Cape Dentists
According to our open methodology, this clinic scored 46.7/100 for transparency, reputation, service accessibility, and digital visibility.
Overall rank: #14 of 16 ranked clinics · Last checked: 24 September 2026
46.7/100
Positions by Rating Profile
- Overall Transparency & Trust#1446.7/100
- Best for Expats#1448/100
- Best for Dental Implants#1342/100
- Best for Emergency Dental Care#1051.3/100
- Best Price Transparency#1433.4/100
- Best English-speaking Clinics#1453/100
- Best for Families / Children#850.6/100
- 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 Practice offers hypnotherapy for anxious patients (SA Institute of Hypnotism course); no sedation/GA mentioned.
Summary
Claremont family practice inside Protea Place with a focus on paediatric dentistry and anxiety management. Offers cleanings, fillings, extractions, whitening, crowns and dentures. Publishes WhatsApp contact and hours; 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)
- Reputation & Reviews: 5.5 of 15.5 verifiable points (missing: review recency; active Facebook presence; other review platforms)
- AI & Search Visibility: 2.5 of 10 verifiable points (missing: mentioned for: best dentist Cape Town; mentioned for: English speaking dentist Cape Town; mentioned for: dental implants Cape Town; mentioned for: emergency dentist Cape Town; mentioned for: Cape Town dental clinic for expats; dedicated service pages)
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
18 / 20
Whether basic facts about the clinic - its team, premises, services, and location - are publicly verifiable.
Price Transparency
0 / 15
Whether patients can estimate costs before visiting. Published price ranges count; exact prices are not required.
Reputation & Reviews
5.5 / 20
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 2026-09-24 [cape-dentists-deepen-14] | 3/6 |
| ◐ | Google review volume as of 2026-09-24 [cape-dentists-deepen-10] | 0.5/3 |
| ✗ | Review recency Corrected: newest review is now over a year old [cape-dentists-deepen-9] | 0/3 |
| ? | Clinic responds to reviews 3 reviews from the last 24 months were read on the Google listing, none with an owner reply, too few to say the clinic does not answer reviews (read 2026-10-05). | 0/2 |
| ? | No recurring complaints Of 14 Google reviews, 3 are one- or two-star (21 %), but the lowest-rated read (2025) show no common theme (two missed appointments on one day and post-filling pain), so the criterion is left unassessed (read 2026-10-05). | 0/2 |
| ✓ | No suspicious review patterns Small base, no 100% 5-star histogram, no evidence of manipulation [cape-dentists-deepen] | 2/2 |
| ✗ | Active Facebook presence Facebook searches by its name with the suburb, by its name with the country and by its phone number found no page of the clinic [cape-dentists-deepen-15] [cape-dentists-deepen-16] | 0/1 |
| ? | TripAdvisor presence | 0/0.5 |
| ✗ | Other review platforms No profile found on Hellopeter, Yellosa, WhatClinic, Dental Departures, Bookimed or Trustpilot (checked 2026-10-02). [cape-dentists-presence] [cape-dentists-presence-2] [cape-dentists-presence-3] [cape-dentists-presence-4] [cape-dentists-presence-5] [cape-dentists-presence-6] | 0/0.5 |
Medical Infrastructure
9 / 15
The range of publicly documented equipment and services. This measures documented availability, not clinical quality.
| ✓ | On-site X-ray Digital X-rays and intra-oral camera documented [cape-dentists-deepen-2] | 2/2 |
| ? | CBCT (3D imaging) | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Implantology Home page lists dental implants among the practice's restorative treatments [s1] | 2/2 |
| ? | Orthodontics | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Oral surgery Dentist described as having a focus on oral surgery [cape-dentists-deepen-3] [cape-dentists-deepen-11] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Pediatric dentistry [s1] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ✓ | Emergency care Site states emergencies are attended to [cape-dentists-deepen-12] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ? | Works with international patients | 0/2 |
Communication & Service
7 / 10
How easy it is to contact the clinic, get answers, and book - especially for international patients.
AI & Search Visibility
2.5 / 10
Whether the clinic is discoverable when patients search - including via AI assistants. Checked with fixed queries: "best dentist Cape Town", "English speaking dentist Cape Town", "dental implants Cape Town", "emergency dentist Cape Town", "Cape Town dental clinic for expats".
| ✗ | Mentioned for: best dentist Cape Town Not present in the top web results for "best dentist Cape Town" on 2026-09-24. [cape-dentists-deepen-4] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: English speaking dentist Cape Town Not present in the top web results for "English speaking dentist Cape Town" on 2026-09-24. [cape-dentists-deepen-5] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: dental implants Cape Town Not present in the top web results for "dental implants Cape Town" on 2026-09-24. [cape-dentists-deepen-6] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: emergency dentist Cape Town Not present in the top web results for "emergency dentist Cape Town" on 2026-09-24. [cape-dentists-deepen-7] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: Cape Town dental clinic for expats Not present in the top web results for "Cape Town dental clinic for expats" on 2026-09-24. [cape-dentists-deepen-8] | 0/1 |
| ✓ | Structured data on website JSON-LD Organization entity on every page [cape-dentists-deepen-13] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ◐ | Google indexing quality The clinic's own site first appears at position 6 of 9 in a name-and-city web search on 2026-10-02, behind other listings. [cape-dentists-av3] | 1/2 |
| ✗ | Dedicated service pages Services are listed together on one Services page; the seven-page sitemap has no separate service pages. [cape-dentists-r6s] | 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 Ahmad [s1] | Paediatric dentistry and anxious adults | 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
- Reputation & Reviews: Clinic responds to reviews
- Reputation & Reviews: No recurring complaints
- Reputation & Reviews: TripAdvisor presence
- Medical Infrastructure: CBCT (3D imaging)
- Medical Infrastructure: Orthodontics
- 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://capedentists.co.za/ |
|---|---|
| Phone | +27 21 683 1234 |
| +27 79 808 6038 | |
| Google Maps | Map listing |
| Address | Shop A1, Ground Floor, Protea Place, 40 Dreyer Street, Claremont, Cape Town, 7700 |
Contact details are provided for identification only and may change; verify with the clinic directly.
Sources
| ID | Source | What it supports | Accessed |
|---|---|---|---|
| s1 | https://capedentists.co.za/ | "Whether you need dental implants, crowns, or bridges, our Dentists in Cape Town combine their skills with the latest..." | 2026-09-24 |
| cape-dentists-refresh | https://www.google.com/maps/place/Cape+Dentists/@-33.9779533,18.464… | most recent review 11 months ago (Tina Summers, Njabulo Ndlovu) | 2026-08-25 |
| cape-dentists-deepen | https://www.google.com/maps?cid=17083466678810731863&hl=en | Histogram 3/0/0/0/11 (1-5*) of 14; base below the >30 threshold for the 100%-5-star signal; reviewers appear genuine with named real incidents | 2026-09-24 |
| cape-dentists-deepen-2 | https://capedentists.co.za/dentist-in-claremont/ | "we utilize an intra-oral camera, digital X-rays, and dental tools to perform these procedures" | 2026-09-24 |
| cape-dentists-deepen-3 | https://capedentists.co.za/affordable-dentist-cape-town/ | "Bruintjies is a young and ambitious dental surgeon with a keen interest in oral surgery and dental aesthetics" | 2026-09-24 |
| cape-dentists-deepen-4 | search:best dentist Cape Town | Web search on 2026-09-24: results 1–9 were enamel.clinic (x2), whatclinic.com, optismile.co.za, jjteeth.co.za, blog.ubuntudental.com, en.wikipedia.org, singhadvanceddentistry.com, dentist.nearcapetown.co.za; the clinic's site and name were not among them. | 2026-09-24 |
| cape-dentists-deepen-5 | search:English speaking dentist Cape Town | Web search on 2026-09-24: result 9 was "Cape Dental" (capedental.co.za), a similarly named but distinct practice and domain from this clinic (Cape Dentists, capedentists.co.za); not treated as evidence for this specific clinic. | 2026-09-24 |
| cape-dentists-deepen-6 | search:dental implants Cape Town | Web search on 2026-09-24: results 1–9 were whatclinic.com (x2), jjteeth.co.za, optismile.co.za, allsmilesdentist.co.za, moltenodental.co.za, prosthodontistincapetown.co.za, singhadvanceddentistry.com, en.wikipedia.org; the clinic's site and name were not among them. | 2026-09-24 |
| cape-dentists-deepen-7 | search:emergency dentist Cape Town | Web search on 2026-09-24: results 1–9 were whatclinic.com, optismile.co.za, thedentalpeople.co.za, moltenodental.co.za (x2), dentalstudiocapetown.co.za, stellarhealth.co.za, paradisedental.co.za, cptdentistry.com; the clinic's site and name were not among them. | 2026-09-24 |
| cape-dentists-deepen-8 | search:Cape Town dental clinic for expats | Web search on 2026-09-24: result 7 was "Cape Dental" (capedental.co.za), a similarly named but distinct practice and domain from this clinic (Cape Dentists, capedentists.co.za); not treated as evidence for this specific clinic. | 2026-09-24 |
| cape-dentists-deepen-9 | https://www.google.com/maps?cid=17083466678810731863&hl=en | Sort=newest: most recent review by Njabulo Ndlovu dated 2025-09-22, more than 12 months before this check (2026-09-24) | 2026-09-24 |
| cape-dentists-deepen-10 | https://www.google.com/maps?cid=17083466678810731863&hl=en | Google listing 2026-09-24: 4.1 from 14 reviews | 2026-09-24 |
| cape-dentists-deepen-11 | https://capedentists.co.za/ | "Extractions Is the surgical act of extraction of a tooth." | 2026-09-24 |
| cape-dentists-deepen-12 | https://capedentists.co.za/dentist-in-claremont/ | "Emergencies will be attended to as soon as possible" | 2026-09-24 |
| cape-dentists-deepen-13 | https://capedentists.co.za/ | JSON-LD on all six pages of the sitemap includes an Organization entity (alongside WebPage, WebSite and BreadcrumbList) | 2026-09-24 |
| cape-dentists-deepen-14 | https://www.google.com/maps?cid=17083466678810731863&hl=en | Google listing 2026-09-24: 4.1 from 14 reviews; histogram 1* 3 / 2* 0 / 3* 0 / 4* 0 / 5* 11 | 2026-09-24 |
| cape-dentists-deepen-15 | https://www.facebook.com/ | Facebook searches on 2026-09-30 by its name with the suburb, by its name with the country and by its phone number: no page of the clinic | 2026-09-30 |
| cape-dentists-deepen-16 | https://capedentists.co.za/ | Home page read 2026-09-30: no link to a Facebook page of the clinic | 2026-09-30 |
| cape-dentists-av3 | search:"Cape Dentists" Cape Town | Web search run on 2026-10-02 (English, US results) for the clinic's name and city: 9 results listed. Its own pages: capedentists.co.za (home page, 6th). Listed before the first of them: RecoMed, Enamel Clinic, a Wikipedia article, and the sites of two other Cape Town practices. | 2026-10-02 |
| cape-dentists-r6s | https://capedentists.co.za/ | The page labelled Services (/dentist-open-today/) lists scale and polish, fillings, extractions and other services in one page; the sitemap has seven URLs, none a separate service page (read 2026-10-02). | 2026-10-02 |
| cape-dentists-presence | https://www.hellopeter.com/ | Hellopeter: its business search for "Cape Dentists" and "Dr Ahmad" returns no page for this clinic (checked 2026-10-02) | 2026-10-02 |
| cape-dentists-presence-2 | https://www.yellosa.co.za/category/dentists/city:cape-town | Yellosa: its Cape Town dentist category (94 listings, all 5 pages read) has no listing for this clinic by name, address or phone (checked 2026-10-02) | 2026-10-02 |
| cape-dentists-presence-3 | https://www.whatclinic.com/dentists/south-africa/cape-town | WhatClinic: its Cape Town dentist directory (42 clinics, all pages read) and its 193 South African dentist profiles in its profile sitemaps have no profile for this clinic (checked 2026-10-02) | 2026-10-02 |
| cape-dentists-presence-4 | https://www.dentaldepartures.com/ | Dental Departures: its clinic search does not recognise Cape Town or South Africa as a location and falls back to its worldwide list — no clinic listed in South Africa (checked 2026-10-02) | 2026-10-02 |
| cape-dentists-presence-5 | https://bookimed.com/clinics/country=south-africa/ | Bookimed: it has no South Africa clinic page ("404 — Page not found") (checked 2026-10-02) | 2026-10-02 |
| cape-dentists-presence-6 | https://www.trustpilot.com/review/capedentists.co.za | Trustpilot: no page for capedentists.co.za (checked 2026-10-02) | 2026-10-02 |
Change History
| Date | Change |
|---|---|
| 2026-10-05 | Reputation check 2026-10-05 on the clinic's Google listing (5 reviews read): nothing settled; recurring complaints, owner replies to reviews left unassessed. |
| 2026-10-02 | Presence on review platforms checked 2026-10-02: no profile on Hellopeter, Yellosa, WhatClinic, Dental Departures, Bookimed or Trustpilot. |
| 2026-10-02 | Read the clinic website (homepage, sitemap and service pages): no separate service pages. |
| 2026-09-30 | 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. |
| 2026-09-24 | 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 | 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). |
| 2026-08-25 | 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 | Re-verification 2026-08-25: confirmed website live, address and phone unchanged, open status; captured first Google rating 4.2 (15 reviews). |
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