Claremont Dental Studio
According to our open methodology, this clinic scored 51.1/100 for transparency, reputation, service accessibility, and digital visibility.
Overall rank: #13 of 16 ranked clinics · Last checked: 24 September 2026
51.1/100
Positions by Rating Profile
- Overall Transparency & Trust#1351.1/100
- Best for Expats#1351.5/100
- Best for Dental Implantsnot ranked
- Best for Emergency Dental Carenot ranked
- Best Price Transparency#1338.7/100
- Best English-speaking Clinics#1158.2/100
- Best for Families / Children#754.3/100
- Sleep Dentistry (GA / deep sedation)#251.1/100
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: 20 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)
- AI & Search Visibility: 1 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; structured data on website; 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
20 / 20
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 Own-domain gallery photos of the paediatric dental theatre [claremont-dental-studio-deepen] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | 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
0 / 15
Whether patients can estimate costs before visiting. Published price ranges count; exact prices are not required.
Reputation & Reviews
12.5 / 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 2026-08-25 [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 Owner replied to all 5 newest and 5 lowest reviews read [claremont-dental-studio-deepen-12] | 2/2 |
| ✗ | No recurring complaints Two independent readable reviews describe post-treatment pain/complications [claremont-dental-studio-deepen-2] | 0/2 |
| ✓ | No suspicious review patterns Base 88, dates spread 2017-2026, no 100% 5-star spike [claremont-dental-studio-deepen-13] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Active Facebook presence Facebook page with matching address and dentist name [claremont-dental-studio-deepen-17] | 1/1 |
| ? | TripAdvisor presence | 0/0.5 |
| ✗ | Other review platforms No clinic profile found on WhatClinic, Hellopeter or Trustpilot; Dental Departures lists no clinics in South Africa (checked 2026-10-01). [claremont-dental-studio-deepen-18] [claremont-dental-studio-deepen-19] [claremont-dental-studio-deepen-20] [claremont-dental-studio-deepen-21] | 0/0.5 |
Medical Infrastructure
5.5 / 15
The range of publicly documented equipment and services. This measures documented availability, not clinical quality.
| ✓ | On-site X-ray Digital X-rays listed among the practice's own technology [claremont-dental-studio-deepen-5] [claremont-dental-studio-deepen-6] | 2/2 |
| ? | CBCT (3D imaging) | 0/2 |
| ✗ | Implantology Full services list read; no implants [claremont-dental-studio-deepen-14] | 0/2 |
| ? | Orthodontics | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Oral surgery Extractions documented as a surgical service [claremont-dental-studio-deepen-15] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Pediatric dentistry [s1] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ? | Emergency care | 0/1.5 |
| ? | 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.
| ✓ | WhatsApp / LINE available [s1] | 2/2 |
| ? | Response speed | 0/1.5 |
| ✓ | English spoken [s1] | 2.5/2.5 |
| ✗ | Pre-visit consultation possible Contact options are Call/Email/WhatsApp/Book Now buttons, no form or time selection [claremont-dental-studio-deepen-4] | 0/1.5 |
| ✓ | Clear service explanations [s1] | 1/1 |
| ✓ | Convenient opening hours Saturday hours published [claremont-dental-studio-deepen-16] | 1.5/1.5 |
AI & Search Visibility
1 / 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. [claremont-dental-studio-deepen-7] | 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. [claremont-dental-studio-deepen-8] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: dental implants Cape Town Not present in the top web results for "dental implants Cape Town" on 2026-09-24. [claremont-dental-studio-deepen-9] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: emergency dentist Cape Town Not present in the top web results for "emergency dentist Cape Town" on 2026-09-24. [claremont-dental-studio-deepen-10] | 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. [claremont-dental-studio-deepen-11] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Structured data on website JSON-LD present but no business-entity type [s1] | 0/1.5 |
| ◐ | Google indexing quality 3 pages of the clinic's own site are among the 10 results of a name-and-city web search on 2026-10-02, but the first only at position 7. [claremont-dental-studio-av3] | 1/2 |
| ✗ | Dedicated service pages One general services page with one-line descriptions, not individual pages [claremont-dental-studio-deepen-3] | 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. | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dr Arifullah Ahmad [s1] [claremont-dental-studio-doclic] [claremont-dental-studio-hpcsa-dp0078115] | Paediatrics and anxious adults | DP 0078115 | Registration number with the HPCSA, South Africa’s statutory council for health professions; registration active on its public iRegister (checked 30 September 2026). |
| Dr Aaminah Sedick [s1] [claremont-dental-studio-doclic] [claremont-dental-studio-hpcsa-dp0110736] | — | DP 0110736 | Registration number with the HPCSA, South Africa’s statutory council for health professions; registration active on its public iRegister (checked 30 September 2026). |
| Dr Shadley Bruintjies [s1] [claremont-dental-studio-doclic] [claremont-dental-studio-hpcsa-dp0123609] | — | DP 0123609 | Registration number with the HPCSA, South Africa’s statutory council for health professions; registration active on its public iRegister (checked 30 September 2026). |
Red Flags
No red flags identified in the public sources we reviewed.
Data We Could Not Verify
- Reputation & Reviews: TripAdvisor presence
- Medical Infrastructure: CBCT (3D imaging)
- Medical Infrastructure: Orthodontics
- Medical Infrastructure: Emergency care
- Medical Infrastructure: Works with international patients
- Communication & Service: Response speed
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/ | JSON-LD on all 40 pages read, but types found are WebPage/Article/FAQPage/Person/BreadcrumbList etc. - no Dentist/MedicalClinic/LocalBusiness/Organization entity | 2026-09-24 |
| 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 |
| claremont-dental-studio-deepen | https://www.claremontdental.co.za/gallery/ | Gallery includes own-hosted photos titled "claremont-paedeatric-dental-theatre-cape-town-1" through "-7" showing the practice's own treatment rooms | 2026-09-24 |
| claremont-dental-studio-deepen-2 | https://www.google.com/maps?cid=12060193619483990928&hl=en | Melissa van der Ross (2019-12-03, 1*): "my mouth and teeth hurt a lot" after fillings; Patience Masose (2023-01-18, 1*): "left worse off - I am now in constant pain and facing a root canal/extraction" after a filling | 2026-09-24 |
| claremont-dental-studio-deepen-3 | https://www.claremontdental.co.za/our-services/ | All 8 services (scale/polish, fillings, extractions, GA, dentures, crowns/bridges, whitening, sedation) listed on a single page with a one-sentence description each; no separate per-service pages with full content | 2026-09-24 |
| claremont-dental-studio-deepen-4 | https://www.claremontdental.co.za/contact-us/ | Contact page offers only Call, Email, WhatsApp and "Book Now" buttons that link out to phone/WhatsApp/email; no on-page scheduling widget or service/time selector | 2026-09-24 |
| claremont-dental-studio-deepen-5 | https://www.claremontdental.co.za/why-choose-us/ | "Intraoral cameras to clearly show and explain dental concerns Digital X-rays for quick and efficient diagnosis" | 2026-09-24 |
| claremont-dental-studio-deepen-6 | https://www.claremontdental.co.za/what-to-expect-at-your-dental-visit/ | "Our state-of-the-art digital X-ray machine is quick, comfortable, and looks just like a camera" | 2026-09-24 |
| claremont-dental-studio-deepen-7 | 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 |
| claremont-dental-studio-deepen-8 | search:English speaking dentist Cape Town | Web search on 2026-09-24: result 6 named "Smith and Van Lierop Dentistry" located in Claremont, a different practice under a different name and domain (smithandvanlierop.co.za), not this clinic; the clinic’s own domain and name were not otherwise among the results. | 2026-09-24 |
| claremont-dental-studio-deepen-9 | 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 |
| claremont-dental-studio-deepen-10 | 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 |
| claremont-dental-studio-deepen-11 | search:Cape Town dental clinic for expats | Web search on 2026-09-24: result 8 named "Smith and Van Lierop Dentistry" located in Claremont, a different practice under a different name and domain, not this clinic; the clinic’s own domain and name were not otherwise among the results. | 2026-09-24 |
| claremont-dental-studio-deepen-12 | https://www.google.com/maps?cid=12060193619483990928&hl=en | Owner reply to Sarah Dammmert (2026-05-09): "Thank you do much for the faith you placed in us..."; replies also present on all 5 lowest-rated reviews read, most recent 2026-06-03 | 2026-09-24 |
| claremont-dental-studio-deepen-13 | https://www.google.com/maps?cid=12060193619483990928&hl=en | Histogram 15/1/1/3/68 (1-5*) of 88; 5* share 77%; lowest and newest reviewers span 2017 to 2026 with 1-12 prior reviews each | 2026-09-24 |
| claremont-dental-studio-deepen-14 | https://www.claremontdental.co.za/our-services/ | Complete services list: Scale and Polishing, Fillings, Extractions, General Anaesthesia, Dentures, Crowns and Bridges, Teeth Whitening, Sedation - no implants | 2026-09-24 |
| claremont-dental-studio-deepen-15 | https://www.claremontdental.co.za/our-services/ | "Extractions - Is the surgical act of extraction of a tooth" | 2026-09-24 |
| claremont-dental-studio-deepen-16 | https://www.claremontdental.co.za/contact-us/ | "Times Monday - Saturday Mon-Fri 8:30-4, Sat 9-12" | 2026-09-24 |
| claremont-dental-studio-deepen-17 | https://www.facebook.com/claremontmedicalanddentalstudio/ | Facebook page "Claremont Medical and Dental Studio" (Cape Town, 444 followers): address 154 Belvedere Road, Claremont (the card's address) and "DENTISTS: Dr. A. Ahmad BCHD PDD (Paediatrics)", the clinic's dentist Dr Arifullah Ahmad. | 2026-09-29 |
| claremont-dental-studio-hpcsa-dp0078115 | https://hpcsaonline.custhelp.com/app/iregister_details/reg_number/D… | HPCSA iRegister record for registration number DP 0078115: Arifullah Ahmad, Gatesville 7766; registration status ACTIVE; current practice category: independent practice general practitioner. | 2026-09-30 |
| claremont-dental-studio-hpcsa-dp0110736 | https://hpcsaonline.custhelp.com/app/iregister_details/reg_number/D… | HPCSA iRegister record for registration number DP 0110736: Aaminah Sedick, Cape Town 7460; registration status ACTIVE; current practice category: independent practice general practitioner. | 2026-09-30 |
| claremont-dental-studio-hpcsa-dp0123609 | https://hpcsaonline.custhelp.com/app/iregister_details/reg_number/D… | HPCSA iRegister record for registration number DP 0123609: Shadley Bruintjies, Cape Town 7100; registration status ACTIVE; current practice category: independent practice general practitioner. | 2026-09-30 |
| claremont-dental-studio-deepen-18 | https://www.whatclinic.com/dentists/south-africa/cape-town | WhatClinic: its Cape Town dentist listing (4 pages, 42 clinics), checked against its profile sitemaps (40 Cape Town profiles; the 7 not shown in the listing opened) and the profile addresses built from the clinic's name, have no current profile for Claremont Dental Studio or for a practice at 154 Belvedere Road (Dr P Singh at 33 Belvedere Road and Nihaal Gabier at 19 Belvedere Road are other practices); a former profile address, cape-town/claremont-dental-studio, now leads to the listing, so that profile has been removed (checked 2026-10-01) | 2026-10-01 |
| claremont-dental-studio-deepen-19 | https://www.hellopeter.com/search?searchTerm=Claremont%20Dental%20S… | Hellopeter: its business search for "Claremont Dental Studio" returns no page for Claremont Dental Studio (its only near match, "Claremont Medical and Dental Studio", is an unclaimed page with no address, dentists or reviews) (checked 2026-10-01) | 2026-10-01 |
| claremont-dental-studio-deepen-20 | https://www.trustpilot.com/review/claremontdental.co.za | Trustpilot: no company page for claremontdental.co.za (checked 2026-10-01) | 2026-10-01 |
| claremont-dental-studio-deepen-21 | https://www.dentaldepartures.com/dentists/south-africa | Dental Departures: lists no clinics in South Africa (its South Africa page returns not found) (checked 2026-10-01) | 2026-10-01 |
| claremont-dental-studio-av3 | search:"Claremont Dental Studio" Cape Town | Web search run on 2026-10-02 (English, US results) for the clinic's name and city: 10 results listed. Its own pages: claremontdental.co.za (home 7th, contact 8th, mobile page 9th). Listed before the first of them: two RecoMed pages, Facebook, a different practice site, MedPages and a third-party site. | 2026-10-02 |
Change History
| Date | Change |
|---|---|
| 2026-10-01 | 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. |
| 2026-09-29 | Searched Facebook on 2026-09-29 and found the clinic's page with a matching address and dentist name. |
| 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 (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. |
| 2026-08-25 | 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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