Smiles Peru
According to our open methodology, this clinic scored 44.4/100 for transparency, reputation, service accessibility, and digital visibility.
Overall rank: #4 of 12 ranked clinics · Last checked: 12 July 2026
Positions by Rating Profile
- Overall Transparency & Trust#444.4/100
- Best for Expats#545/100
- Best for Dental Implants#442/100
- Best for Emergency Dental Carenot ranked
- Best Price Transparency#624.1/100
- Best English-speaking Clinics#349/100
- Best for Families / Childrennot ranked
Summary
Full-service dental clinic in Miraflores focused on international patients and complex implant cases (all-on-4/all-on-6). Has an on-site laboratory and 3D imaging center. Clinical director Dra. Sylvia Pflucker is a specialist in oral and maxillofacial radiology.
Markets itself as AAAHC-accredited; this accreditation claim was not independently verified beyond the clinic's own material.
Strengths
- Information Transparency: 18 of 20 points.
- Medical Infrastructure: 12 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 Clinical director named; wider roster limited. [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 Primary site is English. [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) Aggregator reports ~4.7/5; not confirmed directly on Google Maps. [s4] | 3/6 |
| ? | 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 Profiled on WhatClinic. [s2] | 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 On-site imaging center. [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | CBCT (3D imaging) 3D CT imaging for implant planning. [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Implantology [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Orthodontics Invisalign offered. [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Oral surgery Bone graft, sinus lift. [s1] | 2/2 |
| ? | Pediatric dentistry | 0/1.5 |
| ? | Emergency care | 0/1.5 |
| ✓ | Works with international patients International coordinator; US/Canada phone line. [s1] | 2/2 |
Communication & Service
How easy it is to contact the clinic, get answers, and book - especially for non-Thai speakers.
| ✓ | 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 Lima", "English speaking dentist Lima", "dental implants Lima", "emergency dentist Lima", "Lima dental clinic for expats".
| ✓ | Mentioned for: best dentist Lima [sq] | 1/1 |
| ✓ | Mentioned for: English speaking dentist Lima [sq] | 1/1 |
| ✓ | Mentioned for: dental implants Lima [sq] | 1/1 |
| ? | Mentioned for: emergency dentist Lima | 0/1 |
| ✓ | Mentioned for: Lima dental clinic for expats [sq] | 1/1 |
| ? | Structured data on website | 0/1.5 |
| ✓ | Google indexing quality [sq] | 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. Missing items are penalised.
Clinic operating licence: not published on the clinic’s website — penalty applied
Dentists & professional licences
| Dentist | Specialization | Licence No. |
|---|---|---|
| Dra. Sylvia Pflucker [s1] | Oral and maxillofacial radiology / Clinical director | not published |
Dentists are named, but their professional licence numbers are not published — penalty applied.
Red Flags
- medium Clinic operating licence not published (-4 pts) — The clinic does not publish its operating licence or registration number (derived from data).
- medium Dentists / their licences not listed (-4 pts) — The clinic does not publish its dentists with their professional licence numbers (derived from data).
- low Opaque or bait pricing (-2 pts) — No treatment prices published. [s1]
Red-flag penalty applied: -10 points (capped at -20).
Data We Could Not Verify
- Information Transparency: Real clinic photos
- 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: Pediatric dentistry
- Medical Infrastructure: Emergency care
- Communication & Service: Response speed
- Communication & Service: Convenient opening hours
- AI & Search Visibility: Mentioned for: emergency dentist Lima
- 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://smilesperu.com/ |
|---|---|
| Phone | +51 1 242 2152 |
| +51 995 540 050 | |
| https://www.facebook.com/SmilesPeruDental/ | |
| Address | Av. José Pardo 551, Miraflores, Lima, Perú |
Contact details are provided for identification only and may change; verify with the clinic directly.
Sources
| ID | Source | What it supports | Accessed |
|---|---|---|---|
| s1 | https://smilesperu.com/ | Name, address, contacts, director, services, imaging, English site | 2026-07-12 |
| s2 | https://www.whatclinic.com/dentists/peru/lima/smiles-peru | Third-party listing with patient reviews | 2026-07-12 |
| s4 | https://www.empresasdeperu.net/dentista/lima/smiles-peru-miraflores/ | Aggregated ~4.7/5 rating | 2026-07-12 |
| sq | search:best dentist Lima / English speaking dentist Lima / dental implants Lima / Lima dental clinic for expats | AI/search visibility scout 2026-07-12 | 2026-07-12 |
Change History
| Date | Change |
|---|---|
| 2026-07-12 | Initial data collection. |
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