Arte Dental Guanacaste / Liberia
According to our open methodology, this clinic scored 45.6/100 for transparency, reputation, service accessibility, and digital visibility.
Overall rank: #17 of 17 ranked clinics · Last checked: 25 September 2026
45.6/100
Positions by Rating Profile
- Overall Transparency & Trust#1745.6/100
- Best for Expats#1744.3/100
- Best for Dental Implants#1745/100
- Best for Emergency Dental Care#749/100
- Best Price Transparency#1729.5/100
- Best English-speaking Clinics#1545.8/100
- Best for Families / Childrennot ranked
- Sleep Dentistry (GA / deep sedation)not ranked
General Anaesthesia & Deep Sedation
Whether the clinic documents treatment under general anaesthesia or deep / twilight sedation — "sleep dentistry", where the patient is asleep and unaware (does not feel, see, or hear the procedure). Ordinary conscious sedation, where the patient stays awake and responsive, does not count here. This is informational and does not affect the transparency score.
- ? General anaesthesia / deep sedation (sleep dentistry) — Not verified No working clinic website found (artdentalcr.com unreachable); no anaesthesia info in listings
Summary
Dental clinic in central Liberia listed in the official Colegio de Cirujanos Dentistas public directory with three actively registered dentists covering prosthodontics, orthodontics and general dentistry. Third-party dental-tourism directories describe services including implants, endodontics, aesthetic dentistry and orthodontics. Its Facebook page and Google listing name the website artdentalcr.com; the clinic also maintains Facebook and Instagram pages.
Secondary phone +506 8880-3285 listed in the dental college directory. Medical Tourism Co claims Ministry of Health approval, but no licence number is published anywhere found.
Strengths
- No red flags identified in public sources.
Weaknesses
No category fell below the weakness threshold (50% of verifiable points).
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
11 / 20
Whether basic facts about the clinic - its team, premises, services, and location - are publicly verifiable.
| ? | Has a working website The clinic's Facebook page and Google listing name artdentalcr.com; its content could not be read. | 0/4 |
| ✓ | Dentist names listed Dentist names public in the official dental college directory. [s1] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Dentist specializations listed [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Real clinic photos Google listing photos show the clinic's treatment room and staff [arte-dental-guanacaste-deepen-7] | 2/2 |
| ? | Service list published Services described only on third-party directories. | 0/3 |
| ✓ | Clear contact details Phone numbers consistent between the official registry and directory listings. [s1] [s2] | 2/2 |
| ? | English website version No own website to assess. | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Address and map published De la tienda Ekono 100 m al sur y 25 m al oeste, Edificio Montiel, local 7, Liberia, on the clinic's Facebook page; a map pin on its Google listing. [arte-dental-guanacaste-deepen-14] [arte-dental-guanacaste-deepen-15] [s2] | 2/2 |
Price Transparency
0 / 15
Whether patients can estimate costs before visiting. Published price ranges count; exact prices are not required.
| ? | Prices or price ranges published | 0/3 |
| ? | Cleaning price listed | 0/2 |
| ? | Filling price listed | 0/2 |
| ? | Crown price listed | 0/2 |
| ? | Implant price listed | 0/2 |
| ? | Consultation price listed | 0/2 |
| ? | X-ray / imaging price listed | 0/2 |
Reputation & Reviews
12.5 / 20
Public review signals. The Google rating is adjusted with a Bayesian prior (rating 4.0, weight 25) so a 5.0 from a handful of reviews does not outrank a 4.8 from hundreds.
| ◐ | Google rating (Bayesian-adjusted) as of 2026-08-26 [arte-dental-guanacaste-refresh] | 4/6 |
| ◐ | Google review volume [arte-dental-guanacaste-refresh] | 1/3 |
| ✗ | Review recency as of 2026-09-25 [arte-dental-guanacaste-deepen-8] | 0/3 |
| ✓ | Clinic responds to reviews Owner replies found, though the most recent readable one dates to 2017 [arte-dental-guanacaste-deepen-9] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | No recurring complaints 3 of 43 reviews at 1-2 stars (7%); one says "Mal servicio al cliente", two carry no text; no shared theme [arte-dental-guanacaste-deepen] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | No suspicious review patterns 91% five-star, dates spread widely, established Local Guide accounts [arte-dental-guanacaste-deepen-10] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Active Facebook presence [s3] | 1/1 |
| ✗ | TripAdvisor presence No TripAdvisor listing: two searches of TripAdvisor's own index on 2026-10-01 find nothing for the clinic. [arte-dental-guanacaste-deepen-16] | 0/0.5 |
| ✓ | Other review platforms Listed on Medical Tourism Co and HuliHealth. [s2] | 0.5/0.5 |
Medical Infrastructure
9.5 / 15
The range of publicly documented equipment and services. This measures documented availability, not clinical quality.
| ✓ | On-site X-ray Listed as a category on the clinic's Google Business Profile [arte-dental-guanacaste-deepen-11] | 2/2 |
| ? | CBCT (3D imaging) | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Implantology Per third-party directory description. [s2] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Orthodontics Registered orthodontics specialist on the team. [s1] [s2] | 2/2 |
| ? | Oral surgery | 0/2 |
| ? | Pediatric dentistry | 0/1.5 |
| ✓ | Emergency care Listed as a category on the clinic's Google Business Profile [arte-dental-guanacaste-deepen-12] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ✓ | Works with international patients Marketed to international patients via dental-tourism directories. [s2] | 2/2 |
Communication & Service
4 / 10
How easy it is to contact the clinic, get answers, and book - especially for international patients.
| ? | WhatsApp / LINE available | 0/2 |
| ? | Response speed | 0/1.5 |
| ✓ | English spoken Per Medical Tourism Co listing, staff fluent in English and Spanish (third-party claim). [s2] | 2.5/2.5 |
| ? | Pre-visit consultation possible | 0/1.5 |
| ? | Clear service explanations | 0/1 |
| ✓ | Convenient opening hours Saturday hours published on the Google Business Profile [arte-dental-guanacaste-deepen-13] | 1.5/1.5 |
AI & Search Visibility
4 / 10
Whether the clinic is discoverable when patients search - including via AI assistants. Checked with fixed queries: "best dentist Costa Rica", "English speaking dentist Costa Rica", "dental implants Costa Rica", "emergency dentist Costa Rica", "Costa Rica dental clinic for expats".
| ✓ | Mentioned for: best dentist Costa Rica Named (as "Arte Dental") in the AI summary for "best dentist Liberia, Costa Rica" on 2026-09-25. [arte-dental-guanacaste-deepen-2] | 1/1 |
| ✓ | Mentioned for: English speaking dentist Costa Rica Named (as "Arte Dental") in the AI summary for "English speaking dentist Liberia, Costa Rica" on 2026-09-25. [arte-dental-guanacaste-deepen-3] | 1/1 |
| ✓ | Mentioned for: dental implants Costa Rica Named (as "Arte Dental") in the AI summary for "dental implants Liberia, Costa Rica" on 2026-09-25. [arte-dental-guanacaste-deepen-4] | 1/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: emergency dentist Costa Rica Not present in the top web results for "emergency dentist Liberia, Costa Rica" on 2026-09-25. [arte-dental-guanacaste-deepen-5] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: Costa Rica dental clinic for expats Not present in the top web results for "Liberia, Costa Rica dental clinic for expats" on 2026-09-25. [arte-dental-guanacaste-deepen-6] | 0/1 |
| ? | Structured data on website | 0/1.5 |
| ◐ | Google indexing quality Discoverable via directories and social profiles only; no own domain. [sq] | 1/2 |
| ? | Dedicated service pages | 0/1.5 |
Licensing & Credentials
Whether the clinic publishes its operating licence and the dentists working there together with their professional licence numbers. A verified “not published” is recorded as a red flag; data we have not checked yet is shown as unverified and carries no penalty.
Clinic operating licence: not checked against public sources yet — unverified, no penalty
Dentists & professional licences
Red Flags
No red flags identified in the public sources we reviewed.
Data We Could Not Verify
- Information Transparency: Has a working website
- Information Transparency: Service list published
- Information Transparency: English website version
- Price Transparency: Prices or price ranges published
- Price Transparency: Cleaning price listed
- Price Transparency: Filling price listed
- Price Transparency: Crown price listed
- Price Transparency: Implant price listed
- Price Transparency: Consultation price listed
- Price Transparency: X-ray / imaging price listed
- Medical Infrastructure: CBCT (3D imaging)
- Medical Infrastructure: Oral surgery
- Medical Infrastructure: Pediatric dentistry
- Communication & Service: WhatsApp / LINE available
- Communication & Service: Response speed
- Communication & Service: Pre-visit consultation possible
- Communication & Service: Clear service explanations
- AI & Search Visibility: Structured data on website
- 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
| Phone | +506 2665-2632 |
|---|---|
| https://www.facebook.com/artedentalguanacaste/ | |
| Google Maps | Map listing |
| Address | De tienda Ekono 100 metros Sur y 25 metros Oeste, Edificio Montiel, local 7, Liberia, Guanacaste 50101, Costa Rica |
Contact details are provided for identification only and may change; verify with the clinic directly.
Sources
| ID | Source | What it supports | Accessed |
|---|---|---|---|
| s1 | https://directorio.colegiodentistas.org/en/clinic/arte-dental-guana… | Official Colegio de Cirujanos Dentistas directory entry: active registration codes Arguedas Vega 409510 (prosthodontics), Romero Zúñiga 345007 (orthodontics), Matarrita Baca 404009 (general dentistry); phones +506 2665 2632 / +506 8880 3285. | 2026-08-17 |
| s2 | https://www.medicaltourismco.com/clinic/costa-rica/liberia/arte-den… | Street-style address near tienda Ekono in Liberia 50101, services (implants, endodontics, aesthetic dentistry, orthodontics), English/Spanish-speaking staff claim, international patient orientation. | 2026-08-17 |
| s3 | https://www.facebook.com/artedentalguanacaste/ | Facebook presence under the clinic name in Liberia. | 2026-08-17 |
| sq | search:Arte Dental Liberia Costa Rica clinic website | AI/search visibility scout 2026-08-17; no own website surfaced. | 2026-08-17 |
| arte-dental-guanacaste-refresh | https://www.google.com/maps/place/Arte+Dental+Guanacaste/@10.627411… | Google rating 4.7 (43 reviews) as of 2026-08-26 | 2026-08-26 |
| arte-dental-guanacaste-deepen | https://www.google.com/maps?cid=16701050788431819698&hl=en | Histogram 1★ 2 / 2★ 1 / 4★ 1 / 5★ 39 of 43; lowest-rated reviews read: Hazel Perez 2024-08-14 (1★, "Mal servicio al cliente"), Valentina Cristancho Cuenca 2023-07-26 (1★, no text), Heather Rankin 2019-06-18 (2★, no text) | 2026-09-25 |
| arte-dental-guanacaste-deepen-2 | search:best dentist Liberia, Costa Rica | Web search on 2026-09-25: AI-generated summary named "Arte Dental" among recommended clinics. | 2026-09-25 |
| arte-dental-guanacaste-deepen-3 | search:English speaking dentist Liberia, Costa Rica | Web search on 2026-09-25: AI-generated summary named "Arte Dental" among recommended clinics. | 2026-09-25 |
| arte-dental-guanacaste-deepen-4 | search:dental implants Liberia, Costa Rica | Web search on 2026-09-25: AI-generated summary named "Arte Dental" among recommended clinics. | 2026-09-25 |
| arte-dental-guanacaste-deepen-5 | search:emergency dentist Liberia, Costa Rica | Web search on 2026-09-25: results 1–9 were whatclinic.com (x4), guanacastedentalcenter.com (x2), dentaldepartures.com, costaricadentalguide.com (x2); the clinic's site and name were not among them. | 2026-09-25 |
| arte-dental-guanacaste-deepen-6 | search:Liberia, Costa Rica dental clinic for expats | Web search on 2026-09-25: results 1–9 were ventanasdelmarcr.com, lsdentalcostarica.com, dentaldepartures.com (x2), guanacastedentalcenter.com, placidway.com, costaricadentalguide.com (x2), dentavacation.com; the clinic's site and name were not among them. | 2026-09-25 |
| arte-dental-guanacaste-deepen-7 | https://www.google.com/maps?cid=16701050788431819698&hl=en | Listing photos viewed 2026-09-25: the clinic's treatment room with dental chair, and staff treating a patient | 2026-09-25 |
| arte-dental-guanacaste-deepen-8 | https://www.google.com/maps?cid=16701050788431819698&hl=en | Google listing: newest read review dated 2025-07-31, more than a year before this check | 2026-09-25 |
| arte-dental-guanacaste-deepen-9 | https://www.google.com/maps?cid=16701050788431819698&hl=en | Owner reply to Jose Eduardo Conejo Montero (2017-09-30), same day: "¡Con mucho gusto! En Arte Dental estamos para servirle..." | 2026-09-25 |
| arte-dental-guanacaste-deepen-10 | https://www.google.com/maps?cid=16701050788431819698&hl=en | Reviews dated 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2020, 2019, 2017; reviewers include Local Guides with 23 and 28 reviews | 2026-09-25 |
| arte-dental-guanacaste-deepen-11 | https://www.google.com/maps?cid=16701050788431819698&hl=en | Google Business Profile categories include "Dental radiology" alongside Dentist, Dental clinic, Cosmetic dentist etc. | 2026-09-25 |
| arte-dental-guanacaste-deepen-12 | https://www.google.com/maps?cid=16701050788431819698&hl=en | Google Business Profile categories include "Emergency dental service" alongside Dentist, Dental clinic etc. | 2026-09-25 |
| arte-dental-guanacaste-deepen-13 | https://www.google.com/maps?cid=16701050788431819698&hl=en | Google listing hours: Monday-Friday 8 AM-6 PM, Saturday 8 AM-12 PM | 2026-09-25 |
| arte-dental-guanacaste-deepen-14 | https://www.facebook.com/artedentalguanacaste/about_contact_and_bas… | Facebook page "Arte Dental Guanacaste | Liberia" (2.9K followers), contact section read 2026-09-30: address "Liberia, Guanacaste. De la tienda Ekono 100 metros al sur y 25 oeste. Edificio Montiel, local No. 7", phone +506 2665 2632, e-mail [email protected], website artdentalcr.com; intro "Odontología especializada"; its newest post is dated 2025-09-23 | 2026-09-30 |
| arte-dental-guanacaste-deepen-15 | https://www.google.com/maps?cid=16701050788431819698&hl=en | Google listing "Arte Dental Guanacaste", managed by the business, read 2026-09-30: address De tienda Ekono 100 metros Sur y 25 metros Oeste, Liberia, Guanacaste 50101, with a map pin; phone +506 2665 2632; website artdentalcr.com; categories Dental clinic, Cosmetic dentist, Dental hygienist, Dental implants periodontist, Dental radiology, Dentist, Emergency dental service, Endodontist, Orthodontist, Periodontist | 2026-09-30 |
| arte-dental-guanacaste-deepen-16 | https://www.tripadvisor.com/TypeAheadJson?action=API&query=Arte%20D… | TripAdvisor's own search for "Arte Dental Guanacaste Liberia" and for "Arte Dental Liberia" (2026-10-01) returned places in Guanacaste and Liberia and unrelated art venues, no dental clinic; no listing for this clinic | 2026-10-01 |
Change History
| Date | Change |
|---|---|
| 2026-10-01 | 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. |
| 2026-09-25 | 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 | 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. |
| 2026-08-26 | 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. |
| 2026-08-25 | 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). |
| 2026-08-17 | Imported from the city-tier dataset. |
A question or a correction?
Have a question, a suggestion, or a correction to this page? Get in touch — we read every message. Verified data corrections are reviewed against sources and applied with a public change-history entry.