Smile More Dental Clinic
According to our open methodology, this clinic scored 45.6/100 for transparency, reputation, service accessibility, and digital visibility.
Overall rank: #10 of 12 ranked clinics · Last checked: 25 August 2026
Positions by Rating Profile
- Overall Transparency & Trust#1045.6/100
- Best for Expats#1040.8/100
- Best for Dental Implants#939/100
- Best for Emergency Dental Carenot ranked
- Best Price Transparency#831.6/100
- Best English-speaking Clinics#1044/100
- 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 site.
Summary
Ermita (Manila) multi-specialty clinic established 1997, led by Dr. Richard F. Liao, offering implants, Invisalign/orthodontics, veneers, root canal and general dentistry, with a track record of international patients. Clinic site could not be fetched directly; details drawn from search sources.
Homepage blocked from direct fetch; data below is from search-result snippets and directory listings.
Strengths
- Information Transparency: 16 of 20 points.
- 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
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 Lead dentist Dr. Richard F. Liao named. [s1] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Dentist specializations listed [s1] | 2/2 |
| ? | Real clinic photos | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Service list published [s1] | 3/3 |
| ? | Clear contact details Address confirmed; phone/email not verified from fetched source. | 0/2 |
| ✓ | 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 | 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
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 [smile-more-dental-clinic-refresh] | 6/6 |
| ◐ | Google review volume [smile-more-dental-clinic-refresh] | 2/3 |
| ✓ | Review recency [smile-more-dental-clinic-refresh] | 3/3 |
| ? | Clinic responds to reviews | 0/2 |
| ? | No recurring complaints | 0/2 |
| ? | No suspicious review patterns | 0/2 |
| ? | Active Facebook presence | 0/1 |
| ? | TripAdvisor presence | 0/0.5 |
| ✓ | Other review platforms [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 Invisalign and orthodontics. [s1] | 2/2 |
| ? | Oral surgery | 0/2 |
| ? | 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 | 0/2 |
| ? | Response speed | 0/1.5 |
| ✓ | English spoken [s1] | 2.5/2.5 |
| ? | Pre-visit consultation possible | 0/1.5 |
| ? | Clear service explanations | 0/1 |
| ? | 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 Named in 'best dentist Manila' results. [sq] | 1/1 |
| ✓ | Mentioned for: English speaking dentist Manila [sq] | 1/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: dental implants Manila [sq] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: emergency dentist Manila [sq] | 0/1 |
| ✓ | Mentioned for: Manila dental clinic for expats [sq] | 1/1 |
| ? | Structured data on website | 0/1.5 |
| ✓ | Google indexing quality [sq] | 2/2 |
| ? | 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
| Dentist | Specialization | Licence No. |
|---|---|---|
| Dr. Richard F. Liao [s1] | — | not verified |
Dentists are named; their licence numbers have not been checked against public sources yet — unverified, no penalty.
Red Flags
No red flags identified in the public sources we reviewed.
Data We Could Not Verify
- Information Transparency: Real clinic photos
- Information Transparency: Clear contact details
- 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
- Reputation & Reviews: Clinic responds to reviews
- Reputation & Reviews: No recurring complaints
- Reputation & Reviews: No suspicious review patterns
- Reputation & Reviews: Active Facebook presence
- Reputation & Reviews: TripAdvisor presence
- Medical Infrastructure: On-site X-ray
- Medical Infrastructure: CBCT (3D imaging)
- Medical Infrastructure: Oral surgery
- Medical Infrastructure: Pediatric dentistry
- Medical Infrastructure: Emergency care
- Communication & Service: WhatsApp / LINE available
- Communication & Service: Response speed
- Communication & Service: Pre-visit consultation possible
- Communication & Service: Clear service explanations
- Communication & Service: Convenient opening hours
- 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
| Website | https://www.smilemore.ph |
|---|---|
| Phone | +63 905 335 0118 |
| Google Maps | Map listing |
| Address | Unit 15-A (15th Floor), 8 Adriatico Condominium, Padre Faura St. corner Bocobo St., Ermita, Manila |
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.smilemore.ph/ | Own site states patients travel from Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, the US, Canada and Europe; dedicated dental-tourism section; Viber/WhatsApp contact for international patients. | 2026-08-26 |
| sq | search:best dentist Manila / English speaking dentist Manila | AI/search visibility scout 2026-07-12 | 2026-07-12 |
| smile-more-dental-clinic-refresh | https://www.google.com/maps/place/Smile+More+Dental+Clinic/@14.5778… | 161 Google reviews as of 2026-08-25 (up from 100) | 2026-08-25 |
Change History
| Date | Change |
|---|---|
| 2026-08-26 | Link-rot cleanup 2026-08-26: smilejet.app/clinic/smile-more-dental-clinic (s2) 404s. Re-cited both facts to the clinic's own live site (smilemore.ph), which independently confirms them in more detail than the original aggregator citation; pruned s2. |
| 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/smile-more-dental-clinic]: https://smilejet.app/clinic/smile-more-dental-clinic (HTTP 404, rotten) |
| 2026-08-25 | Re-verification 2026-08-25: confirmed website live, address, and open status; review count updated from 100 to 161 (rating unchanged at 4.9); captured phone +63 905 335 0118 (previously unset); no sedation/GA info found on site. |
| 2026-07-12 | Initial data collection. |
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