Dr. Marco Muñoz Cavallini International Dental Clinic
According to our open methodology, this clinic scored 73.9/100 for transparency, reputation, service accessibility, and digital visibility.
Overall rank: #1 of 15 ranked clinics · Last checked: 25 August 2026
Positions by Rating Profile
- Overall Transparency & Trust#173.9/100
- Best for Expats#174.3/100
- Best for Dental Implants#171.5/100
- Best for Emergency Dental Carenot ranked
- Best Price Transparency#186.2/100
- Best English-speaking Clinics#175.2/100
- Best for Families / Childrennot ranked
- Sleep Dentistry (GA / deep sedation)#173.9/100
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 Site advertises 'Sleep Dentistry' with IV sedation administered by a certified anesthesiologist [s2]
Summary
The Dr. Marco Muñoz Cavallini International Dental Clinic is a long-established prosthodontics and implant clinic near Paseo Colón in San José, founded by prosthodontist Dr. Marco Muñoz Cavallini. It provides implants, full-mouth restoration, crowns, veneers and cosmetic dentistry with an on-site digital lab and 3D imaging, publishes a full price list, and markets to international dental-tourism patients.
Strengths
- Information Transparency: 20 of 20 points.
- Price Transparency: 15 of 15 points.
- Communication & Service: 8.5 of 10 points.
- No red flags identified in public sources.
Weaknesses
No category fell below the weakness threshold (50% of 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 [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] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Cleaning price listed [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Filling price listed [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Crown price listed [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Implant price listed [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Consultation price listed [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | X-ray / imaging price listed [s1] | 2/2 |
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 [dr-marco-munoz-cavallini-international-dental-clinic-refresh] | 5/6 |
| ◐ | Google review volume [dr-marco-munoz-cavallini-international-dental-clinic-refresh] | 2/3 |
| ✓ | Review recency [dr-marco-munoz-cavallini-international-dental-clinic-refresh] | 3/3 |
| ? | 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) [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Implantology [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✗ | Orthodontics [s1] | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Oral surgery [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✗ | Pediatric dentistry [s1] | 0/1.5 |
| ✗ | Emergency care [s1] | 0/1.5 |
| ✓ | 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 [s1] | 1.5/1.5 |
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. Marco A. Muñoz Cavallini [s1] [dr-marco-munoz-cavallini-international-dental-clinic-doclic] | Certified prosthodontist, implant specialist (founder) | 287068 (Colegio de Cirujanos Dentistas de Costa Rica) |
| Dr. Marco Muñoz Peralta [s1] [dr-marco-munoz-cavallini-international-dental-clinic-doclic] | Dental implant specialist | 1547097 (Colegio de Cirujanos Dentistas de Costa Rica) |
Red Flags
No red flags identified in the public sources we reviewed.
Data We Could Not Verify
- Reputation & Reviews: Clinic responds to reviews
- Reputation & Reviews: No recurring complaints
- Reputation & Reviews: No suspicious review patterns
- Reputation & Reviews: TripAdvisor presence
- Communication & Service: Response speed
- 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://aestheticdentistrycr.com/ |
|---|---|
| Phone | +506 4052-4680 |
| +506 8865-1707 | |
| https://www.facebook.com/cavallinidental/ | |
| Google Maps | Map listing |
| Address | Calles 28-30, Avenida 3 bis #2841 (300m north and 25m west of Pizza Hut Paseo Colón), 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://aestheticdentistrycr.com/ | address, phone, WhatsApp, dentists, services, 3D imaging, on-site lab, English site | 2026-07-14 |
| s2 | https://aestheticdentistrycr.com/affordable-dental-pricing-costa-ri… | published prices for cleaning, filling, crown, implant, consultation, xray | 2026-07-14 |
| s3 | https://www.whatclinic.com/dentists/costa-rica/san-jose/dr-marco-mu… | San José location and third-party review presence | 2026-07-14 |
| dr-marco-munoz-cavallini-international-dental-clinic-refresh | https://www.google.com/maps/place/Dr+Marco+Mu%C3%B1oz+Cavallini+Int… | most recent review posted about 2 weeks before 2026-08-25 | 2026-08-25 |
| dr-marco-munoz-cavallini-international-dental-clinic-doclic | https://www.colegiodentistas.org/listado-odontologos/ | searched: MUNOZ CAVALLINI — CCDCR registry shows MARCO ANTONIO MUNOZ CAVALLINI, código 287068, especialidad PROSTODONCIA, Estado Activo — exact specialty match to clinic's 'Certified prosthodontist, implant specialist'. | 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): both named doctors matched active CCDCR records with exactly matching registered specialties. |
| 2026-08-25 | Recorded sedation / general anaesthesia availability (informational): documented as available. Site advertises 'Sleep Dentistry' with IV sedation administered by a certified anesthesiologist |
| 2026-08-25 | Re-verification 2026-08-25: confirmed website live, address and phone unchanged, not permanently closed; captured first Google rating 4.8 (127 reviews), Maps URL, geo coordinates, and review recency (within_3_months). |
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