An independent, open-methodology index of dental clinics in Ireland. We score publicly verifiable factors — information transparency, price transparency, reputation signals, documented infrastructure, communication accessibility, and search visibility — on a 100-point scale. We do not rate clinical quality, and we do not sell ranking positions.
How often ChatGPT and Gemini name each of the three leading clinics when a patient asks them to recommend a dentist.
53.6 of 100
39.6 of 100
60.8 of 100
Measured by Ansmeter, 8 October 2026. Ansmeter is an affiliated service. Its figure is not part of this rating and does not affect positions — scores change only when public data changes.
| # | City | Avg score | Clinics listed | Highest-scoring clinic |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dublin | 74.4 | 5 | Portobello Dental Clinic (82.8) |
| 2 | Galway | 71.6 | 5 | Gate Dental Clinic Galway (80) |
| 3 | Limerick | 68.7 | 5 | 3Dental Limerick (85.6) |
| 4 | Cork | 63 | 5 | Citygate Specialist Dental Clinic (75) |
City score = the average Transparency & Trust score of the clinics listed in that city in this index. It reflects how publicly verifiable local clinics are — not clinical quality — and covers only the clinics listed here.
The default profile. Uses the methodology's own category weights.
| # | Clinic | Score/100 | Info | Prices | Reviews | Infra | Comms | Visibility | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3Dental LimerickAI visibility: 53.6 of 100 | 85.6 | 20/20 | 15/15 | 19/20 | 13/15 | 4/10 | 6/10 | — |
| 2 | Portobello Dental ClinicAI visibility: 39.6 of 100 | 82.8 | 20/20 | 15/15 | 18.5/20 | 11/15 | 6.5/10 | 3.5/10 | — |
| 3 | Alexandra Dental LimerickAI visibility: 60.8 of 100 | 82.2 | 20/20 | 15/15 | 19.5/20 | 13/15 | 4/10 | 2.5/10 | — |
| 4 | Gate Dental Clinic Galway | 80 | 20/20 | 13/15 | 17.5/20 | 13/15 | 2.5/10 | 6/10 | — |
| 5 | SmileHub Dentistry | 76.7 | 18/20 | 13/15 | 18.5/20 | 13/15 | 4/10 | 2.5/10 | — |
| 6 | Charlestown Dental Centre | 75.6 | 18/20 | 15/15 | 17/20 | 11.5/15 | 4/10 | 2.5/10 | — |
| 6 | Galway Dental Group | 75.6 | 20/20 | 13/15 | 15/20 | 11/15 | 4/10 | 5/10 | — |
| 8 | Renmore Dental | 75 | 18/20 | 15/15 | 19/20 | 8/15 | 4/10 | 3.5/10 | — |
| 8 | Citygate Specialist Dental Clinic | 75 | 20/20 | 15/15 | 16.5/20 | 9.5/15 | 2.5/10 | 4/10 | — |
| 10 | Eyre Square Dental | 72.8 | 20/20 | 15/15 | 15.5/20 | 7.5/15 | 4/10 | 3.5/10 | — |
| 11 | Shelbourne Dental Clinic | 71.9 | 15/20 | 15/15 | 18.5/20 | 13/15 | 2.5/10 | 2.5/10 | ⚑ 1 |
| 12 | Smile Store | 71.7 | 18/20 | 13/15 | 17/20 | 11.5/15 | 2.5/10 | 2.5/10 | — |
| 13 | Beacon Dental Clinic | 65 | 18/20 | 13/15 | 13/20 | 9.5/15 | 2.5/10 | 2.5/10 | — |
| 14 | Barrington Dental Clinic | 64.4 | 20/20 | 15/15 | 11.5/20 | 9/15 | 2.5/10 | 0/10 | — |
| 15 | Cork Dental Smiles | 63.9 | 18/20 | 13/15 | 12.5/20 | 9/15 | 2.5/10 | 2.5/10 | — |
| 16 | Dental Care Ireland Limerick | 59.4 | 18/20 | 0/15 | 18/20 | 9/15 | 2.5/10 | 6/10 | — |
| 17 | Shandon Dental | 58.9 | 16/20 | 11/15 | 16/20 | 3.5/15 | 4/10 | 2.5/10 | — |
| 18 | Galway Dental Specialists (O’Brien, Molloy & Delaney Periodontics) | 54.4 | 18/20 | 11/15 | 11/20 | 4/15 | 2.5/10 | 2.5/10 | — |
| 19 | Murphy Dental Care | 51.7 | 18/20 | 0/15 | 17/20 | 5.5/15 | 2.5/10 | 3.5/10 | — |
| 20 | Elmwood Dental & Facial Aesthetics | 45.6 | 18/20 | 0/15 | 10.5/20 | 6/15 | 4/10 | 2.5/10 | — |
Clinics are excluded from a profile when the qualifying service is verifiably absent or when we could not verify the data needed for this profile.
Scores are normalized to a 100-point scale per the open methodology, including a red-flag penalty of up to 20 points. Category columns show raw points. Unverified data scores 0 points and is listed on each clinic page as "unverified", not as a negative finding.
3Dental is an Irish dental chain (founded 2016 by Dr Niall Vallely; legal entity "Mr Niall Vallely, Paul O’Connell & Peter Doherty T/A 3Dental") with clinics in Dublin (Red Cow and Aungier Street), Limerick and Galway. Its Limerick branch at Old Quarter House, Little Ellen Street publishes a branch-attributed roster of seven dentists, a chain-wide itemised price list, an emergency service with named Limerick hours, and conscious-sedation dentistry.
Long-established general and cosmetic dental practice in Portobello, Dublin 8, with a five-dentist team and a fully itemised, permanent price list covering exams through implants and orthodontics.
Limerick branch of the Alexandra Dental group (roughly twenty practices across Dublin, Cork, Limerick, Clare, Galway, Mayo, Roscommon, Longford, Louth and Kildare), at 6 Alexandra Terrace on O’Connell Avenue, with four named dentists, evening and Saturday opening, and a dedicated, fully itemised Limerick fee page.
General, cosmetic and implant practice on Dock Road, Galway, with a seven-dentist team and a fully itemised, tax-relief-annotated price list covering exams through implants, orthodontics and facial aesthetics. The clinic’s own hosted logo image is captioned "smiles-dental-gate-clinic", suggesting a past or parallel Smiles Dental network association; this note records the observation without asserting a dual identity.
General, orthodontic and implant practice in Bayside, North Dublin 13, with a large multi-dentist team and an unusually detailed published fee schedule covering well over a hundred individual procedures.
General, orthodontic and oral-surgery practice on the second floor of Charlestown Shopping Centre, Finglas, Dublin 11, with a five-dentist team (several EU-qualified) and a fully itemised, permanent price list including a dedicated children’s fee schedule.
Large general, orthodontic and sedation-dentistry practice on Sean Mulvoy Road, Galway, with a nine-dentist team including two named Specialist Orthodontists, a dedicated sedation clinic offering deep/twilight IV sedation, and a fully itemised price list.
Referral-only, multi-specialist dental clinic in Mahon, Cork, whose team of periodontists, an oral surgeon, an endodontist, a prosthodontist, a paediatric specialist and an oral-and-maxillofacial surgeon each publish their own Dental Council registration number.
General and implant dentistry practice in Renmore, Galway, established 2008 by Dr. Tony McLoughlin and Dr. Ronan Dunne, now a team of five with over twenty staff, publishing a fully itemised fee schedule from exams through Straumann implants.
General, cosmetic and implant practice on Eyre Square, Galway, forty years old under current ownership; the team page introduces three dentists by first name only (Eoin, Hilary, James), so individual licences could not be checked with confidence.
Cosmetic and implant-focused dental clinic in the Docklands (Grand Canal Wharf), Dublin 4, with an itemised permanent price list; the site does not publish a staff/team page and named dentists surface only inside patient testimonials.
Implant and orthodontic specialist practice ("The Dental Specialists") on the Togher/Tramore Road junction, Cork, with a four-dentist team (an oral surgeon and a periodontist/implant surgeon among them) and an exhaustively itemised, tax-relief-annotated fee schedule.
Prosthodontics-led practice in the Beacon Consultants Clinic, Sandyford, opened 2003 by Dr Edward Owens; focuses on restorative dentistry, implants and dental sleep medicine, with a published cost list and on-site 3D CBCT imaging.
General and implant dental practice established 1976 by Dr. Michael Galvin (a former President of the Irish Dental Association, trained in implantology in Sweden in 1986), now a two-dentist team with a fully itemised price list.
General, cosmetic and orthodontic practice on St Patrick’s Hill in Cork City centre, established 2014 by Dr Maria Byrne, with a two-dentist team and a fully itemised price list covering exams through orthodontic aligners and braces.
Branch of the Dental Care Ireland network in Dooradoyle, Limerick, with a two-dentist local roster and an extensive treatment-page structure (implants, orthodontics, emergencies, children’s dentistry); no prices are published on any page checked.
Single-dentist general and cosmetic practice on Shandon Street, Cork City, publishing a permanent price list covering exams, hygiene, fillings, root canal, crowns and an explicit emergency-appointment fee.
Referral periodontics and implant-surgery specialist practice at Marina House, Dock Road, Galway, trading as O’Brien, Molloy & Delaney Periodontics; two of its named specialists (Molloy, Delaney) match its own trading name and are confirmed on the statutory register.
General, cosmetic and implant dental practice on O’Connell Street, Limerick, with a two-dentist team; the site’s dedicated fee page is a JavaScript-rendered Wix component whose figures could not be read without a browser.
General, cosmetic and implant dentistry practice at the Elmwood Medical Centre, Frankfield, Douglas, Cork, with two named dentists each holding a stated area of special interest; the site is an older static build that does not publish any pricing.
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