Gan Advanced Osseointegration Center (GAOC)
According to our open methodology, this clinic scored 51.9/100 for transparency, reputation, service accessibility, and digital visibility.
Overall rank: #4 of 12 ranked clinics · Last checked: 25 August 2026
Positions by Rating Profile
- Overall Transparency & Trust#451.9/100
- Best for Expats#546.8/100
- Best for Dental Implants#544.5/100
- Best for Emergency Dental Carenot ranked
- Best Price Transparency#435.1/100
- Best English-speaking Clinics#550.8/100
- 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 sedation/GA info found on homepage or FAQ (404) despite implant/osseointegration focus.
Summary
Implant-focused dental group established 2001, led by Dr. Steve Mark Gan, with branches in Makati (Greenbelt), Taguig (St. Luke's Global City) and Quezon City. Positions itself as a dental-tourism destination; English website with photos, no published prices.
Strengths
- Information Transparency: 20 of 20 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 Founder Dr. Steve Mark Gan named; fuller roster not extracted from homepage. [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 Greenbelt branch linked to Google Maps. [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) as of 2026-08-25 [gaoc-gan-advanced-osseointegration-center-refresh] | 6/6 |
| ◐ | Google review volume [gaoc-gan-advanced-osseointegration-center-refresh] | 2.5/3 |
| ◐ | Review recency [gaoc-gan-advanced-osseointegration-center-refresh] | 1.5/3 |
| ? | Clinic responds to reviews | 0/2 |
| ? | No recurring complaints A minority of reviews mention possible upselling/overdiagnosis; not clearly recurring. | 0/2 |
| ? | No suspicious review patterns | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Active Facebook presence [s1] | 1/1 |
| ? | TripAdvisor presence | 0/0.5 |
| ✓ | Other review platforms Own site links Facebook, Instagram, X and YouTube; SmileJet's specific rating/reviewer-upselling notes could not be reverified. [s1] | 0.5/0.5 |
Medical Infrastructure
The range of publicly documented equipment and services. This measures documented availability, not clinical quality.
| ? | On-site X-ray | 0/2 |
| ? | CBCT (3D imaging) | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Implantology [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Orthodontics [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Oral surgery Oral surgery and jaw reconstruction listed. [s1] | 2/2 |
| ? | Pediatric dentistry | 0/1.5 |
| ? | Emergency care | 0/1.5 |
| ✓ | Works with international patients [s1] | 2/2 |
Communication & Service
How easy it is to contact the clinic, get answers, and book - especially for 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 | 0/1.5 |
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 [sq] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: English speaking dentist Manila [sq] | 0/1 |
| ✓ | Mentioned for: dental implants Manila Surfaced prominently in implant/Makati searches. [sq] | 1/1 |
| ✗ | 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. 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
| Dentist | Specialization | Licence No. |
|---|---|---|
| Dr. Steve Mark Gan [s1] | Implant dentistry / oral surgery (founder) | not verified |
Dentists are named; their licence numbers have not been checked against public sources yet — unverified, no penalty.
Red Flags
- low Opaque or bait pricing (-2 pts) — No prices published on the website. [s1]
Red-flag penalty applied: -2 points (capped at -20).
Data We Could Not Verify
- Reputation & Reviews: Clinic responds to reviews
- Reputation & Reviews: No recurring complaints
- Reputation & Reviews: No suspicious review patterns
- Reputation & Reviews: TripAdvisor presence
- Medical Infrastructure: On-site X-ray
- Medical Infrastructure: CBCT (3D imaging)
- Medical Infrastructure: Pediatric dentistry
- Medical Infrastructure: Emergency care
- Communication & Service: Response speed
- Communication & Service: Pre-visit consultation possible
- Communication & Service: Convenient opening hours
- 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://www.gaocdental.com |
|---|---|
| Phone | +63-2-7940-9920 |
| https://www.facebook.com/gaocdental | |
| Google Maps | Map listing |
| Address | G/F The Residences at Greenbelt, Arnaiz Ave., Makati City (Greenbelt); also St. Luke's Global City (Taguig) and Robinsons Magnolia (Quezon City) |
Contact details are provided for identification only and may change; verify with the clinic directly.
Sources
| ID | Source | What it supports | Accessed |
|---|---|---|---|
| s1 | https://www.gaocdental.com/ | Dedicated 'Dental Tourism' section and 'International Consultants' on the leadership team, confirmed live 2026-08-26. | 2026-08-26 |
| sq | search:dental implants Manila / Manila dental clinic for expats | AI/search visibility scout 2026-07-12 | 2026-07-12 |
| gaoc-gan-advanced-osseointegration-center-refresh | https://www.google.com/maps/place/GAOC+The+Residences+at+Greenbelt+… | Google rating 4.8 (443 reviews) for GAOC Greenbelt as of 2026-08-25 | 2026-08-25 |
Change History
| Date | Change |
|---|---|
| 2026-08-26 | Link-rot cleanup 2026-08-26: smilejet.app/clinic/gan-advanced-osseointegration-center (s2) 404s. Re-cited onOtherPlatforms and worksWithForeigners to the clinic's own live site (gaocdental.com), which independently confirms both claims; pruned s2. reputation.recurringComplaints (value already null) needed no citation change. |
| 2026-08-26 | Link-rot cleanup 2026-08-26: pruning 1 dead source(s) confirmed unreachable in the fleet external-link sweep (checked 2026-08-26) and re-confirmed dead by direct recheck where applicable. s2 [https://smilejet.app/clinic/gan-advanced-osseointegration-center]: https://smilejet.app/clinic/gan-advanced-osseointegration-center (HTTP 404, rotten) |
| 2026-08-25 | Re-verification 2026-08-25: confirmed website live, address, phone, and open status; captured Google rating 4.8 (443 reviews) and place URL for the Greenbelt branch; no sedation/GA info found on site. |
| 2026-07-12 | Initial data collection. |
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