Molar Clinic
According to our open methodology, this clinic scored 43.9/100 for transparency, reputation, service accessibility, and digital visibility.
Overall rank: #4 of 15 ranked clinics · Last checked: 25 August 2026
Positions by Rating Profile
- Overall Transparency & Trust#443.9/100
- Best for Expats#638.8/100
- Best for Dental Implants#538/100
- Best for Emergency Dental Carenot ranked
- Best Price Transparency#431.3/100
- Best English-speaking Clinicsnot ranked
- Best for Families / Children#344.3/100
- 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 anaesthesia/sedation info found on site (molar.pt)
Summary
Dental clinic on Estrada da Circunvalação, in front of São João Hospital in Porto. Specialises in orthodontics (Invisalign, Damon), implantology (titanium and zirconia), ceramic veneers, aesthetic dentistry, periodontology, oral surgery and pediatric dentistry. High directory rating (5.0 from ~382 reviews). Website Portuguese only; prices not published.
Strengths
- Information Transparency: 18 of 20 points.
- No red flags identified in public sources.
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.
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) as of 2026-08-25 [molar-clinic-refresh] | 6/6 |
| ◐ | Google review volume [molar-clinic-refresh] | 2.5/3 |
| ? | 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 | 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.
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 Porto", "English speaking dentist Porto", "dental implants Porto", "emergency dentist Porto", "Porto dental clinic for expats".
| ? | Mentioned for: best dentist Porto | 0/1 |
| ? | Mentioned for: English speaking dentist Porto | 0/1 |
| ? | Mentioned for: dental implants Porto | 0/1 |
| ? | Mentioned for: emergency dentist Porto | 0/1 |
| ? | Mentioned for: Porto dental clinic for expats | 0/1 |
| ? | Structured data on website | 0/1.5 |
| ? | Google indexing quality | 0/2 |
| ✓ | 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: Registo N.º 149601; Licença N.º 19493 (ERS - Clínicas ou consultórios dentários, Licenciada) (ERS open registry, searched 'Molar Clinic' — exact address match (Estrada da Circunvalação 7664, Porto) The clinic's own site footer (molar.pt, read 2026-08-25) publishes a different, older pair — "No Registo: E121555" and "Licença: 7903/2014" — which is kept here on the record; the value above is what the ERS establishment record for this address holds today. (Value, note and the ERS source copied from the twin card portugal-dental on 2026-09-10.)) [s1] [molar-clinic-lic]
Dentists & professional licences
No published dentist roster is recorded for this clinic yet — unverified, no penalty.
Red Flags
No red flags identified in the public sources we reviewed.
Data We Could Not Verify
- 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: On-site X-ray
- Medical Infrastructure: CBCT (3D imaging)
- Medical Infrastructure: Emergency care
- Medical Infrastructure: Works with international patients
- Communication & Service: Response speed
- Communication & Service: English spoken
- Communication & Service: Pre-visit consultation possible
- AI & Search Visibility: Mentioned for: best dentist Porto
- AI & Search Visibility: Mentioned for: English speaking dentist Porto
- AI & Search Visibility: Mentioned for: dental implants Porto
- AI & Search Visibility: Mentioned for: emergency dentist Porto
- AI & Search Visibility: Mentioned for: Porto dental clinic for expats
- AI & Search Visibility: Structured data on website
- AI & Search Visibility: Google indexing quality
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://molar.pt/ |
|---|---|
| Phone | +351 223 217 777 |
| https://www.facebook.com/www.molar.pt/ | |
| Google Maps | Map listing |
| Address | Estrada da Circunvalação 7664, 4200-162 Porto, Portugal |
Contact details are provided for identification only and may change; verify with the clinic directly.
Sources
| ID | Source | What it supports | Accessed |
|---|---|---|---|
| s1 | https://molar.pt/ | Footer shows 'No Registo: E121555' and 'Licenca: 7903/2014'. | 2026-08-25 |
| s2 | https://docdental.pt/clinicas-dentais/porto/ | 5.0 rating from ~382 reviews | 2026-07-14 |
| molar-clinic-refresh | https://www.google.com/maps/place/Molar+Clinic/@41.1832635,-8.60064… | Google rating 4.9 (430 reviews) as of 2026-08-25 (rating was 5, reviews was 382) | 2026-08-25 |
| molar-clinic-lic | https://www2.ers.pt/dmz/pesquisa/DetalheEstabelecimento.aspx?id=295848 | ERS record for MOLAR CLINIC (entity Sorrisos Selvagens MD, Lda): Registo N.º 149601, Licença N.º 19493 (Clínicas ou consultórios dentários), Estado Licenciada; Responsável Técnico João Mouzinho (Ordem dos Médicos Dentistas) — not a named doctor in our dataset | 2026-08-25 |
Change History
| Date | Change |
|---|---|
| 2026-09-10 | Twin parity 2026-09-10 (clinicLicense): this card published the pair the clinic prints in its own site footer (Registo E121555, Licença 7903/2014) while the twin card portugal-dental published the ERS establishment record for the same street address (Registo N.º 149601, Licença N.º 19493, tipologia "Clínicas ou consultórios dentários", Estado Licenciada, entity Sorrisos Selvagens MD, Lda). The two do not agree, and the register is the register: the cell now carries the ERS reading on both cards, with the footer pair kept in the note and this card's own reading of the footer still cited. |
| 2026-08-25 | License verification 2026-08-25: clinic license found self-published on molar.pt (Registo E121555 / Licenca 7903/2014). No named doctors on file for this clinic. |
| 2026-08-25 | Re-verification 2026-08-25: confirmed website, address and phone; Google rating updated to 4.9 (was 5) and review count increased to 430 (was 382); confirmed not permanently closed (currently on a planned Aug 15–31 vacation break, per both Maps and the clinic's own site); added geo coordinates. |
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