Valnella Odontologia
According to our open methodology, this clinic scored 39.4/100 for transparency, reputation, service accessibility, and digital visibility.
Overall rank: #12 of 12 ranked clinics · Last checked: 25 August 2026
Positions by Rating Profile
- Overall Transparency & Trust#1239.4/100
- Best for Expats#1138.5/100
- Best for Dental Implants#1036.5/100
- Best for Emergency Dental Carenot ranked
- Best Price Transparency#1224.4/100
- Best English-speaking Clinicsnot ranked
- 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 or general anaesthesia information found on clinic site or in search of it.
Summary
Dental clinic with units in Vila Mariana and Moema offering preventive care, cleaning, orthodontics, whitening, veneers, implants, oral surgery and dental radiology.
Site describes itself with superlative marketing language.
Strengths
No categories reached the strength threshold (80%).
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)
- AI & Search Visibility: 2.5 of 8.5 verifiable points (missing: mentioned for: best dentist são paulo; mentioned for: english speaking dentist são paulo; mentioned for: dental implants são paulo; mentioned for: emergency dentist são paulo; mentioned for: são paulo dental clinic for expats)
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 No individual dentist names/CROs shown on the reviewed page. [s1] | 0/3 |
| ✓ | Dentist specializations listed [s1] | 2/2 |
| ? | Real clinic photos | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Service list published [s1] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Clear contact details [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✗ | English website version [s1] | 0/2 |
| ✓ | 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) as of 2026-08-25 [valnella-odontologia-refresh] | 6/6 |
| ✓ | Google review volume [valnella-odontologia-refresh] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Review recency [valnella-odontologia-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 | 0/0.5 |
Medical Infrastructure
The range of publicly documented equipment and services. This measures documented availability, not clinical quality.
| ✓ | On-site X-ray Dental radiology (Radiologia Odontológica) offered. [s1] | 2/2 |
| ? | CBCT (3D imaging) | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Implantology [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Orthodontics Aligners/Invisalign. [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Oral surgery Wisdom tooth extraction. [s1] | 2/2 |
| ? | Pediatric dentistry | 0/1.5 |
| ? | Emergency care | 0/1.5 |
| ? | Works with international patients | 0/2 |
Communication & Service
How easy it is to contact the clinic, get answers, and book - especially for non-Thai speakers.
| ✓ | WhatsApp / LINE available [s1] | 2/2 |
| ? | Response speed | 0/1.5 |
| ? | English spoken | 0/2.5 |
| ✓ | Pre-visit consultation possible Evaluation appointment for personalized quote. [s1] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ✓ | 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 São Paulo", "English speaking dentist São Paulo", "dental implants São Paulo", "emergency dentist São Paulo", "São Paulo dental clinic for expats".
| ✗ | Mentioned for: best dentist São Paulo [sq1] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: English speaking dentist São Paulo [sq2] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: dental implants São Paulo [sq3] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: emergency dentist São Paulo [sq4] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: São Paulo dental clinic for expats [sq5] | 0/1 |
| ? | Structured data on website | 0/1.5 |
| ◐ | Google indexing quality [sq1] | 1/2 |
| ✓ | 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: CROSP-CL 20.602 (Clinic-level CROSP (CL) registration published on the site.) [s1]
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 publish individual dentist names or CRO numbers on the reviewed pages. [s1]
- low Opaque or bait pricing (-2 pts) — No prices or price ranges published (derived from data).
- low Aggressive marketing practices (-1 pts) — Self-describes as 'Melhor clínica Odontológica de São Paulo' (prominent dental clinic). [s1]
Red-flag penalty applied: -5 points (capped at -20).
Data We Could Not Verify
- Information Transparency: Real clinic photos
- 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
- Reputation & Reviews: Other review platforms
- Medical Infrastructure: CBCT (3D imaging)
- Medical Infrastructure: Pediatric dentistry
- Medical Infrastructure: Emergency care
- Medical Infrastructure: Works with international patients
- Communication & Service: Response speed
- Communication & Service: English spoken
- 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://valnellaodontologia.com.br/ |
|---|---|
| Phone | +55 11 2638-4113 |
| +55 11 91860-9099 | |
| Address | R. Afonso Celso, 1001, Vila Mariana, São Paulo - SP, 04119-060 |
Contact details are provided for identification only and may change; verify with the clinic directly.
Sources
| ID | Source | What it supports | Accessed |
|---|---|---|---|
| s1 | https://valnellaodontologia.com.br/ | Clinic name, Vila Mariana and Moema addresses, contacts, clinic CROSP-CL 20.602, services, radiology, self-reported 4.8/464 reviews. | 2026-07-12 |
| sq1 | search:best dentist São Paulo | AI/search visibility scout 2026-07-12 | 2026-07-12 |
| sq2 | search:English speaking dentist São Paulo | AI/search visibility scout 2026-07-12 | 2026-07-12 |
| sq3 | search:dental implants São Paulo | AI/search visibility scout 2026-07-12 | 2026-07-12 |
| sq4 | search:emergency dentist São Paulo | AI/search visibility scout 2026-07-12 | 2026-07-12 |
| sq5 | search:São Paulo dental clinic for expats | AI/search visibility scout 2026-07-12 | 2026-07-12 |
| valnella-odontologia-refresh | https://www.google.com/maps/place/Valnella+Odontologia/@-23.600353,… | most recent review shown as "3 months ago" on 2026-08-25 (~May 2026) | 2026-08-25 |
Change History
| Date | Change |
|---|---|
| 2026-08-25 | Re-verification 2026-08-25: confirmed website, address, phone, and rating (4.8) unchanged; Google review count increased from 464 to 514; recorded place coordinates and confirmed operating status (open). Note: the Google Maps listing at this address currently surfaces website drfelipegasques.com and phone +55 11 5084-6395, which differ from the clinic's own site/phone (valnellaodontologia.com.br, +55 11 2638-4113) that we independently fetched and confirmed live today — flagging for review, not applied as a correction. |
| 2026-07-12 | Initial data collection. |
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