Clínica Abarno
According to our open methodology, this clinic scored 58.9/100 for transparency, reputation, service accessibility, and digital visibility.
Overall rank: #3 of 20 ranked clinics · Last checked: 25 September 2026
58.9/100
Positions by Rating Profile
- Overall Transparency & Trust#358.9/100
- Best for Expats#455.3/100
- Best for Dental Implants#355.5/100
- Best for Emergency Dental Carenot ranked
- Best Price Transparency#539.8/100
- Best English-speaking Clinicsnot ranked
- Best for Families / Children#363.2/100
- 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
Summary
Long-established family implant practice in Salto with an in-house dental laboratory and a published roster of six dentists covering rehabilitation and implants, periodontics, oral surgery, orthodontics, paediatric dentistry and endodontics, each with their postgraduate training set out. It publishes a dozen dedicated treatment pages, a before-and-after case gallery and a video-consultation channel.
Strengths
- Information Transparency: 18 of 20 points.
- Reputation & Reviews: 16 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: 3 of 8 verifiable points (missing: mentioned for: best dentist Uruguay; mentioned for: English speaking dentist Uruguay; mentioned for: dental implants Uruguay; mentioned for: emergency dentist Uruguay; mentioned for: Uruguay dental clinic for expats)
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.
| ✓ | Has a working website [s1] | 4/4 |
| ✓ | Dentist names listed The clinic publishes a "Personal Certificado" roster page naming each dentist with their qualifications; the initial data collection had sourced this only from names appearing in the embedded review widget. [s2] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Dentist specializations listed Each of the six dentists is published with their area and dated postgraduate titles (implant surgery and osseointegrated prosthetics UCU, periodontics UCU, orthodontics I.E.S.S., ortodoncia y ortopedia BMF UCU, periodontology UCU). [s2] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Real clinic photos Own-domain photographs of the practice (implantes-clinica-abarno.jpg), a before-and-after case gallery and portraits of each named dentist on the roster page. [s1] [s2] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Service list published [s1] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Clear contact details [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✗ | English website version [s1] | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Address and map published [s1] [gmap] | 2/2 |
Price Transparency
0 / 15
Whether patients can estimate costs before visiting. Published price ranges count; exact prices are not required.
| ✗ | Prices or price ranges published A patient review praises "precios totalmente accesibles" but this is a third-party testimonial, not a published price list. [s1] | 0/3 |
| ✗ | Cleaning price listed Full page-sitemap (12 real pages) checked; no price figures [clinica-abarno-deepen] | 0/2 |
| ✗ | Filling price listed Full page-sitemap (12 real pages) checked; no price figures [clinica-abarno-deepen-9] | 0/2 |
| ✗ | Crown price listed Full page-sitemap (12 real pages) checked; no price figures [clinica-abarno-deepen-10] | 0/2 |
| ✗ | Implant price listed Full page-sitemap (12 real pages) checked; no price figures [clinica-abarno-deepen-11] | 0/2 |
| ✗ | Consultation price listed Full page-sitemap (12 real pages) checked; no price figures [clinica-abarno-deepen-12] | 0/2 |
| ✗ | X-ray / imaging price listed Full page-sitemap (12 real pages) checked; no price figures [clinica-abarno-deepen-13] | 0/2 |
Reputation & Reviews
16 / 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 2026-09-10 [gmap] | 5/6 |
| ◐ | Google review volume [gmap] | 1/3 |
| ✓ | Review recency [gmap] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Clinic responds to reviews Confirmed live in the reviews panel 2026-09-11: five of the eight reviews shown carry a reply from the practice. [gmap] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | No recurring complaints The place's own rating histogram (47 five-star, 1 four-star, 0 three-star, 0 two-star, 1 one-star over 49 reviews, read 2026-09-11) carries a single review below three stars, so the threshold of three dated reviews by different authors about the same thing cannot be reached. [gmap] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | No suspicious review patterns No manipulation signs in the read reviews [clinica-abarno-deepen-4] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Active Facebook presence The clinic's own site links its Facebook page (facebook.com/clinica.abarno), read 2026-09-11. [s1] | 1/1 |
| ✗ | TripAdvisor presence Two independent negatives: TripAdvisor search and own site [clinica-abarno-deepen-5] [clinica-abarno-deepen-6] | 0/0.5 |
| ✗ | Other review platforms Two independent negatives: WhatClinic and TripAdvisor [clinica-abarno-deepen-7] [clinica-abarno-deepen-14] | 0/0.5 |
Medical Infrastructure
11.5 / 15
The range of publicly documented equipment and services. This measures documented availability, not clinical quality.
| ✓ | On-site X-ray Digital intraoral X-ray documented [clinica-abarno-deepen-15] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | CBCT (3D imaging) Cone-beam / volumetric tomography documented [clinica-abarno-deepen-2] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Implantology [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Orthodontics [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Oral surgery [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Pediatric dentistry [s1] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ✗ | Emergency care Full site read; no emergency/urgent-care service documented [clinica-abarno-deepen-8] | 0/1.5 |
| ? | Works with international patients | 0/2 |
Communication & Service
4.5 / 10
How easy it is to contact the clinic, get answers, and book - especially for international patients.
| ✓ | WhatsApp / LINE available WhatsApp booking link confirmed [clinica-abarno-deepen-3] | 2/2 |
| ? | Response speed | 0/1.5 |
| ? | English spoken | 0/2.5 |
| ✓ | Pre-visit consultation possible The site publishes a /videoconferencia/ channel alongside /reservar-cita/ for a remote first assessment. [s1] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ✓ | Clear service explanations Each treatment is explained with an FAQ-style Q&A [clinica-abarno-deepen-16] | 1/1 |
| ✗ | Convenient opening hours Google Business Profile hours read live 2026-09-10: Monday to Friday 9 AM–12:15 PM and 2:30–6:30 PM, weekends closed. Scored against a single published rule: evening opening (closing 19:00 or later) or Saturday/Sunday opening. [gmap] | 0/1.5 |
AI & Search Visibility
3 / 10
Whether the clinic is discoverable when patients search - including via AI assistants. Checked with fixed queries: "best dentist Uruguay", "English speaking dentist Uruguay", "dental implants Uruguay", "emergency dentist Uruguay", "Uruguay dental clinic for expats".
| ✗ | Mentioned for: best dentist Uruguay [av-best] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: English speaking dentist Uruguay [av-english] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: dental implants Uruguay [av-implants] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: emergency dentist Uruguay [av-emergency] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: Uruguay dental clinic for expats [av-expats] | 0/1 |
| ✓ | Structured data on website schema.org markup present in the page head. [s1] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ? | Google indexing quality | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Dedicated service pages A dozen per-treatment URLs, including /tratamiento/implantes-dentales/, /implantes-dentales/all-on-4/, /implantes-dentales/carga-inmediata/, /tratamiento/ortodoncia/, /tratamiento/odontopediatria/, /tratamiento/periodoncia-tratamiento-de-encias/ and /tratamiento/restauraciones-esteticas-con-cad-cam/. [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. | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dr. Juan Carlos Abarno [s2] | Rehabilitation, implants, aesthetics — founder | not verified | — |
| Dr. Rodrigo Abarno [s2] | Periodontics, implants, surgery | not verified | — |
| Dr. Santiago Abarno [s2] [msp1] | Implants and rehabilitation, digital aesthetic dentistry, restorative dentistry, endodontics | not published | Confirmed on the public register of MSP InfoTítulos, which publishes no licence number. |
| Dra. Andrea Bertrin [s2] | Orthodontics, paediatric dentistry | not verified | — |
| Dra. Camila Silveira [s2] | Orthodontics, paediatric dentistry | not verified | — |
| Dra. Francisca Forti [s2] | Periodontics | 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
- Medical Infrastructure: Works with international patients
- Communication & Service: Response speed
- Communication & Service: English spoken
- AI & Search Visibility: Google indexing quality
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://clinicaabarno.com/inicio/ |
|---|---|
| Phone | +598 47 334 236 |
| https://www.facebook.com/clinica.abarno | |
| Google Maps | Map listing |
| Address | Brasil 838 entre Soca y Asencio, 50000 Salto, Uruguay |
Contact details are provided for identification only and may change; verify with the clinic directly.
Sources
| ID | Source | What it supports | Accessed |
|---|---|---|---|
| s1 | https://clinicaabarno.com/inicio/ | Clinic website re-read live in a browser 2026-09-11: services, clinic address, and links to its own Facebook page (facebook.com/clinica.abarno) and Instagram (clinica_abarno); no price list. | 2026-09-11 |
| gmap | https://www.google.com/maps/place/?q=place_id:ChIJLVGH2CrdrZURnUrxX… | Automated Google Maps place read 2026-09-10 (two-step /maps/search shell -> /search?tbm=map data endpoint, then /maps?cid= -> /maps/preview/place): "Clínica Abarno - Implantes Dentales", Brasil 838 entre Soca y Asencio, 50000 Salto, phone +598 4733 4236 and website clinicaabarno.com match the own-site card; rating 4.9 with a 1/0/0/1/47 histogram over 49 reviews, and the place page's own "49 reviews" link reconciles with it (histogram mean 4.90); newest review shown three months old; individual owner replies present; hours Monday to Friday 9 AM–12:15 PM and 2:30–6:30 PM; coordinates -31.3867115,-57.964771. | 2026-09-10 |
| s2 | https://clinicaabarno.com/personal-certificado/ | Own-site roster page read 2026-09-10: "Cuatro odontólogos con sus cuatro auxiliares y dos protésicos dentales… forman el staff", with six named dentists and their dated postgraduate titles — Dr. Juan Carlos Abarno (founder, "ya no atiende pacientes de forma directa"), Dr. Rodrigo Abarno, Dr. Santiago Abarno, Dra. Andrea Bertrin, Dra. Camila Silveira, Dra. Francisca Forti. | 2026-09-10 |
| msp1 | https://bpmgob.msp.gub.uy/tramites/iniciar/226 | MSP InfoTítulos (Consulta de Profesionales Habilitados), anonymous search run 2026-09-10 with a cookie jar, no CAPTCHA solved: Apellido=Abarno, Nombre=Santiago returned one row, SANTIAGO ABARNO BORTAGARAY, DOCTOR EN ODONTOLOGIA, Habilitado. | 2026-09-10 |
| av-best | search:best dentist Salto Uruguay | AI-visibility check: web search organic results for this canonical patient search phrase, run 2026-09-10. | 2026-09-10 |
| av-english | search:English speaking dentist Salto | AI-visibility check: web search organic results for this canonical patient search phrase, run 2026-09-10. | 2026-09-10 |
| av-implants | search:dental implants Salto | AI-visibility check: web search organic results for this canonical patient search phrase, run 2026-09-10. | 2026-09-10 |
| av-emergency | search:emergency dentist Salto | AI-visibility check: web search organic results for this canonical patient search phrase, run 2026-09-10. | 2026-09-10 |
| av-expats | search:Salto dental clinic for expats | AI-visibility check: web search organic results for this canonical patient search phrase, run 2026-09-10. | 2026-09-10 |
| clinica-abarno-deepen | https://clinicaabarno.com/tratamientos/ | Treatments, technology, clinic and booking pages read; no price figures for any treatment | 2026-09-25 |
| clinica-abarno-deepen-2 | https://clinicaabarno.com/nuestra-tecnologia/ | Page: "Diagnóstico mediante Tomografía Volumétrica Digital (TVD) — Las imágenes 3D obtenidas con esta tomografía son estudiadas por el odontólogo" | 2026-09-25 |
| clinica-abarno-deepen-3 | https://clinicaabarno.com/reservar-cita/ | Page carries "api.whatsapp.com/send?phone=59898552990" and a "WhatsApp — Hola, en que podemos ayudarte?" chat widget | 2026-09-25 |
| clinica-abarno-deepen-4 | https://www.google.com/maps?cid=4907644055949757085&hl=en | Histogram 2/0/0/1/47 of 50; dates spread 2019-2026, reviewer accounts carry substantial histories (21, 359 reviews) | 2026-09-25 |
| clinica-abarno-deepen-5 | https://www.tripadvisor.com/TypeAheadJson?action=API&query=Clinica%… | TypeAheadJson returned only unrelated geo/attraction/hotel suggestions, no clinic profile | 2026-09-25 |
| clinica-abarno-deepen-6 | https://clinicaabarno.com/ | No tripadvisor.com link found on the clinic's own site | 2026-09-25 |
| clinica-abarno-deepen-7 | https://www.whatclinic.com/dentists/uruguay | National WhatClinic Uruguay catalogue lists 4 dentists nationwide (DentalPro, Dr. Daniel Larrosa Techera, Clinica BioVital, Consultorio Dr. Fabian Rigali), none of them this clinic | 2026-09-25 |
| clinica-abarno-deepen-8 | https://clinicaabarno.com/la-clinica/ | Technology, treatments and clinic pages fully read; no urgent/same-day care service | 2026-09-25 |
| clinica-abarno-deepen-9 | https://clinicaabarno.com/tratamientos/ | Same pages; no filling price published | 2026-09-25 |
| clinica-abarno-deepen-10 | https://clinicaabarno.com/tratamientos/ | Same pages; no crown price published | 2026-09-25 |
| clinica-abarno-deepen-11 | https://clinicaabarno.com/nuestra-tecnologia/ | Implants/technology pages read; no implant price published | 2026-09-25 |
| clinica-abarno-deepen-12 | https://clinicaabarno.com/reservar-cita/ | Booking page read; no consultation price stated | 2026-09-25 |
| clinica-abarno-deepen-13 | https://clinicaabarno.com/nuestra-tecnologia/ | X-ray/CBCT are described as equipment; no price figure | 2026-09-25 |
| clinica-abarno-deepen-14 | https://www.tripadvisor.com/TypeAheadJson?action=API&query=Clinica%… | TripAdvisor search also returned no matching clinic profile | 2026-09-25 |
| clinica-abarno-deepen-15 | https://clinicaabarno.com/nuestra-tecnologia/ | Page: "Dento-radiografía computada — Gracias a la cual se consigue, al instante, una radiografía intraoral digital de calidad" | 2026-09-25 |
| clinica-abarno-deepen-16 | https://clinicaabarno.com/nuestra-tecnologia/ | E.g. "¿Qué son Implantes Dentales?" and "¿Los implantes dentales duelen?" answered in full sentences, not just named | 2026-09-25 |
Change History
| Date | Change |
|---|---|
| 2026-09-25 | Re-read on 2026-09-25: the clinic's full page-sitemap (technology, treatments, clinic, booking pages) and its Google listing (50 reviews). Recorded: digital intraoral X-ray and volumetric (cone-beam) tomography are both documented on the technology page; no emergency service; WhatsApp booking confirmed; each treatment explained in Q&A form. No price figures for any treatment. Checked TripAdvisor and the national WhatClinic directory: no profile on either; the review history (2019-2026, established accounts) shows no sign of manipulation. Still unverified: English-speaking staff and work with foreign patients. |
| 2026-09-11 | The licence column carried the phrase "MSP habilitado — DOCTOR EN ODONTOLOGIA" where a number belongs, and printed it unchanged in both languages. The register reading behind it is unchanged and now sits in the notes column instead: MSP InfoTítulos confirms the practitioner on its public roll and publishes no licence number. The number the register does carry is a Caja de Profesionales Universitarios pension-fund number, which is not a professional licence, so it is deliberately not published on this card. |
| 2026-09-11 | Live verification in a browser: rating histogram and owner replies re-read live and confirmed; the clinic's own Facebook page was found linked from its site. |
| 2026-09-10 | Adversarial verification: dentist names re-sourced from the clinic's own roster page instead of an embedded review widget, specializations corrected to true and the roster expanded from two to six; the claim that the founder is dead was refuted against his own bio page; Google rating, volume, recency, owner replies, review-pattern check, hours and geo read live. |
| 2026-09-10 | Initial research pass: Clínica Abarno identified via web search discovery and own-site verification. |
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