The Dental Practice at The Waterfront
According to our open methodology, this clinic scored 36.3/100 for transparency, reputation, service accessibility, and digital visibility.
Overall rank: #12 of 17 ranked clinics · Last checked: 14 July 2026
Positions by Rating Profile
- Overall Transparency & Trust#1236.3/100
- Best for Expats#1533.3/100
- Best for Dental Implants#1031.5/100
- Best for Emergency Dental Carenot ranked
- Best Price Transparency#1524.6/100
- Best English-speaking Clinics#1436.8/100
- Best for Families / Childrennot ranked
- 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) — No general anaesthesia or deep sedation documented Site states dental implants are placed 'under a normal local anaesthetic'; no GA/sedation offered. [the-dental-practice-at-the-waterfront-sedation]
Summary
General and cosmetic dental practice located at the V&A Waterfront, run by Dr Andrias de Nysschen. Offers implants, orthodontics including Invisalign, CEREC crowns, digital X-rays and oral surgery. Services and dentist listed; 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) | 0/6 |
| ? | Google review volume | 0/3 |
| ? | Review recency | 0/3 |
| ? | Clinic responds to reviews | 0/2 |
| ? | No recurring complaints | 0/2 |
| ? | No suspicious review patterns | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Active Facebook presence [s1] | 1/1 |
| ? | 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 [s1] | 2/2 |
| ? | CBCT (3D imaging) | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Implantology [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Orthodontics [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Oral surgery [s1] | 2/2 |
| ? | Pediatric dentistry | 0/1.5 |
| ? | 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] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Dedicated service pages [s1] | 1.5/1.5 |
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 Andrias de Nysschen [s1] [the-dental-practice-at-the-waterfront-doclic] | Implantology and cosmetic dentistry (BChD Pret, MSc Warwick) | DP 0076392 (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: Google rating (Bayesian-adjusted)
- Reputation & Reviews: Google review volume
- Reputation & Reviews: Review recency
- Reputation & Reviews: Clinic responds to reviews
- Reputation & Reviews: No recurring complaints
- Reputation & Reviews: No suspicious review patterns
- Reputation & Reviews: TripAdvisor presence
- Medical Infrastructure: CBCT (3D imaging)
- Medical Infrastructure: Pediatric dentistry
- 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
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.dentalpracticewaterfront.co.za/ |
|---|---|
| Phone | +27 21 421 1140 |
| https://www.facebook.com/people/The-Dental-Practice-at-The-Waterfront/100063926808164/ | |
| Address | Suite 7110, V&A Waterfront, Cape Town, 8001 |
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.dentalpracticewaterfront.co.za/index.php | address, phone, dentist, services | 2026-07-14 |
| s2 | https://www.waterfront.co.za/stores/the-dental-practice-at-the-wate… | Waterfront location and services | 2026-07-14 |
| the-dental-practice-at-the-waterfront-sedation | https://www.dentalpracticewaterfront.co.za/ | 'What does the treatment involve? ... carried out ... under a normal local anaesthetic.' | 2026-08-25 |
| the-dental-practice-at-the-waterfront-doclic | https://hpcsaonline.custhelp.com/app/i_reg_form | searched: surname=de Nysschen (wildcard), register=DENTIST -> DR. DE NYSSCHEN ANDREAS MARTHINUS, DP 0076392, Durbanville 7550, ACTIVE (registry spells first name 'Andreas'; registered city Durbanville differs from the V&A Waterfront practice address) | 2026-08-25 |
Change History
| Date | Change |
|---|---|
| 2026-08-25 | 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). |
| 2026-08-25 | 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 | 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). |
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