3Dental Limerick
According to our open methodology, this clinic scored 85.6/100 for transparency, reputation, service accessibility, and digital visibility.
Overall rank: #1 of 20 ranked clinics · Last checked: 8 September 2026
85.6/100
53.6 of 100
Visibility in ChatGPT and Gemini answers
How often ChatGPT and Gemini name this clinic when a patient asks them to recommend a dentist. 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.
Positions by Rating Profile
- Overall Transparency & Trust#185.6/100
- Best for Expats#278/100
- Best for Dental Implants#185/100
- Best for Emergency Dental Care#278/100
- Best Price Transparency#290.6/100
- Best English-speaking Clinics#275.7/100
- Best for Families / Children#181.4/100
- 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) — No general anaesthesia or deep sedation documented Resolved against the chain’s own sedation page: "Conscious Sedation Dentistry … You will always remain conscious and able to talk and respond to instructions", and explicitly "To be fully asleep you would require a General Anaesthetic (GA), which is only available in a hospital setting" — i.e. not offered here. Conscious sedation is excluded by the methodology. [s5]
Summary
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.
Strengths
- Information Transparency: 20 of 20 points.
- Price Transparency: 15 of 15 points.
- Reputation & Reviews: 19 of 20 points.
- Medical Infrastructure: 13 of 15 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
20 / 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 The chain’s team page carries a per-person branch attribution in the page source, and seven dentists are attributed to Limerick: Dr Peter Doherty (Implant Dentist), Dr Niall Vallely (Cosmetic Dentist), Dr Paul O’Connell (Practice Limited to Orthodontics), Dr Fearghal O’Connell (General & Cosmetic Dentist), Dr Robert "Bobby" Price (Implant Dentist), Dr Nataliia Bezus (General Dentist) and Dr Sergii Kozyk (General Dentist). The initial data collection read this page as JavaScript-rendered; the roster is in fact present in the served HTML — the earlier read had failed to negotiate the response’s content encoding. [s1] [s2] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Dentist specializations listed Each named dentist carries a role line: Implant Dentist (Doherty; Price, "focusing on full arch rehabilitation and digital planning"), Cosmetic Dentist (Vallely), Practice Limited to Orthodontics (Paul O’Connell), General & Cosmetic Dentist (Fearghal O’Connell), General Dentist (Bezus, Kozyk). [s2] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Real clinic photos Verified visually on the clinic's Google place page on 2026-09-08: the lead photograph is the practice's own shopfront on Little Ellen Street — the grey frontage under its illuminated «3Dental» fascia, its window carrying the clinic's logo and a list of its own services (General Dentistry, Orthodontics, Implants, Cosmetic, Endodontics, Surgery). Premises and signage of this clinic on its own claimed profile. [gmp2] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Service list published Own description: "Ireland’s most modern and affordable dental clinics" with general, cosmetic, orthodontic (coloured/Spark aligner braces) and implant treatments referenced. [s1] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Clear contact details [s1] [gmp1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | English website version [s1] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Address and map published Own schema.org Dentist markup ("Old Quarter House, Little Ellen St, Limerick, V94 D72V") matches the Google Maps listing exactly, including geo-coordinates. [s1] [gmp1] | 2/2 |
Price Transparency
15 / 15
Whether patients can estimate costs before visiting. Published price ranges count; exact prices are not required.
| ✓ | Prices or price ranges published Permanent, itemised chain price list at /price-list/, server-rendered and readable: general dentistry, children’s treatments, hygiene, implants, orthodontics, crown & bridge, cosmetic and facial aesthetics. The initial data collection could not find it because the response’s content encoding was not negotiated, not because the content is client-side. [s3] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Cleaning price listed Scale and Polish With Dental Hygienist €85. [s3] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Filling price listed Filling (Composite Only) €120–€200; children’s fillings €130–€150 per tooth. [s3] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Crown price listed Crowns €600 per tooth; Emax Crown €600; Zirconia Crown €600; Porcelain Layer High Aesthetic Crown €800. [s3] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Implant price listed Single Implant from €770 (fixture), distinct from Implant with Crown €1,590–€2,145; All On 4 €11,000 per arch; All On 6 €13,200 per arch. [s3] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Consultation price listed Dental Exam €50; Routine Dental Checkup €50; children’s checkup (under 12) €40. [s3] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | X-ray / imaging price listed OPG Radiograph €50; CT Scan €150; the €75 emergency appointment includes an x-ray if required. [s3] | 2/2 |
Reputation & Reviews
19 / 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) Read live on the place page in a browser on 2026-09-08. Unchanged from the automated reading of 2026-09-07. The star histogram — 385 five-star, 8 four-star, 1 three-star, 2 two-star and 18 one-star — sums to 414, matching the 414 in the place-page header exactly, and its weighted mean 4.787 reproduces the published 4.8. [gmp1] [gmp2] | 6/6 |
| ◐ | Google review volume Read live on 2026-09-08 from the place-page header, and the star histogram sums to the same figure. The card held 413 and the listing has gained 1 since. [gmp1] [gmp2] | 2.5/3 |
| ✓ | Review recency The newest review visible is 1 month old, which proves the within_3_months bucket and no better. Visible dates: two entries at 1 month (one edited), four at 2 months, one at 3 months and one at 4 months. Sample: the eight reviews Google Maps renders on the place page in its own relevance order — the "Newest" sort does not open to automation, so a review more recent than the newest one visible may exist. [gmp2] | 3/3 |
| ✓ | Clinic responds to reviews The owner answers all eight of the reviews visible on the place page on 2026-09-08. Sample: the eight reviews Google Maps renders on the place page in its own relevance order — the "Newest" sort does not open to automation, so a review more recent than the newest one visible may exist. [gmp2] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | No recurring complaints One critical account is readable and it is a two-star: a patient four months ago who contacted the clinic urgently because an implant healing abutment had come out and needed simple reinsertion, and whose account of what followed is cut off at Google's truncation, which cannot be expanded. The owner has answered it. There is no second readable negative, so no theme repeats. Eighteen one-star ratings exist in the distribution and none is surfaced by relevance ordering; one- and two-star ratings together are 20 of 414, 4.8 % of the base, below the 25 % at which the methodology's rule withholds a verdict, so the value is recorded false with the unread mass stated. Sample: the eight reviews Google Maps renders on the place page in its own relevance order — the "Newest" sort does not open to automation, so a review more recent than the newest one visible may exist. [gmp2] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | No suspicious review patterns Judged on the histogram shape, the spread of dates, the variety of reviewers and the wording, on 2026-09-08. The distribution 385/8/1/2/18 keeps a populated tail in every bucket under a published 4.8. One feature is disclosed rather than glossed: all eight visible reviews fall inside four months, the tightest visible window of any card in this group, which on a base of 414 means relevance ordering is showing only the most recent activity. Against manipulation: eighteen one-star ratings and the readable two-star all stand unpruned; the accounts name five different clinicians (Dr Alba Gonzalez, Dr Bobby, Dr Paul O'Connell, Dr Fearghal O'Connell) and describe implants, orthodontics and composite bonding; several describe multi-year relationships; and the owner answers all eight individually, including the critical one. [gmp2] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Active Facebook presence Facebook page "3Dental Limerick" (facebook.com/3DentalLimerick): newest post 2026-09-25, 86 reviews. [3dental-limerick-presence-5] | 1/1 |
| ✗ | TripAdvisor presence No TripAdvisor listing found via its search for "3Dental Limerick" and "3Dental"; the clinic's site does not link to TripAdvisor. [3dental-limerick-presence] [3dental-limerick-presence-2] [3dental-limerick-presence-3] | 0/0.5 |
| ✓ | Other review platforms Doctify: practice profile "3Dental Limerick", 208 reviews averaging 4.99, newest 31.03.2026. [3dental-limerick-presence-4] | 0.5/0.5 |
Medical Infrastructure
13 / 15
The range of publicly documented equipment and services. This measures documented availability, not clinical quality.
| ✓ | On-site X-ray OPG Radiograph priced at €50 on the chain price list. [s3] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | CBCT (3D imaging) CT Scan priced at €150; the implant section describes a 3D CT scan as standard for implant consultations. [s3] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Implantology Priced implant treatments: single implant, implant with crown, All On 4 and All On 6. [s3] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Orthodontics Priced orthodontic treatments on the chain price list: 6 Months Braces (single/double arch), ceramic brackets, aligners and Essix retainers. Re-sourced away from the blog-content reference the initial data collection had used. [s3] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Oral surgery Wisdom Tooth Extractions, Bone Grafts, Sinus Lifts and Gingivectomy are listed and priced under Dental Surgery. [s3] | 2/2 |
| ✓ | Pediatric dentistry Dedicated "Children’s Treatments" fee section (under 12): checkup, scale and polish, fissure sealants, extractions, fillings, stainless steel crowns, fluoride varnish. [s3] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ✓ | Emergency care Dedicated "Dental Emergencies" page naming the Limerick clinic, its phone number and its hours (Mon–Fri 8am–8pm, Sat 9am–5pm): "If you require emergency treatment, please call us on … (061) 414 673 – Limerick"; an emergency appointment including an x-ray costs €75. [s4] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ? | Works with international patients | 0/2 |
Communication & Service
4 / 10
How easy it is to contact the clinic, get answers, and book - especially for international patients.
| ? | WhatsApp / LINE available | 0/2 |
| ? | Response speed | 0/1.5 |
| ✓ | English spoken [s1] | 2.5/2.5 |
| ? | Pre-visit consultation possible | 0/1.5 |
| ? | Clear service explanations | 0/1 |
| ✓ | Convenient opening hours Confirmed independently on 2026-09-08 against the clinic's own Google Business Profile, which publishes the full week: Monday to Thursday 08:00–20:00, Friday 08:00–17:00, Saturday 09:00–17:00, Sunday closed. Both halves of the rule this index applies are satisfied — four weekday evenings to 20:00 and a full Saturday — so the criterion holds on the clinic's own record as well as on its website. [s4] [gmp2] | 1.5/1.5 |
AI & Search Visibility
6 / 10
Whether the clinic is discoverable when patients search - including via AI assistants. Checked with fixed queries: "best dentist Ireland", "English speaking dentist Ireland", "dental implants Ireland", "emergency dentist Ireland", "Ireland dental clinic for expats".
| ✓ | Mentioned for: best dentist Ireland Rank 5 of 9 for "best dentist Limerick Ireland" (AV-2 re-run, 2026-09-07). [av1] | 1/1 |
| ✓ | Mentioned for: English speaking dentist Ireland Rank 1 of 8 for "English speaking dentist Limerick" (AI-visibility pass, 2026-09-07). [av3] | 1/1 |
| ✓ | Mentioned for: dental implants Ireland Rank 3 of 8 for "dental implants Limerick Ireland" (AV-2 re-run, 2026-09-07). [av2] | 1/1 |
| ✗ | Mentioned for: emergency dentist Ireland [av4] | 0/1 |
| ? | Mentioned for: Ireland dental clinic for expats Query not run in AI-visibility pass — the single centralised canonical-query AI-visibility pass ran the "dental clinic for expats" query only for the first research city per country (Dublin); Limerick was not queried for this key. | 0/1 |
| ✓ | Structured data on website Own schema.org markup, type "Dentist", with name, address, geo-coordinates, telephone, priceRange, image and opening hours. [s1] | 1.5/1.5 |
| ? | Google indexing quality | 0/2 |
| ✓ | Dedicated service pages Separate URLs per treatment, e.g. /general-dentistry/sedation-dentistry/, /emergencies/, /price-list/, plus individual pages for each implant, orthodontic and cosmetic treatment. [s3] [s4] [s5] | 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 Peter Doherty [s2] [reg2] | Implant Dentist; co-owner | IDC 7303 |
| Dr Niall Vallely [s2] [reg1] | Cosmetic Dentist; founder of 3Dental (2016) | IDC 7803 |
| Dr Paul O’Connell [s2] [reg3] | Practice Limited to Orthodontics; co-owner | not verified |
| Dr Fearghal O’Connell [s2] [reg3] | General & Cosmetic Dentist | IDC 5116 |
| Dr Robert "Bobby" Price [s2] [reg4] | Implant Dentist, full-arch rehabilitation and digital planning | IDC 7221 |
| Dr Nataliia Bezus [s2] [reg5] | General Dentist | IDC 27323 |
| Dr Sergii Kozyk [s2] [reg6] | General Dentist | IDC 27425 |
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
- Medical Infrastructure: Works with international patients
- Communication & Service: WhatsApp / LINE available
- Communication & Service: Response speed
- Communication & Service: Pre-visit consultation possible
- Communication & Service: Clear service explanations
- AI & Search Visibility: Mentioned for: Ireland dental clinic for expats
- 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.3dental.ie/limerick/ |
|---|---|
| Phone | +353 61 414 673 |
| Google Maps | Map listing |
| Address | Old Quarter House, Little Ellen Street, Limerick, V94 D72V, Ireland |
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.3dental.ie/limerick/ | Location homepage: schema.org Dentist and Organization markup (address/geo/phone/founder), company-wide blog content | 2026-09-07 |
| s2 | https://www.3dental.ie/about/meet-the-team/?location=Limerick | Location-filtered team page — checked, roster is JavaScript-rendered and not present in the fetched HTML | 2026-09-07 |
| gmp1 | https://www.google.com/search?tbm=map&q=3Dental%20Limerick&hl=en&gl=ie | Google Maps automated lookup: rating, geo, address, phone, website | 2026-09-07 |
| reg0 | https://www.hiqa.ie/find-a-centre | Confirms Ireland has no institutional/facility register covering private dental practices | 2026-09-07 |
| av1 | search:best dentist Limerick Ireland | (the five canonical city queries) | 2026-09-07 |
| av2 | search:dental implants Limerick Ireland | (the five canonical city queries) | 2026-09-07 |
| av3 | search:English speaking dentist Limerick | (the five canonical city queries) | 2026-09-07 |
| av4 | search:emergency dentist Limerick | (the five canonical city queries) | 2026-09-07 |
| s3 | https://www.3dental.ie/price-list/ | Chain price list (server-rendered): itemised fees applying to all four 3Dental clinics, the Limerick address named on the page | 2026-09-07 |
| s4 | https://www.3dental.ie/emergencies/ | Chain "Dental Emergencies" page: Limerick address, Limerick phone number, Limerick opening hours and the emergency-appointment fee | 2026-09-07 |
| s5 | https://www.3dental.ie/general-dentistry/sedation-dentistry/ | Chain "Conscious Sedation Dentistry" page: defines the level of consciousness offered | 2026-09-07 |
| reg1 | https://www.dentalcouncil.ie/dentists?keyword_filter=Vallely | Dental Council of Ireland, Register of Dentists — surname search for Dr Niall Vallely | 2026-09-07 |
| reg2 | https://www.dentalcouncil.ie/dentists?keyword_filter=Doherty | Dental Council of Ireland, Register of Dentists — surname search for Dr Peter Doherty | 2026-09-07 |
| reg3 | https://www.dentalcouncil.ie/dentists?keyword_filter=O'Connell | Dental Council of Ireland, Register of Dentists — surname search for Dr Paul O’Connell and Dr Fearghal O’Connell | 2026-09-07 |
| reg4 | https://www.dentalcouncil.ie/dentists?keyword_filter=Price | Dental Council of Ireland, Register of Dentists — surname search for Dr Robert (Bobby) Price | 2026-09-07 |
| reg5 | https://www.dentalcouncil.ie/dentists?keyword_filter=Bezus | Dental Council of Ireland, Register of Dentists — surname search for Dr Nataliia Bezus | 2026-09-07 |
| reg6 | https://www.dentalcouncil.ie/dentists?keyword_filter=Kozyk | Dental Council of Ireland, Register of Dentists — surname search for Dr Sergii Kozyk | 2026-09-07 |
| gmp2 | https://www.google.com/maps/place/x/@52.664425,-8.6241487,17z/data=… | The clinic’s Google Maps place page, opened in a real browser on 2026-09-08. The Reviews tab (this URL) gives the headline rating, the review-count header, the five star-histogram buckets read whole from their accessibility labels, and the eight most-relevant reviews with their star values, dates, text and owner replies; the sibling Overview URL https://www.google.com/maps/place/x/@52.664425,-8.6241487,17z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x485b5c662f3ee7a1:0xd244daf13c890672!8m2!3d52.664425!4d-8.6241487?hl=en gives the listing name, address, telephone, website, business category, the published opening week and the lead owner photograph. The listing opens as «3Dental Limerick», category Dental clinic, at Old Quarter House, Little Ellen Street, Prior's-Land, Limerick, V94 D72V, telephone +353 61 414 673, website 3dental.ie — the identifiers the card itself carries, so the place identifier resolves to this practice and not to a neighbour. | 2026-09-08 |
| 3dental-limerick-presence | https://www.tripadvisor.com/TypeAheadJson?action=API&query=3Dental%… | TripAdvisor's own search for "3Dental Limerick", run 2026-10-02, returns 12 results, none of them this clinic (e.g. University of Limerick, Limerick; Limerick Bowl, Limerick; Limerick Bill's, Innsbruck) | 2026-10-02 |
| 3dental-limerick-presence-2 | https://www.tripadvisor.com/TypeAheadJson?action=API&query=3Dental | TripAdvisor's own search for "3Dental", run 2026-10-02, returns 12 results, none of them this clinic (e.g. Care 32 Dental Clinic | Ambepussa | Warakapola, Warakapola; The 3 Eyes National Park, Santo Domingo; Kamaole Beach Park 3, Kihei) | 2026-10-02 |
| 3dental-limerick-presence-3 | https://www.3dental.ie/limerick/ | Clinic's website (home page) read 2026-10-02: no link to TripAdvisor | 2026-10-02 |
| 3dental-limerick-presence-4 | https://www.doctify.com/ie/practice/3dental-limerick | Doctify: practice profile "3Dental Limerick" (listed in Doctify's Irish practice sitemap; its rating widget reads 208 reviews averaging 4.99, newest 31.03.2026) (checked 2026-10-02) | 2026-10-02 |
| 3dental-limerick-presence-5 | https://www.facebook.com/3DentalLimerick/ | Facebook page "3Dental Limerick" read 2026-10-02: About gives the clinic's address (Old Quarter House, Little Ellen St, V94 D72V), phone +353 61 414 673 and site 3dental.ie/limerick; 11,110 followers, newest timeline post 2026-09-25, "96% recommend (86 reviews)" | 2026-10-02 |
Change History
| Date | Change |
|---|---|
| 2026-10-02 | Presence on review platforms checked 2026-10-02: no TripAdvisor listing; Doctify profile with 208 reviews; an active Facebook page. |
| 2026-09-08 | Checked by hand in a browser: the clinic’s Google Maps place page was opened in a real browser and read on both its Reviews and Overview tabs. Recorded from it: the rating re-verified against the star histogram, the review count, the histogram itself (385/8/1/2/18 = 414, weighted mean 4.787), review recency, the owner-reply state, the complaint reading and the manipulation reading from the eight most-relevant reviews, the lead owner photograph and the full published opening week. Fields this pass did not measure are untouched. |
| 2026-09-07 | Adversarial verification: the initial data collection conclusion that this chain’s team page and pricing are JavaScript-rendered was wrong — the pages are server-rendered and were unreadable only because the response content encoding had not been negotiated. Re-fetched with decoding: the branch-attributed roster (seven Limerick dentists) and the full chain price list were read. dentistNamesListed false → true, specializationsListed null → true, all seven price criteria null → true, hasXray/hasCBCT/offersImplantology/offersSurgery/offersPediatric/offersEmergency null → true, offersSedation null → false, convenientHours null → true; googleReviewCount read live (413). Six of the seven Limerick dentists found in a full download of the Register of Dentists; Dr Paul O’Connell left null as an unresolvable same-name pair. |
| 2026-09-07 | Initial data collection: location website (home, location-filtered team page), Google Maps automated lookup, AI-visibility pass canonical-query file. Team roster and fee schedule queued for a manual browser check (JavaScript-rendered, chain site). |
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