Franca Dental
According to our open methodology, this clinic scored 53.9/100 for transparency, reputation, service accessibility, and digital visibility.
Overall rank: #5 of 20 ranked clinics · Last checked: 25 September 2026
53.9/100
Positions by Rating Profile
- Overall Transparency & Trust#553.9/100
- Best for Expats#553/100
- Best for Dental Implants#548.5/100
- Best for Emergency Dental Care#355.5/100
- Best Price Transparency#637.6/100
- Best English-speaking Clinicsnot ranked
- Best for Families / Children#456.9/100
- 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
Consultorio odontológico inside the Harwood Care building in Carrasco, with three named dentists covering implantology and oral surgery, endodontics and periodontics, plus orthodontics, aesthetic dentistry and paediatric care. Contact is WhatsApp-first and the practice publishes round-the-clock emergency cover; its Google Business listing carries the practice as "Consultorio Odontológico Franca" at the same number.
Strengths
- Information Transparency: 18 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)
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 [s1] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Dentist specializations listed [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Real clinic photos Own-domain photographs of the practice (consultorio-franca-dental.png) and of each named team member (vicky-, lore-diaz-, jimena-franca-dental.png). [s1] | 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 [s1] | 0/3 |
| ✗ | Cleaning price listed Full site read; no price figures [s1] | 0/2 |
| ✗ | Filling price listed Full site read; no price figures [franca-dental-deepen-5] | 0/2 |
| ✗ | Crown price listed Full site read; no price figures [franca-dental-deepen-6] | 0/2 |
| ✗ | Implant price listed Full site read; no price figures [franca-dental-deepen] | 0/2 |
| ✗ | Consultation price listed Full site read; no price figures [franca-dental-deepen-7] | 0/2 |
| ✗ | X-ray / imaging price listed Full site read; no price figures [franca-dental-deepen-8] | 0/2 |
Reputation & Reviews
11.5 / 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) Rating 5.0 over 15 reviews, re-read live 2026-09-11 and cross-checked against the place's own rating histogram (15/0/0/0/0), whose mean is exactly 5.00 — the histogram the verification pass could not retrieve. [gmap] | 4/6 |
| ◐ | Google review volume as of 2026-09-25 [franca-dental-deepen-4] | 0.5/3 |
| ✓ | Review recency The newest review rendered in the panel is three months old (read 2026-09-11). The Google reviews panel renders at most eight reviews and offers no working "newest first" sort, so a review base larger than eight can only be proved fresher, never older. [gmap] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Clinic responds to reviews The owner replies to reviews on Google: 3 of the 8 reviews read carry an owner reply, 3 of them to reviews from the last 12 months; the latest reply is dated 2026-09-20 (to a review of 2026-06-02). [franca-dental-deepen-12] [franca-dental-gbp-2026-09-29] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | No recurring complaints The place's own rating histogram (15/0/0/0/0, read 2026-09-11) contains no review below five stars at all, so the criterion threshold — three or more dated reviews by different authors about the same thing — cannot be reached; the eight reviews read carry no complaint. [gmap] | 2/2 |
| ? | No suspicious review patterns Only 8 of the 17 reviews could be read (dated 2025-06-14 to 2026-09-20); fewer than ten, so a pattern cannot be judged from them. [franca-dental-deepen-12] | 0/2 |
| ✗ | Active Facebook presence No Facebook page exists for the clinic; its site links only Instagram [franca-dental-deepen-11] | 0/1 |
| ✗ | TripAdvisor presence Two independent negatives: TripAdvisor search and own site [franca-dental-deepen-2] [franca-dental-deepen-9] | 0/0.5 |
| ✗ | Other review platforms Two independent negatives: WhatClinic and TripAdvisor [franca-dental-deepen-3] [franca-dental-deepen-10] | 0/0.5 |
Medical Infrastructure
9 / 15
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 The lead dentist is presented as "Implantología y cirugía oral (UdelaR · USP), Docente de Cirugía Buco Maxilo Facial, UdelaR" and the treatment page lists cirugía oral. [s1] [s2] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Pediatric dentistry [s1] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ✓ | Emergency care [s1] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ? | Works with international patients | 0/2 |
Communication & Service
6 / 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 | 0/2.5 |
| ✓ | Pre-visit consultation possible The clinic publishes its intake path as "Coordinás por WhatsApp → Evaluación sin apuro → Plan y presupuesto claro: te explicamos las opciones y el costo antes de empezar" — an estimate before treatment starts. [s1] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ✓ | Clear service explanations Each treatment is explained in plain language with a "cuándo conviene consultar" section and an FAQ. [s1] [s2] | 1/1 |
| ✓ | Convenient opening hours Google Business Profile hours read live 2026-09-11: Monday to Friday 8 AM–8 PM and Saturday 8:30 AM–6:30 PM — evening opening every weekday plus a full Saturday; the site publishes round-the-clock emergency cover in addition. Scored against a single published rule: evening opening (closing 19:00 or later) or Saturday/Sunday opening. [gmap] | 1.5/1.5 |
AI & Search Visibility
4 / 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] | 1/1 |
| ✗ | 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 Seven per-treatment URLs: /implantes-dentales-carrasco/, /ortodoncia-carrasco/, /estetica-dental-carrasco/, /endodoncia-carrasco/, /odontopediatria-carrasco/, /urgencia-odontologica-carrasco/, /odontologo-carrasco/. [s1] [s2] | 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. |
|---|---|---|
| Dra. Vicky Noria [s1] | Implants / oral surgery | not verified |
| Dra. Lorena Díaz [s1] | Odontologist | not verified |
| Dra. Jimena Diez [s1] | Odontologist | 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
- Reputation & Reviews: No suspicious review patterns
- Medical Infrastructure: On-site X-ray
- Medical Infrastructure: CBCT (3D imaging)
- 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://clinicafrancadental.com/ |
|---|---|
| Phone | +598 99 330 892 |
| +598 99 330 892 | |
| Google Maps | Map listing |
| Address | Avenida Almirante Harwood 6146, Carrasco, Montevideo, 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://clinicafrancadental.com/ | Home and all six dedicated treatment pages (endodoncia, implantes, estética, ortodoncia, odontopediatría, urgencia) read; "Plan y presupuesto claro" promises transparency but publishes no figures | 2026-09-25 |
| gmap | https://www.google.com/maps/place/?q=place_id:ChIJl2rDGduBn5URGz9V2… | Google place read live in a browser 2026-09-11: "Consultorio Odontológico Franca", Avenida Almirante Harwood 6146, 11500 Montevideo (Carrasco); website clinicafrancadental.com; phone +598 99 330 892; identifies as women-owned. Rating 5.0 over 15 reviews with a full histogram 15/0/0/0/0 (histogram mean exactly 5.00, matching the headline). Hours Monday to Friday 8 AM–8 PM, Saturday 8:30 AM–6:30 PM, Sunday closed. Eight of the fifteen reviews rendered in the reviews panel: all five-star, newest three months old, not one carrying an owner reply. | 2026-09-11 |
| s2 | https://clinicafrancadental.com/odontologo-carrasco/ | Own-site location page read 2026-09-10: "Somos un consultorio odontológico independiente ubicado dentro de Harwood Care, en Avenida Almirante Harwood 6146, Carrasco" — the neighbourhood is Carrasco, not Tres Cruces; also lists periodoncia and cirugía oral among the treatments and confirms the Google Business name mapping. | 2026-09-10 |
| av-best | search:best dentist Montevideo 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 Montevideo | 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 Montevideo | 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 Montevideo | AI-visibility check: web search organic results for this canonical patient search phrase, run 2026-09-10. | 2026-09-10 |
| av-expats | search:Montevideo dental clinic for expats | AI-visibility check: web search organic results for this canonical patient search phrase, run 2026-09-10. | 2026-09-10 |
| franca-dental-deepen | https://clinicafrancadental.com/implantes-dentales-carrasco/ | Dedicated implants page describes the evaluation process; no price figure | 2026-09-25 |
| franca-dental-deepen-2 | https://www.tripadvisor.com/TypeAheadJson?action=API&query=Franca%2… | TypeAheadJson returned only unrelated geo/attraction/hotel suggestions, no clinic profile | 2026-09-25 |
| franca-dental-deepen-3 | 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 |
| franca-dental-deepen-4 | https://www.google.com/maps?cid=10781770781807689499&hl=en | Google listing "Consultorio Odontológico Franca" read 2026-09-25: 17 reviews, rating 5.0, all five-star | 2026-09-25 |
| franca-dental-deepen-5 | https://clinicafrancadental.com/ | Same pages; no filling price published | 2026-09-25 |
| franca-dental-deepen-6 | https://clinicafrancadental.com/ | Same pages; no crown price published | 2026-09-25 |
| franca-dental-deepen-7 | https://clinicafrancadental.com/ | No free or priced consultation figure stated on any page | 2026-09-25 |
| franca-dental-deepen-8 | https://clinicafrancadental.com/ | No imaging price published | 2026-09-25 |
| franca-dental-deepen-9 | https://clinicafrancadental.com/ | No tripadvisor.com link found on the clinic's own site | 2026-09-25 |
| franca-dental-deepen-10 | https://www.tripadvisor.com/TypeAheadJson?action=API&query=Franca%2… | TripAdvisor search also returned no matching clinic profile | 2026-09-25 |
| franca-dental-gbp-2026-09-29 | https://www.google.com/maps?cid=10781770781807689499&hl=en | Google listing read on 2026-09-29: rating 5 from 17 reviews; star histogram 1★ 0 / 2★ 0 / 3★ 0 / 4★ 0 / 5★ 17; newest review dated 2026-09-20; 3 of the 5 newest reviews carry an owner reply, latest dated 2026-09-20. | 2026-09-29 |
| franca-dental-deepen-11 | https://www.facebook.com/search/pages/?q=Franca%20Dental%20Carrasco | Looked up on Facebook on 2026-09-29: pages named "Franca Dental Carrasco" and "Franca Dental Montevideo" — none is a dental practice in Uruguay | 2026-09-29 |
| franca-dental-deepen-12 | https://www.google.com/maps?cid=10781770781807689499&hl=en | Google listing "Consultorio Odontológico Franca" (Dentist; Avenida Almirante Harwood 6146, 11500 Montevideo, Departamento de Montevideo, Uruguay), read 2026-10-05 in 8 review orders (highest-rated first, lowest-rated first, newest first, most relevant first, highest-rated first, lowest-rated first, newest first, most relevant first (es interface)): 5.0 from 17 reviews (1★ 0 / 2★ 0 / 3★ 0 / 4★ 0 / 5★ 17); 8 distinct reviews read, dated 2025-06-14 to 2026-09-20, 3 with an owner reply. | 2026-10-05 |
Change History
| Date | Change |
|---|---|
| 2026-09-29 | Looked for the clinic on Facebook under its name and city: no page exists (the site links only Instagram). Recorded: not present on Facebook. |
| 2026-09-29 | Corrected 2026-09-29: owner replies to reviews confirmed on the Google listing (owner reply dated 2026-09-20). |
| 2026-09-25 | Re-read on 2026-09-25: the clinic's full site (home page and its six dedicated treatment pages, in Spanish) and a national platform check. No price figures for any treatment across the whole site. No TripAdvisor or WhatClinic presence found. Reviews read newest and lowest on Google were all five-star with no complaints recorded, so recurring-complaint and manipulation patterns stay unassessed on this small, uniformly positive base. Still unverified: on-site X-ray/CBCT equipment, a Facebook page, English-speaking staff and work with foreign patients. |
| 2026-09-11 | Whether the practice answers reviews was checked a second time on 2026-09-11, by an automated fetch of the listing independent of the earlier reading by hand. Both readings returned the same answer — no reply on any record — and the second one supplied exact dates for the reviews it returned, so the finding no longer rests on a single pass over part of a larger review base. |
| 2026-09-11 | Live verification in a browser: rating cross-checked against the place histogram, review recency and the absence of owner replies read from the reviews panel. |
| 2026-09-10 | Adversarial verification: neighbourhood corrected from Tres Cruces to Carrasco against the clinic's own location page; Google rating/volume, geo and hours read live; oral surgery, clinic photography, service pages and pre-visit estimate confirmed. |
| 2026-09-10 | Initial research pass: Franca Dental identified via web search discovery and own-site verification. |
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