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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-01 | Arte Dental Guanacaste / Liberia | Searched TripAdvisor on 2026-10-01 for the clinic by its name with and without the town: no TripAdvisor listing, so TripAdvisor presence is recorded as absent. |
| 2026-10-01 | Chaves Dental Care | Searched TripAdvisor on 2026-10-01 for the clinic by its name with and without the town: no TripAdvisor listing, so TripAdvisor presence is recorded as absent. |
| 2026-10-01 | Costa Rica Dental Team | Other review platforms re-checked on 2026-10-01: WhatClinic profile with 19 reviews (5.0); the datum previously rested only on the clinic's own site. |
| 2026-10-01 | Dr. Marco Muñoz Cavallini International Dental Clinic | Other review platforms re-checked on 2026-10-01: WhatClinic profile with 73 reviews (4.8); the datum previously rested only on the clinic's own site. |
| 2026-10-01 | Goodness Dental | Other review platforms re-checked on 2026-10-01: WhatClinic profile with 15 reviews (4.6); the datum previously rested only on the clinic's own site. |
| 2026-10-01 | Prisma Dental | Other review platforms re-checked on 2026-10-01: WhatClinic profile with 12 reviews (4.9); the datum previously rested only on the clinic's own site. |
| 2026-10-01 | Tamarindo Dentist | Read the clinic's rendered website on 2026-10-01: it shows a WhatsApp chat button, so a WhatsApp line is offered. |
| 2026-09-30 | Garabito Dental | Re-read the clinic's website (all 18 pages), its Facebook page back through twelve months and its Google listing on 2026-09-30: X-ray price corrected to not published, as neither the website nor the Facebook posts give one (the earlier value rested on a directory profile); consultation price recorded as published, as a Facebook post offers a free assessment appointment; dentists, their fields, the address and the implant price range now rest on the clinic's own website. |
| 2026-09-29 | Chaves Dental Care | Corrected 2026-09-29: address and map published now unverified: the clinic has no website and its social page was not checked for this. |
| 2026-09-29 | Costa Rica Dental Team | Corrected 2026-09-29: owner replies to reviews confirmed on the Google listing (owner reply dated 2026-08-05). |
| 2026-09-29 | Garabito Dental | Corrected 2026-09-29: review count 17 (was 16) from the Google listing on 2026-09-25. |
| 2026-09-29 | Goodness Dental | Corrected 2026-09-29: owner replies to reviews confirmed on the Google listing (owner reply dated 2026-09-18). |
| 2026-09-25 | Advance Dental Costa Rica | Re-read on 2026-09-25: the clinic's website (implants, crowns, fillings, cleaning, treatment-package, dental-tourism, contact and blog pages), its Google listing and its WhatClinic profile. Recorded: four treatment packages priced on the site and an implant-with-crown cost from about $1,300 per tooth on the implants page; no consultation or X-ray price; a 3D X-ray exam used for implant planning; genuine team and premises photos; Facebook presence; a WhatClinic profile; dedicated pages per procedure; weekday-only hours (8 AM-6 PM, closed weekends). Google reputation: newest review January 2026, owner replies to reviews, no recurring complaint theme, no signs of manipulation. Not found on TripAdvisor. Still unverified: cleaning, filling and crown prices (older blog posts quote figures, the service pages do not) and emergency appointments. |
| 2026-09-25 | Advance Dental Costa Rica | Search visibility checked on 2026-09-25 for four Escazú queries: not present for "best dentist Escazú", "dental implants Escazú", "emergency dentist Escazú", "Escazú dental clinic for expats". |
| 2026-09-25 | Arte Dental Guanacaste / Liberia | Re-read on 2026-09-25: the clinic's Google listing; the domain given for the clinic's website (artdentalcr.com) returned a server block page that day and could not be read. Recorded from the listing: dental radiology and emergency dental service as categories on the clinic's claimed profile; Saturday hours; genuine photos of the treatment room and staff. Review recency set to "older": the newest review is from July 2025. Google reputation: owner replies found, the most recent from 2017; no recurring complaint theme; no signs of manipulation. Still unverified: everything on the clinic's own website (prices, services, structured data) and TripAdvisor presence. |
| 2026-09-25 | Arte Dental Guanacaste / Liberia | Search visibility checked on 2026-09-25 for the five standard Liberia, Costa Rica queries: present for "best dentist Liberia, Costa Rica", "English speaking dentist Liberia, Costa Rica", "dental implants Liberia, Costa Rica"; not present for "emergency dentist Liberia, Costa Rica", "Liberia, Costa Rica dental clinic for expats". |
| 2026-09-25 | Chaves Dental Care | Re-read on 2026-09-25: the clinic's Google listing; the clinic's website (chavesdentalcare.com) returned a server error on every attempt that day. Recorded from the listing: genuine photos of the storefront and equipment; newest review August 2026; a recurring theme of restorative work failing or charges changing from the original quote across three independent reviews; no signs of manipulation. Still unverified: prices, services and structured data on the clinic's own website, owner replies to reviews, and TripAdvisor presence. |
| 2026-09-25 | Chaves Dental Care | Search visibility checked on 2026-09-25 for the five standard Jacó queries: present for "dental implants Jacó", "Jacó dental clinic for expats"; not present for "best dentist Jacó", "English speaking dentist Jacó", "emergency dentist Jacó". |
| 2026-09-25 | Clínica Dental Lam | Re-read on 2026-09-25: the clinic's homepage, its six online-booking service pages and its Google listing, and WhatClinic's Liberia catalogue. Recorded: cleaning (dental hygiene) and fillings priced at USD 250 each and a free 30-minute consultation; no crown, implant or X-ray price; a priced emergency-dentistry booking slot; online booking for a specific service and time; plain-language one-line explanations of each service on the homepage, while the booking pages carry only template text; genuine named team photos; Facebook presence; no structured data. Google reputation: newest review June 2026, owner replies even to the one negative review, no recurring complaints, no signs of manipulation. Not found on TripAdvisor or WhatClinic. Still unverified: on-site CBCT and staff English. |
| 2026-09-25 | Clínica Dental Lam | Search visibility checked on 2026-09-25 for the five standard Liberia, Costa Rica queries: not present for "best dentist Liberia, Costa Rica", "English speaking dentist Liberia, Costa Rica", "dental implants Liberia, Costa Rica", "emergency dentist Liberia, Costa Rica", "Liberia, Costa Rica dental clinic for expats". |
| 2026-09-25 | Costa Rica Dental Team | Aligned with the clinic's entry on sanjosedentalrating.com: recorded Review recency (within_3_months), General anaesthesia / deep sedation (sleep dentistry) (no) from sources read on 2026-08-25. |
| 2026-09-25 | Dental Care Guanacaste | Re-read on 2026-09-25: the clinic's home and services pages (including their own Dentist-type structured data and FAQ), and its Google listing. Recorded: Dentist structured data with a 14-item service catalogue and FAQ, but no price on any service and an explicit FAQ statement that consultation cost varies by case; digital (not cone-beam) radiology; no emergency service in the catalogue; genuine named team photos matching the ten listed clinicians; Facebook presence; booking only by phone/WhatsApp, no online consultation; all services on one page rather than dedicated pages. Google reputation: newest review from July 2026, no recurring complaints, one weak and inconclusive manipulation signal (several single-review accounts) short of the two-signal bar. Not found on TripAdvisor or in WhatClinic's Liberia catalogue. |
| 2026-09-25 | Dental Care Guanacaste | Search visibility checked on 2026-09-25 for the five standard Liberia, Costa Rica queries: not present for "best dentist Liberia, Costa Rica", "English speaking dentist Liberia, Costa Rica", "dental implants Liberia, Costa Rica", "emergency dentist Liberia, Costa Rica", "Liberia, Costa Rica dental clinic for expats". |
| 2026-09-25 | Dental Solutions Tamarindo | Re-read on 2026-09-25: the clinic's homepage, other-services page, blog posts, its online-booking service pages and its Google listing. Recorded: cleaning ($110), crown placement ($95) and over a dozen other services priced on the booking page, and a $95 general check-up that includes one X-ray, but no price for fillings or implant surgery; a technology overview (digital X-rays, 3D digital impressions) without cone-beam CT; priced children's services and an emergency-consultation slot; plain-language explanations of implants, All-on-4/6, Invisalign and pediatric care; LocalBusiness structured data; Facebook presence; a genuine treatment-room photo; online booking for a specific service and time. Google reputation: newest review September 2026, owner replies including to the one negative review, no recurring complaints, no signs of manipulation. Not found on TripAdvisor. Still unverified: opening hours -- the Google listing shows weekdays 9 AM-4 PM while the site mentions weekend visits by appointment. |
| 2026-09-25 | Dental Solutions Tamarindo | Search visibility checked on 2026-09-25 for the five standard Tamarindo queries: present for "best dentist Tamarindo", "English speaking dentist Tamarindo", "dental implants Tamarindo", "emergency dentist Tamarindo", "Tamarindo dental clinic for expats". |
| 2026-09-25 | Dr. Marco Muñoz Cavallini International Dental Clinic | Aligned with the clinic's entry on sanjosedentalrating.com: recorded Review recency (within_3_months), General anaesthesia / deep sedation (sleep dentistry) (yes) from sources read on 2026-07-14, 2026-08-25. |
| 2026-09-25 | Garabito Dental | Re-read on 2026-09-25: the clinic's own service pages, its dental-tourism price-comparison page, appointment page, about-us page and Google listing. Recorded: crown price ($400-600) published on the clinic's own domain (superseding the earlier third-party-only pricing note), no cleaning or filling price; cone-beam CT documented on the implants page; detailed FAQ-style service explanations; genuine named clinic and doctor photos; no pediatric dentistry or emergency care in the service list; no structured data. Google reputation: newest review from August 2026, owner replies routinely including to the one negative review, only one low-rated review with no repeated theme, no manipulation signs. Not found on TripAdvisor. |
| 2026-09-25 | Garabito Dental | Search visibility checked on 2026-09-25 for the five standard Jacó queries: present for "best dentist Jacó", "English speaking dentist Jacó", "dental implants Jacó", "emergency dentist Jacó", "Jacó dental clinic for expats". |
| 2026-09-25 | Goodness Dental | Aligned with the clinic's entry on sanjosedentalrating.com: recorded Real clinic photos (yes), Service list published (yes), Prices or price ranges published (no), Cleaning price listed (no), Filling price listed (no), Crown price listed (no), Consultation price listed (no), X-ray / imaging price listed (no), Review recency (within_3_months), No recurring complaints (no), No suspicious review patterns (no), TripAdvisor presence (yes), Other review platforms (yes), On-site X-ray (yes), WhatsApp / LINE available (no), Pre-visit consultation possible (yes), Clear service explanations (yes), Dedicated service pages (yes) from sources read on 2026-07-14, 2026-08-25. |
| 2026-09-25 | Guanacaste Dental | Re-read on 2026-09-25: the clinic's full service page, its contact page and its Google listing, and WhatClinic's Tamarindo catalogue. Recorded: no price anywhere on the site; LocalBusiness/Organization structured data; Facebook presence; genuine professional clinic photos; an English-only site with a treatment-enquiry form; detailed specialty explanations, all on one page rather than dedicated service pages; no emergency service described; implant and gum surgery. Google reputation: newest review April 2026, owner replies including to critical reviews, a recurring theme of high cost across two independent reviews, no signs of manipulation; Saturday hours. Not found on TripAdvisor or WhatClinic. Still unverified: on-site CBCT. |
| 2026-09-25 | Guanacaste Dental | Search visibility checked on 2026-09-25 for the five standard Tamarindo queries: present for "dental implants Tamarindo"; not present for "best dentist Tamarindo", "English speaking dentist Tamarindo", "emergency dentist Tamarindo", "Tamarindo dental clinic for expats". |
| 2026-09-25 | Guanacaste Dental Center (Drs. Parra) | Re-read on 2026-09-25: the clinic's crowns, implants, prophylaxis, resin-restoration, assessment, panoramic-X-ray, procedures, team, about and contact pages, its Google listing and its WhatClinic profile. Recorded: on-site panoramic X-ray and CBCT (Planmeca ProMax 3D Max); no orthodontics or pediatric dentistry in the service list; no prices anywhere on the site; genuine own photos of the clinic and laboratory; Facebook presence; dedicated pages per procedure; a general contact form only, with no remote consultation or estimate offer; a WhatClinic profile with verified reviews. Google reputation: newest review March 2026, owner replies to reviews, all 20 reviews five-star (too small a base to signal manipulation on its own), no other signs of manipulation. Not found on TripAdvisor. |
| 2026-09-25 | Guanacaste Dental Center (Drs. Parra) | Search visibility checked on 2026-09-25 for the five standard Liberia, Costa Rica queries: present for "emergency dentist Liberia, Costa Rica", "Liberia, Costa Rica dental clinic for expats"; not present for "best dentist Liberia, Costa Rica", "English speaking dentist Liberia, Costa Rica", "dental implants Liberia, Costa Rica". |
| 2026-09-25 | Nova Dental Costa Rica | Re-read on 2026-09-25: the clinic's treatment pages (crowns, fillings, implants, surgery, endodontics), its patients-area, contact and blog pages, its Google listing and its WhatClinic profile. Recorded: on-site panoramic X-rays and a family plan covering adult and children's cleanings; an emergency contact line; an English-language site with a dedicated USA/Canada line; a free virtual consultation offered through a request form; detailed explanations of filling materials; dedicated pages per procedure; Facebook presence; a WhatClinic profile with verified reviews. No price was found for cleaning, fillings, crowns or X-rays. Google reputation: newest review September 2026, one older owner reply, two independent reviews describing unsatisfactory treatment outcomes, no signs of manipulation. Not found on TripAdvisor. Still unverified: cone-beam CT on site and the fee for an in-clinic consultation. |
| 2026-09-25 | Nova Dental Costa Rica | Search visibility checked on 2026-09-25 for four Escazú queries: present for "emergency dentist Escazú"; not present for "best dentist Escazú", "dental implants Escazú", "Escazú dental clinic for expats". |
| 2026-09-25 | Premier Dental Care Jacó | Re-read on 2026-09-25: the clinic's English and Spanish service pages (implants, cleaning, crowns/bridges/veneers, root canal, extraction, All-on-X, aligners), its about, contact and corporate pages, and its Google listing. Recorded: no price figures anywhere on the site (fees follow the Costa Rican College of Dental Surgeons' rates); panoramic X-rays and a CT scan in the implant assessment and CBCT/3D imaging in the clinic's digital workflow; only "Jaco Beach, Costa Rica" published as the address, with a name-based embedded map; a concierge team and a consultation request form for visiting patients; Organization structured data; Facebook presence; Saturday hours; no emergency or same-day appointment service described. Google reputation: newest review September 2026, owner replies to positive and critical reviews, a recurring theme of last-minute appointment changes across two reviews years apart, no signs of manipulation. Not found on TripAdvisor. |
| 2026-09-25 | Premier Dental Care Jacó | Search visibility checked on 2026-09-25 for the five standard Jacó queries: present for "best dentist Jacó", "English speaking dentist Jacó", "dental implants Jacó", "emergency dentist Jacó", "Jacó dental clinic for expats". |
| 2026-09-25 | Prisma Dental | Aligned with the clinic's entry on sanjosedentalrating.com: recorded Review recency (within_3_months) from sources read on 2026-08-25. |
| 2026-09-25 | Tamarindo Dentist | Re-read on 2026-09-25: the clinic's homepage, its online-booking price pages and its Google listing, and WhatClinic's Tamarindo catalogue. Recorded: cleaning, fillings, crown, implant and an initial exam with X-rays all priced ($100, $90-$250, $600, $1850 and $80); priced extraction, wisdom-tooth surgery and children's cleaning; LocalBusiness structured data; Facebook presence; an English-language site with English testimonials; camera-original team and premises photos; booking pages that show only name, duration and price, with no explanation of the procedures. Google reputation: newest review June 2026, owner replies to reviews, no recurring complaints, no signs of manipulation. Not found on TripAdvisor or WhatClinic. Still unverified: on-site CBCT and the WhatsApp chat button on the site. |
| 2026-09-25 | Tamarindo Dentist | Search visibility checked on 2026-09-25 for the five standard Tamarindo queries: present for "best dentist Tamarindo", "English speaking dentist Tamarindo", "emergency dentist Tamarindo", "Tamarindo dental clinic for expats"; not present for "dental implants Tamarindo". |
| 2026-09-10 | Chaves Dental Care | Website https://chavesdentalcare.com/ has been offline since the 2026-08-26 link sweep and was re-probed dead on 2026-09-10 (3 attempts, protocol and host variants, Maps listing checked for a replacement); removed from the card. |
| 2026-09-10 | Goodness Dental | Twin parity (costarica-dental / sanjose-dental publish the same clinic): the two cards named seven different dentists between them, and the clinic's own dental-team page read 2026-09-10 names all seven. 4 dentist(s) named only on the twin card are added here with the twin's licence value, specialization and register reading. The page also names nine dentists neither card carries and does not name Peter Aborn or Laura Masís; neither is acted on by this pass. |
| 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. |
| 2026-09-01 | DDS Dental Costa Rica | Re-read of the clinic's website and Google listing following the clinic's free-check request of 2026-08-26: composite-filling price ($100) found on the price-comparison page - recorded; 3D tomography / CBCT recorded from the implant page; structured data recorded (generic Organization/Place markup, no Dentist type, hours or rating); Google rating refreshed - 5.0 from 485 reviews (was 480), owner replies recorded, recency within 3 months. Opening hours not published on the site - noted. |
| 2026-08-26 | Advance Dental Costa Rica | Re-verification 2026-08-26: confirmed advancedentalcostarica.com is live and matches stored name/address/phone; clinic open on Google Maps. Recorded first Google rating 4.8 (52 reviews), Maps place URL and coordinates. |
| 2026-08-26 | Arte Dental Guanacaste / Liberia | Re-verification 2026-08-26: the record on file had no known website ('-'). Google Maps profile lists a website (artdentalcr.com), but that domain fails to resolve (SSL handshake error on both http and https, and a real browser also could not load it) — so no working website was found, stored '-' left unchanged. Address and phone confirmed against the Maps profile; clinic open, not permanently closed. Recorded first Google rating 4.7 (43 reviews), Maps place URL and coordinates. |
| 2026-08-26 | Chaves Dental Care | Re-verification 2026-08-26: chavesdentalcare.com is currently broken — both a direct request and a browser load returned a WordPress fatal PHP error (a TypeError raised inside one of the site's own plugins), not the clinic's content. The domain resolves and is reachable, so not classified dead, but the site is effectively non-functional today. Clinic itself confirmed active and not permanently closed via its Google Maps profile (listed there as "Chaves Dental Clinic"), where address and phone match stored values. Recorded first Google rating 4.5 (40 reviews), Maps place URL and coordinates. |
| 2026-08-26 | Chaves Dental Care | Link-rot cleanup 2026-08-26: pruning 3 dead source(s) confirmed unreachable in an external-link check (checked 2026-08-26) and re-confirmed dead by direct recheck where applicable. s1 [https://chavesdentalcare.com/]: https://chavesdentalcare.com/ (attempt1: This operation was aborted; attempt2 (+30s): HTTP 500, other->stable-dead on recheck) | s2 [https://chavesdentalcare.com/contact-us/]: https://chavesdentalcare.com/contact-us/ (attempt1: This operation was aborted; attempt2 (+30s): HTTP 500, other->stable-dead on recheck) | s3 [https://www.placidway.com/profile/845/Chaves-Dental-Care]: https://www.placidway.com/profile/845/Chaves-Dental-Care (HTTP 404, rotten) |
| 2026-08-26 | Clínica Dental Lam | Re-verification 2026-08-26: confirmed clinicadentallam.com is live and matches stored name/address/phone; clinic open on Google Maps. Recorded first Google rating 4.9 (60 reviews), Maps place URL and coordinates. |
| 2026-08-26 | Costa Rica Dental Team | Re-verification 2026-08-26: confirmed costaricadentalteam.com is live and matches stored name/address/phone; clinic open on Google Maps (listed there as "Costa Rica Dental Team - Dental Implants"). Recorded first Google rating 4.8 (147 reviews) — the site's own marketing copy claims 4.9, but the live Maps profile shows 4.8. Recorded Maps place URL and coordinates. |
| 2026-08-26 | DDS Dental Costa Rica | Re-verification 2026-08-26: confirmed ddsdentalcr.com is live and matches stored name/address/phone; clinic open on Google Maps. Recorded first Google rating 5.0 (481 reviews), Maps place URL and coordinates. |
| 2026-08-26 | Dental Care Guanacaste | Re-verification 2026-08-26: confirmed dentalcareguanacaste.com is live and matches stored name/address/phone; clinic open on Google Maps. Note a second, unrelated "Dental Care Guanacaste" Maps listing (different phone +506 2666-7043) is marked permanently closed — that is NOT this clinic, which is active. Recorded first Google rating 4.9 (11 reviews), Maps place URL and coordinates. |
| 2026-08-26 | Dental Solutions Tamarindo | Re-verification 2026-08-26: confirmed dentalsolutionstamarindo.com is live and matches stored name/address/phone (Maps also shows the site's secondary WhatsApp number +506 8397-7160, already known from the site itself); clinic open on Google Maps. Recorded first Google rating 4.9 (36 reviews), Maps place URL and coordinates. |
| 2026-08-26 | Dr. Marco Muñoz Cavallini International Dental Clinic | Re-verification 2026-08-26: confirmed aestheticdentistrycr.com is live and matches stored name/address/phone; clinic open on Google Maps (not permanently closed). Recorded first Google rating 4.8 (127 reviews), Maps place URL and coordinates. Note: the Google Maps profile itself lists a different website (marcomunozcavallini.com) than the stored aestheticdentistrycr.com; both appear to belong to the same practice, stored site kept as it was directly verified live and correct. |
| 2026-08-26 | Garabito Dental | Re-verification 2026-08-26: confirmed garabitodentalcr.com is live and matches stored name/address/phone; clinic open on Google Maps. Rating changed from 5.0 to 4.8 and review count from 6 to 16. Recorded Maps place URL and coordinates. |
| 2026-08-26 | Goodness Dental | Re-verification 2026-08-26: goodnessdental.com returned HTTP 403 to a direct request but loaded successfully when opened in a browser today, confirming the site is live with matching clinic branding. Address on Maps is only a general locality (no street-level detail) so stored address is kept, unchanged. Clinic open on Google Maps, not permanently closed. Recorded first Google rating 4.7 (492 reviews). Phone number was NOT updated: the live site displays "(866) 406-2744" while the Google Maps profile shows a different toll-free number (+1 866-218-1036), neither matching the stored +506 4037-0040 local number — left unresolved pending owner clarification rather than guessing which is authoritative. |
| 2026-08-26 | Guanacaste Dental | Re-verification 2026-08-26: confirmed guanacastedental.com is live; the Maps profile's displayed domain ("guanacastedenta.com") does not actually resolve (DNS failure) so is treated as a UI display artifact, not a separate site. No phone was on file ('-'); Google Maps profile shows +506 2215-5715, recorded as first phone number. Address still not published beyond a general Tamarindo-area description, consistent with stored data. Clinic open on Google Maps, not permanently closed. Recorded first Google rating 4.6 (18 reviews), Maps place URL and coordinates. |
| 2026-08-26 | Guanacaste Dental Center (Drs. Parra) | Re-verification 2026-08-26: confirmed guanacastedentalcenter.com is live and matches stored name/address/phone; clinic open on Google Maps (listed there as "Dental Center Dr.Parra"). Recorded first Google rating 5.0 (20 reviews), Maps place URL and coordinates. |
| 2026-08-26 | Nova Dental Costa Rica | Re-verification 2026-08-26: this record on file entry is the same physical clinic and Google Maps listing as 'nova-dental' (same phone +506 2228-0997, same novadentalcr.com site, same Plaza Itzkatzu address). Confirmed website live, address/phone unchanged, clinic open on Maps. Recorded first Google rating 4.9 (131 reviews), Maps place URL and coordinates. |
| 2026-08-26 | Premier Dental Care Jacó | Re-verification 2026-08-26: confirmed premierdentalcarejaco.com is live and phone matches; clinic (listed on Maps as "Premier Dental Care Center") currently closed for the day but not permanently closed. Google Maps now exposes a street-level address ("C. Lapa Verde, Provincia de Puntarenas, Jacó, 61101") where previously none was published — recorded as a new address value. Recorded first Google rating 4.9 (403 reviews), Maps place URL and coordinates. |
| 2026-08-26 | Prisma Dental | Re-verification 2026-08-26: confirmed prismadental.com is live and matches stored name/address/phone; clinic open on Google Maps. Rating rose from 4.6 to 4.7 and review count from 157 to 186. Recorded Maps place URL and coordinates. |
| 2026-08-26 | Tamarindo Dentist | Re-verification 2026-08-26: confirmed tamarindodentist.com is live and matches stored name/address/phone; clinic open on Google Maps. Recorded first Google rating 4.9 (44 reviews), Maps place URL and coordinates. |
| 2026-08-25 | Advance Dental Costa Rica | License verification 2026-08-25 against CCDCR: five of six listed dentists found active/registered; Dr. Melissa Rojas ambiguous (left null). |
| 2026-08-25 | Advance Dental Costa Rica | Recorded sedation / general anaesthesia availability (informational): not documented in public sources. Only 'The Wand' needle-free local anesthesia system documented; no sedation/GA found |
| 2026-08-25 | Advance Dental Costa Rica | Re-verification 2026-08-25: confirmed advancedentalcostarica.com live with current Instagram feed, contact form, and service listings; name (Advance Dental Costa Rica), address (Hospital CIMA, Torre 2, Suite/Consultorio 605, San Rafael), and phone (+506-2208-8619) match stored data, no corrections (a third-party hospital directory listing 'Suite 618' was seen but not trusted over the clinic's own site). Google Maps rating/review count not re-captured this cycle (Maps place page unrenderable via available fetch tools; browser automation unavailable). |
| 2026-08-25 | Arte Dental Guanacaste / Liberia | Re-verification 2026-08-25: no clinic website is on record (stored as '-'), so step 1 (open the clinic website) does not apply. Cross-checked name, address (100m south / 25m west of Tienda Ekono, Liberia 50101), and phone (+506 2665-2632) against current third-party listings (HuliHealth, Facebook, medical-tourism directories) found today; all match stored data, no corrections. These are secondary sources, not a primary site or a rendered Google Maps page, so operatingStatus is recorded as unclear rather than open. Google Maps rating/review count not re-captured this cycle (Maps place page unrenderable via available fetch tools; browser automation unavailable). |
| 2026-08-25 | Chaves Dental Care | License verification 2026-08-25 against CCDCR: both listed dentists found active/registered. |
| 2026-08-25 | Chaves Dental Care | Re-verification 2026-08-25: chavesdentalcare.com returned HTTP 500 Internal Server Error on every path tried (homepage and /contact-us/), so name/address/phone/operating status could not be confirmed from the clinic's own site this cycle — no corrections made, stored data retained as-is. The business's Facebook page ('Chaves Dental Clinic | Jaco') and a PlacidWay listing still exist and were found today, suggesting it has not obviously closed, but this is secondary evidence, not a primary-source confirmation, so operatingStatus is recorded as unclear rather than open. Google Maps rating/review count not re-captured (Maps place page unrenderable via available fetch tools; browser automation unavailable). |
| 2026-08-25 | Clínica Dental Lam | License verification 2026-08-25 against CCDCR: three of five listed dentists found active/registered; Dr. Carlos Argüello and Dr. Jose Solano ambiguous (left null). |
| 2026-08-25 | Clínica Dental Lam | Re-verification 2026-08-25: confirmed clinicadentallam.com live with full navigation, service descriptions, staff profiles and testimonials; name (Clinica Dental Lam), address (Calle 3, Liberia), and phone (+506 7265-1855) match stored data, no corrections. Google Maps rating/review count not re-captured this cycle (Maps place page unrenderable via available fetch tools; browser automation unavailable); no prior value was stored so none is added. |
| 2026-08-25 | Costa Rica Dental Team | License verification 2026-08-25 against CCDCR: two of three listed dentists found active/registered; 'Dr. Maripaz' has no surname published, left null. |
| 2026-08-25 | Costa Rica Dental Team | Re-verification 2026-08-25: confirmed costaricadentalteam.com live with active contact form, pricing, and awards content; name, address (150m east of BAC San Jose, Curridabat), and phone (+506 2234-9718) match stored data, no corrections. The site itself claims '4.9 stars on Google' but this is a self-reported figure on the clinic's own marketing page, not an independently observed Google Maps rating, so it was not entered as a verified value. The actual Maps place page is not renderable via available fetch tools and browser automation was unavailable today, so no googleRating/reviewCount is recorded this cycle. |
| 2026-08-25 | DDS Dental Costa Rica | License verification 2026-08-25 against CCDCR: five of six listed dentists found active/registered; Dr. Enrique González not confidently matched (ambiguous, left null). |
| 2026-08-25 | DDS Dental Costa Rica | Re-verification 2026-08-25: confirmed ddsdentalcr.com live with active navigation, service/pricing pages, and contact channels; name (DDS Dental), address (Plaza Fuentes del Obelisco, San Rafael de Escazu), and phone (+506 2289 4040) match stored data, no corrections. Google Maps rating/review count could not be re-captured this cycle (Maps place page unrenderable via available fetch tools; browser automation unavailable); no prior value was stored, so none is added. |
| 2026-08-25 | Dental Care Guanacaste | License verification 2026-08-25 against CCDCR: nine of ten listed dentists found active/registered; Dra. Priscilla Rodríguez ambiguous (left null). |
| 2026-08-25 | Dental Care Guanacaste | Re-verification 2026-08-25: confirmed dentalcareguanacaste.com live and bilingual with hours listed; name, address (325m south of Farmacia Lux, Barrio Condega, Liberia), and phone (+506 8597-3527) match stored data, no corrections. The site links both a Google Maps short link (maps.app.goo.gl/sJF4qgToFUh67U168) and a static directions link with coordinates 10.626789,-85.441658; following the short link's redirect returned Google's own place URL with a different pin (10.6261542, -85.4380771, about 300m away) — the Maps-sourced pin was recorded as the more authoritative coordinate. Star rating/review count could not be observed (Maps place page itself unrenderable via available fetch tools; no browser automation available today). |
| 2026-08-25 | Dental Solutions Tamarindo | License verification 2026-08-25 against CCDCR: filled in the two previously-null doctor licenses (Palma Perez, Diaz); no CCDCR record found for Dr. Esteban Cascante Chavez after two name variants; clinicLicense and the other two doctors were already verified in a prior pass. |
| 2026-08-25 | Dental Solutions Tamarindo | Re-verification 2026-08-25: confirmed dentalsolutionstamarindo.com live (Wix site) with services, pricing and booking; name (Dental Solutions), address (next to Villas Macondo, across from the Skate Park, Tamarindo), and phone (+506 2653-1111) match stored data, no corrections. Google Maps rating/review count not re-captured this cycle (Maps place page unrenderable via available fetch tools; browser automation unavailable); no prior value was stored so none is added. |
| 2026-08-25 | Dr. Marco Muñoz Cavallini International Dental Clinic | License verification 2026-08-25 against Colegio de Cirujanos Dentistas de Costa Rica (CCDCR): both listed dentists found active/registered; Costa Rica has no clinic-level licence registry. |
| 2026-08-25 | Dr. Marco Muñoz Cavallini International Dental Clinic | Re-verification 2026-08-25: confirmed aestheticdentistrycr.com live with current 2026 content (Summer 2026 offer, active navigation/contact channels); name, address (Calles 28-30, Avenida 3 bis #2841, San Jose), and phone (+506 4052-4680 intl. line) all match stored data, no corrections. Google Maps rating/review count could not be re-captured this cycle: the Maps place page returns only an unrenderable JS shell via available fetch tools and browser automation was not connected today, so prior reputation values are retained unchanged rather than guessed. |
| 2026-08-25 | Garabito Dental | License verification 2026-08-25 against CCDCR: all four listed dentists found active/registered (one via a close spelling-variant match). |
| 2026-08-25 | Garabito Dental | Re-verification 2026-08-25: confirmed garabitodentalcr.com live with active booking; name (Garabito Dental) and phone (+506 2643-1135, plus a toll-free +1-888-412-8867) match stored data. The fetched homepage did not display the street address, so it was not independently re-confirmed from a primarily opened page this cycle (left unchanged rather than re-asserted). Google Maps rating/review count (stored 5.0/6) could not be re-captured this cycle (Maps place page unrenderable via available fetch tools; browser automation unavailable), so the stored value is retained unchanged. |
| 2026-08-25 | Goodness Dental | License verification 2026-08-25 against CCDCR: Dr. Laura Masís found active; Dr. Eduardo Corrales and Dr. Laura Rodríguez ambiguous (left null); no CCDCR record found for Dr. Jorge Cruz after two name variants. |
| 2026-08-25 | Goodness Dental | Recorded sedation / general anaesthesia availability (informational): not documented in public sources. Offers conscious IV sedation only; site explicitly contrasts with GA which they do not claim to offer |
| 2026-08-25 | Goodness Dental | Re-verification 2026-08-25: A direct request to goodnessdental.com (homepage and /contact-us/) was blocked with HTTP 403 by the site's bot protection, so the site could not be opened directly today. Search-engine-indexed snippets from the site's own contact/location pages, current as of this check, show name (Goodness Dental), address (Habitat Empresarial Escazu, Floor 3, San Jose 10201), and phone (+506 4037-0040 / US 866-406-2744) all matching stored data, and multiple current subpages indexed, indicating the site is up even though it could not be opened directly — no corrections made. Google Maps rating/review count not re-captured (the Google Maps listing could not be opened). |
| 2026-08-25 | Guanacaste Dental | License verification 2026-08-25 against CCDCR: three of five listed dentists found active/registered; Dr. Oscar Ramirez and Dr. Stephanie Rojas ambiguous (left null). |
| 2026-08-25 | Guanacaste Dental | Recorded sedation / general anaesthesia availability (informational): documented as available. Site documents 'deep sedation with IV' under its Sedation/Anesthesiology section |
| 2026-08-25 | Guanacaste Dental | Re-verification 2026-08-25: confirmed guanacastedental.com live with service sections, staff profiles and contact options; name (Guanacaste Dental) unchanged, no street address published on-site (consistent with the stored note that no address is published). No phone was previously on record; a WhatsApp contact link (wa.me/50661090101, i.e. +506 6109-0101) was found on the site today and is now recorded. Google Maps rating/review count not re-captured this cycle (Maps place page unrenderable via available fetch tools; browser automation unavailable). |
| 2026-08-25 | Guanacaste Dental Center (Drs. Parra) | License verification 2026-08-25 against CCDCR: sole listed dentist found active/registered. |
| 2026-08-25 | Guanacaste Dental Center (Drs. Parra) | Re-verification 2026-08-25: confirmed guanacastedentalcenter.com live and functioning (multi-language site, contact form, staff pages); name (Dental Center Drs. Parra / Guanacaste Dental Center), address (Avenida 11, Liberia), and phone (+506 2665-4368) match stored data, no corrections. The site's own 'leave a Google review' link exposed the clinic's Google Place ID, from which a canonical Maps place URL was constructed and recorded. Star rating/review count could not be observed (the Maps place page itself is an unrenderable JS shell via available fetch tools; no browser automation available today). |
| 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. |
| 2026-08-25 | Nova Dental Costa Rica | License verification 2026-08-25 against CCDCR: filled in the two previously-null doctor licenses (Chavarría, Baltodano) for this clinic; clinicLicense and the other three doctors were already verified in a prior pass. |
| 2026-08-25 | Nova Dental Costa Rica | Recorded sedation / general anaesthesia availability (informational): not documented in public sources. Same site as Nova Dental; only 'The Wand' local anesthesia documented, no sedation/GA |
| 2026-08-25 | Nova Dental Costa Rica | Re-verification 2026-08-25: this record shares the same live website (novadentalcr.com) and phone (+506-2228-0997) as slug 'nova-dental', verified via a single fetch of that site today; name and address (Plaza Itzkatzu, Escazu) match stored data, no corrections. Google Maps rating/review count not re-captured this cycle (Maps place page unrenderable via available fetch tools; browser automation unavailable); no prior value was stored for this slug so none is added. |
| 2026-08-25 | Premier Dental Care Jacó | License verification 2026-08-25 against CCDCR: all seven listed dentists found active/registered with exact full-name matches. |
| 2026-08-25 | Premier Dental Care Jacó | Re-verification 2026-08-25: confirmed premierdentalcarejaco.com/en/ live with active booking/contact features; name and phone (+506 2643-2755) match stored data, no street address published on-site (unchanged from stored note). Found and followed the site's own 'HOW TO GET THERE' Google Maps short link (maps.app.goo.gl/GzAaXFCSncXjASoFA); the redirect returned Google's place URL and pin coordinates (9.6172461, -84.624567), now recorded. Note: Google Maps lists the business as 'Premier Dental Care Center' — a minor name variant from the stored/site name 'Premier Dental Care Jaco'; not applied as a correction pending more certainty. Star rating/review count could not be observed (Maps place page itself is an unrenderable JS shell via available fetch tools; no browser automation available today). |
| 2026-08-25 | Prisma Dental | License verification 2026-08-25 against CCDCR: all six listed dentists found active/registered, specialties consistent with clinic's own listings. |
| 2026-08-25 | Prisma Dental | Recorded sedation / general anaesthesia availability (informational): not documented in public sources. IV/oral sedation explicitly conscious - 'you remain conscious and able to respond' |
| 2026-08-25 | Prisma Dental | Re-verification 2026-08-25: confirmed prismadental.com live (site metadata shows last-modified 2026-08-14); name, address (300m East of Plaza Mayor, Rohrmoser), and phone (506-2291-5151) match stored data, no corrections. Found the clinic's own Google Maps short link (maps.app.goo.gl/6ZRDJDesGHRiBuUn8) on its site; following the redirect returned Google's real place URL and pin coordinates (9.9430335, -84.1143932), now recorded. The full Maps place page itself is not renderable via available fetch tools (JS shell only, no browser automation available today), so the star rating and review count (stored 4.6/157) could not be re-observed and are left unchanged. |
| 2026-08-25 | Tamarindo Dentist | License verification 2026-08-25 against CCDCR: all three listed dentists found active/registered. |
| 2026-08-25 | Tamarindo Dentist | Re-verification 2026-08-25: confirmed tamarindodentist.com live with services, staff, testimonials and online booking; name (Tamarindo Dentist), address (Alameda 8, Tamarindo 50309), and phone (+506 2653-2020) match stored data, no corrections. Google Maps rating/review count not re-captured this cycle (Maps place page unrenderable via available fetch tools; browser automation unavailable); no prior value was stored so none is added. |
| 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. |
| 2026-08-17 | Advance Dental Costa Rica | Imported from the city-tier dataset. |
| 2026-08-17 | Arte Dental Guanacaste / Liberia | Imported from the city-tier dataset. |
| 2026-08-17 | Chaves Dental Care | Imported from the city-tier dataset. |
| 2026-08-17 | Clínica Dental Lam | Imported from the city-tier dataset. |
| 2026-08-17 | Dental Care Guanacaste | Imported from the city-tier dataset. |
| 2026-08-17 | Dental Solutions Tamarindo | Imported from the city-tier dataset. |
| 2026-08-17 | Garabito Dental | Imported from the city-tier dataset. |
| 2026-08-17 | Goodness Dental | Imported from the city-tier dataset. |
| 2026-08-17 | Guanacaste Dental | Imported from the city-tier dataset. |
| 2026-08-17 | Guanacaste Dental Center (Drs. Parra) | Imported from the city-tier dataset. |
| 2026-08-17 | Nova Dental Costa Rica | Imported from the city-tier dataset. |
| 2026-08-17 | Premier Dental Care Jacó | Imported from the city-tier dataset. |
| 2026-08-17 | Tamarindo Dentist | Imported from the city-tier dataset. |
| 2026-08-14 | Methodology v1.0.0 | Initial public methodology. (methodology version released 2026-07-03) |
| 2026-08-14 | 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. (methodology version released 2026-07-08) |