VERA Dental Clinic
According to our open methodology, this clinic scored 35.2/100 for transparency, reputation, service accessibility, and digital visibility.
Overall rank: #12 of 12 ranked clinics · Last checked: 12 July 2026
Positions by Rating Profile
- Overall Transparency & Trust#1235.2/100
- Best for Expats#1234.8/100
- Best for Dental Implantsnot ranked
- Best for Emergency Dental Carenot ranked
- Best Price Transparency#1224.7/100
- Best English-speaking Clinics#1239.7/100
- Best for Families / Children#633.7/100
- 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
Multi-branch chain (10 locations) including Alabang in Metro Manila plus Cavite/Laguna, offering general and pediatric dentistry, oral surgery, orthodontics and whitening, and accepting several HMOs. English website with photos; dentists not individually named and no published prices.
Most branches are in Cavite/Laguna; the Alabang branch is within Metro Manila (Muntinlupa).
Strengths
- Information Transparency: 17 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 [s1] | 0/3 |
| ✓ | Dentist specializations listed [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Real clinic photos [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Service list published [s1] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Clear contact details Per-branch phone numbers listed. [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.
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) Site claims a 98% patient rating and 100,000+ patients; no verified per-branch Google figure. | 0/6 |
| ? | Google review volume | 0/3 |
| ? | Review recency | 0/3 |
| ? | Clinic responds to reviews | 0/2 |
| ? | No recurring complaints | 0/2 |
| ? | No suspicious review patterns | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Active Facebook presence [s1] | 1/1 |
| ✗ | TripAdvisor presence No TripAdvisor listing found via its search for "VERA Dental Clinic Manila" and "VERA Dental" (2026-10-02); the clinic's site does not link to TripAdvisor. [vera-dental-clinic-presence] [vera-dental-clinic-presence-2] [vera-dental-clinic-presence-3] | 0/0.5 |
| ✗ | Other review platforms No clinic profile found on WhatClinic, Dental Departures, Bookimed or Trustpilot (checked 2026-10-01); directory pages that only reproduce its Google listing are not counted. [vera-dental-clinic-platforms] [vera-dental-clinic-platforms-2] [vera-dental-clinic-platforms-3] [vera-dental-clinic-platforms-4] | 0/0.5 |
Medical Infrastructure
The range of publicly documented equipment and services. This measures documented availability, not clinical quality.
Communication & Service
How easy it is to contact the clinic, get answers, and book - especially for international patients.
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 [sq] | 0/1 |
| ✓ | Mentioned for: emergency dentist Manila Surfaced in 'emergency dentist Manila' results. [sq] | 1/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: Manila dental clinic for expats [sq] | 0/1 |
| ✓ | Structured data on website JSON-LD on the homepage declares the type Organization (alongside BreadcrumbList, WebPage). [vera-dental-clinic-r6s3] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ◐ | Google indexing quality [sq] | 1/2 |
| ✓ | Dedicated service pages [s1] | 1.5/1.5 |
Ranking leaders in AI answers
The queries above are this index's own check. The three leading clinics have also been measured in full: how often ChatGPT and Gemini name them when a patient asks them to recommend a dentist.
- #1Tooth & Go Dental Clinic43.1 of 100View report →
- #2Smile More Dental Clinic20.1 of 100View report →
- #3Dental World Manila35 of 100View report →
Measured by Ansmeter, 8 October 2026. Ansmeter is an affiliated service. Its figure is not part of this rating and does not affect positions — scores change only when public data changes.
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
No published dentist roster is recorded for this clinic yet — unverified, no penalty.
Red Flags
- low No dentists identified anywhere (-2 pts) — Website does not name individual dentists. [s1]
Red-flag penalty applied: -2 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
- Medical Infrastructure: On-site X-ray
- Medical Infrastructure: CBCT (3D imaging)
- Medical Infrastructure: Implantology
- Medical Infrastructure: Emergency care
- Medical Infrastructure: Works with international patients
- Communication & Service: Response speed
- Communication & Service: Pre-visit consultation possible
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://veradentalclinic.com |
|---|---|
| Phone | +63-917-700-2383 |
| https://www.facebook.com/veradentalph | |
| Address | Alabang (Muntinlupa) branch within a 10-branch network across the Metro Manila southern corridor and Cavite/Laguna |
Contact details are provided for identification only and may change; verify with the clinic directly.
Sources
| ID | Source | What it supports | Accessed |
|---|---|---|---|
| s1 | https://veradentalclinic.com/ | Branches incl. Alabang, per-branch contacts, services, HMOs, English site, photos | 2026-07-12 |
| sq | search:emergency dentist Manila | AI/search visibility scout 2026-07-12 | 2026-07-12 |
| vera-dental-clinic-platforms | https://www.whatclinic.com/dentists/philippines | WhatClinic dentist listing for the Philippines, read page by page 2026-10-01 (362 clinic profiles on 28 pages), its profile sitemaps (394 Philippine profiles) and the likely profile addresses: no current profile for VERA Dental Clinic | 2026-10-01 |
| vera-dental-clinic-platforms-2 | https://www.dentaldepartures.com/dentists/philippines | Dental Departures clinic search for the Philippines, read 2026-10-01: 66 clinics listed, none of them VERA Dental Clinic | 2026-10-01 |
| vera-dental-clinic-platforms-3 | https://us-uk.bookimed.com/sitemap-us-uk-clinic.xml | Bookimed clinic sitemaps, read 2026-10-01: 2,127 clinics in 53 countries, none in the Philippines (its Philippines clinic page returns "410 — Page removed") | 2026-10-01 |
| vera-dental-clinic-platforms-4 | https://www.trustpilot.com/review/veradentalclinic.com | Trustpilot, read 2026-10-01: no company page for veradentalclinic.com | 2026-10-01 |
| vera-dental-clinic-presence | https://www.tripadvisor.com/TypeAheadJson?action=API&query=VERA%20D… | TripAdvisor's own type-ahead search for "VERA Dental Clinic Manila", read 2026-10-02: 12 results (destinations, attractions and businesses, hotels, restaurants), none of them this clinic | 2026-10-02 |
| vera-dental-clinic-presence-2 | https://www.tripadvisor.com/TypeAheadJson?action=API&query=VERA%20D… | TripAdvisor's own type-ahead search for "VERA Dental", read 2026-10-02: 12 results (destinations, attractions and businesses, hotels), none of them this clinic | 2026-10-02 |
| vera-dental-clinic-presence-3 | https://veradentalclinic.com/ | The clinic's own website, home page read 2026-10-02: links to its Facebook page, no link to TripAdvisor | 2026-10-02 |
| vera-dental-clinic-r6s3 | https://veradentalclinic.com | Homepage HTML read on 2026-10-02: JSON-LD types BreadcrumbList, Organization, WebPage, WebSite | 2026-10-02 |
Change History
| Date | Change |
|---|---|
| 2026-10-02 | Read the clinic's own website (homepage, robots.txt, sitemap and service pages) for site structure: business structured data present. |
| 2026-10-02 | Online presence checked 2026-10-02: no TripAdvisor listing found. |
| 2026-10-01 | Other review platforms re-checked on 2026-10-01: no profile on WhatClinic, Dental Departures, Bookimed or Trustpilot; "reviewed on other platforms" changed from yes to no. |
| 2026-09-07 | opaque_prices flag removed under methodology v1.4.0 (no evidence of bait/opacity; non-publication is scored by price criteria). |
| 2026-08-25 | Re-verification 2026-08-25: confirmed website live, with Alabang/Muntinlupa branch address (Sycamore Arcade) and phone (0917-700-2383) unchanged; no distinct Google Maps listing could be found for this specific branch despite multiple targeted searches (only sibling VERA branches in San Pedro, Santa Rosa, Imus, General Trias, Tanza appear individually on Maps) - no rating captured for this branch; no sedation/GA info found on site. |
| 2026-07-12 | Initial data collection. |
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