Dental World Manila
According to our open methodology, this clinic scored 40.6/100 for transparency, reputation, service accessibility, and digital visibility.
Overall rank: #2 of 12 ranked clinics · Last checked: 12 July 2026
Positions by Rating Profile
- Overall Transparency & Trust#240.6/100
- Best for Expats#238/100
- Best for Dental Implants#139/100
- Best for Emergency Dental Carenot ranked
- Best Price Transparency#321.4/100
- Best English-speaking Clinics#241/100
- Best for Families / Children#142.1/100
Summary
Multi-branch dental group established 1996 with an in-house lab, offering a broad range of services including implants, orthodontics, oral surgery, pediatric dentistry, CBCT and X-ray. States DOH and DOT accreditation and PDA membership; English website with photos, no published prices.
Strengths
- Information Transparency: 20 of 20 points.
- Medical Infrastructure: 13.5 of 15 points.
Weaknesses
- Price Transparency: 0 of 15 verifiable points (missing: prices or price ranges published; cleaning price listed; filling price listed; crown price listed; implant price listed; consultation price listed; x-ray / imaging price listed)
Score Breakdown
Every criterion below is scored from public sources. ✓ verified yes · ✗ verified no / not found · ◐ partial · ? unverified (scores 0, not a negative finding).
Information Transparency
Whether basic facts about the clinic - its team, premises, services, and location - are publicly verifiable.
| ✓ | Has a working website [s1] | 4/4 |
| ✓ | Dentist names listed Head dentist Dr. Malony Santos plus several first-name-only team members. [s1] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Dentist specializations listed [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Real clinic photos [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Service list published [s1] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Clear contact details [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | English website version [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Address and map published [s1] | 2/2 |
Price Transparency
Whether patients can estimate costs before visiting. Published price ranges count; exact prices are not required.
| ✗ | Prices or price ranges published [s1] | 0/3 |
| ✗ | Cleaning price listed [s1] | 0/2 |
| ✗ | Filling price listed [s1] | 0/2 |
| ✗ | Crown price listed [s1] | 0/2 |
| ✗ | Implant price listed [s1] | 0/2 |
| ✗ | Consultation price listed [s1] | 0/2 |
| ✗ | X-ray / imaging price listed [s1] | 0/2 |
Reputation & Reviews
Public review signals. The Google rating is adjusted with a Bayesian prior (rating 4.0, weight 25) so a 5.0 from a handful of reviews does not outrank a 4.8 from hundreds.
| ? | Google rating (Bayesian-adjusted) Facebook shows 86% recommend from ~70 reviews; no reliable Google star figure. | 0/6 |
| ? | Google review volume | 0/3 |
| ? | Review recency | 0/3 |
| ? | Clinic responds to reviews | 0/2 |
| ? | No recurring complaints Some reviews cite prices higher than expected (e.g. cleaning/filling); not clearly systematic. [s2] | 0/2 |
| ? | No suspicious review patterns | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Active Facebook presence [s2] | 1/1 |
| ? | TripAdvisor presence | 0/0.5 |
| ✓ | Other review platforms Yelp, Instagram, TikTok, dental-tourism directories. [s2] | 0.5/0.5 |
Medical Infrastructure
The range of publicly documented equipment and services. This measures documented availability, not clinical quality.
| ✓ | On-site X-ray Dental X-ray listed. [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | CBCT (3D imaging) CBCT listed among services. [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Implantology [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Orthodontics Braces and clear aligners; Invisalign provider. [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Oral surgery Oral surgery, sinus lift, bone grafting. [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Pediatric dentistry [s1] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ? | Emergency care | 0/1.5 |
| ✓ | Works with international patients Serves balikbayans and dental tourists per directories. [s2] | 2/2 |
Communication & Service
How easy it is to contact the clinic, get answers, and book - especially for non-Thai speakers.
| ✗ | WhatsApp / LINE available [s1] | 0/2 |
| ? | Response speed | 0/1.5 |
| ✓ | English spoken [s1] | 2.5/2.5 |
| ? | Pre-visit consultation possible | 0/1.5 |
| ✓ | Clear service explanations [s1] | 1/1 |
| ✓ | Convenient opening hours Daily 10am-7pm. [s1] | 1.5/1.5 |
AI & Search Visibility
Whether the clinic is discoverable when patients search - including via AI assistants. Checked with fixed queries: "best dentist Manila", "English speaking dentist Manila", "dental implants Manila", "emergency dentist Manila", "Manila dental clinic for expats".
| ✓ | Mentioned for: best dentist Manila Named in 'best dentist Manila' results. [sq] | 1/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: English speaking dentist Manila [sq] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: dental implants Manila [sq] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: emergency dentist Manila [sq] | 0/1 |
| ✓ | Mentioned for: Manila dental clinic for expats Named in expat/dental-tourism results. [sq] | 1/1 |
| ? | Structured data on website | 0/1.5 |
| ✓ | Google indexing quality [sq] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Dedicated service pages [s1] | 1.5/1.5 |
Licensing & Credentials
Whether the clinic publishes its operating licence and the dentists working there together with their professional licence numbers. Missing items are penalised.
Clinic operating licence: not published on the clinic’s website — penalty applied
Dentists & professional licences
| Dentist | Specialization | Licence No. |
|---|---|---|
| Dr. Malony Santos [s1] | Implant dentistry (head dentist) | not published |
Dentists are named, but their professional licence numbers are not published — penalty applied.
Red Flags
- medium Clinic operating licence not published (-4 pts) — The clinic does not publish its operating licence or registration number (derived from data).
- medium Dentists / their licences not listed (-4 pts) — The clinic does not publish its dentists with their professional licence numbers (derived from data).
- low Opaque or bait pricing (-2 pts) — No prices published on the website; some reviews report higher-than-expected charges. [s1] [s2]
Red-flag penalty applied: -10 points (capped at -20).
Data We Could Not Verify
- Reputation & Reviews: Google rating (Bayesian-adjusted)
- Reputation & Reviews: Google review volume
- Reputation & Reviews: Review recency
- Reputation & Reviews: Clinic responds to reviews
- Reputation & Reviews: No recurring complaints
- Reputation & Reviews: No suspicious review patterns
- Reputation & Reviews: TripAdvisor presence
- Medical Infrastructure: Emergency care
- Communication & Service: Response speed
- Communication & Service: Pre-visit consultation possible
- AI & Search Visibility: Structured data on website
Unverified items score 0 points but are not treated as negative findings. If you can document any of them, please send a correction.
Contact Information
| Website | https://dentalworld.com.ph |
|---|---|
| Phone | +63-2-8556-0373 |
| https://www.facebook.com/DentalWorldManila/ | |
| Address | Unit WZ 222, 2nd Level, Wellness Zone, North Parking Bldg., Mall of Asia Complex, Pasay City; also QC (St. Luke's & SM North EDSA) and Makati (Centuria) |
Contact details are provided for identification only and may change; verify with the clinic directly.
Sources
| ID | Source | What it supports | Accessed |
|---|---|---|---|
| s1 | https://dentalworld.com.ph/ | Branches, contacts, dentist name, services incl. CBCT/X-ray, DOH/DOT/PDA claims, English site | 2026-07-12 |
| s2 | https://www.facebook.com/DentalWorldManila/ | Facebook ~86% recommend/70 reviews; mixed price feedback; dental-tourism clientele | 2026-07-12 |
| sq | search:best dentist Manila / Manila dental clinic for expats | AI/search visibility scout 2026-07-12 | 2026-07-12 |
Change History
| Date | Change |
|---|---|
| 2026-07-12 | Initial data collection. |
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