Enhance Dental Studio
According to our open methodology, this clinic scored 28.6/100 for transparency, reputation, service accessibility, and digital visibility.
Overall rank: #17 of 17 ranked clinics · Last checked: 25 August 2026
Positions by Rating Profile
- Overall Transparency & Trust#1728.6/100
- Best for Expats#1627.8/100
- Best for Dental Implants#1227/100
- Best for Emergency Dental Carenot ranked
- Best Price Transparency#1718.7/100
- Best English-speaking Clinics#1730/100
- Best for Families / Children#731.4/100
- Sleep Dentistry (GA / deep sedation)#328.6/100
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 IV Sedation described: 'many patients do sleep through their dental appointment', 'Few patients have any memory of their treatment' (twilight-type). [enhance-dental-studio-sedation]
Summary
Established general dental practice in Upper Claremont founded by Dr Everson, offering implants, orthodontics, oral surgery, paediatric, restorative and cosmetic dentistry. Contact details were not evident on the homepage; prices not published.
Strengths
No categories reached the strength threshold (80%).
Weaknesses
- Price Transparency: 0 of 15 verifiable points (missing: prices or price ranges published; cleaning price listed; filling price listed; crown price listed; implant price listed; consultation price listed; x-ray / imaging price listed)
- Reputation & Reviews: 3.5 of 12 verifiable points.
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 | 0/2 |
| ? | Real clinic photos | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Service list published [s1] | 3/3 |
| ✗ | Clear contact details [s1] | 0/2 |
| ✓ | English website version [s1] | 2/2 |
| ? | Address and map published | 0/2 |
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 [enhance-dental-studio-refresh] | 1/6 |
| ◐ | Google review volume [enhance-dental-studio-refresh] | 1/3 |
| ◐ | Review recency [enhance-dental-studio-refresh] | 1.5/3 |
| ? | Clinic responds to reviews | 0/2 |
| ? | No recurring complaints | 0/2 |
| ? | No suspicious review patterns | 0/2 |
| ? | Active Facebook presence | 0/1 |
| ? | TripAdvisor presence | 0/0.5 |
| ? | Other review platforms | 0/0.5 |
Medical Infrastructure
The range of publicly documented equipment and services. This measures documented availability, not clinical quality.
| ? | On-site X-ray | 0/2 |
| ? | CBCT (3D imaging) | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Implantology [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Orthodontics [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Oral surgery [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | 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 | 0/2 |
| ? | 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 Everson [s1] [enhance-dental-studio-doclic] | — | DP 0057118 (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: Dentist specializations listed
- Information Transparency: Real clinic photos
- Information Transparency: Address and map published
- Reputation & Reviews: Clinic responds to reviews
- Reputation & Reviews: No recurring complaints
- Reputation & Reviews: No suspicious review patterns
- Reputation & Reviews: Active Facebook presence
- Reputation & Reviews: TripAdvisor presence
- Reputation & Reviews: Other review platforms
- Medical Infrastructure: On-site X-ray
- Medical Infrastructure: CBCT (3D imaging)
- Medical Infrastructure: Emergency care
- Medical Infrastructure: Works with international patients
- Communication & Service: WhatsApp / LINE available
- 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.enhancedentalstudio.co.za/ |
|---|---|
| Phone | +27 21 683 1863 |
| Google Maps | Map listing |
| Address | 43 Protea Rd, Claremont, Cape Town, 7708 |
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.enhancedentalstudio.co.za/ | location, founder, services | 2026-07-14 |
| enhance-dental-studio-refresh | https://www.google.com/maps/place/Enhance+Dental+Studio/@-33.980071… | most recent review 9 months ago (Bernie Maxwell) | 2026-08-25 |
| enhance-dental-studio-sedation | https://www.enhancedentalstudio.co.za/cape-town/sedation-dentistry.htm | IV Sedation: 'many patients do sleep through their dental appointment' and 'Few patients have any memory of their treatment.' | 2026-08-25 |
| enhance-dental-studio-doclic | https://hpcsaonline.custhelp.com/app/i_reg_form | searched: surname=Everson (wildcard), register=DENTIST -> DR. EVERSON AUBREY ALFRED, DP 0057118, Cape Town 7708, ACTIVE (the only Everson on the register; postal code matches the practice's Claremont address exactly) | 2026-08-25 |
Change History
| Date | Change |
|---|---|
| 2026-08-25 | 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 | 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 | 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'. |
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