Advance Dental Costa Rica
According to our open methodology, this clinic scored 56.9/100 for transparency, reputation, service accessibility, and digital visibility.
Overall rank: #6 of 15 ranked clinics · Last checked: 25 August 2026
Positions by Rating Profile
- Overall Transparency & Trust#656.9/100
- Best for Expats#656.5/100
- Best for Dental Implants#654/100
- Best for Emergency Dental Care#263.8/100
- Best Price Transparency#938.3/100
- Best English-speaking Clinics#660.7/100
- Best for Families / Children#363.8/100
- 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 No sedation/anesthesia information found on homepage, implants page, or FAQ
Summary
Advance Dental Costa Rica is a multi-specialty dental clinic located inside Hospital CIMA in Escazú, San José, founded in 2007 and led by Dr. Eugenio Brenes. The English site lists a full team across implants, endodontics, pediatrics, periodontics and orthodontics, offers international-patient coordination and uses digital dentistry technology; prices are not published.
Strengths
- Information Transparency: 20 of 20 points.
- Medical Infrastructure: 13 of 15 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 [s1] | 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
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 [advance-dental-costa-rica-refresh] | 5/6 |
| ◐ | Google review volume [advance-dental-costa-rica-refresh] | 1.5/3 |
| ◐ | Review recency [advance-dental-costa-rica-refresh] | 1.5/3 |
| ? | Clinic responds to reviews | 0/2 |
| ✓ | No recurring complaints [s1] | 2/2 |
| ? | 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 [s1] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ✓ | Emergency care [s1] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ✓ | Works with international patients [s1] | 2/2 |
Communication & Service
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 [s1] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ✓ | 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 San Jose", "English speaking dentist San Jose", "dental implants San Jose", "emergency dentist San Jose", "San Jose dental clinic for expats".
| ? | Mentioned for: best dentist San Jose | 0/1 |
| ? | Mentioned for: English speaking dentist San Jose | 0/1 |
| ? | Mentioned for: dental implants San Jose | 0/1 |
| ? | Mentioned for: emergency dentist San Jose | 0/1 |
| ? | Mentioned for: San Jose dental clinic for expats | 0/1 |
| ? | Structured data on website | 0/1.5 |
| ? | Google indexing quality | 0/2 |
| ✓ | 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. Eugenio J. Brenes [s1] [advance-dental-costa-rica-doclic] | Restorative / Implants / Full-mouth rehabilitation | 2450003 (Colegio de Cirujanos Dentistas de Costa Rica) |
| Dr. Samir Tiapa [s1] [advance-dental-costa-rica-doclic] | Endodontics | 572617 (Colegio de Cirujanos Dentistas de Costa Rica) |
| Dr. Melissa Rojas [s1] [advance-dental-costa-rica-doclic] | Pediatric Dentistry | 472012 (Colegio de Cirujanos Dentistas de Costa Rica) |
| Dr. Rossie Brender [s1] [advance-dental-costa-rica-doclic] | Periodontics | 1536097 (Colegio de Cirujanos Dentistas de Costa Rica) |
| Dr. Sara Gómez [s1] [advance-dental-costa-rica-doclic] | Orthodontics | 437711 (Colegio de Cirujanos Dentistas de Costa Rica) |
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
- Reputation & Reviews: Clinic responds to reviews
- Reputation & Reviews: No suspicious review patterns
- Reputation & Reviews: TripAdvisor presence
- Medical Infrastructure: CBCT (3D imaging)
- Communication & Service: Response speed
- Communication & Service: Convenient opening hours
- AI & Search Visibility: Mentioned for: best dentist San Jose
- AI & Search Visibility: Mentioned for: English speaking dentist San Jose
- AI & Search Visibility: Mentioned for: dental implants San Jose
- AI & Search Visibility: Mentioned for: emergency dentist San Jose
- AI & Search Visibility: Mentioned for: San Jose dental clinic for expats
- AI & Search Visibility: Structured data on website
- 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://www.advancedentalcostarica.com/ |
|---|---|
| Phone | +506 2208-8619 |
| +506 7059-4083 | |
| https://www.facebook.com/advancedentalcostarica | |
| Google Maps | Map listing |
| Address | Hospital CIMA, Torre 2 (Avenida Médica), Suite 605, San Rafael de Escazú, San José, Costa Rica |
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.advancedentalcostarica.com/ | address, phone, WhatsApp, dentists, services, English site, foreigners | 2026-07-14 |
| s2 | https://directorio.hospitalcima.com/en/clinic/advance-dental | CIMA hospital location, suite 605 | 2026-07-14 |
| advance-dental-costa-rica-refresh | https://www.google.com/maps/place/Advance+Dental+Costa+Rica/@9.9392… | most recent review posted about 7 months before 2026-08-25 | 2026-08-25 |
| advance-dental-costa-rica-doclic | https://www.colegiodentistas.org/listado-odontologos/ | searched: MELISSA ROJAS — CCDCR registry shows MELISSA ANDREA ROJAS ZUNIGA, código 472012, especialidad ODONTOPEDIATRIA, Estado Activo — exact specialty match to clinic's 'Pediatric Dentistry' (two other Melissa Rojas name-order candidates had no matching specialty and were not selected). | 2026-08-26 |
Change History
| Date | Change |
|---|---|
| 2026-08-26 | License verification 2026-08-26 against CCDCR (no Costa Rica clinic/establishment register exists; clinic-level licensing not searched): all 5 named doctors matched active CCDCR records, four confirmed by matching registered specialty. |
| 2026-08-25 | Re-verification 2026-08-25: confirmed website live, address and phone unchanged, not permanently closed; captured first Google rating 4.8 (52 reviews), Maps URL, geo coordinates, and review recency (within_year). |
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