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. |
| 2026-10-07 | Apex Dental | Re-read on 2026-10-07: every page of the clinic's website (home, about, services, 22 treatment pages, price list, booking, contact, blog) and its Google listing. Confirmed: a standing price list of 49 items covering check-up, hygiene, fillings, crowns, implants and X-rays; six dentists named with their roles; an emergency page with Sunday-morning opening; treatment of children; consultations in English, Italian or Spanish; a WhatsApp button and an online appointment request; Google 4.9 from 111 reviews, newest 2026-08-11, with an owner reply on all 12 reviews read. Recorded: two of the three one-star reviews mention waiting past the appointment time; the Facebook page is now given in the site's structured data rather than as a footer link; the WhatClinic profile shows no patient reviews. The six dentists were looked up in the Medical Council of Malta register and their registration numbers are shown. Still unverified: TripAdvisor presence (not re-read) and activity on the Facebook page. Visibility re-checked on 2026-10-07 with the five canonical Malta queries, read once for every card compared; AI Overviews, the Places block and the first page of web results all counted. The clinic appears in 2 of the five. |
| 2026-10-07 | Drs Demajo Dental & Implantology Clinics — Ta' Xbiex | Re-read on 2026-10-07: every page of the practice's website (team, services, cost-of-treatments, FAQ, dental-tourism and contact pages; the site is in English only) and the Google listing of the Ta' Xbiex clinic (four review orders, 15 reviews). Recorded: 19 clinicians named with their roles; a standing price list of 113 items; emergency endodontic treatment priced and urgent appointments described by reviewers; Google 4.4 from 298 reviews, newest 2026-10-02; no owner reply on any of the 15 reviews read; no business-type structured data. Corrected: a general price list is published (it was recorded as not published although six item prices from the same page were already on record); Google rating 4.3 to 4.4 and review count 291 to 298. Newly recorded: a recurring complaint about charges in three of the five lowest-rated reviews (1–2★ are 15.8% of the base). Added the practice's Facebook page and enquiries e-mail. Seventeen of the dentists the practice names are now listed with their Medical Council registration numbers; no register entry was found for one. Unchanged: no WhatsApp number or link is published on the site, although the FAQ names WhatsApp as a way to book. Visibility re-checked on 2026-10-07 with the five canonical Malta queries, read once for every card compared; AI Overviews, the Places block and the first page of web results all counted. The clinic appears in 5 of the five. |
| 2026-10-07 | Drs Demajo Dental & Implantology Clinics — Valletta | Re-read on 2026-10-07: every page of the practice's website (team, services, cost-of-treatments, FAQ, dental-tourism and contact pages and the article on the Valletta clinic; the site is in English only) and the Google listing of the Valletta clinic (four review orders, 12 reviews). Recorded: 19 clinicians named with their roles; a standing price list of 113 items; digital X-rays and 3D imaging at the Valletta clinic; emergency endodontic treatment priced and appointments within the hour described by reviewers; Google 4.3 from 67 reviews, newest 2026-08-17; no business-type structured data. Corrected: a general price list is published (it was recorded as not published although six item prices from the same page were already on record). Newly recorded: among the low-rated reviews of the last 24 months, two report treatment that had to be redone at another clinic (1–2★ are 16.4% of the base). Added the practice's Facebook page and enquiries e-mail, and the listing's map link and coordinates. The dentists the practice names for the Valletta clinic are now listed with their Medical Council registration numbers; no register entry was found for one. Unchanged: no WhatsApp number or link is published on the site, although the FAQ names WhatsApp as a way to book. Still unverified: whether the owner replies to reviews (nine reviews of the last 24 months read, none answered – fewer than the ten needed for a finding). Visibility re-checked on 2026-10-07 with the five canonical Malta queries, read once for every card compared; AI Overviews, the Places block and the first page of web results all counted. The clinic appears in 4 of the five. |
| 2026-10-07 | ForteDent Dental Clinic | Re-read on 2026-10-07 at the clinic’s request, together with the six cards nearest to it in the Malta list: the clinic’s website (home, team and staff profiles, prices, contact, locations, the three treatment pages, gallery and news), its Google listing for 114 High Street and its WhatClinic profile. Recorded: same-day emergency care is now stated on the home page, and the contact page now carries a WhatsApp contact (+356 7973 4111) and an invitation to send information and photos before a visit (both pages were updated on 5-6 October 2026); photographs of both premises on the locations page; Google 4.9 from 283 reviews, newest 2026-10-02; the owner has replied to all 15 reviews read, the lowest-rated included. Corrected: the team page names eight dentists with their preferred areas - that page had not been read in the earlier checks; the Prices page is a full standing price list of 55 items, so prices count as published; the site’s markup is a generic Organization entry without address or phone and does not count as dentist or local-business structured data; the map position now matches the Google listing for 114 High Street. The eight dentists were looked up in the Medical Council of Malta register: seven are registered and their numbers are shown; no entry was found for one. Still unverified: whether treatment under sedation is offered, and the separate Google listing of the 84A High Street site. Visibility re-checked on 2026-10-07 with the five canonical Malta queries, read once for every card compared; AI Overviews, the Places block and the first page of web results all counted. The clinic appears in 5 of the five. |
| 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. |
| 2026-10-07 | Regional Dental Centre | Re-read on 2026-10-07: every page of the clinic's website (home, about, team, international patients, 17 treatment pages, fees, gallery, contact) and its Google listing. Corrected: prices are published — the fees page is a dated list (“correct as from 1 August 2026”) of 37 priced lines, where the card still said the site published no price list; WhatsApp contact is available — every page has a WhatsApp button for +356 7942 2026. Confirmed: four dentists named with their qualifications; cleaning, filling, crown, implant, consultation and X-ray prices; 3D CT; sedation with anaesthetic consultants; a page for international patients; an online booking form with a choice of treatment, dentist, date and time; emergency care listed on the Google listing; no structured data describing the clinic. Google 4.9 from 153 reviews (was 151), newest 2026-10-03, with an owner reply on all 15 reviews read. The four dentists’ registration numbers were read in the Medical Council of Malta register. Still unverified: TripAdvisor presence (not re-read) and activity on the Facebook page. Visibility re-checked on 2026-10-07 with the five canonical Malta queries, read once for every card compared; AI Overviews, the Places block and the first page of web results all counted. The clinic appears in 5 of the five. |
| 2026-10-07 | Signature Dental | Re-read on 2026-10-07: the clinic's website (home, treatments, Invisalign, implants, prices and booking pages and the blog) and its Google listing in four review orders. Corrected: the Prices, Treatments, Implants and Invisalign pages are live at the addresses the home page links to — the 2026-09-17 check had looked for them at the wrong address — so the clinic does publish a standing price list: consultation/examination €40, scaling and polish from €60, fillings from €80, crowns from €500, implant with zirconia crown from €2,000, intra-oral X-ray €20, panoramic X-ray €70. Corrected: cone beam CT is on that price list. Recorded: paediatric dentistry on the Treatments page; the clinic's own statement that its team is used to caring for visiting families; Google 4.9 from 93 reviews, newest 2026-09-28, owner replies on 10 of 12 reviews read, both critical ones included. Confirmed: both dentists named with qualifications, emergency appointments, Saturday hours, no WhatsApp contact, a call-back booking form without a choice of service or time, no place-type structured data. Still unverified: sedation options, TripAdvisor and other review platforms (not re-read in this pass). Visibility re-checked on 2026-10-07 with the five canonical Malta queries, read once for every card compared; AI Overviews, the Places block and the first page of web results all counted. The clinic appears in 4 of the five. |
| 2026-10-07 | St. Julian's Dental and Medical Clinic | Re-read on 2026-10-07 together with the cards nearest to it in the Malta list: the clinic's Google listing in four review orders, and its website in a browser (the dentistry, facilities, services, appointment and testimonials pages; the home page showed an automatic verification screen and was not read). Confirmed: the standing price list on the dentistry page at the same figures (check-up €20, scale and polish €50-60, composite filling €70-80, crowns €350-450, single implant with crown €1,800, X-ray €30-40); two dentists named with their qualifications, now shown with their Medical Council registration numbers; services listed by name without explanations; a contact form without a choice of service or time; no WhatsApp contact; no cone-beam unit named or pictured. Recorded: the site and its appointment form are in English. Google 4.2 from 127 reviews (1-star 23, 5-star 101), newest review 2026-07-09; four of the five lowest-rated reviews describe tooth or nerve damage after treatment (2020-04, 2021-04, 2022-07, 2026-01). Unchanged: the clinic is recorded as replying to reviews; owner replies were found on three of the eight reviews read from the last 24 months, the latest dated 2026-01-25, all to 5-star reviews and none on the five lowest-rated. Still unverified: emergency appointments and structured data on the home page, sedation, TripAdvisor (not re-read). Visibility re-checked on 2026-10-07 with the five canonical Malta queries, read once for every card compared; AI Overviews, the Places block and the first page of web results all counted. The clinic appears in 1 of the five. Google indexing is recorded as good: a search for the clinic's name returns its own site first. |
| 2026-10-05 | Debono Dental Clinic | Google indexing quality measured as poor after a name-and-city web search on 2026-10-05 (no website of its own, none listed). |
| 2026-10-05 | Dental Care Centre | Google indexing quality measured as poor after a name-and-city web search on 2026-10-05 (no website of its own, none listed). |
| 2026-10-05 | ForteDent Dental Clinic | Read more of the clinic's Google reviews on 2026-10-05 (10 distinct reviews in total): the owner replies to reviews. |
| 2026-10-05 | Helios Dental Clinic | Google indexing quality measured as poor after a name-and-city web search on 2026-10-05 (no website of its own, none listed). |
| 2026-10-05 | Mosta Dental Clinic | Read more of the clinic's Google reviews on 2026-10-05 (12 distinct reviews in total): no owner replies found. |
| 2026-10-02 | Dental Care Centre | Read the clinic's Google listing on 2026-10-02 (its lowest-rated and newest reviews with the star histogram): no repeated complaint. |
| 2026-10-02 | Dental Clinic @ Fifteen | Read the clinic's Google listing on 2026-10-02 (its lowest-rated and newest reviews with the star histogram): no owner replies found. |
| 2026-10-02 | Drs Demajo Dental & Implantology Clinics — Ta' Xbiex | Read the clinic's Google listing on 2026-10-02 (its lowest-rated and newest reviews with the star histogram): no owner replies found. |
| 2026-10-02 | Regional Dental Centre | Read the clinic's Google listing on 2026-10-02 (its lowest-rated and newest reviews with the star histogram): no repeated complaint; no sign of manipulated reviews. |
| 2026-10-02 | St. Julian's Dental and Medical Clinic | Read the clinic's Google listing on 2026-10-02 (its lowest-rated and newest reviews with the star histogram): a repeated complaint among the lowest-rated reviews. |
| 2026-10-01 | Mosta Dental Clinic | Read the clinic's Facebook page in full and its Google listing on 2026-10-01: it documents implants, its treatment list and explanations in English; no dentist names or imaging are published. |
| 2026-10-01 | Swatar Dental and Implantology Clinic | Read the clinic's Facebook page in full and its Google listing on 2026-10-01: its channels are in English but document no treatments, dentists or equipment. |
| 2026-09-30 | Debono Dental Clinic | Searched Facebook for the clinic by its name with the city, by its name with the country and by its phone number; none of the searches found a page of the clinic. Recorded absence from Facebook. |
| 2026-09-30 | Dental Care Centre | Searched Facebook for the clinic by its name with the city, by its name with the country and by its phone number; none of the searches found a page of the clinic. Recorded absence from Facebook. |
| 2026-09-30 | Helios Dental Clinic | Searched Facebook for the clinic by its name with the city, by its name with the country and by its phone number; none of the searches found a page of the clinic. Recorded absence from Facebook. |
| 2026-09-30 | Mosta Dental Clinic | Re-read the clinic's Facebook page on 2026-09-30 (About, contact section and every post of the past 12 months); recorded that it publishes no prices and linked the page as the clinic's Facebook contact. |
| 2026-09-30 | Swatar Dental and Implantology Clinic | Re-read the clinic's Facebook page on 2026-09-30 (About, contact section and every post of the past 12 months); recorded that it publishes no prices and linked the page as the clinic's Facebook contact. |
| 2026-09-29 | Apex Dental | Corrected 2026-09-29: review recency within 3 months (newest review dated 2026-08-11). |
| 2026-09-29 | BridgePoint Dental | Corrected 2026-09-29: review recency within 3 months (newest review dated 2026-08-19). |
| 2026-09-29 | BridgePoint Dental | Facebook presence re-checked directly on Facebook (the clinic's site has no Facebook link): the clinic's own page was found, under its name and address. |
| 2026-09-29 | Dental Clinic @ Fifteen | Corrected 2026-09-29: review count 30 (was 21) from the Google listing on 2026-09-26; review recency within 3 months (newest review dated 2026-09-25). |
| 2026-09-29 | Dental Clinic @ Fifteen | Found the clinic's own Facebook page by name search; the published phone number matches the card exactly. Recorded a confirmed Facebook presence. |
| 2026-09-29 | Dental Clinic @ Fifteen | Corrected 2026-09-29: dentist names listed, dentist specializations listed, service list published, published prices and the cleaning, filling, crown, implant, consultation and X-ray prices now unverified: the clinic has no website and its social page was not checked for this. |
| 2026-09-29 | Drs Demajo Dental & Implantology Clinics — Valletta | Re-read the clinic's own website and public listings on 2026-09-29. Not found on the checked pages: onTripAdvisor. |
| 2026-09-29 | Mosta Dental Clinic | Read the clinic's Facebook page (posts and contact info). Recorded a same-day emergency care announcement and oral-surgery services per the page's own category; no WhatsApp/Line contact found. |
| 2026-09-29 | Mosta Dental Clinic | Corrected 2026-09-29: dentist names listed, dentist specializations listed, service list published, published prices and the cleaning, filling, crown, implant, consultation and X-ray prices now unverified: the clinic has no website and its social page was not checked for this. |
| 2026-09-29 | Mosta Dental Clinic | Corrected: the clinic's Facebook page (its only listed contact channel) has a working online appointment-booking widget with date and time selection, so pre-consultation booking is possible; the earlier "no online consultation channel" reading is outdated. |
| 2026-09-29 | Regional Dental Centre | Corrected 2026-09-29: review recency within 3 months (newest review dated 2026-09-01). |
| 2026-09-29 | St. Julian's Dental and Medical Clinic | Read the clinic's site (Home, Our Services, the dedicated Dentistry page and the Make Appointment page). Recorded: three named dentistry staff with qualifications, a detailed dental service list, a full published price list covering cleaning, filling, crowns, implants, consultation and X-ray, orthodontics, oral surgery and paediatric dentistry, and a linked Facebook page. Also recorded: no CBCT/3D imaging, no emergency-care or international-patient wording, no WhatsApp/Line, a generic appointment form without service or time selection, no structured business data, and dental services described on one shared page rather than dedicated per-procedure pages. |
| 2026-09-29 | Swatar Dental and Implantology Clinic | Read the clinic's Facebook page (bio, contact info and photo gallery), its only public channel. Recorded: a WhatsApp contact button; a genuine (non-stock) photo of the clinic's entrance; implant and oral-surgery services documented by the clinic's own name and page category. |
| 2026-09-29 | Swatar Dental and Implantology Clinic | Corrected 2026-09-29: dentist names listed, dentist specializations listed, service list published, published prices and the cleaning, filling, crown, implant, consultation and X-ray prices now unverified: the clinic has no website and its social page was not checked for this. |
| 2026-09-29 | Thames Dental Clinic | Facebook presence re-checked directly on Facebook (the clinic's site has no working Facebook link): the clinic's own page was found, with its name, address and phone number and recent posts. |
| 2026-09-29 | The Dental Clinic | Corrected 2026-09-29: review recency within 3 months (newest review dated 2026-08-14). |
| 2026-09-29 | Zerafa Dental Studio | Re-checked the clinic's website: a Facebook link is present on the homepage. |
| 2026-09-17 | Apex Dental | Re-read on 2026-09-17: the clinic's website (a detailed price list, individual service pages, appointment-booking form and contact page) and its Google listing. Recorded: a comprehensive published price list covering cleaning, filling, crown, implant, consultation, X-ray and CBCT; orthodontics, oral surgery and paediatric fillings documented; a WhatsApp contact number; an online booking form with service and date selection; weekday hours to 19:00 with weekend opening; Dentist structured data; a Facebook link; Google 4.9 from 111 reviews, newest 2026-06-15, with an owner reply on every readable review; no recurring-complaint pattern; no TripAdvisor listing. The site names the dentists behind implant, aligner and multilingual care. |
| 2026-09-17 | BridgePoint Dental | Re-read on 2026-09-17: the clinic's full homepage (its site is a single page) and its Google listing. Recorded: no prices published despite an "affordable prices" claim; an in-house CT scan machine; no oral surgery, paediatric or emergency service; services listed as bullet points without explanation; no WhatsApp contact; only a callback-request form; Google 4.3 from 24 reviews, newest 2025-06-05; two independent reviews describing treatment-quality problems that needed a redo, recorded under recurring complaints; no TripAdvisor or other aggregator listing. |
| 2026-09-17 | Camilleri Dental and Medical Clinic | Re-read on 2026-09-17: the clinic's FAQ, oral-surgery/implants, about-us and contact pages, plus its Google listing. Recorded: no fee page exists anywhere on the 13-page site, so no treatment price is published; walk-in emergency care and dental X-rays documented; weekday hours to 19:00 with Saturday morning opening; a Facebook link; Organization structured data on the site; no WhatsApp contact; Google 4.4 from 100 reviews, newest 2026-08-24; no TripAdvisor listing. Still unverified: CBCT availability, whether the clinic serves international patients beyond its multilingual staff, and whether the 16% share of low ratings reflects a recurring issue. |
| 2026-09-17 | David Muscat Dental Clinic | Re-read on 2026-09-17: the clinic's homepage, about-us, achievements and booking pages, plus its Google listing. Recorded: no prices published anywhere on the site; children's dentistry, orthodontics, oral surgery and complex implant work with visiting consultants documented among services; a genuine photo of the dentist at work; a Facebook link; no WhatsApp contact; Saturday hours; Google 5.0 from 3 reviews, newest 2026-01-31; no TripAdvisor or other aggregator listing. Still unverified: X-ray/CBCT equipment and whether the clinic serves international patients. |
| 2026-09-17 | Debono Dental Clinic | Re-read on 2026-09-17: the clinic's Google Business Profile (it has no independent website). Recorded: no prices published; evening hours to 19:00 on four weekdays and no weekend opening; Google 4.6 from 11 reviews, newest 2025-05-07, no recurring-complaint pattern; no TripAdvisor or other aggregator listing. Everything that would normally come from the clinic's own site remains unchecked because no website exists. |
| 2026-09-17 | Dental & Implantology Unit (St James Hospital) | Re-read on 2026-09-17: the clinic's FAQs, services, implants, team and contact pages, plus its Google listing. Recorded: no fee page exists on the site, so no treatment price is published; a genuine team photo page with named staff portraits; a Facebook link; no WhatsApp contact and no online booking form; Google 4.4 from 19 reviews, newest 2026-04-14; no TripAdvisor or other aggregator listing; no structured business markup on the site. Still unverified: CBCT availability, whether the unit serves international patients, and whether the 15.8% share of low ratings reflects a recurring issue. |
| 2026-09-17 | Dental Care Centre | Re-read on 2026-09-17: the clinic's Google Business Profile (it has no independent website; the site link on the profile leads to a third-party dental directory). Recorded: no prices published; a genuine equipment photo; no weekend hours; the listing is unclaimed, so no owner replies are possible; Google 5.0 from 5 reviews, newest 2026-08-08; no TripAdvisor listing, though the practice has a WhatClinic profile with one patient review. Everything that would normally come from the clinic's own site remains unchecked because none exists. |
| 2026-09-17 | Dental Clinic @ Fifteen | Re-read on 2026-09-17: the clinic's Google Business Profile (it has no independent website). Recorded: no prices published; a genuine treatment photo on the listing; weekday hours to 19:00; Google 4.9 from 25 reviews, newest 2026-05-16, no recurring-complaint pattern; no TripAdvisor or other aggregator listing. Everything that would normally come from the clinic's own site — named dentists, a service list, equipment, WhatsApp contact — remains unchecked because no website exists. |
| 2026-09-17 | Drs Demajo Dental & Implantology Clinics — Ta' Xbiex | Re-read on 2026-09-17: the clinic group's shared website (cost-of-treatments and contact pages) and the Google listing for the Ta' Xbiex branch. Recorded: cleaning, filling, crown, implant, consultation and X-ray prices all published on a detailed fee page; CBCT scanning offered; weekday hours to 19:00 with Saturday opening; a Facebook link; no WhatsApp contact; Google 4.3 from 292 reviews, newest 2026-08-04; no structured business markup; no TripAdvisor listing. Still unverified: whether owner replies appear beyond the sampled reviews, and whether the 16% share of low ratings reflects a recurring issue. |
| 2026-09-17 | Drs Demajo Dental & Implantology Clinics — Valletta | Re-read on 2026-09-17: the clinic's website (cost-of-treatments, contact and dental-tourism pages) and its Google listing for the Valletta branch. Recorded: cleaning, filling, crown, implant, consultation and X-ray prices all published on a detailed fee page; CBCT scanning offered; weekday hours to 19:00; a Facebook link on the site; no WhatsApp contact; Google 4.3 from 67 reviews, newest 2026-08-08; no structured business markup on the site. Still unverified: whether owner replies appear beyond the five most relevant reviews, and recurring-complaint patterns given the histogram's share of low ratings. |
| 2026-09-17 | ForteDent Dental Clinic | Re-read on 2026-09-17: the clinic's website (a detailed prices page, contact, composite-fillings and locations pages) and its Google listing. Recorded: cleaning, filling, crown, implant, consultation, X-ray and CBCT prices all published; Saturday hours; a Facebook link; Organization structured data on the site; no WhatsApp contact; no online consultation/estimate mechanism; Google 4.9 from 283 reviews, newest 2026-07-09; no recurring-complaint pattern in the histogram or sampled reviews; no TripAdvisor listing. Still unverified: whether owner replies appear on this listing. |
| 2026-09-17 | Helios Dental Clinic | Re-read on 2026-09-17: the clinic's Google Business Profile (it has no independent website; the site link on the profile leads to a third-party dental directory). Recorded: no prices published; the listing is unclaimed, so no owner replies are possible; Google 3.9 from 7 reviews, newest 2024-12-02; no TripAdvisor or other aggregator listing. Everything that would normally come from the clinic's own site remains unchecked because none exists. |
| 2026-09-17 | Mosta Dental Clinic | Re-read on 2026-09-17: the clinic's Google Business Profile, which links to a Facebook page rather than an independent website. Recorded: a genuine street-view photo of the clinic’s own signage; no prices published; afternoon hours to 19:00; Google 4.7 from 56 reviews, newest 2026-07-10, no recurring-complaint pattern; no TripAdvisor or other aggregator listing. Everything that would normally come from the clinic's own site remains unchecked; its Facebook page did not serve its content on 2026-09-17 either. |
| 2026-09-17 | Regional Dental Centre | Re-read on 2026-09-17: the clinic's fees-and-finance page (dated 1 August 2026) and its Google listing. Recorded: cleaning, filling, crown, implant, consultation, X-ray and CBCT prices all published; an online booking form with treatment, dentist and time selection; a Facebook link; no WhatsApp contact; no structured business markup beyond a Product type; no TripAdvisor listing, though the practice has a WhatClinic profile with three patient reviews. Google review data could not be refreshed on 2026-09-17 — the listing served no reviews section — so recency and complaint patterns are unchanged from the prior read. |
| 2026-09-17 | Signature Dental | Re-read on 2026-09-17: the clinic's homepage, booking page and Google listing. Found that the site's own Prices, Treatments, Implants and Invisalign navigation links (added in a July 2026 redesign) all return a not-found error, so no treatment price is currently published or reachable, corrected from the earlier read. Recorded: a Facebook link, digital X-ray/CEREC technology described without CBCT, and surgical dentistry named as a practice interest; no WhatsApp contact; Google 4.9 from 92 reviews, newest 2026-07-22, no recurring-complaint pattern; no TripAdvisor or other aggregator listing. Still unverified: paediatric services and whether the practice serves international patients, since the pages that would describe them are currently unreachable. (Corrected on 2026-10-07: the clinic does publish a price list; the 2026-09-17 check looked for its pages at the wrong address.) (Corrected on 2026-10-07: the clinic does publish a price list; the 2026-09-17 check looked for its pages at the wrong address.) |
| 2026-09-17 | St. Julian's Dental and Medical Clinic | Re-read on 2026-09-17: the clinic's Google Business Profile in full. Recorded: a genuine reception photo, weekday hours to 19:00 with Saturday opening; Google 4.2 from 127 reviews, newest 2026-07-09; no TripAdvisor or other aggregator listing. The clinic's own website (stjuliansclinic.com) did not serve its pages on 2026-09-17, and no archived copy was available, so prices, team, services, equipment, contact channels and structured data on the site remain unchecked. |
| 2026-09-17 | Swatar Dental and Implantology Clinic | Re-read on 2026-09-17: the clinic's Google Business Profile, which links to a Facebook page rather than an independent website. Recorded: no prices published; weekday hours to 19:00 and no weekend opening; Google 4.7 from 15 reviews, newest 2024-10-29, no recurring-complaint pattern; no TripAdvisor or other aggregator listing. Everything that would normally come from the clinic's own site remains unchecked; its Facebook page did not serve its content on 2026-09-17 either. |
| 2026-09-17 | Thames Dental Clinic | Re-read on 2026-09-17: the clinic's treatments index and all 15 individual treatment pages, plus about-us, contact-us and its Google listing. Recorded: the repeated complaints about reception handling still stand on the current listing, where 5 of 19 ratings are one star; no prices published anywhere; a CT scan described for implant planning; no orthodontics or paediatric service; each treatment explained in plain language; the listing is unclaimed on Google, so no owner replies are possible; Google 3.9 from 19 reviews, newest 2025-07-20; no TripAdvisor listing, though the practice has a WhatClinic profile with five patient reviews; no structured business markup. The site's own images are generic stock/icon graphics rather than photos of the premises, and the single photo on the Google listing was not available on 2026-09-17, so realClinicPhotos and whether the clinic is on Facebook (its own Facebook link on the site is broken, pointing to "#") remain unresolved. |
| 2026-09-17 | The Dental Clinic | Re-read on 2026-09-17: all four pages of the clinic's website (general dentistry, cosmetic dentistry, implants & surgery, contact) and its Google listing. Recorded: no prices published anywhere; dental radiography offered but no orthodontics, paediatric or emergency service; a Facebook link; no WhatsApp contact; hours to 19:00 including Saturday; Google 4.7 from 53 reviews, newest 2026-04-16, no recurring-complaint pattern; no TripAdvisor or other aggregator listing. Still unverified: CBCT availability and whether the clinic serves international patients. |
| 2026-09-17 | Zerafa Dental Studio | Re-read on 2026-09-17: the clinic's full 7-page website (services, about, contact, patient education) and its Google listing. Recorded: no prices published anywhere on the site; hygiene, restorative, cosmetic, prosthetic and endodontic treatments described in explanatory prose; X-rays offered as part of check-ups; no WhatsApp contact; Google 5.0 from 4 reviews, newest 2026-07-28; no TripAdvisor or other aggregator listing found. Still unverified: whether the practice is on Facebook, and CBCT availability. |
| 2026-09-11 | David Muscat Dental Clinic | Rechecked whether this practice answers its Google reviews by reading the reviews on its own Google listing on 2026-09-11: confirmed, 2 of the 3 reviews read carry a dated reply from the practice, the newest dated 2026-02-01. |
| 2026-09-11 | Dental & Implantology Unit (St James Hospital) | Rechecked whether this practice answers its Google reviews by reading the reviews on its own Google listing on 2026-09-11: confirmed, 5 of the 5 reviews read carry a dated reply from the practice, the newest dated 2026-06-04. |
| 2026-09-11 | Regional Dental Centre | Rechecked whether this practice answers its Google reviews by reading the reviews on its own Google listing on 2026-09-11: confirmed, 5 of the 5 reviews read carry a dated reply from the practice, the newest dated 2026-07-13. |
| 2026-09-11 | Signature Dental | Rechecked whether this practice answers its Google reviews by reading the reviews on its own Google listing on 2026-09-11: confirmed, 4 of the 5 reviews read carry a dated reply from the practice, the newest dated 2026-07-22. |
| 2026-09-11 | St. Julian's Dental and Medical Clinic | Rechecked whether this practice answers its Google reviews by reading the reviews on its own Google listing on 2026-09-11: confirmed, 3 of the 5 reviews read carry a dated reply from the practice, the newest dated 2026-01-25. |
| 2026-09-09 | Regional Dental Centre | Sedation criterion re-checked against methodology 1.4.0 (general anaesthesia or deep intravenous sedation, patient asleep and unaware). The value stands, and the note now carries the evidence it rests on. The centre publishes "Sedation or general anaesthesia" among the ways it treats patients who need it. |
| 2026-09-09 | Thames Dental Clinic | Sedation criterion re-read against methodology 1.4.0, which counts only general anaesthesia or deep intravenous sedation where the patient is asleep and unaware. "Dental treatment under anaesthesia" is listed among the treatments, but no page describes it and the depth is not published. The value moves from true to unknown: the earlier reading credited sedation that is not documented as deep enough, and the published wording settles the question neither way. |
| 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. |
| 2026-08-27 | Apex Dental | Initial verification: confirmed live website (via redirect), address, phone and Google rating (4.9, 111 reviews); matched a named dentist to a Medical Council of Malta registration via a phone-number cross-reference; recorded AI/search-visibility signals from direct queries. |
| 2026-08-27 | BridgePoint Dental | Initial verification: confirmed live website, address, phone and Google rating (4.3, 24 reviews); matched both named dentists to Medical Council of Malta registrations. |
| 2026-08-27 | Camilleri Dental and Medical Clinic | Initial verification: confirmed live website, address, phone and Google rating (4.4, 99 reviews); matched two named dentists to Medical Council of Malta registrations. |
| 2026-08-27 | David Muscat Dental Clinic | Initial verification: confirmed live website, address, phone and Google rating (5.0, 3 reviews); matched the named dentist to a Medical Council of Malta registration. |
| 2026-08-27 | Debono Dental Clinic | Initial verification: confirmed address, phone and Google rating (4.6, 11 reviews); matched the dentist to a Medical Council of Malta registration via a phone-number cross-reference; no dedicated website found. |
| 2026-08-27 | Dental & Implantology Unit (St James Hospital) | Initial verification: confirmed live website, address, phone and Google rating (4.4, 19 reviews); matched both founders to Medical Council of Malta registrations; recorded AI/search-visibility signal from a direct query. |
| 2026-08-27 | Dental Care Centre | Initial verification: confirmed address, phone and Google rating (5.0, 5 reviews); the website URL shown on Google Maps was checked and found to be an unrelated Philippines directory, so hasWebsite is recorded as false and no site-derived criteria are populated. |
| 2026-08-27 | Dental Clinic @ Fifteen | Initial verification: confirmed address, phone and Google rating (4.9, 21 reviews); no dedicated website found; matched a review-named dentist to a Medical Council of Malta registration via a phone-number cross-reference. |
| 2026-08-27 | Drs Demajo Dental & Implantology Clinics — Ta' Xbiex | Initial verification: confirmed live website, address, phone and Google rating (4.3, 291 reviews) for the Ta' Xbiex head-office branch; matched two named dentists to Medical Council of Malta registrations; recorded AI/search-visibility signals from direct queries. |
| 2026-08-27 | Drs Demajo Dental & Implantology Clinics — Valletta | Initial verification: confirmed live website, address, phone and Google rating (4.3, 67 reviews) for the Valletta branch; matched two named dentists to Medical Council of Malta registrations; recorded AI/search-visibility signals from direct queries. |
| 2026-08-27 | ForteDent Dental Clinic | Initial verification: confirmed live website, address, phone and Google rating (4.9, 283 reviews); no dentists named on the clinic's own homepage so licensing.doctors left empty; recorded AI/search-visibility signals from direct queries. |
| 2026-08-27 | Helios Dental Clinic | Initial verification: confirmed address, phone and Google rating (3.9, 7 reviews); the website URL shown on Google Maps was checked and found to be the same unrelated Philippines directory seen on another clinic's listing, so hasWebsite is recorded as false; matched the dentist named in reviews to a Medical Council of Malta registration via a phone-number cross-reference. |
| 2026-08-27 | Mosta Dental Clinic | Initial verification: confirmed address, phone and Google rating (4.7, 55 reviews); no dedicated website found (Facebook only); a dentist first name appears in reviews but could not be reliably matched to a Medical Council registration, so licensing.doctors is left empty rather than guessed. |
| 2026-08-27 | Regional Dental Centre | Initial verification: confirmed live website, address, phone and Google rating (4.9, 151 reviews); matched two named dentists to Medical Council of Malta registrations; recorded strong AI/search-visibility signals across four of the five fixed queries. |
| 2026-08-27 | Signature Dental | Initial verification: confirmed live website, address, phone and Google rating (4.9, 90 reviews); matched both named dentists to Medical Council of Malta registrations; recorded AI/search-visibility signal from a direct query. |
| 2026-08-27 | St. Julian's Dental and Medical Clinic | Initial verification: confirmed address, phone, live website domain and Google rating (4.2, 127 reviews) via Google Maps; the clinic's own website returned an automated bot-detection challenge, so website-derived criteria are left unverified. |
| 2026-08-27 | Swatar Dental and Implantology Clinic | Initial verification: confirmed address, phone and Google rating (4.7, 15 reviews); matched the dentist named in reviews and a Reddit thread to a Medical Council of Malta registration; no dedicated website found. |
| 2026-08-27 | Thames Dental Clinic | Initial verification: confirmed live website, address, phone and Google rating (3.9, 19 reviews); matched the practice to a licensed dentist via a phone-number cross-reference; recorded a low-severity communication-complaints red flag based on two independent reviews. |
| 2026-08-27 | The Dental Clinic | Initial verification: confirmed live website, address, phone and Google rating (4.7, 53 reviews); no dentist names published on the site; recorded AI/search-visibility signals from two direct queries. |
| 2026-08-27 | Zerafa Dental Studio | Initial verification: confirmed live website, address, phone, hours; matched the named dentist to a Medical Council of Malta registration; Google rating 5.0 from a small base of 4 reviews. |
| 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. |
| 2026-08-23 | 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. |