Claremont Dental Studio
According to our open methodology, this clinic scored 35.8/100 for transparency, reputation, service accessibility, and digital visibility.
Overall rank: #13 of 17 ranked clinics · Last checked: 25 August 2026
Positions by Rating Profile
- Overall Transparency & Trust#1335.8/100
- Best for Expats#1235.8/100
- Best for Dental Implantsnot ranked
- Best for Emergency Dental Carenot ranked
- Best Price Transparency#1328.1/100
- Best English-speaking Clinics#1242.5/100
- Best for Families / Children#435.5/100
- Sleep Dentistry (GA / deep sedation)#235.8/100
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) — General anaesthesia / deep sedation documented Site explicitly describes General Anaesthesia as 'treatment in a hospital setting where a patient doesn't see or feel the treatment'. [s1]
Summary
Claremont practice with a special interest in paediatric dentistry and anxious adults, offering fillings, extractions, crowns and bridges, dentures, whitening and sedation. Publishes WhatsApp contact; prices not published.
Strengths
- Information Transparency: 18 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] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | 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] | 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.
| ✗ | 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 [claremont-dental-studio-refresh] | 3/6 |
| ◐ | Google review volume [claremont-dental-studio-refresh] | 1.5/3 |
| ✓ | Review recency [claremont-dental-studio-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 [s1] | 0.5/0.5 |
Medical Infrastructure
The range of publicly documented equipment and services. This measures documented availability, not clinical quality.
| ? | On-site X-ray | 0/2 |
| ? | CBCT (3D imaging) | 0/2 |
| ? | Implantology | 0/2 |
| ? | Orthodontics | 0/2 |
| ? | Oral surgery | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Pediatric dentistry [s1] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ? | 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 international patients.
| ✓ | WhatsApp / LINE available [s1] | 2/2 |
| ? | Response speed | 0/1.5 |
| ✓ | English spoken [s1] | 2.5/2.5 |
| ? | Pre-visit consultation possible | 0/1.5 |
| ✓ | 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 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 | 0/1 |
| ? | Mentioned for: English speaking dentist Cape Town | 0/1 |
| ? | Mentioned for: dental implants Cape Town | 0/1 |
| ? | Mentioned for: emergency dentist Cape Town | 0/1 |
| ? | Mentioned for: Cape Town dental clinic for expats | 0/1 |
| ? | Structured data on website | 0/1.5 |
| ◐ | Google indexing quality [s1] | 1/2 |
| ? | Dedicated service pages | 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 Arifullah Ahmad [s1] [claremont-dental-studio-doclic] | Paediatrics and anxious adults | DP 0078115 (HPCSA, Register: DENTIST, status: ACTIVE) |
| Dr Aaminah Sedick [s1] [claremont-dental-studio-doclic] | — | DP 0110736 (HPCSA, Register: DENTIST, status: ACTIVE) |
| Dr Shadley Bruintjies [s1] [claremont-dental-studio-doclic] | — | DP 0123609 (HPCSA, Register: DENTIST, status: ACTIVE) |
Red Flags
- low Opaque or bait pricing (-2 pts) — No prices or price ranges published (derived from data).
Red-flag penalty applied: -2 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
- Medical Infrastructure: On-site X-ray
- Medical Infrastructure: CBCT (3D imaging)
- Medical Infrastructure: Implantology
- Medical Infrastructure: Orthodontics
- Medical Infrastructure: Oral surgery
- Medical Infrastructure: Emergency care
- Medical Infrastructure: Works with international patients
- Communication & Service: Response speed
- Communication & Service: Pre-visit consultation possible
- Communication & Service: Convenient opening hours
- AI & Search Visibility: Mentioned for: best dentist Cape Town
- AI & Search Visibility: Mentioned for: English speaking dentist Cape Town
- AI & Search Visibility: Mentioned for: dental implants Cape Town
- AI & Search Visibility: Mentioned for: emergency dentist Cape Town
- AI & Search Visibility: Mentioned for: Cape Town dental clinic for expats
- AI & Search Visibility: Structured data on website
- AI & Search Visibility: Dedicated service pages
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://www.claremontdental.co.za/ |
|---|---|
| Phone | +27 21 683 1237 |
| +27 76 705 8007 | |
| Google Maps | Map listing |
| Address | 154 Belvedere Road, Claremont, Cape Town |
Contact details are provided for identification only and may change; verify with the clinic directly.
Sources
| ID | Source | What it supports | Accessed |
|---|---|---|---|
| s1 | https://www.claremontdental.co.za/ | address, phone, WhatsApp, dentists, services, paediatric focus | 2026-07-14 |
| claremont-dental-studio-refresh | https://www.google.com/maps/place/Dr+A+Ahmad;+Dr+S+Bruintjies+Clare… | Google rating 4.2 (88 reviews) as of 2026-08-25 | 2026-08-25 |
| claremont-dental-studio-doclic | https://hpcsaonline.custhelp.com/app/i_reg_form | searched: fullname=Shadley (wildcard) + surname=Bruintjies (wildcard), register=DENTIST -> DR. BRUINTJIES SHADLEY ANGUS, DP 0123609, Cape Town 7100, ACTIVE | 2026-08-25 |
Change History
| Date | Change |
|---|---|
| 2026-08-25 | 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 | 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 | 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. |
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