Changelog
Every data update, correction, and methodology change is logged here and in each clinic's own change history. The rating updates whenever the underlying public data changes.
| Date | Subject | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-16 | Methodology v1.4.2 | Clarified when dentist names count: a name published by the clinic counts when it lets a patient find the dentist in a professional register; a first name alone is not enough, nor is a first name with a patronymic where surnames are in use. Applied the same day to the clinics whose own channels name their dentists by first name only, which lose the points for dentist names. No other score changes. |
| 2026-10-07 | Methodology v1.4.1 | Added a limit on re-checks made at a clinic's request: the next request from the same clinic about its own page is taken up no sooner than one month after the last re-check made at its request, which is dated in the clinic's change history; requests sent earlier are not processed. Corrections reported by anyone else are handled as before. No score changes. |
| 2026-10-05 | Cape Dentists | Reputation check 2026-10-05 on the clinic's Google listing (5 reviews read): nothing settled; recurring complaints, owner replies to reviews left unassessed. |
| 2026-10-05 | Sea Point Prosthodontist (Dr Rustim Moosa) | Reputation check 2026-10-02 on the clinic's Google listing: it has no reviews, so recurring complaints, owner replies to reviews, suspicious review patterns stay unassessed. |
| 2026-10-05 | Smith and Van Lierop Dentistry | Read the clinic website (homepage): structured data found. |
| 2026-10-05 | The Cosmetic and Dental Emporium (Willowbridge, Durbanville) | Reputation check 2026-10-05 on the clinic's Google listing (19 reviews read): suspicious review patterns no; owner replies to reviews left unassessed. |
| 2026-10-05 | The Dental Practice at The Waterfront | Reputation check 2026-10-02 on the clinic's Google listing (9 reviews read): nothing settled; owner replies to reviews left unassessed. |
| 2026-10-02 | Blouberg Dental Clinic | Google indexing quality changed from partial to good after a name-and-city web search on 2026-10-02 (own site first listed at position 5 of 10). |
| 2026-10-02 | Blouberg Dental Clinic | Presence on review platforms checked 2026-10-02: no profile on Hellopeter, Yellosa, WhatClinic, Dental Departures, Bookimed or Trustpilot. |
| 2026-10-02 | Cape Dentists | Read the clinic website (homepage, sitemap and service pages): no separate service pages. |
| 2026-10-02 | Cape Dentists | Presence on review platforms checked 2026-10-02: no profile on Hellopeter, Yellosa, WhatClinic, Dental Departures, Bookimed or Trustpilot. |
| 2026-10-02 | DentalWize (Durbanville) | Google indexing quality changed from partial to good after a name-and-city web search on 2026-10-02 (own site first listed at position 4 of 9). |
| 2026-10-02 | Enamel Clinic | Read the clinic website (homepage, sitemap and service pages): structured data found. |
| 2026-10-02 | Enhance Dental Studio | Google indexing quality changed from partial to good after a name-and-city web search on 2026-10-02 (own site first listed at position 3 of 10). |
| 2026-10-02 | Enhance Dental Studio | Read the clinic website (homepage, sitemap and service pages): no structured data found; separate service pages found. |
| 2026-10-02 | Enhance Dental Studio | Presence on review platforms checked 2026-10-02: WhatClinic profile with patient feedback. |
| 2026-10-02 | JJS Dentistry (V&A Waterfront) | Google indexing quality changed from good to partial after a name-and-city web search on 2026-10-02 (own site first listed at position 6 of 10). |
| 2026-10-02 | JJS Dentistry (V&A Waterfront) | Presence on review platforms checked 2026-10-02: verified Yellosa page. |
| 2026-10-02 | OptiSmile Advanced Dentistry and Implant Centre | Google indexing quality changed from good to partial after a name-and-city web search on 2026-10-02 (own site not listed, though indexed). |
| 2026-10-02 | OptiSmile Advanced Dentistry and Implant Centre | Read the clinic website (homepage, sitemap and service pages): structured data found. |
| 2026-10-02 | Paradise Road Dental Practice | Google indexing quality changed from good to partial after a name-and-city web search on 2026-10-02 (own site first listed at position 5 of 9). |
| 2026-10-02 | Sea Point Prosthodontist (Dr Rustim Moosa) | Google indexing quality changed from partial to good after a name-and-city web search on 2026-10-02 (own site first listed at position 6 of 10). |
| 2026-10-02 | The Cosmetic & Dental Emporium (V&A Waterfront) | Google indexing quality changed from good to partial after a name-and-city web search on 2026-10-02 (own site first listed at position 4 of 9). |
| 2026-10-02 | The Cosmetic & Dental Emporium (V&A Waterfront) | Read the clinic website (homepage, sitemap and service pages): structured data found. |
| 2026-10-02 | The Cosmetic and Dental Emporium (Willowbridge, Durbanville) | Google indexing quality changed from good to partial after a name-and-city web search on 2026-10-02 (own site first listed at position 5 of 9). |
| 2026-10-02 | The Dental Practice at The Waterfront | Google indexing quality changed from good to partial after a name-and-city web search on 2026-10-02 (own site first listed at position 4 of 9). |
| 2026-10-01 | Cape Town Dental Studio (Dr Beilinsohn) | Other review platforms re-checked on 2026-10-01: WhatClinic profile "Cape Town/ Sea-Point Dental Studio" at the practice's address with 3 reviews (4.6); the datum previously rested only on the clinic's own site. |
| 2026-10-01 | Claremont Dental Studio | Other review platforms re-checked on 2026-10-01: no clinic profile on WhatClinic, Hellopeter or Trustpilot, and Dental Departures does not cover South Africa, so onOtherPlatforms is now false; the datum previously rested only on the clinic's own site. |
| 2026-10-01 | DentalWize (Durbanville) | Other review platforms re-checked on 2026-10-01: only a group-wide Hellopeter page without a branch address, no WhatClinic or Trustpilot profile, so onOtherPlatforms is now unknown; the datum previously rested only on the group's own site. |
| 2026-10-01 | Enamel Clinic | Other review platforms re-checked on 2026-10-01: no clinic profile on WhatClinic, Hellopeter or Trustpilot, and Dental Departures does not cover South Africa, so onOtherPlatforms is now false; the datum previously rested only on the clinic's own site. |
| 2026-10-01 | Molteno Dental Practice | Other review platforms re-checked on 2026-10-01: no clinic profile on WhatClinic, Hellopeter or Trustpilot, and Dental Departures does not cover South Africa, so onOtherPlatforms is now false; the datum previously rested only on the clinic's own site. |
| 2026-10-01 | OptiSmile Advanced Dentistry and Implant Centre | Other review platforms re-checked on 2026-10-01: WhatClinic profile with 4 reviews (4.9); the datum previously rested only on the clinic's own site. |
| 2026-10-01 | Paradise Road Dental Practice | Other review platforms re-checked on 2026-10-01: WhatClinic profile with 11 reviews (5.0); the datum previously rested only on the clinic's own site. |
| 2026-10-01 | Sea Point Prosthodontist (Dr Rustim Moosa) | Checked WhatClinic, Hellopeter, Trustpilot and Dental Departures on 2026-10-01: no profile of the practice on any of them, so presence on other review platforms is recorded as absent. |
| 2026-10-01 | Smith and Van Lierop Dentistry | Other review platforms re-checked on 2026-10-01: no clinic profile on WhatClinic, Hellopeter or Trustpilot, and Dental Departures does not cover South Africa, so onOtherPlatforms is now false; the datum previously rested only on the clinic's own site. |
| 2026-10-01 | The Cosmetic & Dental Emporium (V&A Waterfront) | Other review platforms re-checked on 2026-10-01: no clinic profile on WhatClinic, Hellopeter or Trustpilot, and Dental Departures does not cover South Africa, so onOtherPlatforms is now false; the datum previously rested only on the clinic's own site. |
| 2026-10-01 | The Cosmetic and Dental Emporium (Willowbridge, Durbanville) | Other review platforms re-checked on 2026-10-01: no clinic profile on WhatClinic, Hellopeter or Trustpilot, and Dental Departures does not cover South Africa, so onOtherPlatforms is now false; the datum previously rested only on the clinic's own site. |
| 2026-10-01 | The Dental Practice at The Waterfront | Other review platforms re-checked on 2026-10-01: no clinic profile on WhatClinic, Hellopeter or Trustpilot, and Dental Departures does not cover South Africa, so onOtherPlatforms is now false; the datum previously rested only on the clinic's own site. |
| 2026-09-30 | Cape Dentists | Searched Facebook for the clinic by its name with the suburb, by its name with the country and by its phone number; none of the searches found a page of the clinic, and its website links none. Recorded absence from Facebook. |
| 2026-09-30 | Enhance Dental Studio | Searched Facebook for the clinic by its name with the city and by its name alone; none of the searches found a page of the clinic, and its website links none. Recorded absence from Facebook. |
| 2026-09-29 | Blouberg Dental Clinic | Searched Facebook on 2026-09-29 and found the clinic's page with a matching address. |
| 2026-09-29 | Claremont Dental Studio | Searched Facebook on 2026-09-29 and found the clinic's page with a matching address and dentist name. |
| 2026-09-29 | Paradise Road Dental Practice | Checked TripAdvisor's own search and re-read the clinic's website: no TripAdvisor listing and no TripAdvisor link on the site. |
| 2026-09-24 | Blouberg Dental Clinic | Re-read on 2026-09-24: the clinic's website (team, services, exam, cleaning, whitening, restorative, implant and contact pages) and its Google listing (newest and lowest review sorts). Corrected: dentist names and specializations are published on a dedicated team page (three named dentists with qualifications). Recorded: standing prices for a standard clean (R940), a whitening clean (R1870), tray whitening (R3000) and whitening strips (R930), 2026 fees, alongside whitening specials; no prices for fillings, crowns or implants; digital X-rays; genuine dentist photos; in-house oral surgery (two dentists titled Dental Surgeon); no orthodontics; no WhatsApp contact; no weekend hours; LocalBusiness/Organization structured data present; owner replies to all reviews read; two low-rated reviews about quotations sent late; no signs of manipulated reviews. Still unverified: CBCT equipment, work with international patients, TripAdvisor and other-platform presence. |
| 2026-09-24 | Blouberg Dental Clinic | Search visibility checked on 2026-09-24 for the five pending Cape Town queries — "best dentist Cape Town", "English speaking dentist Cape Town", "dental implants Cape Town", "emergency dentist Cape Town" and "Cape Town dental clinic for expats": not present for "best dentist Cape Town", "English speaking dentist Cape Town", "dental implants Cape Town", "emergency dentist Cape Town" and "Cape Town dental clinic for expats". |
| 2026-09-24 | Cape Dentists | Re-read on 2026-09-24: the clinic's website (all six pages in its sitemap) and its Google listing (newest and lowest review sorts). Recorded: digital X-rays and an intra-oral camera; extractions and dental implants among its treatments; a dentist with a stated interest in oral surgery; emergencies attended to; Organization structured data; Google rating 4.1 from 14 reviews; no signs of manipulated reviews. Corrected: review recency updated to "older" (newest review dated 2025-09-22). Still unverified: CBCT equipment, orthodontics, online booking (the "Book Online" link leads to a booking-platform page that no longer exists), work with international patients, TripAdvisor and Facebook presence, and whether the low-rated reviews reflect a recurring problem (two of the three describe one missed appointment). |
| 2026-09-24 | Cape Dentists | Search visibility checked on 2026-09-24 for the five pending Cape Town queries — "best dentist Cape Town", "English speaking dentist Cape Town", "dental implants Cape Town", "emergency dentist Cape Town" and "Cape Town dental clinic for expats": not present for "best dentist Cape Town", "English speaking dentist Cape Town", "dental implants Cape Town", "emergency dentist Cape Town" and "Cape Town dental clinic for expats". |
| 2026-09-24 | Cape Town Dental Studio (Dr Beilinsohn) | Re-read on 2026-09-24: the clinic's full website (team, services, general dentistry, cosmetic dentistry, contact pages) and its Google listing (newest and lowest review sorts). Recorded: dentists' specialisations documented; a genuine treatment-room photo; digital X-rays, implants, orthodontics (Invisalign) and oral surgery offered in-house; no paediatric dentistry; an online appointment form with time-slot selection; regular hours limited to weekdays, weekends by emergency only; no structured data on the site; owner replies to reviews found; recurring complaints about unnecessary treatment and billing identified in low-rated reviews; no signs of manipulated reviews. Still unverified: CBCT/3D imaging equipment, TripAdvisor presence. |
| 2026-09-24 | Cape Town Dental Studio (Dr Beilinsohn) | Search visibility checked on 2026-09-24 for the five pending Cape Town queries — "best dentist Cape Town", "English speaking dentist Cape Town", "dental implants Cape Town", "emergency dentist Cape Town" and "Cape Town dental clinic for expats": present for "English speaking dentist Cape Town" and "emergency dentist Cape Town"; not present for "best dentist Cape Town", "dental implants Cape Town" and "Cape Town dental clinic for expats". |
| 2026-09-24 | Claremont Dental Studio | Re-read on 2026-09-24: the clinic's website (services, contact, gallery, why-choose-us, visit-guide and team pages) and its Google listing (newest and lowest review sorts). Recorded: genuine photos of the paediatric treatment theatre; digital X-rays; owner replies to all reviews read; recurring complaints about post-treatment pain identified in two low-rated reviews; no signs of manipulated reviews; extractions documented as surgery; no implants offered; Saturday morning hours; contact is by call/email/WhatsApp only, no online booking form; structured data present but not a business-entity type; services described on one general page rather than dedicated pages per service. Still unverified: CBCT equipment, emergency care, orthodontics (an orthodontist is named in the multidisciplinary team but no orthodontic service is listed), work with international patients, TripAdvisor and Facebook presence. |
| 2026-09-24 | Claremont Dental Studio | Search visibility checked on 2026-09-24 for the five pending Cape Town queries — "best dentist Cape Town", "English speaking dentist Cape Town", "dental implants Cape Town", "emergency dentist Cape Town" and "Cape Town dental clinic for expats": not present for "best dentist Cape Town", "English speaking dentist Cape Town", "dental implants Cape Town", "emergency dentist Cape Town" and "Cape Town dental clinic for expats". |
| 2026-09-24 | DentalWize (Durbanville) | Re-read on 2026-09-24: the clinic's website (services, Durbanville branch and contact pages) and its Google listing (newest and lowest review sorts). Recorded: a genuine photo of the branch's own building; in-house oral surgery (extractions, wisdom-tooth impactions) but no orthodontics; "Book at Durbanville" is a phone link, not online scheduling; hours extend to 21h00 on weekdays with Saturday availability; owner replies to reviews; recurring complaints about anxious patients feeling dismissed and slow follow-up communication; no signs of manipulated reviews despite a sizeable share of low ratings. Still unverified: X-ray/CBCT equipment, a map alongside the published address, work with international patients, TripAdvisor presence. |
| 2026-09-24 | DentalWize (Durbanville) | Search visibility checked on 2026-09-24 for the five pending Cape Town queries — "best dentist Cape Town", "English speaking dentist Cape Town", "dental implants Cape Town", "emergency dentist Cape Town" and "Cape Town dental clinic for expats": not present for "best dentist Cape Town", "English speaking dentist Cape Town", "dental implants Cape Town", "emergency dentist Cape Town" and "Cape Town dental clinic for expats". |
| 2026-09-24 | Enhance Dental Studio | Re-read on 2026-09-24: the clinic's Google listing (newest and lowest review sorts, photos) and the opening hours on its home page; the rest of the website did not load on 2026-09-24. Recorded: genuine photos of the signed building and reception on the listing; the Google listing is unclaimed, so owner replies are not possible; recurring complaints about being charged for services not provided or needed, across 2019 and 2025 reviews; no signs of manipulated reviews; opening hours limited to weekdays. Still unverified: most website-dependent criteria, pending the site loading again. |
| 2026-09-24 | Enhance Dental Studio | Search visibility checked on 2026-09-24 for the five pending Cape Town queries — "best dentist Cape Town", "English speaking dentist Cape Town", "dental implants Cape Town", "emergency dentist Cape Town" and "Cape Town dental clinic for expats": not present for "best dentist Cape Town", "English speaking dentist Cape Town", "dental implants Cape Town", "emergency dentist Cape Town" and "Cape Town dental clinic for expats". |
| 2026-09-24 | JJS Dentistry (V&A Waterfront) | Re-read on 2026-09-24: the clinic's full website (treatments, general dentistry, implants, international patients, contact and about pages) and its Google listing (newest and lowest review sorts). Recorded: a genuine team photo; X-rays and CBCT both used, the latter for implant planning; in-house implant surgery; no paediatric dentistry; a dedicated page for international and dental-tourism patients; owner replies to reviews; no recurring complaints and no signs of manipulated reviews across a large review base; no weekend hours. Still unverified: other review-platform presence, TripAdvisor, and whether the quote-request form leads to a pre-visit estimate. |
| 2026-09-24 | JJS Dentistry (V&A Waterfront) | Search visibility checked on 2026-09-24 for the five pending Cape Town queries — "best dentist Cape Town", "English speaking dentist Cape Town", "dental implants Cape Town", "emergency dentist Cape Town" and "Cape Town dental clinic for expats": present for "best dentist Cape Town", "English speaking dentist Cape Town" and "dental implants Cape Town"; not present for "emergency dentist Cape Town" and "Cape Town dental clinic for expats". |
| 2026-09-24 | Molteno Dental Practice | Re-read on 2026-09-24: the clinic's website (contact, technology, implant, emergency and dental-tourism pages) and its Google listing (newest, lowest and default review sorts). Recorded: digital X-ray equipment documented; a dedicated page inviting international dental-tourism patients; no WhatsApp/LINE contact; the booking form takes a message only, no service or time selection; opening hours limited to weekdays 9am-5pm; Organization structured data present; recurring complaints about high or unexpected charges in the lowest-rated reviews; no signs of manipulated reviews. Corrected: review recency updated to the most recent review (2026-08-31). Still unverified: CBCT/3D imaging equipment, TripAdvisor presence. |
| 2026-09-24 | Molteno Dental Practice | Search visibility checked on 2026-09-24 for the five pending Cape Town queries — "best dentist Cape Town", "English speaking dentist Cape Town", "dental implants Cape Town", "emergency dentist Cape Town" and "Cape Town dental clinic for expats": present for "dental implants Cape Town" and "emergency dentist Cape Town"; not present for "best dentist Cape Town", "English speaking dentist Cape Town" and "Cape Town dental clinic for expats". |
| 2026-09-24 | Sea Point Prosthodontist (Dr Rustim Moosa) | Re-read on 2026-09-24: the clinic's full website (44 sitemap pages, 40 read) and its Google listing. Recorded: a genuine photo of the dentist and clinical case photos; Organization/Person structured data present; no orthodontics, paediatric or emergency care in the service list; no WhatsApp contact; booking forms take a free-text message only, no service or time selection. The Google Business listing is claimed but has no reviews yet. Still unverified: CBCT equipment, whether implant surgery is performed in-house or referred, work with international patients, opening hours, TripAdvisor and other-platform presence. |
| 2026-09-24 | Sea Point Prosthodontist (Dr Rustim Moosa) | Search visibility checked on 2026-09-24 for the five pending Cape Town queries — "best dentist Cape Town", "English speaking dentist Cape Town", "dental implants Cape Town", "emergency dentist Cape Town" and "Cape Town dental clinic for expats": not present for "best dentist Cape Town", "English speaking dentist Cape Town", "dental implants Cape Town", "emergency dentist Cape Town" and "Cape Town dental clinic for expats". |
| 2026-09-24 | The Cosmetic and Dental Emporium (Willowbridge, Durbanville) | Re-read on 2026-09-24: the clinic's full website (services, general dentistry, implants, Saturday opening, booking and about pages, found via the WordPress sitemap) and its Google listing (newest and lowest review sorts). Recorded: a genuine photo of the dentist with imaging equipment; X-rays used for implant planning; extractions and in-house implant placement surgery; Saturday opening for dental emergencies; paediatric and emergency dentistry listed as categories on the claimed Google profile; a WhatsApp chat button; an online booking form with date, time-of-day and treatment selection; Dentist/Organization structured data present; no recurring complaints. Still unverified: CBCT equipment, work with international patients, owner replies, TripAdvisor presence, and whether the review pattern (mostly single-review accounts) reflects normal behaviour. |
| 2026-09-24 | The Cosmetic and Dental Emporium (Willowbridge, Durbanville) | Search visibility checked on 2026-09-24 for the five pending Cape Town queries — "best dentist Cape Town", "English speaking dentist Cape Town", "dental implants Cape Town", "emergency dentist Cape Town" and "Cape Town dental clinic for expats": not present for "best dentist Cape Town", "English speaking dentist Cape Town", "dental implants Cape Town", "emergency dentist Cape Town" and "Cape Town dental clinic for expats". |
| 2026-09-24 | The Dental Practice at The Waterfront | Re-read on 2026-09-24: the clinic's single-page website in full and its Google listing (newest and lowest review sorts). Recorded: a genuine waiting-room photo of the premises; a WhatsApp contact link; Google rating 5.0 from 11 reviews, newest dated 2026-08-09; no recurring complaints or signs of manipulated reviews; no paediatric care and no CBCT equipment; opening hours limited to weekdays 9am-5pm; contact form only, no online booking; no structured data on the site. Still unverified: owner replies to reviews, emergency care (reviews describe emergency visits, the site does not list the service), work with international patients, TripAdvisor presence. |
| 2026-09-24 | The Dental Practice at The Waterfront | Search visibility checked on 2026-09-24 for the five pending Cape Town queries — "best dentist Cape Town", "English speaking dentist Cape Town", "dental implants Cape Town", "emergency dentist Cape Town" and "Cape Town dental clinic for expats": not present for "best dentist Cape Town", "English speaking dentist Cape Town", "dental implants Cape Town", "emergency dentist Cape Town" and "Cape Town dental clinic for expats". |
| 2026-09-17 | Paradise Road Dental Practice | Re-read on 2026-09-17: the clinic's website (services, about and contact pages) and its Google listing. Recorded: a genuine treatment-room photo on the About page, digital X-ray and 3D CBCT imaging, orthodontic (Myobrace) and children's dentistry services, a WhatsApp contact for quotes and documents, an online contact form for pre-visit inquiries, and Dentist/Organization structured data on the site. Still unverified: TripAdvisor presence (the platform could not be reached) and documented work with international patients. |
| 2026-09-17 | Paradise Road Dental Practice | Search visibility checked on 2026-09-17 for the standard Cape Town queries: present for "English speaking dentist Cape Town"; not present for "best dentist Cape Town", "dental implants Cape Town", "emergency dentist Cape Town" and "Cape Town dental clinic for expats". |
| 2026-09-07 | Enamel Clinic | Reputation block measured live on 2026-09-07, which opened this clinic’s Google Maps place page in a real browser. The manual browser check could not reach these ten cards: they enter the country directory southafrica-dental as twins of this city site, carry no entry in data/research/*.json, and import-research.js therefore left them untouched, so their respondsToReviews, recurringComplaints and suspiciousReviewPatterns had never been assessed at all. Written now: googleRating 4.9 → 4.9; googleReviewCount 460 → 461 (histogram 452/3/0/0/6 = 461, weighted mean 4.941); reviewRecency within_3_months (unchanged, re-proved); respondsToReviews null → true; recurringComplaints null → false; suspiciousReviewPatterns null → false. The histogram sums to the place-page header count exactly and its weighted mean reproduces the published rating to one decimal. Fields this pass did not measure are untouched. The country twin on southafrica-dental was re-synchronised from this card in the same step; the two copies are identical except for the twin’s city key. |
| 2026-09-07 | Methodology v1.4.0 | Narrowed the "Opaque or bait pricing" red flag to what its published definition describes. Until now the flag was applied automatically to every clinic that does not publish a price list — a harsher statement than the evidence supports, since the catalogue defines the flag as complaints about final bills materially exceeding quoted prices, or advertised prices that are not honoured. Not publishing prices is already scored: it costs the clinic points in the price transparency category, and it is not, on its own, evidence of bait pricing. The automatic rule is removed, so the flag and its 2-point penalty come off about 1,300 clinic pages across the index; no clinic gains a flag, and no weight, severity or other scoring rule changed. The flag can still be recorded against a clinic by hand with cited sources, and about 210 clinics carry such an entry today; we are reviewing those entries in a follow-up pass, because some of them were also written for nothing more than an unpublished price list. |
| 2026-09-07 | OptiSmile Advanced Dentistry and Implant Centre | Reputation block measured live on 2026-09-07, which opened this clinic’s Google Maps place page in a real browser. The manual browser check could not reach these ten cards: they enter the country directory southafrica-dental as twins of this city site, carry no entry in data/research/*.json, and import-research.js therefore left them untouched, so their respondsToReviews, recurringComplaints and suspiciousReviewPatterns had never been assessed at all. Written now: googleRating 4.9 → 4.9; googleReviewCount 492 → 493 (histogram 481/4/1/1/6 = 493, weighted mean 4.933); reviewRecency within_3_months (unchanged, re-proved); respondsToReviews null → true; recurringComplaints null → false; suspiciousReviewPatterns null → false. The histogram sums to the place-page header count exactly and its weighted mean reproduces the published rating to one decimal. Fields this pass did not measure are untouched. The country twin on southafrica-dental was re-synchronised from this card in the same step; the two copies are identical except for the twin’s city key. |
| 2026-09-07 | Paradise Road Dental Practice | Reputation block measured live on 2026-09-07, which opened this clinic’s Google Maps place page in a real browser. The manual browser check could not reach these ten cards: they enter the country directory southafrica-dental as twins of this city site, carry no entry in data/research/*.json, and import-research.js therefore left them untouched, so their respondsToReviews, recurringComplaints and suspiciousReviewPatterns had never been assessed at all. Written now: googleRating 4.9 → 4.9; googleReviewCount 373 → 382 (histogram 362/5/4/2/9 = 382, weighted mean 4.856); reviewRecency within_3_months (unchanged, re-proved); respondsToReviews null → true; recurringComplaints null → false; suspiciousReviewPatterns null → false. The histogram sums to the place-page header count exactly and its weighted mean reproduces the published rating to one decimal. Fields this pass did not measure are untouched. The country twin on southafrica-dental was re-synchronised from this card in the same step; the two copies are identical except for the twin’s city key. |
| 2026-09-07 | Smith and Van Lierop Dentistry | Reputation block measured live on 2026-09-07, which opened this clinic’s Google Maps place page in a real browser. The manual browser check could not reach these ten cards: they enter the country directory southafrica-dental as twins of this city site, carry no entry in data/research/*.json, and import-research.js therefore left them untouched, so their respondsToReviews, recurringComplaints and suspiciousReviewPatterns had never been assessed at all. Written now: googleRating 4.9 → 4.9; googleReviewCount 413 → 416 (histogram 396/9/2/3/6 = 416, weighted mean 4.889); reviewRecency within_3_months (unchanged, re-proved); respondsToReviews null → true; recurringComplaints null → false; suspiciousReviewPatterns null → false. The histogram sums to the place-page header count exactly and its weighted mean reproduces the published rating to one decimal. Fields this pass did not measure are untouched. The country twin on southafrica-dental was re-synchronised from this card in the same step; the two copies are identical except for the twin’s city key. |
| 2026-09-07 | The Cosmetic & Dental Emporium (V&A Waterfront) | Reputation block measured live on 2026-09-07, which opened this clinic’s Google Maps place page in a real browser. The manual browser check could not reach these ten cards: they enter the country directory southafrica-dental as twins of this city site, carry no entry in data/research/*.json, and import-research.js therefore left them untouched, so their respondsToReviews, recurringComplaints and suspiciousReviewPatterns had never been assessed at all. Written now: googleRating 4.9 → 4.9; googleReviewCount 418 → 416 (histogram 405/2/0/3/6 = 416, weighted mean 4.916); reviewRecency within_3_months (unchanged, re-proved); respondsToReviews null → true; recurringComplaints null → false; suspiciousReviewPatterns null → false. The histogram sums to the place-page header count exactly and its weighted mean reproduces the published rating to one decimal. Fields this pass did not measure are untouched. The country twin on southafrica-dental was re-synchronised from this card in the same step; the two copies are identical except for the twin’s city key. |
| 2026-09-06 | Paradise Road Dental Practice | Owner decision: reputation.recurringComplaints has been set from true to null. Its only support was source s2, a WhatClinic aggregator listing, carrying no note and no quoted complaint; the clinic's own Google review base (4.9 from 373, most recent review one month old) was never read for a repeating theme. It was the only recurringComplaints: true in the country, and rules treat an aggregator listing as an unfit basis for a negative claim about a named clinic. The field now reads "not assessed" rather than "complaints found"; the Google rating, review count and recency are unchanged. |
| 2026-09-03 | Methodology v1.3.1 | Clarified that the publication criteria refer to the clinic’s own channels: a service list, the names of the dentists and a price list count when the clinic itself publishes them (its website, its social profiles or its own Google Business profile) — registers, directories and review sites do not, and a time-limited promotional offer is not a price list. Added a third state for a dentist’s licence, "checked, not found in the public register": a dentist we searched for in the national register and did not find is now recorded as checked-but-unverified with the date of the check, instead of being shown either as "not checked yet" or as the "not published" red flag. Neither change alters any weight or penalty; the red-flag rule still fires only on a verified negative. Also corrected the wording of the penalty note under the ranking table, which rendered as "20−" in right-to-left dictionaries. |
| 2026-08-26 | Paradise Road Dental Practice | Link-rot cleanup 2026-08-26: pruning 1 dead source(s) confirmed unreachable in an external-link check (checked 2026-08-26) and re-confirmed dead by direct recheck where applicable. s1 [https://paradisedental.co.za/emergency-dentist-cape-town/]: https://paradisedental.co.za/emergency-dentist-cape-town/ (HTTP 404, rotten) |
| 2026-08-26 | Paradise Road Dental Practice | Link-rot cleanup round 2 (2026-08-26): s1's stored path (/emergency-dentist-cape-town/) still 404s; the domain root (https://paradisedental.co.za/) is live and re-confirmed to support the same facts (services, contacts, address, 24/7 emergency, no published prices), so all s1-only criteria were re-cited against the root. recurringComplaints was re-cited to s2 (WhatClinic, which explicitly documents 'billing complaints' — a better match than s1 ever was) instead. s1 is no longer cited by any criterion but remains referenced inside licensing.doctors (union-only, not removable via this importer), so it is not pruned this round. |
| 2026-08-25 | Blouberg Dental Clinic | Re-verification 2026-08-25: confirmed website live, address and phone unchanged, open status; captured first Google rating 4.6 (44 reviews). Note: Google lists the suburb as 'Table View' rather than 'Bloubergstrand' for the same street address - not treated as a correction. |
| 2026-08-25 | Cape Dentists | Re-verification 2026-08-25: confirmed website live, address and phone unchanged, open status; captured first Google rating 4.2 (15 reviews). |
| 2026-08-25 | Cape Dentists | License verification 2026-08-25 against HPCSA iRegister: could not confirm a specific match for 'Dr Ahmad' - the clinic site publishes only the surname, which is common enough among registered dentists that no single match can be confidently attributed without a first name. |
| 2026-08-25 | Cape Town Dental Studio (Dr Beilinsohn) | Re-verification 2026-08-25: confirmed website live, address and phone unchanged, open status; captured first Google rating 4.9 (813 reviews). |
| 2026-08-25 | Cape Town Dental Studio (Dr Beilinsohn) | License verification 2026-08-25 against HPCSA iRegister: found active registration for Dr Barry Beilinsohn (DP 0049395), with a Sea Point 8001 address matching the practice. |
| 2026-08-25 | Claremont Dental Studio | Re-verification 2026-08-25: confirmed website live, address and phone unchanged, open status; captured first Google rating 4.2 (88 reviews). Sedation research: site explicitly describes General Anaesthesia as hospital-setting treatment where the patient doesn't see or feel it. |
| 2026-08-25 | Claremont Dental Studio | Recorded sedation / general anaesthesia availability (informational): documented as available. Site explicitly describes General Anaesthesia as 'treatment in a hospital setting where a patient doesn't see or feel the treatment'. |
| 2026-08-25 | Claremont Dental Studio | License verification 2026-08-25 against HPCSA iRegister: found active registrations for all 3 listed dentists (Ahmad DP0078115, Sedick DP0110736, Bruintjies DP0123609). |
| 2026-08-25 | DentalWize (Durbanville) | Re-verification 2026-08-25: confirmed website live, phone unchanged, open status; resolved the previously vague 'Durbanville, Cape Town; multiple branches' address to the Durbanville branch's street address, 40 Wellington Rd, Durbanville, 7550, via Google Maps. Captured first Google rating 4.1 (229 reviews). |
| 2026-08-25 | DentalWize (Durbanville) | License verification 2026-08-25 against HPCSA iRegister: found active registrations for Dr Wilkinson (Caroline Wilkinson, DP 0101419 - the only Wilkinson on the dentist register) and Dr Safodien (Tamiya Safodien, DP 0126624 - the only Safodien on the register, listed under title 'Miss'); Dr Loraine Louw not confidently isolated among 46 'Louw' dentist registrations. |
| 2026-08-25 | Enamel Clinic | Re-verification 2026-08-25: confirmed website live, address and phone unchanged, open status; captured first Google rating 4.9 (460 reviews) - previously unset. |
| 2026-08-25 | Enamel Clinic | License verification 2026-08-25 against HPCSA iRegister: found active registrations for all 5 listed dentists (Bowes DP0035971, Gluckman DP0053910, Engelbrecht DP0089095, Huson DP0102113, Wolfaardt DP0060100 - Wolfaardt's registry city is Johannesburg, differing from the Cape Town practice address). |
| 2026-08-25 | Enhance Dental Studio | Re-verification 2026-08-25: confirmed website live and open status; resolved the previously vague 'Upper Claremont' address to 43 Protea Rd, Claremont, 7708 and captured the previously-missing phone number +27 21 683 1863, both via Google Maps. Captured first Google rating 3.7 (28 reviews). Sedation research: site's IV Sedation page states 'many patients do sleep through their dental appointment' and 'few patients have any memory of their treatment'. |
| 2026-08-25 | Enhance Dental Studio | Recorded sedation / general anaesthesia availability (informational): documented as available. IV Sedation described: 'many patients do sleep through their dental appointment', 'Few patients have any memory of their treatment' (twilight-type). |
| 2026-08-25 | Enhance Dental Studio | License verification 2026-08-25 against HPCSA iRegister: found active registration for the only 'Everson' on the dentist register (Aubrey Alfred Everson, DP 0057118, Cape Town 7708 - matches the practice's Claremont postal code), taken as the match for the clinic site's 'Dr Everson'. |
| 2026-08-25 | JJS Dentistry (V&A Waterfront) | Re-verification 2026-08-25: confirmed website live, address and phone unchanged, open status; captured first Google rating 5.0 (389 reviews). |
| 2026-08-25 | JJS Dentistry (V&A Waterfront) | License verification 2026-08-25 against HPCSA iRegister: found active registration for Dr JJ Serfontein (Jean-Jacques Serfontein, DP 0083232, Cape Town) and for Dr Raymund Weihman, registered under the corrected spelling 'Weihmann' (confirmed via the practice's own site), DP 0115851, Durbanville. |
| 2026-08-25 | Methodology v1.3.0 | Corrected how the two licensing red flags are applied ("Clinic operating licence not published" and "Dentists / their licences not listed"). Previously they were applied whenever licensing data was absent from our records, which treated unchecked data as a negative finding — contrary to the methodology's own rule that unverified data is a fact about our coverage, not about the clinic. Both flags now apply only where we have verified that the information is not published. Manual licensing flags that rested on unverified data were removed from the affected clinics. No other scoring rules changed; most scores rise because the incorrect penalty is removed. |
| 2026-08-25 | Molteno Dental Practice | Re-verification 2026-08-25: confirmed website live, address and phone unchanged, open status; captured first Google rating 4.6 and updated review count to 96 (was 39). |
| 2026-08-25 | Molteno Dental Practice | License verification 2026-08-25 against HPCSA iRegister: Dr Tienelle de Jager active (DP0117382); a Strydom registered at the exact same Cape Town 8001 postal code as the practice - STRYDOM JEAN-ANDRE HERMAN, DP 0069221 - shows registry status SUSPENDED and is flagged false for 'Dr Jean Strydom'; Dr Wiehan van Wyk could not be confidently isolated among 52 'van Wyk' dentist registrations. |
| 2026-08-25 | OptiSmile Advanced Dentistry and Implant Centre | Re-verification 2026-08-25: confirmed website live, address, phone and open status; recorded Google rating 4.9 (was 4.9) with review count 492 (was 501 - decreased, likely a review-cleanup by Google). |
| 2026-08-25 | OptiSmile Advanced Dentistry and Implant Centre | License verification 2026-08-25 against HPCSA iRegister: found active registration for Dr Clifford Yudelman (DP 0042919, Cape Town). |
| 2026-08-25 | Paradise Road Dental Practice | Re-verification 2026-08-25: confirmed website live, address and phone unchanged, open (24-hour) status; captured first Google rating 4.9 (373 reviews). Sedation research: site lists 'Conscious sedation' and 'General Anesthetic' under Paediatric & Gentle Dentistry. |
| 2026-08-25 | Paradise Road Dental Practice | Recorded sedation / general anaesthesia availability (informational): documented as available. Paediatric & Gentle Dentistry section lists 'Conscious sedation' and 'General Anesthetic' as options. |
| 2026-08-25 | Paradise Road Dental Practice | License verification 2026-08-25 against HPCSA iRegister: found active registration for Dr Nazier Natha (DP 0086215, Cape Town 7700 - matches practice postal code exactly); Dr Shahnaz Khan not confidently isolated among 87 'Khan' dentist registrations. |
| 2026-08-25 | Sea Point Prosthodontist (Dr Rustim Moosa) | Re-verification 2026-08-25: CAUTION - the only Google Maps listing found for this phone number (+27 21 439 7696), under the name 'Dr Rustim Moosa - Sea point Prosthodontist' at Room 303, Artem Centre, Main Rd, Sea Point, is marked 'Permanently closed' with no rating/reviews shown. The practice's own website (prosthodontist.capetown) is still live and lists the same phone number and the stored Floor 2, 74 Loop Street address, with no closure notice, but its only dated content is from 2019, suggesting the site may be stale. Could not find a current Google Maps listing for the Loop Street address to confirm active operation. Recommend manual follow-up (call the number) before treating this listing as confirmed open. Sedation research: no anaesthesia/sedation info found on the site. |
| 2026-08-25 | Sea Point Prosthodontist (Dr Rustim Moosa) | License verification 2026-08-25 against HPCSA iRegister: found active registration for Dr Rustim Moosa (DP 0054828) - the only dentist nationally with this full name. |
| 2026-08-25 | Smith and Van Lierop Dentistry | Re-verification 2026-08-25: confirmed website live, address and phone unchanged, open status; captured first Google rating 4.9 (413 reviews). |
| 2026-08-25 | Smith and Van Lierop Dentistry | License verification 2026-08-25 against HPCSA iRegister: found active registration for Dr Jean van Lierop (DP 0071889, Jean Alexander van Lierop, Cape Town 7700 - matches practice postal code); no confident match located for Dr Corne Smith, whose surname is too common to search exhaustively via this registry. |
| 2026-08-25 | The Cosmetic & Dental Emporium (V&A Waterfront) | Re-verification 2026-08-25: confirmed website live, address and phone unchanged, open status; captured first Google rating 4.9 (418 reviews). |
| 2026-08-25 | The Cosmetic & Dental Emporium (V&A Waterfront) | License verification 2026-08-25 against HPCSA iRegister: found active registration for Dr Zak Schabort (registered as IZAK PETRUS SCHABORT, DP 0096334) - the only Schabort on the dentist register; Dr Wim and Dr Pierre are published on the clinic's own site by first name only with no surname given, so no registry search was possible for them. |
| 2026-08-25 | The Cosmetic and Dental Emporium (Willowbridge, Durbanville) | Re-verification 2026-08-25: confirmed website live, address and phone unchanged, open status; captured first Google rating 4.9 (174 reviews). |
| 2026-08-25 | The Cosmetic and Dental Emporium (Willowbridge, Durbanville) | License verification 2026-08-25 against HPCSA iRegister: found active registrations for Dr Heinrich Sander (Carl Heinrich Louis Sander, DP 0116750, Cape Town) and Dr Lara Kleyn (Lara Louise Kleyn, DP 0111937, registered city De Rust). |
| 2026-08-25 | The Dental Practice at The Waterfront | Re-verification 2026-08-25: confirmed website live (name, phone +27 21 421 1140, treatments list) with no closure notice. No distinct Google Maps listing could be located under this business name after several targeted searches, so Google reputation fields were left unset rather than guessed. Sedation research: site states implants are placed 'under a normal local anaesthetic' (no GA/deep sedation offered). |
| 2026-08-25 | The Dental Practice at The Waterfront | Recorded sedation / general anaesthesia availability (informational): not documented in public sources. Site states dental implants are placed 'under a normal local anaesthetic'; no GA/sedation offered. |
| 2026-08-25 | The Dental Practice at The Waterfront | License verification 2026-08-25 against HPCSA iRegister: found active registration for Dr Andrias de Nysschen (registered as ANDREAS MARTHINUS DE NYSSCHEN, DP 0076392, city Durbanville). |
| 2026-08-23 | Methodology v1.2.0 | Added an informational "Sedation & general anaesthesia" availability field to every clinic and a new "Sleep Dentistry (Sedation / GA)" list, for patients who cannot tolerate — or would rather not be awake for — treatment. This field is informational and does not change any transparency score. |
| 2026-07-08 | Methodology v1.1.0 | Added licensing transparency: clinics are now penalised when they do not publish their operating licence, or do not list their dentists together with their professional licence numbers. Each clinic page now shows a Licensing & Credentials section. |
| 2026-07-03 | Methodology v1.0.0 | Initial public methodology. |