100
- Best for Dental Implants#150.5/100
- Best for Emergency Dental Care#165.5/100
- Best Price Transparency#137.3/100
- Best English-speaking Clinics#165.8/100
- Best for Families / Children#165.5/100
Summary
Gustavo Bastos Odontologia is an Ipanema-based practice at Rua Visconde de Piraja, 407, led by Dr. Gustavo Kreuzig Bastos, a board-certified orthodontist (CRO-RJ 22156) fluent in English and German who markets to Rio's international and expat community, with a second Face Dental unit at BarraShopping. The clinic offers orthodontics (Invisalign, Incognito), implants, cosmetic dentistry and general dental care, and has an English version of its website. Its Google listing shows a 5.0 rating from about 180 reviews with recent reviews; prices are not published.
Strengths
- Information Transparency: 20 of 20 points.
- Communication & Service: 10 of 10 points.
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] | 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] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | 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) [s1] | 6/6 |
| ◐ | Google review volume [s1] | 2/3 |
| ✓ | Review recency [s1] | 3/3 |
| ? | Clinic responds to reviews | 0/2 |
| ✓ | No recurring complaints [s1] | 2/2 |
| ? | 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 [s1] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ✓ | Emergency care [s1] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ✓ | Works with international patients [s1] | 2/2 |
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 [s1] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ✓ | English spoken [s1] | 2.5/2.5 |
| ✓ | 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
| Dentist | Specialization | Licence No. |
|---|---|---|
| Dr. Gustavo Kreuzig Bastos [s1] | Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics; Pediatric Dentistry; Brazilian Board of Orthodontics certified | CRO-RJ 22156 |
Red Flags
- medium Clinic operating licence not published (-4 pts) — The clinic does not publish its operating licence or registration number (derived from data).
- low Opaque or bait pricing (-2 pts) — No prices or price ranges published (derived from data).
Red-flag penalty applied: -6 points (capped at -20).
Data We Could Not Verify
- Reputation & Reviews: Clinic responds to reviews
- Reputation & Reviews: No suspicious review patterns
- Medical Infrastructure: On-site X-ray
- Medical Infrastructure: CBCT (3D imaging)
- 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://www.gustavobastos.com.br/ |
|---|---|
| Phone | +55 21 2267-8373 |
| +55 21 98810-2383 | |
| https://www.facebook.com/GustavoBastosdentista/ | |
| Address | Rua Visconde de Piraja, 407, Sala 706, Ipanema, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, 22410-003 (second unit: Face Dental, BarraShopping, Barra da Tijuca) |
Contact details are provided for identification only and may change; verify with the clinic directly.
Sources
| ID | Source | What it supports | Accessed |
|---|---|---|---|
| s1 | https://www.gustavobastos.com.br/quem-somos/ | credentials, orthodontic board certification, English/German languages, Ipanema address | 2026-07-14 |
| s2 | https://wanderlog.com/es/place/details/16692441/gustavo-bastos-odon… | Google rating 5.0, 180 reviews, recent reviews, address, phone | 2026-07-14 |
| s3 | https://www.riotimesonline.com/brazil-news/rio-business/gustavo-bas… | English/German fluency, expat focus, Invisalign/Incognito, Barra unit | 2026-07-14 |
Change History
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